We are delighted to announce that Mel has successfully been recommended for his LRPS.
A stunning collection of images, congratulations!
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Member Success At East Belfast Arts Festival
We're thrilled to be able to tell you that BPIC member Mel Boyle has had an image accepted from the 500 entries in the open submission as part of Art in the East Side which is an exhibition in the East Belfast Arts Festival.
The image entitled "Stormonts Illusion" is currently being displayed on a billboard on the Woodstock Road.
“I was looking for an image with a strong refection and linear form that when rotated would create an optical illusion. The trees provide the linear guide towards the building and the leaves floating on the water now appear to be falling from the sky.
The building is small and insignificant within the image, it is the surrounding estate that provides the sensory stimulation. The estate transforms itself from season to season and is used by so many people in East Belfast.
In recent times it has played host to The Queen’s Jubilee Party, the Olympic Flame and even held George Best’s funeral. Maybe the real illusion here is, is this the home of our Government?”
Here is the original image
Congratulations Mel!
BPIC on the BBC
BPIC members Gareth O'Cathain LRPS and Mel Boyle both had images displayed on the BBC yesterday.
Keep up the good work boys!
Gareth O'Cathain LRPS
Mel Boyle
12/13 Season Review
As the 12/13 season draws to a close it's a great opportunity to thank everyone for making it a great season and to look back over the highlights from the last 12 months.
June 2012
- Club Trip: H.M.S. Caroline
July 2012
- Club Trip: Ulster American Folk Park
August 2012
- Stephen Wilson had an image selected as the runner-up in the BBC Countryfile Photo Competition
- BPIC hung an exhibition at Belfast City Hospital
September 2012
- Brian Bennett received an EAPU Panel Award at the East Antrim Open
- Brian Bennett's mono print "Christine" was selected for inclusion in the NIPA entry in the Celtic Challenge 2012
- Karen McCrea, Melissa Gordon, Martin Lamb and Brian Bennett each had images selected for the Celtic Challenge
- Roger Eager's image came second in the Shorts Camera Club - My Titanic Belfast Competition
October 2012
- Guest Speaker: Janine Walker
- Martin Lamb had an image selected for the Natural History section of the PAGB PDI competition
- Gareth O'Cathain received a Highley Commended in the 'Best black and white' category of the Belfast Zoo 2012 Photographic Competition
- In the NIPA Round 1 competition Stephen Wilson and Brian Maguire received NIPA stars, Brian also received the top Colour Print honours
- Club Trip: Scott Kelby 5th Annual Photowalk
November 2012
- For our inaugural Mentoring Competition, Mel Boyle achieved the top mono print and Saravanan Appukuttan had the top scoring PDI.
- Club Trip: Belvoir Photowalk
- In the NIPA Round 2 competition Stephen Wilson and Alan Lavery received NIPA stars
January 2013
- Vivienne Beck placed first in the PDI section of the Roy Finlay Memorial Natural History Competition
- Club Trip: Donegal
- Guest Speaker: Roy McKeown FRPS
- Guest Speaker: Glenn Norwood
- In the NIPA Novice Competition Gareth O'Cathain placed 1st in the Mono print section with "The Blacksmith", placed 2nd in the Colour print section with "Helen's Wool" and received a Commended for his PDI "Zimbabwe Danger".
Mel Boyle received a commended for his Mono Print "Indian Labourers".
February 2013
- In the NIPA Round 3 competition Matthew Jeanes received a NIPA star
- Guest Speaker: Carrie Davenport
- The winners in our internal Architectural competition were; Colour Print - Donal McCann, Mono Print - Russell Birch and PDI - Brian Maguire
- Brian Maguire won our Donegal Trip competition
- In the NIPA Round 4 competition Brian Bennett and Barry Lau received NIPA stars
March 2013
- The following members had images selected for the 2013 Annual NIPA Exhibition; Alan Lavery, Brian Bennett, Mel Boyle, Barry Lau, Stephen Wilson, Gerald Gribbon, Russell Birch, Matthew Jeanes, Suzi McBride and Nolan Duffy. Nolan achieved a PAGB silver medal, Mel received a PAGB Bronze Medal and Alan Lavery received two PAGB Ribbons
- Brian Maguire achieved his LRPS
- Martin Lamb was awarded with a Neil Marshall Medal in the Natural History section of the PAGB 2012 Inter-Federation competition.
- Guest Speaker: Ross McKelvey
- Gareth O'Cathain had one of his images displayed on the BBC News website
- Barry Lau reached the final of the Ballymena Rotary Club Young Artist of the Year 2013
- Guest Speaker: Paul Hanley
- In the NIPA Round 5 competition Saravanan Appukuttan received a NIPA star
- In the BPIC Photographer of the Year Round 1 competition Vivienne Beck was the Novice winner and Barry Lau won the Advanced category
April 2013
- Guest Speaker: Gerry Coe
- Guest Speaker: Jim Moreland
- Gareth O'Cathain achieved his LRPS
- In the BPIC Photographer of the Year Round 2 competition Roger Eager was the Novice Winner and Dermott Sweeney won the Advanced category
May 2013
- In the BPIC Photographer of the Year Round 3 competition Roger Eager was the Novice winner and Stephen Wilson won the Advanced category
- Roger Eager was named as the 12/13 BPIC Novice Photographer of the Year
- Dermott Sweeney was named as the 12/13 BPIC Advanced Photographer of the Year
- The season wrapped up with a lovely dinner
NIPA Annual Exhibition 2013
Hi All,
I am absolutely delighted to say that BPIC has yet again done amazingly in the NIPA Exhibition! We have managed to get a massive 14 images accepted in both the print and PDI sections, which is fantastic considering only 75 can go forward for the whole of Northern Ireland.
Acceptances from the following members:
- Alan Lavery x 3
- Brian Bennett ARPS x 2
- Mel Boyle x 2
- Barry Lau ARPS
- Stephen Wilson
- Gerald Gribbon
- Russell Birch
- Matthew Jeanes
- Suzi McBride
- Nolan Duffy
Award Winning members:
- PAGB Silver Medal - Forgotten Ballerina - Nolan Duffy
- PAGB Bronze Medal - Sikh Cycles - Mel Boyle
- PAGB Ribbon - Alone - Alan Lavery
- PAGB Ribbon - Doagh Island - Alan Lavery
Congratulations to everyone that got an image selected and to those who managed to gain an award. All of the images will be on display at the Belfast Waterfront from Wednesday 13th March.
Many thanks to everyone who contributed into the exhibition.
Thanks,
Barry Lau
Chairman
PAGB Silver Medal - Nolan Duffy - The Forgotten Ballerina
PAGB Bronze Medal - Mel Boyle - Sikh Cycles
NIPA Novice Competition 2013 Results
We're excited to announce that BPIC members Gareth O'Cathain and Mel Boyle have enjoyed great success in the 2013 NIPA Novice Competition.
Gareth placed 1st in the Mono print section with "The Blacksmith", placed 2nd in the Colour print section with "Helen's Wool" and received a Commended for his PDI "Zimbabwe Danger".
Mel received a commended for his Mono Print "Indian Labourers".
Congratulations guys!
Full results can be seen here.
The Blacksmith
Helen's Wool
Zimbabwe Danger
Indian Labourers
Mentoring Competition Results
22nd November saw the exciting conclusion to our mentoring competition started on the 1st November.
Beginners entering the competition were split into two teams and each team was assigned a mentor. Barry Lau ARPS and Donal McCann FRPS were the mentors for this competition.
During November the entrants worked closely with their mentors who guided them in bringing out the best in their images.
Images were entered into two categories, mono print and PDI's.
The top scoring mono prints was submitted by Mel Boyle, and the top scoring PDI was from Saravanan Appukuttan.
You can see a fuller gallery here.
Mel Boyle
Saravanan Appukuttan