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| June |
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| 27th |
“I
hate posers”
Let me see. Photo’s – check.
Scorecards – check. Rock Shandy – check. Can’t think
what’s missing …… oh pooh no judge! That’s it, enough is
enough, send the Competition Secretary to
Wisconsin
! At the last minute two Gentlemen from the bar (no not
barristers) kindly agreed to be our guest judges for the
evening. What a good job they did too, making Paul the winner,
with Peter runner up and new recruit George storming to a podium
finish in his first competition! So the word from the man in the
street was, they preferred candid more natural portraits, none
of that posing stuff!
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| 20th |
“Under
cover operation”
No “Mad Max” road excursion to Aughrim
tonight, bloody rain! Instead we spent an enjoyable evening
learning how to develop our own film with a Masterclass from our
learned leader Colum D’Wobbles. Elena proved to be the master
of Colum’s black bag challenge, spooling her film in record
time. Some time soon we will have to try it for real!
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| 13th |
“Raw
And Dangerous”
Paul tonight gave an insight into the dark
world of “Raw” digital capture. A good number of members
have dabbled with raw capture but most seem to have gone back to
the simplicity of using jpg. With this in mind we intend to
offer a lecture in the use of “Picasa” since many members
are now using this as their weapon of choice. So stay tuned for
further details in our coming events section.
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| 6th |
“Wandering”
Well it was escape from The Bridge Night
(who forgot to tell Audrey)! So it was off to Killmichael for a
ramble across the headland to the old life guard station. Shame,
I have not seen any of the photo’s from the evening yet, even
my own (dammed film), but even so it was nice to get out in the
fresh air without the rain!
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| May |
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| 30th |
“Nose
Jobs and Erectile Dysfunction”
What a cruel man our President is. Poor
Willie had to endure the mother of battles to produce a stunning
restoration of Robert’s family snap. Using only two or three
of Photoshop’s tools, the maestro was able to dazzle the
assembly with his mastery of the face lifting art. The photo he
was working on could not have been any more difficult and it is
a great indictment to his skill and patience that “El
Presidente’s” family was truly amazed at the resultant
print. Not content with just that, Willie had a further morsel
of magic to bestow, in the shape of his tower straightening
technique. Very handy for getting things standing up to
attention again!
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| 23rd |
“Film
Night”
Tonight will be a lecture from Colum on film photography. He
will enlighten all with tales of 22 megapixel resolution and
higher dynamic range. So if you’re an ignorant digital head
like me, come with an open mind and see if you too can learn to
love film! Colum will demystify the complexities of ISO, slide,
negative and the use of filters. Remember at any stage if you
wish to try film photography for yourself you may borrow the
Society’s camera, so there are no excuses.
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| 16th |
“Sliders”
After a number of false dawns we finally had our first official
“slide” competition. Many thanks are extended to John
Wilkinson, who kindly acted as our judge for the evening. After
noting the very difficult task that had been put before him, he
then delivered the result in reverse order. Julie came third,
with her “Heron” and another camera. Colum came second with
his “Snorting Hippo’s”, a new photo to boot in this age of
digital! Top place went to Stewart for his “Fulmar”. A well
deserved winner, beautifully lit and razor sharp. With a nature
one two three, this indicates that competition will be intense
for the Society’s Nature Finals at the end of September, so
start working now. My tip though is that Willie has already
booked second, even then that still leaves two other places to
strive for!
Afterwards
John treated us to some of his digital slideshows, including
some that have won national awards in the IPF AV section. Many
members were greatly interested in the alternative opportunities
that exist for the attainment of IPF distinctions via the Audio
Visual route, so we will venture to progress greater information
in this regard over coming months.
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| 9th |
Paul
returned from
Georgia
and
South Carolina
, with a new compact camera and a compact selection of images. A
proper slideshow will be delivered in due course. Peter gave us
a run through of his trials and tribulations with the Canon 1d
mkIIn. This included being ejected from a show jumping event,
though he did manage to burst off a few frames before being
shown the door! Tripod update – El Presidente remains
headless!
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| 2nd |
“Julie
Scrumptious”
It was Cairde Na Ceile Night again and a
team of three judges were on hand to pass consideration on a
very high class field of all thing “Wicklow”. Well you
can guess that once again Willie came second, I wonder if we can
place bets on it online for the next competition! With Colly
Wobbles finishing in third, that left Julie once again taking
the top prize. What’s even more astonishing she has now taken
to winning competitions with a different camera each time, now
that is rubbing it in!
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| April |
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| 26th |
“Colly
Bears Picnic”
Well
being Stateside, I missed tonight’s festivities. Although I am
assured that Colum once again gave his usual master class in
coaching, to those that were willing to listen that is. Practice
was indeed opportune, with the Cairde Na Ceile competition the
next week and many shots from this evening made it to print in
time. That’s the power of digital for you!
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| 18th |
“Flower
Potty”
So
it was back to the table top with some fairly mangy flowers from
Tesco’s. El Presidente came up with a novel way of excusing
himself from practice, this time by breaking his tripod. The
story of the purchase of a replacement tripod, would fill an
entire library though, so don’t mention the war!. Willie
seemed to have made best use of the evening with some very
interesting lighting work on the curvy vase that Paul had
brought along; we all look forward to seeing the printed
results.
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| 11th |
“Frogger”
As
usual we had a large turnout for one of our photo printing
tutorials, this time our subject was black and white. Many
thanks go to those members that put forward images for the Paul
treatment. The outstanding images included, George providing a
lovely balcony scene form
Spain
, Ines had a gorgeous macro shot, and my particular favorite,
Jenny’s ornamental garden frog. Once again I think members
left with a greater understanding of the capabilities that are
open for them to develop their photographic vision and hopefully
will lead to further areas of experimentation for one an all.
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| 4th |
“Tutti
Frutti”
After
a short and sweet AGM, you have once again requested Stewart,
Julie and Paul to continue their various committee roles. Many
thanks to Larissa for agreeing to continue the good fight as
PRO, and in particular for her work on our spectacular new
website, coming soon to a computer near you!
But
before the high council we had a really good practical workout
on our five a day friends from the fruit world. Paul made up a
backlit “stained glass” fruit presentation which gained a
lot of shutter activity and hopefully gave people a few ideas of
what to try to do at home. Like wise we had the
“traditional” bowl of fruit display, a la Stewart. Colum on
the other hand failed to tell us of the “Coach and Horses”
trick made with an orange and two bananas, well at least we can
save this idea for the next time.
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