Coming Up: 21st Mar - Double Header

Hi All,

Coming up this week, we have two very different presentations from BPIC's Gerald Gribbon and former member Paul Hanley.

Gerald will take us through his workflow, detailing how he processes his images to achieve his very distinctive style. If any member would like Gerald to process one of their images on the night, please send this onto him or myself prior to Thursday evening.

Paul will give a presentation on Infrared photography. He will chat about how this style of photography is captured, the equipment used and the various subject interests that work best.

I look forward to seeing everyone there.

Thanks,

Barry
Chairman

Young Artist of the Year

Fantastic news!

Our very own Chairman Barry Lau has reached the final of the Ballymena Rotary Club Young Artist of the Year 2013!

He will be attending a very posh award ceremony this week in The Braid. I hear there is champagne at it (very posh for Ballymena lol)

I am sure you will join me in saying congratulations on getting so far in the competition and wishing him all the best for the awards, we are all behind you!

Good luck Barry xx

Gareth on the BBC

We're delighted to hear that one of our members; Gareth O'Cathain, has had one of his images displayed on the BBC NI website.

Well done Gareth!

Coming Up: 14th Mar - Studio Night

Hi All,

Coming up this week we have an exciting studio night with two great models, Melissa Elliott & Piaras Smyth so don't forget to bring along your camera gear!

We will be organising a series of different lighting setups as well as a detailed breakdown of why they are used and the technicalities involved such as lighting ratios, key lights, fill lights and mastering the balance between each. 

Some images of Melissa:

Piaras (photo by Hernan Farias):

As always I look forward to seeing everyone there.

Thanks,

Barry Lau

Chairman

Martin Lamb Awarded Neil Marshall Medal

Martin Lamb has been awarded with a Neil Marshall Medal as his PDI "Arctic Tern" was accepted for exhibition in the Natural History section of the PAGB 2012 Inter-Federation competition.

Congratulations Martin!

Arctic Tern by Martin Lamb

Martin receives his medal

RPS Success for Brian Maguire

Hi All,

Congratulations to Brian Maguire who's L panel was successfully recommended today at the Licentiateship Assessments at Focus on Imaging. Brian's panel (see below) will now go forward to the Advisory Panel for the seal of approval.

Who's going to be the next successful candidate? :-)

LRPS Available Dates:

• June 12th (Weds) Prints & CDs, ***Places available***
• June 13th (Thurs) Prints & CDs, ***Places available***

• July 17th (Weds) Prints & CDs, ***Places available***
• July 18th (Thurs) Prints & CDs, ***Places available***

Thanks,

Barry Lau

Chairman

NIPA Annual Exhibition 2013

Hi All,

I am absolutely delighted to say that BPIC has yet again done amazingly in the NIPA Exhibition! We have managed to get a massive 14 images accepted in both the print and PDI sections, which is fantastic considering only 75 can go forward for the whole of Northern Ireland.

Acceptances from the following members:

• Alan Lavery x 3
• Brian Bennett ARPS x 2
• Mel Boyle x 2
• Barry Lau ARPS
• Stephen Wilson
• Gerald Gribbon
• Russell Birch
• Matthew Jeanes
• Suzi McBride
• Nolan Duffy

Award Winning members:

• PAGB Silver Medal - Forgotten Ballerina - Nolan Duffy
• PAGB Bronze Medal - Sikh Cycles - Mel Boyle
• PAGB Ribbon - Alone - Alan Lavery
• PAGB Ribbon - Doagh Island - Alan Lavery

Congratulations to everyone that got an image selected and to those who managed to gain an award. All of the images will be on display at the Belfast Waterfront from Wednesday 13th March.

Many thanks to everyone who contributed into the exhibition.

Thanks,

Barry Lau

Chairman

PAGB Silver Medal - Nolan Duffy - The Forgotten Ballerina

PAGB Bronze Medal - Mel Boyle - Sikh Cycles

Coming Up: 7th Mar - "Passion for Prints" Presentation

Hi All,

Coming up this week is a talk from past member and previous Chairman, Ross McKelvey ARPS DPAGB with a presentation on his "Passion for Prints". Ross will talk about his success, working his way through camera club competitions, his success in achieving accreditation with several photographic bodies as well as being successful in several salons across Europe.

For the benefit of any members who are not familiar with his work, some examples of his work can be found on his website.

I look forward to seeing you all there, it should be a great night.

Thanks,

Barry Lau
Chairman

Donegal Trip Competition

In January some intrepid BPIC'ers braved the elements on a landscape weekend in Donegal. For fun we held a wee competition to see what the best image from the trip was.

The winner was this image from Brian Maguire.

Congratulations Brian!

You can see the full gallery here.

Coming Up: 28th Feb - NIPA Round 5 Selection Night

Hi All,

Coming up this week is NIPA Round 5, the last NIPA competition round of the season. The theme is "Documentary", a challenging one at that and by definition it has to be an image that tells a story, much like the narrative round for those who were members last season. There is no reason why you can't enter these into this competition.

The usual format applies, 1 x colour print, 1 x mono print and 1 x pdi (1400px landscape, 1050px portrait and sRGB colour space)

PDI uploads available here.

Lets make a big effort for the last round and as always I look forward to seeing what everyone produces.

Thanks,

Barry Lau
Chairman