Project work 'Friut & Veg' tonight. Memebers are doing
great work on the Projects. Stewart would like to keep
these photos from now on so that we have a ready collection of
photos when we need them for exhibitions etc.
22nd
Studio Night tonight - Portraits. As I wasn't able to
attend and haven't got feedback yet I may fill this space later!
15th
'Long Exposure' was the project work for this evening and ranged
from car-streams at night to atmospheric music players. A
difficult one sometimes to get just right but everyone's doing
really well.
8th
Tonight we had a little photographic nostalgia as members had a
chance to see some 1940s-1960s 'Box Brownie' cameras, medium
format film and plates. Compared with today's fancy
digital camera's these were basically a fancy box with a hole
and photographs can still be taken with them. I wonder how
many will be able to say that of todays cameras in another 45-65
years!
'Maritime Arklow' - not as easy as it looks!!
With the vast majority of this heritage now missing and new
buildings and continued building-work in the distance members
still managed to produce a range of unusual shots using the
modern background to advantage. Many Congratulations to
our new members in particular as they have been listening very
well at their classes and provided us with our 1st, 2nd and
3rd places!! In 1st we have Kriss Case; 2nd Teresa O'Duffy
and 3rd Lorna Brady. Sincere Thanks to Mr. Robert Mullan
for being our judge tonight and we look forward to meeting with
you again.
22nd
A very interesting night tonight as Mark Sedgwick visited us
with an IPF presentation and workshop on Distinction
Panels. Many thanks to Mark for taking the time out for
us. Everyone really enjoyed it.
Next week we have our first B&W
competition - 'Maritime Arklow' sponsored by Vetroquniol.
Good luck to all.
15th
A cold night for it but out the members went for their 'Night
Shots' as scheduled - far play to them!
Project work was 'Trees' this eve and I've only see a couple
of them (as wasn't there) but what I've seen were good.
Next week Mark Sedgwick will visit, 8pm, and this is open
to both members and Public alike. A small fee of €2.00
for a lecture, slideshow and 'Working to
Distinction's in the Lounge in the Bridge Hotel. (22nd Feb)
8th
Congratulations to our new class graduates! photo
here.
After the presentation of Certificates we had a fun session
with 'Real or Fake' photos which provided a bit of a laugh - and
the competition amongst some members was something else!!
Part II to follow soon!
1st
'Transport' was the Project work for this eve and a wide range
of planes, trains and automobiles, including the symbolic
pyramid.
Getting way ahead of ourselves and set up the next two months
programme, the first of which is above. The Class is going
well and almost coming to a close. Best of luck to all in
their exam next week.
Many thanks to Julie for her demonstrative 'Introduction to
Traditional B&W' lecture tonight. Although many people
have turned to digital it's important to have an understanding
of the traditional element of photography. It also shows
that the time put into the 'darkroom' can equal the time some
people put into the 'lightroom'.
Part II of this lecture will be on the way soon.
18th
Many congratulations are in order!! The TBPS came first overall
in the Nature competition held in the SACC region of the
IPF at the weekend. Out of 9 photos entered from the
society 5 have gone through to the regional finals.
Congratulations also to Paul who won the best photo overall out
of 73 photographs and the best of luck to everyone.
Paul continued with a Photoshop workshop and tonight's
Project Work was 'Self Portrait'. As no one can escape
themselves there was a very good turn out of photos. As
ever, just to remind newer members - you can also take part in
the Project Work - don't be shy!!
Due to the wet weather last Sunday the Outdoor photography
session did not go ahead. Again, weather depending
we will meet at 12 noon at the car park in front of Bridgewater
on Sunday 22nd for a photo op.
Next week Julie will cover B&W.
The next set of projects have been picked and are in order:
Transport, Trees; Long exposure; Fruit/Veg.
11th
We've just been notified of the Nature Competition that's
being held this weekend in regional IPF competitons.
Photos needed - any photo
that does not include any man-made object is accepted.
In order to give the Tutorial Class and
members a chance for practical outdoor photography we will meet at 12 noon at the car park in front of Bridgewater
on Sunday for a photo op. - weather depending.
4th
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
You're very welcome to 2006 and we kicked off tonight beginning
with the fifth Tutorial Class which is still going strong.
An extra class has now been added making it 9 classes in total.
Project work for this eve was 'Sport' with
imagination flying everywhere, especially with the running joke
of 'that's not real photography'! Paul used both the tool of
imagination & the quote with highly effective results. The next
project is 'Self Portrait' due on the 18th January. This
will bring us to the end of our current selection so we will
need to re-select on the 18th also.
