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IPF National Shield 2015 Open for Entry

September 30, 2015 by Niamh Whitty Leave a Comment

FineArtPapersThe 2015 IPF National Shield competition is now open for entries. We are delighted to welcome back Canson Infinity papers, along with their distributor Fine Art Papers as sponsors for this competition.

Rules and entry form can be downloaded below. Entry form should be sent to Shield Co-Ordinator Joe Doyle at the email address provided in the entry form document.

Closing date for entries is October 24th 2015.

The competition will be held in Malahide Community School on the Saturday 7th November. Following a record entry last time, we are hoping to have even more clubs entering this year!

This competition is open to non-advanced photographers only as defined in the rules document. Please refer to this to check if you are eligible to compete as there have been some changes in the definition since last year!

To read more about the Shield Competition and its purpose, please read this document about it and browse through the galleries of previous years.

We have three excellent judges coming over to assist us

  • Caroline Colegate ARFPS
  • Christine Widdal MPAGB AFIAP
  • Tim Pile EFIAP/s AIPF ARPS

In addition, we have two super speakers lined up – Ciara Drennan AIPF and Daragh Muldowney.Canson Infinity (fond blanc)

In terms of times and deadlines, please confirm your club is taking part as soon as possible and provide payment by Paypal by 24th October at the latest, two weeks ahead of the Shield itself (7th November).

The entry fee is €50 per club.

To confirm your clubs entry and pay the entry fee, you must fill out the form over on the IPF website. You must fill this out even if you plan to pay by cheque (although PayPal is preferred method of payment).

The Shield competition is one of the largest clubs events for the IPF and we need as much notice as possible of number of clubs competing so we can manage the logistics.

If anyone has any queries, please contact Joe Doyle, IPF National Shield Coordinator using the ‘Contact Page’ on our website.

The full schedule for the day will be posted closer to the date.

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IPF National Shield 2015 - Rules
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IPF National Shield 2015 - Entry Form

Please pay now with Paypal link below. Entry fee is €50. Please make sure to include your club name.


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Canson Infinity 

Started in France in 1557, Canson has a long history of making papers and today manufactures some of the finest inkjet photographic paper available today.
2015 sees them celebrate 150years of one of the worlds first patents for photographic paper which they took out in 1865 and is also marked by them achieving the 2015 TIPA Award for the best inkjet paper, Canson Photo Lustre Premium 310gsm, which they recently introduced.
Recognised by Epson as one of their approved third party papers under their Digigraphie programme, every Canson Infinity paper has been submitted for quality and print permanence rating by the Wilhelm Research institute and their Baryta and Platine papers have set new standards for fine art printing.

Fine Art Papers

Fine Art Papers which is run by Sheldon Long is the Canson Infinity paper distributor for Ireland and is also an Epson Pro dealer. They specialise in selling the finest papers, printers and inks through their website  www.sheldonphoto.com,  and are used by many of the most successful photographic studios and photographers in Ireland and further afield. Sheldon’s knowledge is very extensive and he regularly gives talks for camera clubs. You can call Sheldon direct on 087-2572688

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