NIPA Top Club 2017/18
The 2020-21 season has been unique, with all meetings, events and competitions run completely online due to the lockdown restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. CPA Camera Club members rose to the occasion, as always, and I’m thrilled to report that we finished the NIPA Wex Interclub Competition in second place overall. In the Principal…
Tuesday 23 February saw the final round of the Wex Interclub Competition for the 2020-21 season. Our judge for the evening was Matthew Canning LIPF BPE3* from Belfast Photo-Imaging Club. Matthew has judged for us before so it was great to welcome him back again. Matthew’s selection was as follows: MONO1. Michael Mulholland – My…
The second of Jim McKeever’s double-header judging session was our narrative competition where the members combine between four and six images in a Photo Essay. Jim was our guest speaker earlier in the season on how to capture narrative images and it obviously paid off as he felt that all the submissions fully met the…
Jim McKeever joined us once again for a judging double-header, judging two of our in-house competitions in one session. First off the bat was Irish Heritage. The brief calls for images taken in Ireland which are typical, traditional, and authentic. This can include buildings, antiquities, customs or skills at risk, old characters in natural surroundings,…
On 19 January 2021 we had Round 4 of the NIPA Interclub Competition. This was the usual themed round for the 2020-21 season and this year the theme was Emotion. Themed rounds are always interesting as they challenge photographers to shoot something a little different. The judge’s selection was as follows: MONO1. Robert Sergeant –…
Tuesday 8 December saw Round 3 of the NIPA Interclub Competition for the 2020-21 season. Our judge for the evening was Martin Spackman ARPS of Westcourt Camera Club. Martin has judged for us on many an occasion and is always very thorough in his feedback. Martin’s selection was as follows: Mono1. Chelle McGaughey – Blackberries2….
On Tuesday 27 October we had Round 2 of the NIPA Interclub Competition 2020-21. Each year, the second round is a specific genre of photography, and this season it was the turn of Abstract. Our judge for the evening was Daria Casement. Daria has joined us before as a guest speaker so we were very…
On Tuesday 22 September we had the first open round of the NIPA Interclub Competition 2020-21. Given the ongoing restrictions around the COVID-19 pandemic, NIPA made the decision to run this year’s competition with digital-only submissions, but maintaining the same sections as usual to ensure consistency. Therefore the competition will continue to have a colour…
Normally at the end of a season we would post images of our winning members receiving their trophies at the prize-giving evening. Unfortunately with the extended lockdown during the 2019/20 season, we haven’t been able to present our trophies, but congratulations are still owed to those members whose hard work and creative eye was rewarded…
The images selected for the NIPA Exhibition 2020 have been announced and we are delighted that the Gold in the colour section has been awarded to CPA member Michael Mulholland. His image “Ships of the Desert” was taken last year in the Nubra Valley in northern India, at an altitude of around 10,000 feet in…
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