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A Black & White Night – 02/02/2016

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Eric Dunne-Magner at ECCG

Continuing with our scheme of theming the calendar months on a particular photography genre, we designated February to be our Black and White month and to get it off to a flying start, we invited two experts in the genre, Eric Dunne-Magner AIPF and Mark McGranaghan AIPF, of Cork Camera Group, to our Tuesday night meeting on 2/2/16 at The Midleton Park Hotel

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Mark McGranaghan at ECCG

Showing a wide variety of shots from portraiture, travel, architecture and purely creative studio work, both men explained their workflows in detail while displaying their skills with Lightroom, Photoshop, Photomatix, HDR and associated plugins such as Nik Silver Effects Pro.

The talk certainly set the tempo for the month ahead which will be a challenge to those of us who find the genre daunting  and will certainly get most of us out of our comfort zone. No more a matter of simply hitting the 'B&W' button in Lightroom or its equivalent in other programs, we will now have to delve a little deeper and see what other tools and plugins can do for us to bring out the best in the images. A few intense processing sessions ahead, methinks!

Thanks to Eric and Mark for coming to our club and sharing their knowledge with us.

Download Mark's Black & White Conversion workflow here.

 

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John Finn ARPS

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johnfinnWe are delighted to hear that local  photographer, John Finn, a member of the neighbouring Cork Camera Group, was yesterday awarded an Associateship Distinction (ARPS) from the Royal Photographic Society in Birmingham, UK.

The panel John submitted consisted of 15 inverted reflections of Cork City. His statement of intent that accompanied the panel said, "I want to show in these inverted reflections how a river is like a multi-faceted artist, by turns - realist, impressionist and modernist, taking the mundane aspects of the city, its buildings, trees and bridges and transforming them into a variety of shimmering, evanescent images."

Well done John - well deserved.

See the panel here.

 

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Cork Camera Group Exhibitions

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Our friends in neighbouring Cork Camera Group are really busy at the moment. Not only is their annual exhibition currently running but they also host the exhibition of the 1st Cork International Salon of Photography on Saturday next, 8/2/14.

Cork Camera Group Exhibition 2014

Cork Camera Group Exhibition 2014

Their annual exhibition opened on Tuesday 4/2/14 at the Cork Vision Centre, North Main St., Cork and will be open to the public to the 21st February. Opening times are Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 5pm and admission is free. Around 75 images are on display and, as the press release says, they "present a veritable cornucopia of portraits, land and seascapes, wildlife and travel images" with some macro, nude and abstract also in the mix.

Suitably surrounding an extensive model of Cork City, the exhibition is magnificent and inspiring. Make sure you put it on your calendar. Details here.

Cork International Salon of Photography

Meanwhile, the exhibition of the 1st Cork International Salon of Photography, awards ceremony and gala dinner takes place on Saturday February 8th at the Clarion Hotel in Cork City. In addition to the exhibition running throughout the day, several photography seminars, a trade show and a fantastic opportunity for a fun photo shoot for individuals, couples, friends, families etc have been organised. Also, if you bring your camera along, there will be an opportunity available to take some images with an experienced agency model as Pulse Models & Events Management will be present on the day. Get full details here.

Seminars

Schedule:

9am Seminar Macro Magic
Discover the magic of the miniature world as two macro experts share their knowledge - with Jason Town AIPF AFIAP & Niamh Whitty FIPF ARPS
11am Seminar Portrait Lighting Techniques
Watch and learn as Michael O'Sullivan FIPF FRPS demonstrates various portrait lighting techniques
2pm Seminar The Importance of Make-up Art in Photography
Learn the importance of photographic make-up in the creation of the best beauty, fashion & fantasy images with make-up artist Noreen O'Connor who specialises in photographic make-up
4pm Seminar Printing Demonstration
Looking for picture perfect prints from your printer? Allow one of the experts to guide you through the printing process as Michael O'Sullivan shares his secrets to perfection
7pm Awards Ceremony Awards ceremony
8pm Gala Dinner Book by Feb 5th
9am-late Exhibtion The exhibition itself will run throughout the day and evening, starting at 9am.
9am-5pm Trade Show Trade stands open from 9am-5pm

This type of event is exactly what the photography community in the south needs and we congratulate CCG on their efforts. It has something for everyone and deserving of everyone's full support. See you there!

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