NIPA Top Club 2017/18
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…
On Tuesday 17th April we had the second of our annual print battles, this time welcoming CB Camera Club to CPA. Our judge for the evening was Brian Maguire from BPIC. We followed the same format introduced last year: four rounds, two mono and two colour, with each round containing 10 of our prints and…
On Wednesday 11th April we had our annual print battle against City of Belfast Photographic Society. It was City of Belfast’s turn to host the event and they invited Billy Leahey along to judge. Each club brought along 15 mono and 15 colour prints and Billy commented on all 60 images, scoring them out of…
Friday 6th April saw the 2018 NIPA Novice Competition held at The Fountain Centre in Bangor. Thank you to all our members who supported the competition and submitted entries, both in projected and print format. We’re delighted to report that, for the third year in a row, CPA members had winning images. In the Mono…
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