This week we have the pleasure of having Desmond Loughery coming along to have a talk and show his work on Wildlife Photography. 
Please arrive on time and give a hand setup the room if needed.
www.desmondloughery.com
Gareth

Hi Folks
 
Tomorrow night is Round 4 (open) competition.
 
Can I remind anyone wishing to enter a panel of images for the EAPU Beginners Competition(Consists of a mono and colour section. Each author can enter one panel of 3 images in each section)


These must be emailed to me, club sec or brought in to the club by 21st January.
Johnny Kyle

This Wednesday night will be a studio night so bring your cameras.
 
 It is also when entries for round four (open) are due in.
DPI entries to Lee at the usual address, by 6pm Sunday, no late entries will be excepted on the night.

Also, please remember to sign in on arrival.


Johnny

Wednesday 7th January is our first night back. On the 7th one room will have a video on, the other room will have a still-life studio set up.
Could members please bring in something to photograph.
 
 The 14th January  is the night for entries for Round 4 - Open.
 
Can I remind anyone wishing to enter a panel of images for the EAPU Beginners Competition(Consists of a mono and colour section. Each author can enter one panel of 3 images in each section)

these must be emailed to me, club sec by the 21st January.

Health & Safety Update from Johnny Forsythe.
 
Just to give the membership the heads up on Health and Safety in the 
Club we shall be introducing a membership log in/log out register. This 
will be placed on a table in the corridor before the first club 
classroom. All those attending on the night are required to sign in and 
log the time in. If you leave the club early ie before quitting time you 
are required to sign out and log the time out. If you leave at the 
normal time you are not required to sign out. The reason for this is in 
the event of an emergency situation we will have a register of who is in 
attendance on that evening to give to the emergency service should they 
be called out. This will let them know if everyone has been evacuated.  
I personally will be looking after this, and will oversee the checking 
of names occasionally to make sure all in attendance has signed in. This 
is for our own benefit folks and I`d like to think all concerned will 
give 100% cooperation.  Thank you".
 
 Johnny

Hi Folks,
Tomorrow night please bring your entries for round three "structure"

Room 1
We are having a studio night so bring your cameras along, this week we are hoping to carry on with Gareth and Lee talk on studio setup.
 For those who are interested, it will provide the chance for them to move lights, try different setups and see how this affects the overall image.

Room 2
EAPU competition

Please bring your images, as per previous email.

We will be picking the images to represent the club, the images will be displayed on the projector screen however the author will remain unknown

Johnny

Hi folks,
 
How do you take your photography to the next level?
 
A good place to start is to see the winning entries from all other camera clubs and the 'winners of the winners', as 'starred' by the 3 NIPA judges. Viewing these prints and projected images allows you compare your standard, and that of your club, with the standard displayed by other clubs throughout Northern Ireland. This a worthy exercise and can only help improve your photography.

Note the early start of 7.30pm rather than the usual 8pm. This is to allow Catchlight Camera Club to clear up and vacate the premises by 10pm. 

The next NIPA Event is the Round Two Adjudication Evening of the Inter-Club Competition, sponsored by Camera Jungle. It will be held on Wednesday 26th November 2014 at Catchlight Camera Club at 7:30 pm. Arrive at 7:15 pm if you want to take some time to view the prints.

The venue is Finaghy Community Centre, which is on the 1st corner on the Left, on Benmore Drive off Finaghy Road South.
MAP (CLICK)
Kind regards,

Mark L Allen, NIPA Secretary

Hi Folks
 
This week we are having a guest speaker, Mark Allen.
 
Marks' presentation is "10 Ways to improve your photography"
 
Can those planning on attending this week, try to arrive early so we can start at
7:30 sharp. This will allow our guest to give the presentation without feeling rushed....
 
 
Johnny

Hi Everyone

Message from CPA Camera Club.

Thanks for your help and support last year for the Will McCrum Memorial Competition for Portraiture. Without your enthusiasm and the amazing entries, the competition would never have been the success it was.
 
I'm delighted to let you know that we are now accepting entries for the third year of this prestigious competition, open to all members of a NIPA affiliated club.
 
This is a celebration of the passion Will had for portraiture and in particular large prints. With that in mind, we hope you'll consider submitting an entry this year and passing on details of the competition to other photographers who might be interested.
 
The Will McCrum Portraiture competition is one of the very few large print competitions in Northern Ireland. We're sure you'll agree that seeing these fantastic images printed and mounted from 50cm and larger is a stunning way to display photographs and makes for an amazing body of work.
 
Information for this years competition is available here:
will-mccrum-memorial-cup
 
You can find further information on last years competition here:
results 2013

Will McCrum Memorial Cup – Competition Rules

• The competition is open to any paid up member of a NIPA affiliated club
• The theme for the competition is “Human Portraiture”
• This is a print only competition
• Prints may be in Black&White or Colour
• Print and mount must be no larger than 60cm on their longest side
• Minimum mount size is 50cm on the longest edge, (e.g. 50cm x 40cm is acceptable)
• Prints (excluding mount) must have at least one side of 40cm or longer (e.g.: 40cm x 30cm is acceptable)
• Each entrant may submit up to five prints (i.e. colour , monochrome or a mixture of both)
• All prints must be the original work of the entrant.
• All prints must contain the print Title, the author’s name, address and contact details on the back of the entry only.
• All reasonable care will be taken with entries but we regret no responsibility for loss or damage will be accepted
• There is no entry fee for this competition
• Entries should be left with Vittorio Silvestri before 2nd December 2014 - Contact – M:07974993314,E:vittorio@vsilvestri.com