Club Info
On this page you will find: 1. Basic Information on the Club 2. The Constitution of the Club 3. Rules governing Club Competitions 4. How to get your photographs on this site 1. Mayo Photographic Club Mayo Photographic Club was founded in 1977 by a group of photography enthusiasts and one of the founders, Michael O'Sullivan LIPF, is still a member of the Club. In the early days the members used film to capture their images, but now the majority of members use digital cameras. In the 80's the Club was known as the “Castlebar Camera Club”; however in 2008 the original name was reinstated. Over the years the club has grown from strength to strength attracting members from all over the county and beyond. The club is affiliated to the Irish Photographic Federation (IPF) and down the years Club members have contributed to the running of that organisation. Eamonn McCarthy AWPF was President for three years. Michael O'Sullivan was Vice-President on four occasions and served as Distinctions Secretary for many years. Currently Kevin Murphy FIPF ARPS is a serving member of Council. Kevin, and our current Chairman Michael Gannon FIPF, both hold the Fellowship Distinction from the IPF, which is a fantastic achievement for what is a relatively small club. Members of the Club are encouraged and assisted in seeking Distinctions from the IPF and it is a measure of the quality of membership within the Club that so many currently hold Distinctions. The benefits to the Club of Federation membership are many as it enables members to tap into the skills and knowledge of leading photographers from home and abroad. Club activities include: guest speakers, visits to and from other clubs, photography skills training and instruction in photo-editing. Club outings are a regular and popular feature as is participation in competitions at Club, Regional and National level. The Club has always tried to encourage and support members at all levels. So, whether you are a beginner to photography or want to build on existing skills and experience you will be very welcome as a new member. The Club meets every Thursday night, in GMIT, Castlebar at 8:00 pm. Click on the Camera icon in the map for more details. The Club 'year' mirrors the academic year as we have use of the room at GMIT during term time. The membership fee for 2011-2012 is €60.00 Office Holders for 2011-2012 are: Chairperson: Michael Gannon Secretary: Kevin Murphy Treasurer: Chris Reilly Competitions Committee: Michael Gannon, Kevin Murphy, John Boyce, Marion Galt and Lyle McElderry, PR: Monica Flanagan and Lyle McElderry View Mayo Photographic Club in a larger map 2. CONSTITUTION OF MAYO PHOTOGRAPHIC CLUB 1. NAME: "The Club Shall Be Called The Mayo Photographic Club". 2. OBJECTIVE: To promote the knowledge and photographic skills of the members and provide a forum for interaction with others of similar interest. 3. MEMBERSHIP: Membership is open to all. 4. MEETINGS: The club will meet on Thursday nights at 8:00pm sharp in GMIT Castlebar during the night class terms, Or at other such places to be specified by the committee from time to time. 5. MANAGEMENT OF THE CLUB: Responsibility for managing the club will be vested in the committee which will consist of a Chairperson, Secretary,Treasurer and not more than 2 others. The committee will be elected by the general membership at the AGM, which will be held within the first month of each new club year. The committee will have the right to co-opt new members in the event of any person resigning his/her position. 6. FINANCE: The committee will direct and control all income and expenditure of club funds. Proper accounts of the club will be kept and a full balance sheet produced each year by the committee. All club income will be banked in the club's name. Withdrawals on the clubs account will be signed by the treasurer and one other authorised signatory. 7. RESPONSIBILITIES: The committee will be responsible for producing a programme of events, guests, competitions for the club throughout the year. The committee will be responsible for club equipment. The committee will in no way be responsible for the safety and health of any member of the club at any time, weather at meetings or any outings arranged by the club. Neither will the committee be responsible for any members photographic equipment. 8 RULE CHANGES: The above are the rules and conditions of membership of the Mayo Photographic Club, and can only be changed at an AGM or EGM of the club. Any change will be require a two thirds majority of the membership. 3. Mayo Photographic Club Competition Rules 1. Only paid up members may enter. 2. Prints must be no bigger than 8" x 6" in size and preferably mounted; the maximum size of mount is 10" x 8" . 3. On the back of each entry include your name, image name and competition title. 4. You may submit up to 3 prints for colour; 3 prints for monochrome and 3 digital images. Digital images should be no more than 1mb and not exceed 1024 on their longest side. Jpeg only. Resolution should be 72dpi. The file name should be the title of the image and the number 1,2 or 3 (see below). 5. Images should be recent and not previously entered in a club competition. "Recent" means taken between the date of the last Club Competition and the date of the current one. 6. Images will be judged by a judge who will be a distinction holder OR by all paid-up Members present on the night. 7.Entry Fees - Each Section: Colour, Mono and Projected Image will cost €3:00 (maximum €9:00 fee for all three) Sizing your photos for projected image competitions After you have finished editing and or manipulating your image this is the procedure for preparing images for projection. First create a folder for your images: Make a folder on your desktop by right clicking your mouse on a clear area of your desktop. A drop down list appears, click on the word “NEW” on this list, another list now appears, click on the word “FOLDER” on this list. An Icon labelled “NEW FOLDER” highlighted in blue appears. Type a name, such as “projected image” to rename this folder. Then resize your images like this: 1. Open your image in Photoshop or Elements 2.In Elements go to Image > Resize > Image Size 3.In Photoshop Full Version go to Image > Image size 4. The Image Size Dialogue Box appears. 5. You must ensure both the resample image and constrain proportions boxes are ticked. 6. Note which is the largest side of your image i.e. width or height and in the pixel dimensions box change this figure to 1024. 7. Note that the file size as displayed at the top of the dialogue box reduces considerably to about 2mb (depends if and how you cropped the image earlier). 8. Click the “ OK” button to accept the changes. 9. Your image may suddenly appear physically smaller on screen. If this happens, just go to the top of screen and click on VIEW > Actual pixels and you will see all is well! 10. The image has now been sized but it needs to be “saved as” a jpeg and named as your competition entry. 11. Go to FILE (at top left of screen) click and then click on "save as". 12. The “save as” dialogue box appears. At the top you will see a drop down arrow, click on this. Then click on “Desktop” on the list that appears. In the "window" you will see all the folders on your desktop. Navigate to and double click on the folder you made and named earlier "projected image". That folder name should now appear at the top of the dialogue box. 13. Now click in the box where it says “FILE NAME”. The file name should be the title of the image and the number 1,2 or 3. 14. Below the FILE NAME box is the FORMAT box. Click the drop down list and select jpeg and click SAVE. You will be brought back to Photoshop/Elements Workspace and the JPEG Options dialogue box will be visible - pull the slider to 10 quality and click OK. 15. The photo is now renamed and resized and the original is safe . How to get your photographs on this site How to do this is explained in a News Item, which you can see by clicking HERE |
