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IPF Newsletter - July 2020
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Welcome to the July newsletter of the Irish Photographic Federation.
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Strange to be writing this but we now find ourselves in a period of stages on this road of recovery and opening back up the country from what has been a tough few months as we continue with living life under the shadow of Covid -19, and the Coronavirus pandemic. I do hope you are all managing to get through it and hopefully in the coming months' life will get back to almost the way we are used too though these are uncertain times and it can only be a gradual return to the way we were.
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As we have informed you all to date and with keeping in line with government restrictions, all IPF activities have been suspended until further notice, however, we will continue to monitor the progress made in this recovery plan and will keep you informed as we go through the coming months on our position in relation to the holding of any events. As you can understand the health and welfare of you all and that of Council members is of most importance.
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This month we have an update on FIAP related matters from our FIAP Liaison Officer Paul Stanley, the appointment of Bill Power as the new PSA Liaison Director and an update from Sheamus O Donoghue on the National Club Championship.
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I wish you all the very best, stay safe and well,
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Dominic Reddin
National President Irish Photographic Federation
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Distinction Updates
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With the Government restrictions in place and looking to the future, the IPF Council cannot see a distinction sitting before (at least) November 2020.
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What's Inside this Month?
- Distinctions Update
- Bill Power Appointed New PSA Irish Liaison Director
- FIAP News - June 2020
- Update On National Club Championship 2020
- List of affiliated clubs for 2020 (as of June 2020)
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Bill Power Appointed New PSA Irish Liaison Director
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NEW PSA IRISH LIAISON DIRECTOR
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Bill Power has been appointed by the Photographic Society of America to the position of Liaison Officer and Country Membership Director for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. He takes over these positions from Denis Whelehan, who has been an outstanding ambassador for the PSA in Ireland for over two decades.
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Amongst other tasks, Bill’s role as Country Membership Director is to support PSA members on the island of Ireland. He is available to help anyone interested in doing PSA distinctions. He is well-positioned to do this because he was the first Irish photographer to receive the Master PSA and, therefore, is very familiar with the process of applying for PSA distinctions.
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As with other international distinctions, the PSA has its own distinctions requirements. Awards are not necessary for a PSA distinction, but they do require a higher number of accepted titles than other organizations. The PSA also has a Portfolio Distinctions Programme similar to the concept of the IPF distinctions system and help is available to anyone interested in participating in this.
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Membership of the PSA costs US$45 per year. This allows entry free internal PSA competitions held every month. Members can also access advice from specialist critique groups. Each member can create an online portfolio of their work which can be viewed on the PSA website.
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The PSA has produced a monthly newsletter since 1934, and these are also available on-line to all members. One way of progressing your photography is to enter international salons and the PSA patronises a large number of these in most countries across the world.
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As Country Liaison Officer, he will also liaise with the IPF Council.
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FIAP News
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FIAP have announced the results of the “We Stay Home” competition.
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There is also a gallery of the accepted images on this site.
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Participants have already been advised of their own individual results.
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Update National Club Championships 2020.
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On the 6th of March this year I submitted the following to the Newsletter.
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"Now that the National Shield has been completed successfully and we are close to the finals of the POTY and NPOTY it is nearing time for clubs to actively prepare for the major club event of the year, the National Club Championships.
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The 2020 National Club Championships will be held, in Mullingar on the 16th / 17th May"
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This country and indeed the whole world has been turned upside down since then and we are now living in a situation that nobody ever envisaged."
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As you know the IPF very quickly advised all Clubs to desist from holding meetings for health and safety reasons very early in this crisis and a decision was also taken to postpone the National Club Championships, the May Distinctions sitting and the AGM in light of the information to hand at that time and as we all know now, sadly, things moved very quickly in a not so good way since then.
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We will continue to take note of health services advice, now and in the future, and decide at some future time if we can, in some way or another, consider running the club championships."
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As we all know now the Covid 19 virus spread very rapidly around the country & the rest of the world fully vindicating the decision to put all activities involving persons meeting at close quarters on hold for as long as necessary.
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Between early March and today, July 3rd 25,477 people were infected with the virus in Ireland as well as 4,866 in N Ireland and of those infected 1,738 passed away in the Republic as well as over 544 in N Ireland so in the whole country where the IPF has affiliated club members 30,343 people were afflicted with the virus and 2.281 have passed away as a result.
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Looking at the figures to date I can only conclude that it was a wise decision by the IPF to advise clubs to desist from holding meetings and also to postpone, for as long as necessary, the holding of any other events for the safety of all involved.
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I know that my own club has been communicating with all our members in various ways using Zoom for one committee meeting but mostly running exercises for all on a weekly basis on Facebook. It was different but very entertaining and dare I say it educational. The Mid West Camera Clubs Facebook Group was also a good source of information and sharing of images during this time. I'm sure other clubs have been doing things in their own ways and keeping all their members active and engaged in one way or another. The main thing at this time is to keep everyone informed and active until things can get back to some kind of normality at some future time.
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For those of us interested in Audio Visuals, it was great to have a Zoom session fortnightly in which interested members from all over the country and even including AV workers from Britain and South Africa. The world has become a very small place.
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A highlight during this time in this region was the successful running of the SACC Interclub Competition. It was a great opportunity for clubs to participate in the competition and I congratulate the SACC committee for organising the competition, the judges and getting out the results very efficiently. Running competitions in this way might be the way to do things for some time to come.
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The first major event to be hit this year was the National Club Championships for which I was responsible as coordinator. I regret that it had to be cancelled but hopefully things might be improved by the middle of next year and if so I look forward to seeing the Championship display of Panels in the Atrium of the County Buildings in Mullingar once again.
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National Club Championships Co-ordinator
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List of Affiliated Clubs as of June 2020
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IPF Special Interest Group Antrim Belfast photo Imaging Club
IPF Special Interest Group IPF Special Interest Group IPF AV Group
IPF Special Interest Group IPF Special Interest Group IPF Nature Group
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Mid East Dublin An Oige Photographic Group
Mid East Dublin Celbridge Camera Club
Mid East Dublin Clondalkin Camera Club
Mid East Dublin Dublin Camera Club
Mid East Dublin Malahide Camera Club
Mid East Dublin North Dublin Camera Club
Mid East Dublin OffShoot Photography Society
Mid East Dublin Palmerstown Camera Club
Mid East Dublin "Satsun Photographic Club, Ballyfermot"
Mid East Dublin St. Brigid's Photo Group
Mid East Dublin Tallaght Photographic Society
Mid East Kildare Naas Photography Group
Mid East Kildare South Kildare Photographic Club
Mid East Wicklow Bray Camera Club
Mid East Wicklow Greystones Camera Club
Mid East Wicklow Wicklow Photography Club
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Mid West Galway Galway Camera Club
Mid West Galway Solas Photography Club
Mid West Laois Mountrath and District Camera Club
Mid West Laois Portlaoise Camera Club
Mid West Mayo Claremorris Camera Club
Mid West Mayo Mayo Photographic Club
Mid West Roscommon Boyle Camera Club
Mid West Westmeath Athlone Photography Club
Mid West Westmeath Midlands Photography
Mid West Westmeath Mullingar Camera Club
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North East Antrim Catchlight Camera Club
North East Cavan Breffni Photography Club
North East Cavan Cavan Camera Club
North East Down Bangor & North Down Camera Club
North East Dublin Raheny Camera Club
North East Laois Mountmellick Camera Club
North East Louth AN TÁIN PHOTOGRAPHIC GROUP
North East Louth Boyne Valley Photographic Club
North East Louth Drogheda Photographic Club
North East Louth Dundalk Photographic Society
North East Louth Mid Louth Camera Club
North East Meath Kells Photography Club
North East Meath Navan Camera Club
North East Monaghan Carrickmacross Camera Club
North East Monaghan Clones Photography Group
North East Monaghan Monaghan Camera Club
North East Tyrone Dungannon Cookstown Camera Club
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SACC Carlow Carlow Photographic Society
SACC Clare Clare Camera Club
SACC Clare Ennis Camera Club
SACC Clare Shannon Camera Club
SACC Cork Ballincollig Camera Club
SACC Cork Blackwater Photographic Society
SACC Cork Blarney Photographic Club
SACC Cork Carrigaline Photographic Society
SACC Cork Clonakilty Camera Club
SACC Cork Cork Camera Group
SACC Cork East Cork camera group
SACC Cork Fermoy Camera Club
SACC Cork Mallow Camera Club
SACC Kerry Cois Lí Camera Club
SACC Kerry Killarney Camera Club
SACC Kilkenny Kilkenny Photographic Society
SACC Limerick Limerick Camera Club
SACC Limerick St. Munchins Photography Club
SACC Tipperary Carrick-on-Suir Camera Club
SACC Tipperary Clonmel Camera CLub
SACC Tipperary Suir Valley Photographic Society
SACC Tipperary Thurles Camera Club
SACC Waterford Deise Camera Club
SACC Waterford Dungarvan Camera Club
SACC Waterford Waterford Camera Club
SACC Wexford Enniscorthy Camera Club
SACC Wexford Gorey Photographic Club
SACC Wexford Wexford Camera Club
SACC Wicklow Tommy Byrne Photographic Society
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Who's Image Is It!!!
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Who’s image is it!!! I was posted alike for [Photoserge.com](http://photoserge.com/?fbclid=IwAR2xlex08oclM4Tv3IAKEBMiA6ul7kcYie5gQGnMcIPtEDLb1qOvhv5u-cI) which prompts me to ask who’s image, is it? Can it be that we the photographer can take any old pic? over or underexposed, and by using others presets we get, all be it a super rendition of what the photo could look like. Is it ours? The introduction of digital imaging along with PS has made it easier for the photographer to control their final image. Darkroom techniques are replaced by post-production techniques. at first to burn dodge increase or reduce contrast etc. Now over the years, we have progressed to a level to where we have to say is it a photograph taken by a photographer or an image digitally created in postproduction using the likes of Photoserge and others. Have we reached the stage where the creative mind of the photographer is replaced by presets designed by others? An example could be at a photo demo. a photographer sets up a still life, lighting, composition, exposure then I step in and take the photo as set, this is, of course, a copy of another's creative process not mine and can never display as such. I believe it the same with postproduction. Who takes ownership of the image? I'd love to read your views. Derek Fannin Drogheda PC
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