CLUB PHOTOSHOOT - SUNDAY 14 FEBRUARY

A photoshoot has been arranged for this coming Sunday (14 February) in Sligo town. Members should meet by 11:30am (at the latest) in the lower car park, near the Model Arts Gallery on The Mall (directions at the bottom of this email). We shall initially be attempting some Street Photography. The nature of this is such that you should not really need a tripod, but if you have one bring it with you if you wish. If time allows we may head out to somewhere like Mullaghmore in the afternoon.

DIRECTIONS:-
Meet (by 11:30am at the latest) in the lower car park, near the Model Arts Gallery on The Mall. The entrance to this is directly opposite the red-fronted "O'Neills Bar" (which is next to the green-fronted "Leitrim Bar"). The Mall at this point is one-way, heading out of town in the Manorhamilton direction. If you are coming from the Manorhamilton side travel down past Sligo General Hospital (do NOT make the right turn at the traffic lights before the hospital) and you will be directed to the right up a hill just before the entrance to Sligo Grammar School. Bear left at the top of this hill and I think you will then be on Connaughton Road - but the upper car park will be on your left. You can drive down to the lower car park from the upper one.

Hope to see as many of you as possible on Sunday.

CANCELLED! January club meeting.

Sorry for the very late notice, but just to let everyone know that, due to a "Status Orange" snow and ice warning from Met Eireann for counties Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo - with possible snow accumulations of 4 to 8cm, and overnight temperatures to drop below zero - a decision has been made to cancel tonight's club meeting.

Hopefully the weather will improve before the February meeting.

The Open themed motivational slideshow due to be shown tonight will be held over till the February meeting. The theme for this month is Doors/Doorways. Photographs must have been taken since January 1st this year.

Club Christmas Dinner and Motivational Slideshow.

The club's Annual Christmas Dinner has been arranged for the evening of Friday, 11th December 2015 in the Riverside Bar, Garrison, Co Fermanagh. This will replace our usual monthly meeting. Arrival time of 8:30pm and sitting down to eat at 9:00pm. A menu for the night is included below. The cost for a 4 course meal is £20 (or €25). Please note the additional charge of £5/€7 should you choose the Sirloin Steak. It is not necessary to decide on your choice of menu until the night. Any members who have not already said they will attend, please email rainbowcameraclub@gmail.com as soon as possible, stating whether they will be bringing a partner or friend. This information is needed to let the Riverside Bar know how many tables to reserve.

Also a reminder that the motivational theme for this month is Food Photography. Members may interpret this theme in any way they see fit, and are encouraged to submit up to four images on this theme, taken since the  beginning of this year, for inclusion in the slideshow to be shown in the Riverside Bar after the Christmas Dinner this Friday evening in Garrison. Please email your photographs to 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 received by me by midnight on Wednesday 9th December. We shall also be re-showing all of this year's motivational slideshows on Friday.

And you might like to have a look at November's Motivational Slideshow ("Night Photography") which has been uploaded to the club's YouTube page. You can see it here.

November Club Meeting

The next meeting of Rainbow Camera Club will be this coming Thursday, 12 November 2015, from 8:00pm to 10:00pm in our usual meeting place of The Cabin, Rossinver, Co Leitrim (next to the football field). New members are always welcome!

The first part of the meeting will be the AGM, where we shall elect a new committee for the next 12 months.

We shall also be selecting the nine photographs to be printed for the Print Battle between our club and the Northwest Camera Club which will be held in Ballyshannon at 8:30pm on Monday November 16th(more details to follow at a later date).

Also a reminder that the motivational theme chosen for this month is Night Photography. Members may interpret this theme in any way they see fit, and are encouraged to submit up to four images on this theme, taken since the  beginning of this year, for inclusion in the slideshow after the break at this month's meeting. Please email your photographs to the usual club address (rainbowcameraclub[at]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 10th November.

The motivational slideshow from the October meeting (theme: "Sport") has now been uploaded to the club's YouTube page and can be viewed here.

One other thing that we can hopefully sort out at this month's meeting is the venue for the club's annual Christmas dinner.

September Club Meeting (and "Print Battle")

Here's hoping club members have all enjoyed the summer (what little of it there was) and have managed to get out with their cameras and got some worthwhile shots.

Just a reminder that the next club meeting will be on Thursday 10th of September, and the motivational theme is "Macro Photography".

The Print Battle between Rainbow Camera club and North West Camera Club (Ballyshannon) is scheduled to take place in October. Basically it will involve each club producing nine A3 prints from their members' photographs, one from each of nine different themes, and then getting in an independent judge to choose the winner in each of the individual categories. The winning club would be the one with the highest number of winning images.

The nine themes chosen were:

• Wildlife
• Macro Photography
• Sport
• Reflections
• Decay
• Street Photography
• Contradiction
• Circles (the shape)
• Open

So we have between now and sometime in October to get our nine images chosen and printed. As they have to be printed at A3 size, they need to be high quality images.

At our September meeting we will put some time aside to discuss this.

Three of the themes happen to have been our motivational themes this year: Wildlife, Reflections, and Macro Photography - which may be of help for us choosing images.

If members have any images that they think may be suitable for any of the categories feel free to either email them to the normal club address, or bring them on a memory stick (or memory card) to the September meeting. In the meantime the submissions for the various monthly motivations will be examined by the committee and a list will be put together of possible suggestions for the various categories. These will be shown and be discussed at the September meeting.

Hopefully we can choose an image for each of the nine categories at the meeting, so that they can be printed before the October meeting.

The club will of course arrange for the images to be printed, and cover the cost from club funds, once they have been selected.

Club Photoshoot - Wednesday 15th July

As you may be aware the the motivational theme for our next meeting (September, as we do not have a monthly meeting in August) is Macro Photography.

At this month's club meeting it was decided that we should try to arrange the photoshoot for this month around this theme. Accordingly our usual meeting place of The Cabin in Rossinver has now been booked from 7:30pm to 10:00pm for next Wednesday (15th July) for a session in which members can find out what is meant by (and try their hands at) macro photography. 

Club member Padraig Thornton says he will bring his dedicated Canon macro lens with him, and has kindly offered to allow those members with a Canon camera to try this lens on their cameras if they wish; and member Marty Cooke will have his 105mm Nikon macro lens with him and is happy to give those members who shoot with a Nikon the opportunity to try this out on their cameras.

We will also look at ways in which it may be possible to shoot macro type photographs if you do not have a macro lens, or do not have a camera on which you can change the lens.

If the evening is fine we may be able to get some macro shots of flowers or insects outside The Cabin. If not we shall work indoors.

As well having your camera with you, bring along a tripod if you have one. And if you have any small objects that you think may be suitable subjects for macro photography bring those with you as well.

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

June Club Meeting

Just a reminder that the June meeting of Rainbow Camera Club will be on Thursday, 11 June 2015, from 8:00pm to 10:00pm in our usual meeting place of The Cabin, Rossinver, Co Leitrim (next to the football field). New members are always welcome.

Also a reminder that the motivational theme for this month's meeting is High Speed Photography (shutter speed one-thousandth of a second or faster). Members may interpret this theme in any way they see fit, and are encouraged to submit up to four images on this theme, taken since the  beginning of this year, for inclusion in the slideshow after the break at this month's meeting. Please email your photographs to the club's normal 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 June.