September Meeting

Hope you've had a great summer, and have got loads of new and interesting photographs!

Just a reminder that the September meeting of the club will be held on Thursday, 11th September, at our usual venue of The Cabin, Rossinver, Co Leitrim (beside the football field), starting at 8:00pm

The motivational theme for this month's meeting is "Architecture". Members are free to interpret this as they see fit, and are encouraged to send in up to four images on this theme, taken since the January 2014 meeting (9th January 2014), for inclusion in the slideshow after the break at this month's meeting. Please email your photographs to the usual club email address. If at all possible resize your images so that they are 1024 pixels on their longest edge, and make sure that they are sent by midnight on Tuesday, 9th September. 

The video from the July meeting (motivational theme "Pets") has now been uploaded to the club's Youtube page and you should be able to view it here.

One of the things we shall be discussing at this month's meeting will be the 2015 North-West Regional rounds of the IPF Print & Projected Image and National Nature competitions. It may seem early to be discussing this, but the NW rounds will probably be held very early in 2015 (if not before the end of 2014) as the National Finals will be held in February 2015, and one of the points of the Regional rounds is to select images to go forward to the Finals. From what I have seen of the images submitted to the motivational themes we have more than just a few members whose images would be hard beaten in the regional rounds. We missed our chance this year by not being prepared in advance, so let's take this opportunity to showcase our club!

Finally a reminder of the motivational themes for the rest of the year:-

• October - Trees
• November - Hedgerows
• December - Portraits 

With the onset of autumn, now may be a good time to be thinking about trees and hedgerows if you haven't already taken pictures. The autumn fruits are now in the hedgerows, and I've even seen some trees starting to take on their autumn colours.

July Club Meeting & Motivational Slideshows

The next meeting of Rainbow Camera Club will be held on Thursday, 10th July, in our usual venue of The Cabin (beside the football field), Rossinver, Co Leitrim from 8:00pm to 10:00pm.

At this meeting Boyle-based photographer Tony Murphy will be giving us a talk and presentation about the early life of Fr Frank Browne, one of Ireland's most famous photographers. In particular he will talk about the photographs Fr Browne took of the Titanic on its maiden voyage between Southampton and Queenstown (now called Cobh) in 1912. 

Please try to get along to this meeting if you possibly can, as this is our first outside speaker, and it would be a shame if he turned up to talk to a small number of people.

Stern View of Titanic (Fr Frank Browne)

MOTIVATIONAL THEMES

The motivational theme for next week's meeting is PETS. Members may interpret this theme in any way they see fit, and all members are encouraged to submit up to four images on this theme, taken since the January 2014 meeting (9th January 2014), for inclusion in the slideshow after the break at this month's meeting.

Please email your photographs to this address (rainbowcameraclub@gmail.com). If at all possible resize your images so that they are 1024 pixels on their longest edge, and make sure that they are sent by midnight on Tuesday 8th July.

The slideshow from last month's meeting (Theme: Colours) has now been uploaded to the club's YouTube page and can be viewed here.

Finally, a reminder that there will be no club meeting in August, and that the remaining motivational themes up to the end of the year are as follows:-

• September - Architecture
• October - Trees
• November - Hedgerows
• December - Portraits

PHOTOSHOOT - TRUSKMORE MOUNTAIN

As agreed at this month's club meeting the photoshoot on the summit of Truskmore Mountain will take place tomorrow evening, Sunday 22 June 2014.
For those who missed the meeting - do not worry, we are not going to have to walk up the mountain, as there is a road that we can drive up in our cars.

This is the highest point in both County Sligo and Leitrim, so hopefully there will be some good views to photograph.

DIRECTIONS

The start point for the drive is in the road known as the Gleniff Horseshoe, and is the gated entrance to the RTE access road to their masts on the summit of Truskmore. This is only a few miles from Ballintrillick and the Benwisken Centre.

In-car satnav coordinates for the access gate are (a) N 54deg 22min 10.03sec; W 8deg 23min 41.13sec or (b) N54.369453; W8.394758

Please arrive by 7:00pm. Once we pass through the gates we must lock them behind us. So expect the gates to be locked by 7:30pm.

Although the forecast is for dry weather, be aware that it may be quite windy on top, so bring warm clothes with you. If you have a tripod bring this as well.

If you have any queries you can ring Marty on his mobile: 086 1068089.

Hoping to see as many of you as possible.

 View from Truskmore Summit

June Meeting Reminder

Just a quick reminder that the next meeting of Rainbow Camera Club will be this Thursday evening, 12 June, in the usual venue of The Cabin, Rossinver, Co Leitrim (beside the football field) from 8:00pm to 10:00pm. 

Some of the items on the agenda for this meeting will include a discussion of the draft outline for the club poster that Deirdre has been busily working on since the last meeting, the planned photoshoot to Truskmore Mountain on Sunday 22nd June, and the sideshow of the members' images on this month's motivational theme "Colours".

Hoping to see as many members as possible at this meeting. And new members are always welcome!

Truskmore Summit

Photoshoots & Motivational Slideshows

At this month's club meeting we arranged a club photoshoot for Saturday 24th May. This will take place in the late evening near the bandstand in the park beside Lough Melvin in Garrison, Co Fermanagh. Pat Mullan will be arriving with a vintage 1949 Ford Drop-Head Coupé, and there will be opportunities to take photographs both of the car itself, and possibly get some taken of you sitting in it. Pat expects to be ready for us with the car about 8:00pm.

Also we are hoping to have a photoshoot on the top of Truskmore Mountain (the highest mountain in Counties Leitrim and Sligo) on Sunday 22 June. Don't worry - you will not be expected to walk up the mountain, as we shall be arranging to drive up the RTE access road to the RTE masts on the summit. Weather permitting there should be great views from the summit. The summit itself, with the RTE masts, will present great opportunities or photographs as well. Further details will be issued closer to the date.

The slideshow shown at this month's meeting of the images submitted for the "Derelict Buildings" motivation theme has now been uploaded to the club's YouTube page and you can view it here.

And finally a reminder that the motivational theme for the June meeting is Colours.

Hope to see as many of you as possible in Garrison on the 24th!

May Meeting Reminder

A late reminder to all that the May club meeting will be held this coming Thursday (8 May) in the usual venue of The Cabin, Rossinver, Co Leitrim (beside the football field) from 8pm to 10pm.

We were hoping to have a talk from a Roscommon photographer during the first half of the meeting. Unfortunately he is not available this month but has agreed to talk to us in the July meeting. As a result we have arranged "something else" which hopefully will interest you all. So come along and have some fun! Who knows, you might learn something as well.

After the break there will be the usual slideshow of members' photographs from this month's motivational theme Derelict Buildings. Nine members submitted a total of 32 photographs for this slideshow.

Finally here's a photograph of the eight club members who attended the club photoshoot at Florencecourt House last Saturday. A great time was had by all in spite of the poor weather. A full report on the shoot will be given at this month's meeting.

 

(View original image on our Flickr page)

Club Photoshoot - Florencecourt House, Co Fermanagh, Saturday 3rd May

 

At the last club meeting it was decided to hold a photoshoot at Florencecourt House, Co Fermanagh, on Saturday 3rd May, starting at 4pm.

If you drive in through the main gate (or even walk in through it) there is a charge of £4.50 per adult. However, if you drive past the main gate (on your right) there is another locked gate about 40 meters or so further on, also on the right.There is a stile beside this locked gate that you can climb over and walk up to the house for free. The walk takes about 5 to 10 minutes and leads through the woods where there are a lot of photo opportunities.
Club members are requested to meet at this second gate at 4pm. There is space to park at least half a dozen cars in front of this gate (and also some parking spaces on the other side of the road.

You can find out more information about Florencecourt House at http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/florence-court/ 

Looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible on the day!