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Photo Society visits Castlereagh Civic Centre
The
Mayor of Castlereagh, Alderman Jack Beattie, MBE, 'turned the tables'
, on members of City of Belfast Photographic Society, when they
visited Castlereagh Borough Council Civic Centre. Alderman Beattie,
a camera club member for many years, certainly knows his "f
stops from his shutter speeds".
Honor Ross, Councillor
David Drysdale
(Mayor of Castlereagh),
Adrian Wheeler, Peter Knott
(President of the Photographic Society)
Adrian
'sweeps the boards' at Exhibition!
Trish Semple, Gary Donaldson and Angela Van Wel with their winning prints
Also in the picture is Peter Knott and Honor Ross (President of the Photographic Society)
With
Trish and Angela is Ray Magill (President of the Northern Ireland
Photographic Association NIPA)
Silver for Sarah Sarah
Long with some of the trophies she won at the City of Belfast Photographic
Society’s Annual Exhibition. Sarah, the youngest member of
the Photographic Society, won awards in monochrome prints, colour
prints as well as digital projected images. End
of another season at the Photo Society We had a variety of events in our weekly programme with something for everyone from beginner to advanced. I think our members will agree it was an excellent programme and enjoyed by all. In the
NIPA Interclub Competitions we had “Starred Entries”
by In the
NIPA Novice Competition it was a runaway success for Jay
Palisoc with In the NIPA
Top Print and Projected Digital Image Competition In the
NIPA Annual Exhibition The final
major event of the season is our Annual Exhibition which as usual
will be held in Dundonald Library and will be on display throughout
May.
Members of the City of Belfast Photographic
Society putting the final touches to their annual exhibition in
Dundonald Library. The Exhibition consists of one hundred colour
and monochrome images. They will be on display on the "Back
Wall Gallery" and the "Multipurpose Room" of Dundonald
Library during May. The "Opening Night and Presentation of
Awards" evening is on 4th May at 8.00pm when the PDIs (Projected
Digital Images) will also be shown. Everyone is welcome. Round five, the final round of the Northern Ireland Photographic Association (NIPA) inter-club competitions, saw the Photo Society gain two ‘Starred’ Projected Digital Image (PDI) entries. These were by Lawson Piggott and Michael Barbour with titles ‘Engine Man’ and ‘Pulling the Beard’ respectively. This round had the theme ‘Environmental Portraiture’. Congratulations to both Lawson and Michael. NIPA has set the subjects for next season’s (2011/2012) inter-club competitions. Of the five rounds; three are ‘open’ and two have set themes of ‘reflections’ and ‘shadows’.
"Engine
Man" by Lawson Piggott
"Pulling
the Beard" by Michael Barbour
____________________________________________________________________ Inter-club success Our latest member to receive a starred entry in the recent NIPA inter-club competitions was Michael Norton. Michael was awarded his certificate at round 4 of the inter-club hosted by Antrim Camera Club. His striking colour print entitled Owl gained a joint 5th place.
"Owl" by Michael Norton "Starred Entry" Joint 5th Place - Colour Prints NIPA Inter-club round 4 "Open" February 2011 Not only was Michael successful at NIPA he also had his print exhibited on the Calumet Photographic ‘Picture of the Week’ website (for 20 October 2010). Click for website. This is a great achievement as only the top prints from top photographers are selected from the many submitted. ____________________________________________________________________
Stan & Yann - City of Belfast Photo Society's Patron is caught out!!!
____________________________________________________________________ ‘Peoples Photography Exhibition 2010’ – We’ll go anywhere to show our photographs! It was an early start on Saturday 28th August as we were off to Dublin for the ‘Peoples Photography Exhibition’. This popular annual event, now in its 23rd year, attracts photographers throughout Ireland so we wanted Belfast to be represented. Six of our members made the journey to hang their photographs on the railings of St. Stephen's Green. Unfortunately someone, due to a last minute rush out of the house, forgot their prints, but we won’t say who she is, so your secret is safe with us Trish. The weather - that was our worry. In fact it turned out to be a great day, the sun shone most of the day with only a slight drizzle for a few minutes when we had to use our emergency plastic covering sheet. We had many people passing-by looking at our work and making enquiries especially when they saw we were from Belfast. Without doubt St. Stephen's Green is an excellent venue, being at one end of the very busy Grafton Street. We took it in turns to see the work and have a chat to some of the other photographers; you always learn something new. We were amazed by the sheer quantity of prints which covered the railings on two sides of St. Stephen’s Green. Every style of photography was on display and in every size right up to five foot wide landscapes! It was time for lunch and again we took it in turns to go for a bite to eat and a walk through Grafton Street with cameras at the ready for any photo opportunities. Dublin certainly is a very busy city. The ‘Peoples Photography Exhibition’ is well recommended to see for anyone interested in photography even if you don’t wish to exhibit, and with the special offer train tickets, you can be in Dublin in two hours with plenty of time to spend on an enjoyable day. We certainly had a wonderful time! |
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Members of the City of Belfast
Photographic Society in Dublin for the
____________________________________________________________________ ”Should we go or should we not go”? That was the question being posed for the forthcoming ‘Art on the Rails’ Exhibition on Saturday 24 July 2010 at Castle Grounds in Lisburn. The weather was the deciding factor with the forecast indicating unsettled weather with likelihood of rain. But being the City of Belfast Photographic Society we went anyway! This was our first venture at displaying our work outside to the public. Within a short time and with the aid of a clothes line, clothes pegs and ‘Blu Tack’ we had our display up on the rails and very pleased we were. “But what about the rain”? Well we thought about that and fitted plastic sheets to fold down over the prints in case of an emergency! Time for coffee and biscuits and have a look around at the other exhibitor’s art work on display. All were paintings, no photography, but it’s nice to chat and compare their art form with ours. Just as we thought everything was going fine, the rain came on! So it was all hands to drop the plastic sheet and all was well. A few drops of rain can be the death to award winning ink jet masterpiece! Twice during the afternoon we had to bring the emergency plastic sheet into action. Although it was a dull day, some passers-by did stop and look at the prints, a few even made enquiries. It was approaching 3.00pm and we decided we would pack up for the day and it’s as well we did. Yes, you guessed it, the rain came on again! It would be well worth going back again, but this time on a sunny day with more people around. Overall we enjoyed the day and the experience. We are planning to exhibit at the ‘Peoples Photography Exhibition’ at St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin. This is an annual event held at the end of August with the railings covered with thousands of photographs by photographers from all over Ireland and beyond. One item we will definitely bring with us is our emergency plastic sheet! For
information on ‘Peoples Photography Exhibition’ visit:
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'The
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"Estelle" by Lawson Piggott "Starred Entry" Joint 2nd Place - Colour Prints NIPA Inter-club round 3 'Portraiture' January 2010 Also Best Print in Exhibition 2009 and First Place in Advanced Section - Portraiture and Best Portrait in Exhibition |
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"Cracking
Up" by Trish Semple "Starred Entry" Joint 2nd Place - Colour Prints NIPA Inter-club round 5 "Open" March 2010 |
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"Home
Made Soda Bread" by Peter Knott PAGB Ribbon - Monochrome Prints NIPA Annual Print Exhibition 2010 |
