The  entry form and details are available here;

download: Ricoh Competition Entry Form (9.89MB) added: 18/02/2012 Entry form and details for the Ricoh Photographic competition

In Glenside Hotel, Drogheda, Hotel is about 2 km south of Drogheda on Julianstown road.

On Thursday March 1st, Starting time: 8pm

Cover Charge €5 includes ticket for raffle

Robert hails from Banbridge in Northern Ireland and is widely recognised as the leading natural history photographer in UK and Ireland. Robert is the author of 7 books including:
• Close –up and Macro, a photographers guide
• The natural history of Ireland’s Dragonflies
• The natural history of Northern Ireland
• Orchids of Ireland

Robert has kindly agreed to give this lecture and he is hoping as many natural history photographers as possible will come along on the night so that he can meet them. This is a once off lecture; being held in the Glenside so that anybody interested in Natural History or just stunning photography can come along and see all these amazing images. The lecture is sponsored by:
• Royal Photographic Society of GB
• Drogheda Photographic Club
• Glenside Hotel

Lecture is open to all to attend.

To reserve seats phone Des Clinton 0866009976 or Glenside 0419829185
Email: desclinton@eircom.net
By post: to Des Clinton, 35 Hillview, Drogheda.

For more information on Robert, please see his stunning website at

http://www.robertthompsonphotography.com/

The main change requires each club to submit a CD of the images (each 1024 by 768 pixels) entered in each panel in the competition in addition to the regular requirements – see rules for full details.

The closing date for entries is May 1^st 2012.

Completed forms together with an A4 sheet containing thumbnails of the images, a CD of the images, and the appropriate fee should be sent to Deirdre Gaffney, 13 Ard na Mara, Malahide, Co. Dublin.

The fee for two panels is €35 and one panel is €20. Cheques should be made payable to the Irish Photographic Federation.

Updated rules can be downloaded at  http://irishphoto.ie/?file_id=62

Entry forms to follow shortly.

Further details of the weekend programme and judges will also follow shortly.

Year on year photographers continue to raise the bar in this individual print and projected images competition run by the IPF and this year was no different.

The overall best image prize went to Richard Hatch (LIPF) from Mid Louth Camera Club for his image ‘A bleak dream’, which also saw him take first place in the advanced colour category.

Full details of all category winners on the day are as  follows:

Regional rounds have taken place in recent weeks and months and the final round will be judged by prominent wildlife documentary maker Colin Stafford Johnson.

Further details to follow closer to the event.

Click here for full details on the weekend activities.

This year’s National Club Championships will take place on May 19th & 20th at Athlone Institute of Technology.

This major weekend event will see clubs from around the country battle it out for the Rose Bowl and the honour of being named as the top photography club in the country.  There will also be a distinctions sitting over the two-day event.

Rules and entry forms for the National Club Championships will be posted soon, as will the full programme of events for the weekend.  Further details on the distinctions applications process will also be posted as soon as they become available.

Saturday, February 11th will comprise of a lecture at 10am and a workshop in the afternoon by Tony Worobiec, FRPS on landscape photography.

The competition itself will be held on Sunday, February 12th and the categories this year are: an Open Section in Monochrome Print, Colour Print, and Projected Images catering for advanced and intermediate photographers.

There will also be a special theme section in each of the categories. Colour Print theme will be Coastal Ireland; Monochrome Prints theme will be Irish Environmental Portraiture; and Projected Image theme will be People.

The judges in this years competition are Tony Worobiec, FRPS from the UK; Glyn Edmunds ARPS, EFIAP/s, EPSA from the UK and Richard Dister EPSA from Belgium. 

This year Epson have once again kindly agreed to sponsor prizes for the PPI finals. As in previous years they are providing seven boxes of paper for the gold medal winners of the open categories at both non-advanced and advanced levels. There will also be a box of paper for the overall winner.

Please note that the Creggan Court hotel is offering a special rate to IPF members for the weekend of €50 per single room per night or €40 per person sharing per night.

On the Saturday night at 7pm, the IPF will host a dinner at the Creggan Court. Tickets are €20 each and can be booked through the hotel.

Early booking for both the rooms and dinner is advised, as this is the weekend leading up to Valentine’s Day and is expected to be busy!

Tony Worobiec FRPS Lecture & Book

The IPF is proud to present a lecture and workshop by Tony Worobiec FRPS on the weekend of the IPF Print & Projected Image competition on the 11th and 12th of February. This is a fantastic opportunity to see a talented and very entertaining lecturer.

The lecture and workshop will take place on Saturday 11th February, staring at 10am. The format will be a lecture in the morning and a workshop in the afternoon.

Tony has written several books and his most recent publication “The Landscape Photographers Bible” will be on sale over the weekend. He has had articles published in photographic magazines and journals in numerous countries, including the UK and the USA.

Tony’s new book “The Landscape Photographer’s Bible” deals with technical issues, approaches to landscape and popular and less popular landscape subjects, and is a must read for anyone with a passion for landscape photography. The book has an RRP of STG£16.99 but is being made available for a special PPI weekend price of €15 when pre-ordered via the IPF website.

Places for the workshop and lecture are limited and pre-booking through www.irishphoto.ie is strongly advised.

For more information about Toby and his work log onto http://www.tonyworobiec.com .

PPI Timetable – February 11-12^th – Athlone Institute of Technology

Sat 11th:

10:00: Registration closes for lecture – (Strictly adhered to)

11:30: Coffee Break

11:45: Lecture Recommences

12:30: Lecture Ends   

12:30 – 14:00: Lunch

14:00: Workshop Commences

16:00: Approximate end time

19:00 IPF Dinner

Sunday 12th:

09:30 – Start judging with the Digital Projected Open Section.

12:30(approx): Lunch

14:00: Resume Competition

17:30: End time (approx)

The lecture & workshop will take place on  Saturday 11th February. The format will be a lecture in the morning and a workshop in the afternoon.

Tony will also be promoting his new book “The Landscape Photographer’s Bible”, 160 pages, softback. It deals with technical issues, approaches to Landscape and popular and less popular Landscape subjects, and is a must read for anyone with a passion for landscape photography.

The RRP for the book is STG£16.99 and is available for a special PPI Weekend price for €15. The book MUST be pre-ordered via this website to avail of this special discount price. Use the buy now putton to pre-order the book:

Note: Closing date for pre-orders is Sunday 29th January 2012 at 5:00pm

Payment for the lectures can be made be via paypal below:

Lecture booking

Morning Lecture €25.00 EUR Afternoon Workshop €25.00 EUR Both Sessions €40.00 EUR Distinction Holders €35.00 EUR

Name & Distinction

Club

or by contacting Michael O’Sullivan directly

Michael O’ Sullivan
Greenville
Terelton
Co. Cork

Please include Check or Post order to cover the appropiate amount

One session          €25.00
Two Sessions         €40.00
Distinction holders  €35.00

Michael can be contact by email by clicking here

Morning Lecture: Landscape Photography

Covering Landscape Photography using a digital SLR and focusing on issues relating to shooting landscape using a DSLR; this would include matters relating to lighting, weather, filters and of course HDR in its many forms.What Tony is essentially arguing is that landscape can be taken in any weather conditions, at any time of the day or year. The work featured will include images taken in the UK, Europe,America and of course the west coast of Ireland.

Afternoon Workshop: Enhancing landscape images using Photoshop

illustrate how to improve images and specifically landscape. This would start with something quite basic by merely improving the existing sky to dropping in entirely new ones using the excellent Refine Selection in CS5,but it will also show how various landscape can be plausibly moulded together. He will look at ways of creating simple and complex composites using the Blending mode and how to introduce a half-decent rainbow into landscape.There are of course numerous techniques in between. This workshop would also consider how to select the appropriate sky

Please also note that early booking for accommodation at the Creggan Court is advised for the weekend of the PPI event.  The hotel is charging the same rate as last year.  More details at http://www.creggancourt.com/

For more information on Tony Worobiec FRPS, please see www.tonyworobiec.com

Full details of results as follows: