I'm absolutely delighted to announce that one of our members has been recommended for his Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society on 10th May 2012. The panel will be presented to the Distinctions Advisory Board over the next few weeks who will ultimately have the final say over the judges unanimous decision.
The panel presented can be viewed below:
Ross McKelvey DPAGB ARPS has been awarded 4 Medals, a Commended, and a Highly Commended in the Solihull Photographic Society's 35th Open Exhibition.
In the Mono Print Category all 4 entries were accepted, and he was awarded the John Cartlidge Medal for 'The Boxer;' The Mike Edwards Medal for 'Seana;' and Commended for 'Johnny Fee.'
In the Colour Print Category, a Print entitled 'Rough Justice' was Highly Commended.
In the Creative Digital Category, the image 'Out of the Blue' was awarded a Mike Edwards Medal.
Rough Justice
The Boxer
Seana
Out Of The Blue
BPIC is proud to announce that on Thursday 10th May, Ireland's newest FIPF recipient, Lorraine Gilligan FIPF and her husband Ciaran Whyte FIPF EFIAP will attend BPIC and display a selection of their Prints. Both are members of Celbridge Camera Club, Dublin, which came 3rd in the FIAP Clubs World Cup last Year.
Lorraine gained her FIPF in November 2011 with a stunning panel of 20 Prints, which will be on display at the Club, and hopefully we will hear about the inspiration, the workflow and the effort required to produce such a quality Fellowship panel.
Ciaran gained the LIPF, AIPF and FIPF in consecutive Seasons. His work displays the beauty of the female form, and his Panel for the FIPF consisted of 20 art nude prints. Since gaining the FIPF, Ciaran has not rested on his laurels, but has strived for International Success in FIAP Photographic Salons all over the World. The number of medals, ribbons, and best author awards he has received in such Salons over a relatively short period of time, is testament to his standing as one of Ireland's top photographers.
BPIC is delighted to welcome both of the Fellows to its Club on Thursday 10th May 2012. Visitors welcome from other Clubs. Admission is Free.
In the meantime, here is a selection of work from both Lorraine Gilligan FIPF and Ciaran Whyte FIPF:
Thursday 29th March was Round 1 of the BPIC Photographer of the Year Competition. Entries were submitted as PDI's and the Judge was Peter Knott from Ards and City of Belfast Clubs. The theme for Round 1 was 'Evening Colours.'
The standard was high, and 2 people scored the maximum 20 points - Laure Leman and Karen McCrea, with Laure taking the main prize!
Laure Leman
Karen McCrea
Here's a selection of other entries:
BPIC won the Top Club Title with a strong performance in the Final 'Shadows' themed Round of the NIPA Inter-club competition. The members put a lot of effort into producing creative pictures with shadows as the main theme - the brief given to members was to produce pictures where a neutral person would say 'that picture is all about shadows' - rather than producing a picture that simply had a shadow in it. The distinction is crucial to success in a themed Round!
The following are some of the images which members produced, some of which were selected as part of the Club entry, and some of which were not selected - but the Club Committee would like to extend its thanks to members for putting so much effort and imagination into the Shadows Competition.
Ross McKelvey
Chairman
Helen Weir
Terry McCreesh
Gerald Gribbon (Selected)
Tommy Dickson
Ross McKelvey
John Lawell
Paul Jepps
Matt Jeanes (Selected)
Ross McKelvey (Selected)
