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Clonakilty Wanderers

Yes, they’re off on another adventure, this time to the Americas. Follow here

“Nikonians” Nature POTY 2011

Phil Pound was awarded the prestigious “Nikonians” Nature Photographer for 2011. It tops off a pretty good year for Phil as far as awards are concerned. Congratulations.

AGM

The AGM took place on 7th December at O’Donovan’s Hotel. The Treasurer’s Report and the Minutes of the 2010 AGM were read out. The Chairman made a statement about the current years activities. A new Committee was then elected with Nicholas continuing as Chair for 2012. He spoke of his hopes for 2012 and 2013. Joe was re-elected as Treasurer. No secretary was elected, so Helene agreed to continue as a temp Secretary.

Helene (after 4 years as Secretary), Melanie, Cathleen Crowley and Julie stepped down from the Committee. Anne and Tadg were invited by Nicholas to the Committee.

€1100 was raised as proceeds from the Club Exhibition in July and this will be presented to CoAction in Skibbereen.

Club League Results

Congrats to Geoff, Anne and Joe who received bottles of wine for their success in the Club League Competition 2011

Tadg gets Gold

Tadg Spillane has received a Gold Award for his Environmental Portrait (taken in O’Donovan’s Hotel) ......... here Not only that, but this image has been nominated for the Environmental Photographer of the Year by a panel of judges at the SWPP. If successful, Tadg also has a chance at SWPP’s Overall Photographer of the Year. Congratulations Tadg and Good Luck in the New Year.

The 2 winning panels in this years National Shield held by the IPF, are from Dundalk Camera Club ...... here. Also some ‘L’ IPF Distinction Panels from November 2011....... here

At last, a chance for us to share images, comments and critiques on-line. It’s easy to join (you’ll need your own Flickr account first) and it’s easy to access and use but if in doubt contact one of the gallery users. Go on ..... have fun with it and take part.

Just click the Flickr symbol in the top right corner of each page.

Cobh

A day out to Cobh and Spike Island with Cobh Camera Club .... here

2011 Annual Exhibition

Singer Sean O’Sé was the Guest Speaker at the Club’s Annual Exhibition on Friday 1st July 2011. He was delighted to officially open the Exhibition , he said, as this year the proceeds of the raffle and the €50 donation from the sale of each picture were going to CoAction West Cork, a charity that has a special place for him. Sean spoke of the need for political funding decisions to be made immediately to help charities like CoAction in their ongoing important work.

Sean gave us a rendition of ‘An Poc ar Buile’ and ‘The Banks’ which everyone thoroughly enjoyed. He was presented with a musical themed picture by Geoff Greenham. There was a good turnout by members of the Club and CoAction and the public, and it was good to see Martin from Cobh Camera club there too.

Many thanks to Charlie and Joe for pictures ......... here

New Chairperson

Geoff has reluctantly resigned as Chair for 2011 due to work pressures. He has been replaced by Nicholas, who has been acting as Chair since February.

Results of Round 2 - Cork City

In the Mono section :

1. Joe Quinn

2. Catherine McCarthy

3. Gosia Mertuszka

4. Geoff Greenham

In the RGB section :

1. Geoff Greenham

2. Julie Phibbs

3. Joe Quinn

4. Ger O’Sullivan

Full results, placings and pictures are ......... here

Iñaki’s Architecture Presentation

On 11th May, Iñaki Hernandez gave a fascinating talk to the Club about his Architectural Photography. He has kindly forwarded a .pdf file which outlines this talk and is ....... here

Club League Round 1 Documentary Results

1.Geoff Greenham “A Life”
2.Anne O’Mahony “The Count”
3. Kathleen Hayes “The Broken Axle”
4. Nicholas Cooper “Easter”

All entries are ............. here

Club Awards

At the Club’s Annual Dinner and Award Ceremony held in The Celtic Ross Hotel on Saturday 26th February 2011, the POTY 2010 in all 3 grades was announced. The results with images are .......... here.

Congratulations to all those who had to make a space on the mantelpiece for the trophy, and for the runner’s up, there could be glory in this years competition. Pictures taken by Tadg Spillane on the night are ............. here

Many thanks to Joe Quinn and Nicholas Cooper (2010 and 2011 Competition Secretaries respectively ) for taking the entries up to Cork for judging and for making a note of the judges critique, to relay back to the entrants.

Many thanks also to the 3 judges from the Cork Camera Group for their time, patience and input into POTY 2010

A special congrats to Melanie who achieved a first for the club in recent years, by winning POTY Grade 1 in consecutive years.

Many thanks to Joe Quinn for acting as MC for the night

Also announced on the night were:

Club Person of the Year, which went to Helene Cronin for doing so much for the club behind the scenes. Congratulations and thank you Helene, it’s much appreciated.

Judged by Phil Pound and Tadg Spillane ( the last 2 recipients of the Award )

The Liz Doyle Memorial Innovation Award, which went to Anne O’Mahony, for experimenting with different styles of image and format. A big bualadh bos.

Judged by Thomas Gaffney and Geoff Greenham ( the last 2 recipients of the Award )

Most Improved Photographer went to Maja Pulczynska, whose images have come on tremendously over the past year. Gratulacje. Judged by Joe and Nicholas.

Most Enthusiastic Newcomer also went to Maja. What can you say? By the end of the night Maja needed a forklift to take home the trophies and awards she received. Gratulacje again !!!!

Judged by Cathleen Crowley and Julie Phibbs ( the last 2 recipients of the Award )

Time Lapse HDR Film

A film from Poland taken on a Canon EOS 5D made up of thousands of single shots. http://lookycreative.com/lang/pl/portfolio/the-chapel-hdr-timelapse-film/

And here’s how it was made ....... http://vimeo.com/19107357

IPF National Print and Projected Image Finals 2011

These will be held in Athlone on 19th February. The programme is ...... here

Project Ideas

Stuck with no ideas and those winter blues? Here’s a suggestion from Maja.

http://www.photoradar.com/news/story/32-photo-projects-for-2011#ad-image0

Travel Photographer of the Year 2010

Larry Louie © click on image

National Geographic

Some of the best photographs in the world appear in the National Geographic. Here are the prize winners for 2010. An inspiration.

Law of Survival by © Dung Ma

Winter 2010

The white stuff. Fun if you’re under 10 years old ? ......... here

‘A’ Panel

Congratulations to Thomas on gaining his Associateship IPF with this panel of seascapes. Click on image.

“Living on an island means the sea has a huge influence on one’s life. This panel, captured over a number of years, attempts to share my love of the way in which the sea shapes the coastline of Western Europe.

Use of the soft directional light to which we are treated at the start and end of each day emphasises the varied colours and textures which grace the coastline.

This theme of sea, sand and stone is one of contrast: the constant movement of sand, sea and sky contrasting with the relative permanence of the rock forms, while the advancing warm tones of the sky are juxtaposed with the receding cool tones of the sea.” T. Gaffney

Award Presentation

Phil Pound was presented with his Associateship IPPA Certificate and Gold Medal, by Mary McCullough (Munster Chairperson of IPPA ) at a ceremony in The Palace Hotel, Cashel on Monday (15th November) night. Phil’s Associateship Panel can be seen ....... here. Photo courtesy of G. Maguire LIPPA

Published and Award Winning Images

The Club can be proud to have a few members who enter Monthly Competitions on a regular basis and come away with the prestigious Diamond and Gold Awards. Others submit images to various publications which are then selected for print. Congrats to them. From now on, these images can be seen .... here , and hopefully they will inspire us all to take part in these events and achieve a place on the page.

2010 Club Annual Exhibition

The Celtic Ross Hotel have kindly let our exhibition run till December. If you’d like to change your images, feel free to do so. Contact Nicholas if you need help.

Clonakilty Camera Club is holding its 3rd Annual exhibition of members’ work in the Round Tower at the Celtic Ross Hotel, Rosscarbery, Co. Cork.

The exhibition was opened by Lord David Puttnam on Friday July 9th at 8.30 pm, and was well attended by club members and the public.

In his opening speech, Lord Puttnam congratulated members for the high standard of images on display and talked of the beautiful quality of slanting soft light in West Cork.

He also mentioned the empowering nature of the image and the way it can generate an immediate positive response. “Without an image, an appeal for help to a disaster becomes so much more difficult”. He is a former Chairman of UNICEF.

He also spoke of his father, who was an Associated Press staff photographer and also War Office Official Photographer for the British Government during WWII.

See ......... here to search for Lt L Puttnam images in the Archives of the Imperial War Museum, London.

David Puttnam was agent to some of the world’s foremost portrait and fashion photographers, namely, David Bailey, Brian Duffy and Richard Avedon.

In 2000 Lord Puttnam was awarded the Centennial Medal by the Royal Photographic Society. Only 3 Centennial awards exist.

For 10 years he was the Chairman of the British National Museum of Photography, Film and Television.

It was a real honour for the Club to have him open this years exhibition and we thank him for making the time to do so.

The Clonakilty Camera Club was founded in 1981, and currently has about forty members. While most are amateurs some are practicing professionals. There is a great tradition of the accomplished helping those less skilled, so the standard is continually rising.

The photos in the exhibition both reflect the life and landscape of West Cork, but also there are scenes and portraits from further afield. The photographs are for sale at a very reasonable €90 each

There was a raffle on the night and all proceeds went to COPE Foundation.

Exhibition Gallery ................... here

Treasure Hunt

Treasure Hunt Results, pictures and clues are ........... here. Congrats to Thomas, Maja, Helene and Nadine for coming 1st.

Phil Pound AIPPA

Congratulations and a big “bualadh bos” to Phil Pound on achieving his Associateship Distinction with the Irish Professional Photographers Association. He becomes the first Club member to reach this distinction level with any professional photographic body. His panel can be seen ......... here

Galley Head Pictures 2nd June ................ here

Cheque Presentations

The €730 raised at last years Club Exhibition was presented to local charities on Wednesday 14th April ........ here

Fun Challenge Results so far

Congrats to Charlie on his brilliant capture of two rather friendly frogs in “Reflection”.

Congrats to Thomas on his deserved win in “ Less is More ”.

The winning image will be picked by the Competition Secretary and the winner will receive a prize. Entries can be either colour or b/w.

Send your images as jpgs with the longest side of 800 pixels to Geoff . Resizing tip here

There are no grades in these challenges.

Final Results and Presentations for POTY 2009

The results for the 3 Grades of “Photographers of the Year” are .... here.

SACC

The SACC competition took place in Cork on 14th March 2010 and the results and panels are ....... here

Melanie’s Blog

Melanie, her husband Ben and their 2 children, Sophie and Joe (aka The Clonakilty Wanderers), set off for 3 months to see South East Asia, taking in China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia. Their travelogue is ......... here

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