Strabane and District Camera Club

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added 1st July 2009

As you are probably aware, we are planning a weekend photography club trip to Tory Island.  

The dates of the club involvement will be Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September 2009 – but people can arrive and leave over a longer period if they wish.  

As there is a variety of accommodation available – hotel, apartments, B&B, hostels and even camping, we are leaving it up to members to book their own accommodation to suit their requirements.  

Details of the fast ferry, accommodation and other information on Tory can be found at;  

http://www.toryislandferry.com/index.htm  

I have already booked my accommodation at the hotel (I have stayed there a number of times and can recommend it) – they are doing a deal;  

2 nights B&B plus return ferry crossing from Magheroarty for Euro 120 per person
1 nights B&B plus return ferry crossing from Magheroarty for Euro 75 per person  

Their ferry departs Magheroarty at 11:00 and 18:00   Coming home on Sunday, their ferry departs Tory at 10:00 and 17:00  

This is a fast ferry, taking just over 30 minutes (depends on weather etc.)   There is another ferry company which runs a slow ferry  

In good weather Tory is the most beautiful place – dramatic high cliffs with all sorts of sea birds and assorted sea wild life along the north and east coasts, a lighthouse on the west coast with a couple of lakes with various water birds along the south coast. Sunrises and Sunsets can be stunning.   It’s about 2 miles long and about 0.75 of a mile wide – no need for a car, but you can hire bicycles if you want to – I would recommend walking. You must take care along the cliffs – one slip and there’s nothing to stop you except the rocks 100 feet below.  

Lots of interesting things and places to photograph.   Restaurant and pub in the hotel, a chip shop type restaurant about 150 yards from the hotel with a drinking club just beyond that.

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added 20th May 2009

Shorts Camera Club Quiz Night on Monday 25^th May.

John Belshaw, who was judging us a couple of weeks ago, has organised this. Teams of 6 – I would like to think that we could have at least two teams from Strabane. Can anyone interested either respond to this e-mail and/or tell Gerry Cassidy tomorrow night (I won’t be there) so we can organise transport.
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Club AGM 2009

That time of year is fast approaching again – we’ll be having the AGM on Tuesday 16^th June. This is everyone’s opportunity to know the mechanics of your club and also to stand for any of the 5 club positions (Chairperson, Treasurer, Secretary and two committee members). Any such nominations must be in writing with a proposer and seconder (both club members) and must be with the secretary on or before Tuesday 2^nd June 2009.
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On the recent bus trip a few of us were talking about the club having a weekend away and Tory Island was suggested as a good option.  

There are two ferry companies offering the crossing – one (run by the owner of the hotel) takes about 30 mins, the other one is closer to an hour.  

Details of the fast ferry and other information on Tory can be found at;   http://www.toryislandferry.com/index.htm  

In good weather Tory is the most beautiful place – dramatic high cliffs with all sorts of sea birds and assorted sea wild life along the north and east coasts, a lighthouse on the west coast with a couple of lakes with various water birds along the south coast. Sunrises and Sunsets can be stunning.  

It’s about 2 miles long and about 0.75 of a mile wide – no need for a car, but you can hire bicycles if you want to – I would recommend walking. You must take care along the cliffs – one slip and there’s nothing to stop you except the rocks 100 feet below.  

Lots of interesting things and places to photograph.   Restaurant and pub in the hotel, a chip shop type restaurant about 150 yards from the hotel with a drinking club just beyond that.  

Before doing a lot of work on this, I would ask;  
1.       How many people interested?
2.       You want to bring partners/children/friends too?
3.       Do you want to sort out your own accommodation (as you’ll see on website - choice of hotel, B&B and hostel)?
4.       Over a weekend or during the week?
5.       What dates?  
Regards  
John Campbell 

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added 21st April 2009

A day trip to Glenarm, Co Antrim is being organised for Sunday 10th May.
No firm details yet, but probably leave Strabane about 09:00 and back home again about 20:00.  
Unable to give prices either as this depends on numbers – the more that come, the bigger the bus and the bigger the bus, the cheaper it should be for everyone.   Last year the bus cost something like £12 a head.   There is a restaurant at the park and if you wish you can have a meal there – but at your own cost! Gerry is trying to do a deal with the restaurant.  

We need to know numbers asap, so can you either respond to this message or tell us at the next meeting.

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added 6th February 2009

In this morning’s post I have received a number of entry forms for the 2009 Armagh Photographic Competition and Exhibition.  

There are 4 categories(and all are prints);  
1.       Black & White ‘Open’
2.       Colour ‘Landscape/Seascape’
3.       Colour ‘People’
4.       Historical Armagh (from within County Armagh)  

Note: categories 1, 2 and 3 can be taken anywhere in the world  

See www.armaghcountymuseum.org.uk

Over 18’s are allowed one entry per category (i.e. a maximum of 4 photographs per entrant).  

Closing date is Saturday 18th April 2009  

Each photograph must be accompanied by an entry form (or a photocopy of an entry form)   There is no cost to enter.  

The photographs (not including mounts) must be minimum size 5” x 7” and maximum size 10” x 12”  

The photographs must be mounted (I assume the mounts can be any size you like!)  

1st prize £50 Bennetts vouchers
2nd  prize £25 Bennetts vouchers  

If anyone wants an entry form (or more details) let me know.

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added 6th February 2009

We had a great night at Enniskillen last night, saw some interesting images and met some great people.  

To be honest, we thought we were robbed on a couple of themes (as did the people sitting around us from Enniskillen and Ballyshannon), but it was a fun night so we shouldn’t take it too seriously – but we (Strabane) will be hosting the event in 2010 and we’ll want to win it then!  

Landscape – Ollie Kelly – 2nd with 4 points
Portrait – Stanley Mathers – 3rd with 3 points
Sport – Raymond McCarron – 3rd with 3 points
Still Life – Frances Doherty – 3rd with 3 points
People – Jim Devlin – 2nd with 4 points
Wildlife – John Campbell – 2nd with 4 points
Squares - Jim Cunningham – 1st with 5 points
Macro – Victor Quigley – 1st with 5 points
Movement – Gerry Cassidy – 3rd with 3 points
Mono – Pat Dunne – 2nd with 4 points  

Total points – 38  

Enniskillen won with 44 points whilst Strabane and Ballyshannon were equal second on 38 points each.  

Well done to everyone who had entered.

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added 28th January 2009

After a hard fought battle tonight, we have our 10 entries for the 3 way competition between ourselves, Enniskillen 
and Ballyshannon on Thursday 5th February at 20:00.
 
The Strabane selection is;
 
Landscape – Ollie Kelly
Portrait – Stanley Mathers
Sport – Raymond McCarron
Still Life – Frances Doherty
People – Jim Devlin
Wildlife – John Campbell
Squares - Jim Cunningham
Macro – Victor Quigley
Movement – Gerry Cassidy
Mono – Pat Dunne
 
We need all these entries to be mounted 16” x 12” (off white is recommended but the choice is up to the author) and 
brought to the meeting on Tuesday 3rd February to be put together.
 
We would also like at the very least these 10 people plus as many supporters as possible to come along on the night.

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added 14th January 2009

Some up and coming dates;

Tuesday 6th January 2009 – Antrim Camera Club 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Clotworthy Arts Centre, Antrim
until
Saturday 31st January 2009

Location:  http://www.antrim.gov.uk/index.cfm/website_Key/27/Category_key/128/Page_Key/172/show/more
 
Wednesday 14th January 2009 – BBC4 at 21:00 – 7 Photographs that changed fashion

Saturday 17th January 2009 – Photographic Masterclass at Portadown (£25 each)

Wednesday 21st January 2009 - NIPA Round 3 Open Competition, Antrim 

Thursday 22nd January 2009 - PAGB Slides at Enniskillen

Tuesday 27th January 2009  – Submit ‘Architecture’ and ‘Open’ entries for our club competition
                       	             - Submit entries for the 10 themes for 3 way competition – selections will be made tonight
		             - NIPA Annual Beginners Competition. Bangor

Thursday 5th February 2009 – 3 way Print Battle Strabane, Enniskillen & Ballyshannon (at Enniskillen)

Saturday 21st February 2009 – NIPA Audio Visual Festival, Ballyearl (Newtownabbey)
                                              - Location:    http://www.newtownabbey.gov.uk/Ballyearl/location.asp

Monday 2nd March 2009 – Official opening of NIPA Exhibition, Waterfront Hall, Belfast
                                       - ‘Animals on the edge’ Chris Weston presentation, Waterfront Hall, Belfast

Friday 27th March 2009 – Andy Rouse at CBPPU, Antrim Road, Belfast (£15 each, limited seating)

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added 8th January 2009

Themes for the 3 way competition between Strabane, Enniskillen and Ballyshannon
 
16” x 12” mountings
 
Landscape
Portrait
Sport
Still Life
People
Wildlife
Squares
Macro
Movement
Mono
 
In order to get maximum participation, the rule is one member, one print – i.e. if you are chosen to represent 
Strabane for Landscape then that will be your only entry – so you can’t also be Strabane’s Macro, for example.
 
But this doesn’t meant that you can’t enter all the themes (or as many as you like) in the Strabane knock out!
 
We will hold the Strabane knock out at our club meeting on Tuesday 27th January 2009.
 
This means we will have 10 members representing Strabane, 10 from Enniskillen and 10 from Ballyshannon.
 
The actual competition will be held on Thursday 5th February 2009 at the Ardowen Theatre, Enniskillen starting at 20:00.

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added 8th October 2008

The closing date for the PAGB Cup is 17th November 2008 - a unique chance for individual clubs to compete against each other. - see PAGB website for more details.

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Gordon Gray has organised an A/V session on Saturday 1st November 2008 in Lisburn (I think cost is £10) - see NIPA website for more details.

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Congratulations to Paul Carlin for his entry as part of NIPA submission for the Celtic Challenge 2008 at Dumfries. Paul's mark contributed towards NIPA becoming 2nd overall - their most successful result to date!

The 2009 Celtic Challenge will be held 26/27/28 Sept in North Wales.

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If anyone is available, the NIPA Exhibition will be opening at Downpatrick on 30th October 2008 - see NIPA website for more details.

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The 2009/10 NIPA competition themes have been set as: Open; Portrait; Open; Macro; Open

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The Roy Finlay Memorial Natural History Competition

Draft rules

1)  An entry shall consist of (up to 10 from each individual) prints, on a mount whose maximum dimensions are 16 in by 12 in, or (up to 10 from each individual) digital files in jpg form with a maximum width of 1024 pixels and a maximum height of 768 pixels.

2) The copyright must belong to the entrant.

3) The subject may be any natural object or organism in the wild and unrestrained and unconfined. Domestic, Zoo, Feral or escaped animals or those in collections etc., and cultivated plants are ineligible.

4) The faithful representation of the subject at the taking of the shot must be maintained. Digital manipulation of the whole image, e.g. rotation to level the horizon, sharpening or cropping is permissible. However, part manipulation, e.g. the addition of a highlight in the eye, or removal of unwanted detail is not, nor are sandwich shots, combinations of separate images etc.

5) While reasonable care will be taken to protect entries, NIPA will not be liable in the event of loss or damage however caused.

6)  Each image should be labelled with a title, author's name and club. The entry should also show the entrant's address and telephone number or email address.

7)  Entries should be sent to:

            Stanley McIlreavy 

            18 Ashgrove Lodge              or       Brian McKenna

            Glebe Road                                                   1 Collinbridge Drive

            Newtownabbey                                            Newtownabbey

            BT36 6WY                                                     BT36 7SX

            90832276                                                      90832656                             

             Competition date for 2008 is Friday 5^th December.

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Ards Camera Club

Presents

A  Lifetime  Behind  the  Lens

an exhibition of work

by

DAVID S. ADAIR

 ARPS, AFIAP, AIPF, APAGB, PSA

Life Member, Ards Camera Club

2 - 15 October, 2008,

Main Gallery,

 Ards  Arts  Centre,
Town Hall, Conway Square,

Newtownards  BT23 4DB

Opening Hours: Mon - Thu 10.00am - 4.30pm
Fri & Sat 10.00am - 4.00pm
Tel: 028 9182 3131

David S. Adair, known as Sinclair, an octogenarian and Life Member of Ards Camera Club can only be described as an imaginative genius in the darkroom. His work has travelled the world to destinations including Russia, Singapore and Germany for International Salons at which thousands of prints were assembled in the l960’s and 70’s.

Sinclair’s experience spans more than 50 years from darkroom to digital and this exhibition celebrates a lifetimes work with almost eighty of his original award winning prints on display including his ARPS and AFIAP Panels.

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added 24th June 2008

We are now on summer holidays - first meeting is on Tuesday 2nd September 2008

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added 28th Apr 2008

Just received the following message from NIPA;

“Entries are required by 7th May for selection to represent NIPA at the PAGB Inter-Federation Print Competition. 20” x 16” prints should be sent to Brian McKenna or Peter Wilkin. Please urge your club members to ensure that we have a good choice of prints from which to select.”

If anyone has any entries they wish to submit, can I ask that they bring them along on Tuesday 6^th May when Brian McKenna will be visiting Strabane to judge our ‘Macro’ competition.

There is no theme, the subject is ‘Open’.

Entries can be colour or B&W.

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added 24th Apr 2008

Strabane and District Camera Club

2008/09

Monthly Competition Themes and submission dates

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added 10th Apr 2008

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added 5th Apr 2008

Day Trip to the Glens of Antrim on Sunday 1st June

We have now got some quotes from coach hire companies.
 
The cost depends on numbers going and seems to vary from about £16 to about £10 a head – obviously, 
the more people that go, the cheaper it will be.
 
We now quickly need numbers and get the correct size of coach booked.
 
Can you respond via e-mail and/or tell us on Tuesday night if you are interested in coming? We will then probably 
look for a deposit the following week.

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added 2nd Apr 2008

Members from the Strabane and District Camera Club wishing to submit images to the Strabane Chronicle for use 
in the Gallery section of the paper should supply images in the following format;
 
: Subject must be within the Strabane and District geography
: Landscape Format (note: this does not mean subject must be a landscape!) 
: Jpeg only
: Quality and Size - large and fine OK - but no bigger than 3Mb
: Resolution 200 and above
 
File info may be attached as follows
 
In Adobe Elements/Photoshop or Bridge: File > File Info
 
Document Title: Name of image
 
Author: Strabane Chronicle
 
Description: A brief or detailed accounts of your image i.e. location, when, why, what 
you felt - anything that you may wish to say about your image.
 
Description Writer: Your Name
 
Copyright Status: Copyrighted.
 
If you do not have Adobe Elements or CS please give the above information on e-mail and we 
will attach info, can you also supply your name & contact details as from time to time members 
of the public wish to purchase Gallery images and we will pass your info on, if that is your wish.
 
Please send files to;
 
 d.ralston@strabanechronicle.com 
 
or hand into office on CD.  If on CD, please make sure that images can be opened on an 
Apple/Mac (some pc saved images can’t be opened on an Apple/Mac). 
 
Remember the images will for the most part be printed in Greyscale and can be of any 
subject that you wish in the Strabane and District area. Once again we hope that you enjoy 
seeing your images in print, and thank you for participating
 
Yours 
 
Davy Ralston
d.ralston@strabanechronicle.com
dralston@btinternet.com
0777 934 1993
028 7188 2100

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added 27th Mar 2008

Strabane and District Camera Club Exhibition in the Alley May 2008

You may have seen the ‘Alley Events Guide Summer 2008’ – on page 3 there is (at the top of the page) the exhibition of Strabane and District Camera Club.

The blurb says “ The Alley welcomes a truly exceptional collection of photographs taken across Strabane and surrounding district. Major themes include the wonderful characters we see every day in our towns and villages, beautiful landscapes, dramatic events and simple nature in progress.”

Someone from the Alley did this write-up. All we have to do is match it!

The main points are;

1.       Hanging will take place during week 5^th – 9^th May
2.       Exhibition will take place from Monday 12^th May – Sunday 8^th June
3.       There will be 80 prints exhibited
4.       John Campbell to provide all the images together in TIFF format on maximum of 3 CDs to Adrian
5.       John Campbell to provide a JPEG of each photographer along with a short description of each image (title/date/location)
6.       Launch night – actual date to be confirmed, probably to coincide with an event at the Alley rather than on its own

Due to the number of spaces (80 prints will be hung) each member can submit up to 3 entries – but note - not all entries may be hung.

Each entry should be named as the photographers name (all lowercase, no spaces, no full stops, no punctuation) followed by 1, 2 or 3 – e.g. johncampbell1.tif, michaelmcgonigle2.tif, yvonnemcconnell3.tif etc.

You must prioritise your own prints – 1 having the highest priority. All 1’s will be hung, all 2’s will be hung and we will probably have to select a number of 3’s (hence not all 3’s may be hung) to make the numbers up to the 80 prints.

TIFF format – if people are unable to convert to TIFF, submit to me as highest quality JPEG (prints will be made at A3 size, poor quality will be noticed) and I’ll convert to TIFF.

I would prefer submissions on a CD – clearly marked with your name and number of entries included.

2^nd choice would be a memory stick, again clearly marked with your name

As far as I know, I will be at the club meetings on 1^st, 8^th and 22^nd April (I’m away for the 15^th April meeting) – hence the 22^nd April meeting is the absolute closing date – if not handed to me on that night, too late! I would prefer people not to wait until the 22^nd April – please get your entries in early.

Once I get the TIFFs to Adrian, he will arrange printing – no cost to members.

Sale of prints  - All the prints will be offered for sale by the Alley. If you don’t wish your print to be sold, please don’t enter it. The proceeds for the sales (after deducting the Alley’s commission) will be donated to charities – this will benefit (1) the club – publicity and wider recognition, (2) the Alley – good sales, they get commission and will want us back if popular with improved attendance at Opening Night with wealthy charity patrons invited who can afford to buy prints!, (3) the charities – extra money for their good causes. The likely charities will be Marie Curie Cancer and Save The Children.

We are suggesting a price of £20 per print, although some may be higher – we’ll sort this out during the hanging week.

Any queries, let me know asap.

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added 11th Mar 2008

Start time for club meetings

We held a committee meeting last week and discussed the starting time issue. We agree that 7pm is too early for many people whilst an 8pm start can mean a late finish! We agreed to a trial that from our first meeting after the Easter break (that will be Tuesday 1^st April) we will start our weekly meetings at 7:30pm. We will run this until we break up for the summer break and review then.

Easter Break

No meetings on 18^th and 25^th March because of the holidays – next meeting on Tuesday, 1^st April starting at 7:30pm. Enjoy the break!

Club Competitions

 The next themes are;

 ‘Q is for….(noun)’ and ‘Open’ to be submitted Tuesday, 1^st April.

‘Macro’ and ‘Open’ to be submitted Tuesday, 29^th April.

 Judging

 On Tuesday, 8^th April, we welcome Sarah Fyffe from Sarah Fyffe Photography in Omagh to judge our ‘Q is for….(noun)’ and ‘Open’ entries

 Lecture

 Tonight we welcome Paul McCambridge who will be giving his ‘Photojournalism’ lecture.

 Next month we will have Stanley Matchett giving a lecture and demonstration on portrait photography on Tuesday 15^th April.

 Day Trip

 At our committee meeting we agreed a date – Sunday 1^st June for our photographic day trip – we plan to go to the Glens of Antrim. Details to follow.

 Club Competitions for 2008/09

 At the club meeting on Tuesday, 1^st April we will circulate a form for members to note their ideas for next year’s competitions.

 Photography Ireland 2008

 Remember that the Photography Ireland 2008 competition closes on 1^st June. Entry form can be downloaded from http://www.niphoto.co.uk/nipa_images/nipa_BookEntryForm.jpg

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added 26th Feb 2008

Club Competitions

 The next themes are ‘Q is for….(noun)’ and ‘Open’ to be submitted Tuesday,6^th April.

 Judging

 Next Tuesday, 4^th March, we welcome Brian Hennessy from Antrim Camera Club to judge our ‘Humour’ and ‘Open’ entries

 Lecture

 Paul McCambridge has now confirmed that he will be giving his ‘Photojournalism’ lecture on Tuesday 11^th March.

 NIPA Exhibition

 The Grand Opening is at Belfast Waterfront Hall on Monday 3^rd March at 19:30. Peter Wilkin has asked for a strong attendance from all clubs to support the event. John Campbell will be attending, he is happy to take up to 4 members in his car – leaving Strabane around 5:30pm. Contact John via 0774 384 4155 or cjc785@btinternet.com if you would like to come.

 NIPA Round 4 (Sport) results

 Just got these, they are now up on the website. We are shown as 18^th with 197 points – however I don’t think that these points are correct, I believe that we should have 278 points which would make us overall 17^th, just one point ahead of NI Electricity Camera Club. I have asked NIPA for clarification.

 This makes it really important that we have a full entry for Round 5. Noel can confirm tonight, but we need 4 colour, 4 monochrome and 4 slides. I have 4 slides ready – so if we don’t make the numbers tonight, can people drop in prints at John Campbell’s home.

 Our lack of points for slides hasn’t done us any favours over the year. However I have discovered a site which will transfer digital images to slides for £3 each - http://www.digitalslides.co.uk/ I got 4 slides done for Round 4 which gained us 26 points (unfortunately having no monochrome entries dropped us points anyway!). I have also got 4 slides made up for Round 5. For next year, maybe some members would like to consider entering some slides?

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added 19th Feb 2008

Club Competitions

 The next themes are ‘Humour’ and ‘Open’ to be submitted next Tuesday, 26^th February.

 On the same date, submissions for NIPA Round 5 ‘Open’ should be submitted. Note, for this round only, the max size can be up to 20” x 16”

 Lecture

 Paul McCambridge has now confirmed that he will be giving his ‘Photojournalism’ lecture on Tuesday 11^th March.

 Congratulations!

 I’ve just found out that Stanley Mathers has been awarded a Commendation for one of the slides he entered in the NIPA Beginners competition – ‘Wind Farm’

 Ireland 2008

 Entries are now being accepted for the ‘Photography Ireland’ book (NIPA/IPF joint venture). Details and entry forms will shortly be found on the NIPA website http://www.niphoto.co.uk. Closing date is 1^st June 2008. Each individual can submit up to 5 colour and 5 monochrome entries – there don’t seem to be any entry fees!

 NIPA Top Print and Slide

 The Top Print and Slide event will be held this year at Belfast Royal Academy 6th Form College, on Wednesday 7th May.

 NIPA Audio-Visual Festival 2008

 A reminder that the NIPA Audio-Visual Festival 2008 is on this coming weekend, Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd February at the Courtyard Theatre, Ballyearl

 NIPA Exhibition

 The Grand Opening is at Belfast Waterfront Hall on Monday 3^rd March at 19:30. Peter Wilkin has asked for a strong attendance from all clubs to support the event.

 East Antrim Open Exhibition

 East Antrim Open Exhibition - Closing Date 29th March 2008 - Entry forms available soon on www.niphoto.co.uk

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added 4th Feb 2008

Information from the NIPA Council on 4th February.

Beginners Competition - approx 140 colour and 60 monochrome submitted. Very high standard. Slides still to be judged, should be complete by 15th Feb.

Judging of Round 4 (Sport) will take place at Antrim - Parkhall High College, Steeple Road, Antrim BT41 1AF

starting at 19:30 - Everyone welcome, use side entrance.

The NIPA Exhibition 2008 will be opening at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast on Monday 3rd March at 19:30. Peter Wilkin has asked for as many members as possible to attend.

Round 5 (Open) to be submitted at Strabane and District Camera Club on Tuesday 26th February

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added 4th Feb 2008

Congratulations to club member Ollie Kelly who has had 3 commendations in the NIPA Beginners Competition (2 x colour, 1 x mono) judged on 30th January 2008

NIPA Beginners 2008 Colour Print Results

NIPA Beginners 2008 Monochrome Print Results

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added 1st Feb 2008

Focus On Ireland is very pleased to announce that they are being joined world-renowned photographer Les McLean for a three days of workshops.

Les will present his very popular Street Photography Workshop, which will be centred around the St. Patrick's Festival in Dublin. Probably Les’ most popular workshop, “Street Photography” will take the participants on to the streets of a Dublin during the St. Patrick’s Day Festival to make photographs of people. As Les himself says, “the key to the success of Street Photography is the ability to communicate with people and to anticipate what they are going to do.”

The objects of the workshop are to help build the participant’s confidence in engaging strangers in conversations that pave the way to gaining the trust of the subject, and to demonstrate a number of methods Les uses in the making of candid photographs.

In The Street Photography workshop either film based or digital cameras can be used.

In addition to the Street Photography workshop, we will also be visiting some locations in Wicklow to photograph the breathtaking colours and scenery of early spring under Les’ expert guidance.

Following this Les will demonstrate matte cutting and will finish the day with digital printing. This is a wonderful opportunity to join a master of photography, for individual and small group based instruction and discussion.

The days are sure, not only to be very instructive, but to be full of fun and laughter.

An outline of the workshop:
Sun 16th March: Les will lead an outing to two shooting locations in Wicklow, (Enniskerry Village and Powerscourt Gardens). This will be followed by a talk by Les introducing Street Photography in preparation for the following day’s outing to Dublin and the St.Patrick’s Day Festival.
Mon 17th March: The Street Photography workshop will start as we leave Bray with Les to travel to Dublin City Centre for the St.Patrick’s Day Festival. After shooting in Dublin we will return to Bray for an informal chat about our day’s photography.
Tues 18th March: The day will start with an outing to Glendalough to visit the ancient monastic site and lakes with Les. We will start early to avoid the crowds and to catch the early morning light. Returning to Bray in the afternoon for Les’ digital printing/imaging workshop where participants will have the opportunity to print a photograph with Les. This could be one taken during the workshop or participants can bring work with them in digital format.

Places are limited early booking is advisable. 
Dates: 16th – 18th March’08
Venue: Bray, Dublin and locations in Wicklow
Cost: €360 for 3 days €260 for any 2 days €140 for a single day