NIPA Top Club 2017/18
On Tuesday 12 February CPA members had a ‘super’ night indeed when we welcomed several members of the Superheroes NI group to the club for a slightly more unusual portrait practical night. Deadpool, Black Widow and Spiderman kept everyone busy. Thanks, guys, for coming along and providing an entertaining evening for everyone. Images courtesy of…
On Tuesday 5 February we had one of our in-house club competitions on the theme of Flora & Fauna. The entry consisted of 29 prints, a mix of both colour and monochrome although with a natural history theme, colour naturally predominated. As usual the competition was judged by our membership, with each member selecting their…
Tuesday 22nd January saw our last open round of the NIPA Interclub Competition for the season. Our judge for the evening was Matthew Canning of BPIC. Matthew took the time to comment on all the images, giving constructive advice on how improvements could be made. Thank you, Matthew, for your time. His selection was as…
Round 3 of the NIPA Interclub Competition was the first themed round of the season, with images representing a book or song title. Entries had to include the book title and author or the song title and artiste respectively. Themed rounds always provide a challenge and make us think outside the box, getting away from…
Irish Heritage was the second of the in-house competitions held on Tuesday 13th November with an entry of 36 prints, both mono and colour. There were a wide range of subjects from familiar geography to landmark buildings, lighthouses to people involved in traditional activities. Jim McKeever was our judge for the evening and he commented…
The first in-house competitions of the 2018/19 season were held on Tuesday 13th November with both the Photo Essay and the Irish Heritage competitions. As for last season, Jim McKeever was our judge for each. As he usually does, Jim asked members to present their panels and explain their intended narrative. Seven panels were entered…
On Tuesday 23rd Oct we had RD2 of the NIPA Inter-Club Competition judged at the Club. Our judge for the evening was Eileen McCausland from Dungannon & Cookstown CC. Eileen is an experienced judge on the NIPA circuit and breezed through the 20 mono, 28 colour and 30 PDIs submitted by the members. She gave…
On Tuesday 25 September we had the first open round of the NIPA Interclub Competition for this season. Our judge for the evening was Nigel Snell from Bangor & North Down Camera Club. Whilst the print entry consisted of our normal numbers, approximately 30 mono and 45 colour, we saw twice as many PDIs as…
We’re delighted to announce that CPA are the overall winners of the 2017/18 NIPA Interclub Competition sponsored by Wex Photo Video, taking four of the six competition sections. Congratulations to everyone who had an image selected to represent the club, and thank you to all who entered each round – we saw so many strong…
Tuesday 26th June marked the last ‘official’ club night of the 2017-18 season with our annual barbeque at Crawfordsburn Country Park. We had a bigger turn-out than last year with a mix of members, partners, kids and four-legged family members. Everyone contributed food so we had an amazing spread to work through. Thanks to Vittorio…
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