Cheque Mate!
At it's most recent meeting Fermoy Camera Club presented a cheque of Three Thousand two hundred and forty euro to the COPE Foundation (Fermoy Branch). This cheque was the proceeds of the club's most sucessful Gala Night held in December
Great credit must go to Denis Buckley and his very hard working
committee plus all the members of the club who helped to make the Gala such a success. Ian Fleming who represented COPE said the money would be much appfeciated as it would go towards the further development of a respite home in Fermoy.
Of couree the GALA would not have been such success without the vast support of the public who attended. Also the support of our sponsors, Frank Morgan Photographic Studios, Micro Bio and Fermoy Credit Union in association of the Grand Hotel was invaluable.
Christmas Challenge Finalists
1st Place Bill Power
2nd Place George O'Keefe
3rd Place Catherine Sheehan
4th Place Jimmy Lysaght
A new year a new format, a new voting method!
What a start to the new year,. The Christmas Challenge concluded this week, while a lot of people had expressed concerns as to how hard a challenge it was when you actually went to create your picture, we still had an outstanding turnout with 37 extremely varied and faboulous photographs.
The new voting system was introduced which proved to be a major success. After an initial viewing the photos were passed from table to table where they were discussed and then voted on in three categories
1. Relevance to theme
2. Overall Impact
3.Technical Merit
This new system proved very informative with great interaction and most importantly Fun with Photography.
The next Challenge is now up and running which is the winter Challenge , which is Black & White printed.
Photographer of the Year 2011
Photographer of the Year:
1st Finbarr O'Hanlon.
2nd Pádraig Barry
3rd George O'Keefe
4th Catherine Sheehan
Photograph of the Year:
Pádraig Barry,
FCC would like to thank and congratulate everyone for their participation in all or any of the Challenges throughout the year.
We will endeavour to make the competition format to be as all-inclusive, entertaining, rewarding and as much fun as possible.
Urban Shoot
Having been stuffed with turkey and mince pies FCC members took to the streets of Fermoy for some fresh air and an oppurtunity to photograph the festive lighta around the town. Such a large group turned up we split into two groups. A number of the more experienced members went with each group and experience was shared by all.
This was a very sucessful outing and was enjoyed by all.
