Action Packed Weekend of Photography in Mullingar this May!

Judges Jacky Martin, Margaret Salisbury & Chris Palmer being introduced

The Irish Photographic Federation National Club Championships 2016 will be held on the weekend of the 14/15th of May in Mullingar, Co.Westmeath.

The event will also have a fascinating talk, the Club Championships prize giving ceremony, awarding of latest FIAP distinctions, a social evening with dinner and of course the May IPF Distinctions Sitting!

National Club Championship 2016

Can new kids on the block, Creative Photo Imaging, keep their crown from last year, will Dundalk come to the fore again or will another club take the title!? Which club will have the honour of bringing the Sean Casey Memorial Trophy home? We can’t wait to see the entries from all the clubs and enjoy the fun of old rivalries and new! Monochrome prints will be on display on Saturday from 2pm to 5pm, and the colour prints on Sunday afternoon from 2pm to 5pm.

Online entry is now open via this link and closing date for entries is midnight on the 8th of May.

The entry fee is €75 and this competition is open to all clubs who are in good standing with the Irish Photographic Federation.

Please register your club’s interest by contact competition co-ordinator Darragh Sherwin. You can reach Darragh via our contact page and selecting IPF Club Championship from list of available options.

We welcome this year’s judges and look forward to hearing their insights and learning from them!

• Anne Sutcliffe FRPS
• Vanessa Slawson FRPS FBPPA ASWPP ABIPP AFIAP DPAGB
• Romain Nero EFIAP/g HonEFIAP

This year the IPF is providing a new set of display stands for the competition. These new display stands will present the images at a slight angle outwards to the viewer and all mounts will be bottom aligned as shown in the picture. The mounted images will sit freely into trays and therefore there will no requirement to have any velcro or other sticky material to retain the mount to the stand. A change to the rules related to these longer stands, so please read them carefully.

Download National Club Championship Rules 2016

May Distinctions Sitting

Nervous but exciting, the distinctions sitting will see photographers submit for three levels of assessment: Licenciateship, Associateship and Fellowship. Some of the work represents many years of carefully developed style and mastery, a joy to see. There will be beautiful photographic work on display and you can’t help coming away from a distinctions sitting with fresh ideas about photography and inspiration for your own creative projects. Best of luck to all the entrants preparing their work. The distinctions sitting takes place on Saturday May 14th at Mullingar Arts Centre (just around the corner from the Club Championships venue!). Associateship panels will be adjudicated first, followed by fellowships and concluding with licentiateships.

Saturday Dinner

We are looking forward to meet old friends and hopefully a few new friends at dinner on Saturday night in the beautiful Annebrook House Hotel. Dinner is intended to be a relaxed affair, and will be from 8pm. To book your place and view the menu, please fill out the reservation form now. The price is €25 per person for three course meal and if last years meal at this venue is anything to go by, we’re in for some wonderful food!

FIAP Distinctions

We’ll be presenting the pins and certificates to all who were successful in their applications for FIAP distinctions this year just before we announce the results of the IPF Club Championships on Sunday May 15th.

Sunday Morning Lecture with Nick Scott

We’re delighted to welcome Nick Scott FRPS MPAGB APAGB EFIAP as our guest speaker on Sunday morning with his presentation – “Every Picture Has a Story”

The accomplished Nick Scott is a Fotospeed lecturer, RPS Distinctions and PAGB judge, and has more letters after his name than you can shake a stick at! Nick will be giving a lecture on Sunday morning entitled “Every Picture Has a Story”. He has a plethora of experience and interests; Nick was a forensic photographer, a press photographer and he loves photographing live theatre; so this will be one not to miss.

Accommodation

The Annebrook House Hotel have a rate of €119 for a double room in the main hotel and €75 for single occupancy per night. They also have a number of 2 bedroom apartments available.

Schedule

As always, please bear in mind that there are several live events happening over the course of the weekend and while we will do our best to stay to the schedule below, events can run past their scheduled time slot or may finish earlier than expected.

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