The 2010 finals took place over the weekend of 13th & 14th February.  An excellent weekend of photography resulted in the best overall image prize being won by Morgan O’Neill of Mallow Camera Club.

Click here for Results and Report.

Marks for all images in the competiton available here.

Its that time of year when distinction fees are due. This year for the first time,  we are accepting payment by Paypal. There are two options for payment - annual or lifetime.

The annual renewal fee  is €25.00 p.a and the lifetime fee is a one off fee of €200.  There is also a reduced fee of €15 for Seniors.

Please include your full name and your distinction when paying - it will help us track the payment.

Fee options

Seniors Fee €15.00 Annual Fee €25.00 Lifetime Fee €200.00

Full Name

Distinction Type

Alternatively, payment can be made via Cash, Cheque, Bank Draft or Postal Order. Please make payable to the Irish Photographic Federation and send to:

Brian Hopper
Carra Puncha
The Square
Blackrock
Dundalk
Co. Louth

Colm Fitzpatrick, LIPF, has been interested in photography since his teenage years when he first bought a Russian made Zenith SLR.  Since then he has progressed to embrace the digital age, moving to a digital SLR set up in 2007.  Colm's main interest is Wildlife Photography, he has spent a lot of time on Bull Wall in north Dublin, photographing the many waders and other seabirds which occupy this UNECO protected oasis of wildlife in the heart of Dublin.

Colm hopes to travel further afield in the future to capture some of the wildlife of the frozen north.  He is planning a trip to the high Arctic to photograph Polar Bears and other arctic wildlife.  In the coming months he is also embarking on a new project photographing insects and hopes to learn more about the microscopic world of Macro Photography.

Colm’s awards and achievements to date include...

Image "Little Egret" Highly Commended In CIWEM International Environmental Photographer Of The Year 2009

Image "Fox" Won Best Wildlife in 2009 IPF National Nature Finals

Two page spread of image "Little Egret" in Sublime, a bi-monthly international lifestyle magazine

Images "Fox" and "Short Eared Owl" featured in "Photography Ireland 2010"

To see more of Colm’s work visit his website at www.colmfitzpatrick.net

 Kevin Murphy, FIPF, Mayo Photographic Club, has just launched a new website featuring his wildlife photographs.

Kevin took up photography as a hobby six years ago when he joined the Castlebar Camera Club, now known as the Mayo Photographic Club.  He was awarded an IPF Licentiateship in 2004 followed by an Associateship in 2006.  In November 2009 Kevin received his Fellowship.

You can see Kevin’s stunning images at www.irishwildlifephotography.com.

Click 'Read more' below to see more of Kevin's photographs.

The 2009 National Shield Competition was held in the Ballyfermot Civic Centre on Sunday 15 November.  The event was hosted this year by SatSun Photographic Club, Ballyfermot, and attracted an entry of 21 clubs.

The judges this year were Damien DeMolder, editor of Amateur Photographer, John Law, FRPS, MFIAP, Cambridge Camera Club, UK, and Tom Fairley, Banbridge Camera Club, NI.

2009 National Shield Results [Click here to download results]

Overall Winners
1st           Offshoot Photographic Society
2nd          Celbridge Camera Club
3rd          Dublin Camera Club

Monochrome Panels
1st           Celbridge Camera Club
2nd          Drogheda Photographic Club & Midlands Photography Club           (Joint Second)
3rd          Malahide Camera Club

Colour Panels
1st           Offshoot Photographic Society
2nd          Dublin Camera Club
3rd          Clondalkin Camera Club

Individual Awards
Monochrome Prints
1st           “Power Lift” by Martin Moran of Clondalkin Camera Club
2nd          “Always beyond the Fence” by Anil Kumar of Mountmellick Photographic Society
3rd          “Untitled” by Don Horne of Midlands Photography Club

Colour Prints
1st           “Local Woman, India” by Martin Sweeney of Drogheda Photographic Club
2nd          “Peppers” by Maria Kinsella of Kilkenny Photographic Society
3rd          “Lay Off” by Martin Moran of Clondalkin Camera Club 

Paul Stanley, event coordinator, extended thanks on behalf of the Irish Photographic Federation to SatSun Photographic Club and all the participating clubs who helped make this year’s event a success.

The 27th IPF National Audio Visual Championships & 2nd International Audio Visual Competition took place in Dublin on the weekend of 19 & 20 October 2009.

The event was judged by Ian Bateman, FRPS, MPAGB, an internationally known AV worker and judge.

Congratulations to Brendan O’Sullivan, Celbridge Camera Club, who won the trophy for the best overall entry for his sequence Dreamtime Connections.  Brendan also won Best Sound, and the Audience Vote.  To round off the weekend Brendan also achieved AIPF in AV for his three sequences.

AV2009 Results

Read on for full results, photographs, and a report on the weekends activities. Click here for downloadable results sheet.