Latest Rainbow Camera Club News

(1) Club Treasurer

Just to let you all know that our treasurer stepped down from the post at our club meeting of 11th July 2013. As a result that position is now vacant and we shall appoint a new treasurer at our next club meeting.

(2) August Meeting

Our next club meeting will be held on Thursday 8th August in The Cabin, Rossinver, Co Leitrim, from 8:00pm to 10:00pm. Details of the format of the August meeting are still to be confirmed.

(3) Motivational Theme for August Meeting

The motivational theme chosen at this month's meeting was "People".

A reminder that the whole idea behind these themes is to motivate members to go out and take new photographs between meetings. Feel free to interpret this theme in any way you like and you can submit up to 3 photographs to rainbowcameraclub@gmail.com by midnight, Monday 5th August for inclusion in the slideshow at the August meeting. If at all possible please resize your photographs to 1024 pixels on the longest side.

(4) Photographic Competition (Leitrim County Council)

Members may be interested in the following that has been taken from the Leitrim County Council website:-

"Leitrim Co. Council wish to promote the natural beauty of Co. Leitrim in a calendar. We need excellent photographs of the rich variety of landscapes enjoyed within the county while also reflecting the effect of four seasons.

We need the photos in reasonably high definition in electronic format and one print 8” x 10” (W x H) and your permission to use them in a calendar and to put them on public display.

·         8” x 10” Photograph – as high definition as possible ·         Your name, address, telephone number & Email Address ·         The name of the townland from where the photo was taken

Closing date is Sept. 6^th and entries should be marked “Photographic Competition” and submitted to Carmel Coll, Aras an Chontae, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim.

Prizes will be  €500 (1^st), €400 (2^nd), €300 (3^rd) and €100 for each of the nine other photos judged most suitable for inclusion in the calendar.

The decision of the judges will be final, canvassing will disqualify and all the entries will be placed on public display in the Dock in October where the results will be announced"

Full details are available on the Leitrim County Council website here.

Latest News

Following on from month's successful meeting, a few news items for you...

(1) Change of venue for the July Meeting

Please note that, due to the fact that The Cabin will not be available to us on the evening of July 11th, we shall be meeting at the New Ballagh Centre in Rossinver for that meeting.

(2) Motivational Theme for July Meeting

The motivational theme chosen at this month's meeting is "Catching A Moment".

A reminder that the whole idea behind these themes is to motivate members to go out and take new photographs between meetings. Feel free to interpret this theme in any way you like and you can submit up to 3 photographs to this address by midnight, Monday July 8th, for inclusion in the slideshow at the July meetingt. If at all possible please resize your photographs to 1024 pixels on the longest side.

If you are stuck for ideas have a look at the images from this Google search-results page.

(3) Slideshow of Submissions for the June Meeting ("Boats")

Talking of themes and slideshows I wish to apologise to Hilary Carson for omitting to include her photographs from the slideshow at this month's meeting. I have since added them and the whole slideshow is now available on the Rainbow Camera Club facebook page. You should be able to view it here.

(4) Possible Photography Course for Rainbow Camera Club Members

Sligo based photographer Peter Wilcock, who entertained club members at this month's meeting with a talk on "Composition" - along with an insight into some of his work as a press photographer in England - has kindly offered to facilitate a Digital Photography Course just for our own members if enough people are interested. At present the length of the course has not been decided, but Peter has offered to work with the participants over a number of days, perhaps once a week, perhaps weekday evening,s or daytime Saturday or Sundays, for sessions lasting three hours each. The cost of each session would be a total of 150euro - so the cost per person would depend on the number of participants. It was suggested that the course might culminate in to an exhibition.

Peter will be present at the July meeting to discuss this further, and to host a one-and-a-half hour shoot, so people can get an idea of what might be involved. You are welcome to bring your camera and any other equipment you may have on the night. Hopefully a decision can be made on the night as to whether this course will go ahead.

June Meeting Of Rainbow Camera Club

The Next Meeting of the Rainbow Camera Club will be held on Thursday 13th June in our usual spot of The Cabin, Rossinver, Co Leitrim from 8:00pm to 10:00pm. In the first part of the meeting Sligo-based photographer Peter Wilcock will be giving us a talk. Peter was a sports photographer with several UK newspapers, and is also a City & Guilds registered photography teacher. He was also the teacher of the class that produced the Timepiece photography exhibition on "Rossinver/Garrison Past and Present" that launched in the Gillaroo Centre in Garrison last Sunday week, and is now currently on display in the Ballagh Centre, Rossinver.

A reminder that the Motivational Theme chosen at last month's meeting was "Boats". Members are encouraged to interpret this theme in any way they see fit and to submit up to three photographs taken since the last meeting on this theme to rainbowcameraclub@gmail.com for inclusion in the slide-show to be shown in the second half of next week's meeting. Ideally resize your photos to 1024 pixels on the longest side. Please send them by midnight Monday 10th of June. There is a YouTube tutorial showing how to resize your images using Picasa. It is very much the same as the demonstration that given by Martin at the end of last month's meeting, and was put together by a member of the Boyle Camera Club, who also have monthly 'motivational themes'. The link is here.

Also a reminder that the 25 euro Annual Membership Fee (10 euro for junior members) for this year is now overdue. If you have not yet paid please try to rectify this at next week's meeting. And if you are having a problem paying it all at once, please talk to a committee member and we can arrange some sort of easy payment plan.

A Joint Photo Shoot with Boyle Camera Club has been arranged for Sunday 23rd June (time to be confirmed). They want to come up to our area, and have suggested that they would like to visit Fowley Falls in Rossinver (further up the road from The Cabin). Put this date in your diaries, and please come along if you are not doing anything else that day.

Finally a copy of the slide-show that was shown last month of the "Sky" motivation pictures members sent in has been put online on the Rainbow Camera Club's facebook page, and you should be able to view it by clicking here.

Club News

The Rainbow Camera  Club had a productive monthly meeting in The Cabin last Thursday evening (9th May). Many thanks to club member Pat Mullan who gave an interesting and informative demonstration on Shutter Priority for the first part of the meeting.

Pat Mullan helping club members set shutter speed

After the break a slideshow was given of members' photographs taken since the last meeting under the motivational theme "The Sky".  This slideshow will be put online in the near future.

This was followed by a demonstration by club member Martin Cooke on how to resize images using Picasa.For those members that missed this (or want a refresher) you can watch a YouTube video showing basically the same process here.

A reminder that the motivational theme chosen for the June slideshow is "Boats".  
 

Sligo-based photographer, Peter Wilcock, will be giving a talk in the first part of the June meeting, which will be held in The Cabin, Rossinver, Co Leitrim on Thursday 13th June, from 8:00pm to 10:00pm. You can see some of Peter's work at www.redbackphotography.co.uk

On Sunday 14th May seven club members met up for a club photoshoot at Glencar Waterfall, Co Leitrim. One of the photographs taken that is available on the club Flickr site here. Hopefully some of the members who attended the shoot have other photos that can be added to the Flickr site in the near future. Email them to the rainbowcameraclub gmail address if you have any.

APRIL MEETING REPORT

Thanks must be given to Rainbow Camera Club member, Deirdre Dillon Malone, who gave the members present a very informative demonstration on the effects of using different Aperture settings.

As can be seen in the photo below, using a large aperture (a smaller "F" number) means that only a small range of the image will be in focus, whereas using a small aperture (a larger "F" number) means that more of the image will be in focus.

This effect is often referred to as the Depth of Field. So, to get a greater depth of field (perhaps when photographing a landscape) it will be necessary to close the aperture down (use a large F number - or F-stop). When you want to make one object stand out (with the rest of the objects in the photo being out of focus and therefore less distracting) you will need to open the aperture (use a small F number). This can be particularly effective when you are taking a portrait shot of a single person.

In next month's meeting Rainbow Camera Club member, Pat Mullan will give a demonstration to the members present on Shutter Speed.

Finally, just a quick reminder that the motivational theme for this month is "The Sky". A reminder about this will be emailed to members a week or so before the next meeting, which will be held in The Cabin, Rossinver, Co Leitrim on Thursday, 9th May 2013, from 8 to 10pm.

April Club Meeting

Just a reminder that the next meeting of the cross border Rainbow Camera Club will be held this coming Thursday, 11th April, in our usual spot: The Cabin, Rossinver, Co Leitrim, from 8pm to 10pm. Hopefully as many as you as possible will be able to attend. New members are always welcome.

During the first part of this meeting Deirdre Dillon-Malone will be giving a demonstration of Aperture and how setting different apertures will effect the depth of field, allowing either more or less of the background (and foreground) to be in focus. Pat Mullan will hopefully assist her by connecting the camera via Live View to the television screen so that members will be able to see in real-time the effects from using different apertures.

Also a reminder that the Motivational Theme for this months photographs is Spring. Feel free to interpret this in any way you like (a few suggestions: lambs, Paddy's Day, Easter, daffodils - but it's entirely up to you how you interpret the theme). Please send up to three photographs by email to rainbowcameraclub@gmail.com by Midnight, Monday, 8th April. If possible resize your photos to 1024 pixels on their longest edge. A slideshow of the submitted photographs will be shown after the break.

As the slideshow will probably probably not be put  together until Wednesday, it is likely that your photographs may be accepted a little late - but this cannot be guaranteed so get them in on time if at all possible. If a member submits more than three photographs, it is possible that only three will be selected for the slideshow.

Hoping to see as many of you as possible on the night!

New Forum for Club Members

A new forum has been set up for paid up members of the Rainbow Camera Club.

You can view it here