The TIPA Award winning products for 2016 were announced last week full details are available from the website below.

Editors from the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) member magazines met for their General Assembly on 1st April in San Francisco, USA to vote for the best photo and imaging products launched by the industry in the last 12 months. The trophies for the 26th year of TIPA Awards will be presented to the winning companies during Photokina in Cologne, Germany on 20th September 2016.

During the meeting the members voted to admit three new magazines to TIPA: Photo District News and Rangefinder from the USA and Photo Solution from Canada. With these three new members, there will be 30 leading photo and imaging magazines in TIPA, from 15 countries on five continents. TIPA also has a cooperative partnership with the CJPC (Camera Journal Press Club), representing top photography magazines in Japan.

The four-year terms of three members of the board came to an end. These were the Chairman, Thomas Gerwers, Secretary, Johan Elzenga and Treasurer, Louise Donald. The first two stood again and were duly re-elected by the members. Given that Louise Donald decided not stand for another term, there was an election to succeed her. The two candidates were Alfonso del Barrio of FV/Foto-Video Actualidad magazine (Spain) and Roland Franken of digit! magazine (Germany). Roland Franken won the election and joined the board with Chairman, Thomas Gerwers, Vice-Presidents, Giulio Forti and Jean-Christophe Bechet and Secretary, Mr. Johan Elzenga.

The TIPA Awards are renowned as the most influential photo and imaging product awards in markets around the world. Where products use the TIPA Awards logo this indicates that these have passed evaluations by TIPA’s technical committee and magazine editors.

A TIPA Awards endorsement is the highest accolade for any photo and imaging product.

W – http://www.tipa.com

 W - http://www.tipa.com/english/XXVI_tipa_awards_2016.html- View all Awards here!

Short film contest in partnership with Raindance and chaired by Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia announces "Not a Pizza Order" as Grand Prix winner

London, UK, 26 April 2016 – Nikon this week announced the winners of its Festival in association with independent film organisation, Raindance and Oscar-winning director, Asif Kapadia. ‘Not A Pizza Order’ by Cecile Ragot, France, takes the Grand Prix prize. Cecile will win a Nikon D810 film kit and a one-week, all-expenses paid networking trip to the Cannes Film Festival in May 2016.  

Over 550 budding short filmmakers from across Europe submitted entries to the Nikon European Film Festival, now in its second year. Exploring the theme ‘Everyday Moments’, enthusiasts and professional filmmakers were challenged to create a short film of up to 140 seconds that turned an ordinary moment into a creative narrative.  The winners were decided by the jury, chaired by the director of Oscar-winning documentary ‘Amy’, Asif Kapadia. He was joined by Emmy-nominated photographer and filmmaker Pieter ten Hoopen, the founder of independent film festival Raindance, Elliot Grove, and Nikon Europe’s Dirk Jasper.  ‘Not A Pizza Order’ by Cecile Ragot, was selected as the Grand Prix winner by the jury during the final judging session at the British Film Institute in London. All jury members were impressed by this powerful film that highlights the struggles of domestic violence. Turning a seemingly routine call into a compelling story on screen, she was praised for her film’s memorable narrative, complemented by her incredible technical skill.

Categories and prizes - The Grand Prix winner will receive a Nikon D810 film kit and an all-expenses-paid, one-week networking trip to the Cannes Film Festival in May 2016 as the special guest of Raindance.  The two winners of the sub-categories ‘Best Narrative’ and ‘Technical Excellence’ will receive a Nikon D750 and 3,000EUR prize money, while the ‘Best Student Entry’ will receive a Nikon D750 film kit and 2,000EUR prize money. The filmmaker behind the ‘People’s Choice will receive a Nikon D750 film kit.

View Winners - HERE!

 W - https://www.nikonfilmfestival.com

Following on from the recent PhotoExpo shows in Killarney and Cork the team have decided to travel to the middle of the country for the next event

Podge Kelly will be facilitating both seminars which will cover Lighting and Photoshop techniques with a strong emphasis on NIK filters.

As NIK Filters is now a free suite and Podge was the original NIK tutor this seminar will help photographers learn quickly and get the best from this great suite of software.

The PhotoExpo is now sponsored by 5 Irish photographic based companies who will also have a strong trade presence with some excellent deals available on the day.

Pre-Register for FREE at this link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/d/ireland/photoexpo/?mode=search

Keep up to date with PhotoExpo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photoexpoireland

Do you want to understand how to use Facebook advertising for success – Here’s how!

The popular #3XMsocial events that have just recently toured the UK are coming to Ireland!

If you’d like to learn how to set your Facebook page up for success, understand audience targeting, create adverts that generate bookings and increase your revenue using Facebook then this event is not to be missed.

The event normally costs €40 but save yourself €10 when you use the promo code IPN10

Dates & Venues:-

-Dublin: Tuesday 10th May @ The Louis Fitzgerald Hotel

-Belfast: Monday 23rd May @ The Dunadry Hotel

-Cork: Monday 30th May @ The Cork International Hotel

For more info & to book your place visit:-

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Taking place throughout Ireland From Sept 26^th – Oct 2^nd

IrishLight brings Irish and international landscape photographers together in a new and novel way providing a full week of interesting events while also creating a unique body of photographs of the Irish landscape.  The project is being run and has been conceived by former Irish and European professional photographer of the year Peter Gordon.

The theme of this year’s inaugural event is ‘Atlantic Reach’, focusing on some of the most iconic parts of the west coast and the Wild Atlantic Way.

The purpose of the festival is 2 fold. Firstly, there is education and inspiration for the many many people who love to take pictures of Ireland.  There will be talks throughout the week, 6 consecutive workshops taking place from Donegal to West Cork over a 2 day period, as well as the final ‘Big Day’ where both domestic and international speakers will present on a range of topics all landscape photography related. Secondly, a body of work will be created from the 6 workshops that will show the Irish landscape in a moment in time. The theme of this year’s festival, ‘Atlantic Reach’, has dictated the locations of these workshops.

Each workshop will be led by one of the leading lights of Irish landscape photography (see below). There will be 7 instructors and 44 participants shooting different locations along the west coast over the same two day period.

Each workshop participant will get expert advice from the workshop leaders throughout, and one of their images will be chosen for the IrishLight collection 2016 and presented through media to a domestic and international audience.

See the list of workhsop leaders and locations below: -

Donegal with Peter & Ed Gordon

Mayo with Enda Cavanagh

Connemara with Daragh Muldowney

Clare with George Karbus

Kerry with Norman McCloskey

West Cork with Rohan Reilly

For more information on Peter Gordon’s work visit: -  www.irishlight.ieor check out ExploreLight’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/explorelight

C – IPN Article Image Credit – ‘Super Simplicity in North West Donegal’ – by Peter Gordon – an “Irish Landscape Image of the Year”

”George Munday presents Co. Waterford as it is and we must be grateful that so much of my home territory remains as it was when first I explored it on my bicycle” - writes Dervla Murphy in her foreword to George Munday's book,  "Waterford, A County Revealed".  

The book takes the form of a journey starting in Waterford City, ambles through fishing ports and holiday resorts as it heads towards Ireland’s first Geopark on the Copper Coast. From Dungarvan the journey continues through Irish-speaking An Rinn then follows the Blackwater River to the Lismore. Then it’s over the two mountain ranges for the final leg of the journey finishing at the Suir River Bridge, for a spectacular last view of the county.   

It's taken George Munday a decade of photography, then countless hours of research  to make the book available at a reasonable price. It's not available through book shops or Amazon; instead it's a POD "Print on Demand" book. in effect each book is printed to order in hard or softback versions.   It features over 130 photographs with extended captions, over 160 full colour pages. The book is exclusively available through the online bookshop at Blurb, the large international company  that prints the books.

Full details of the book can be found on the dedicated Waterford Revealedwebsite. 

About - George Munday, is a graduate of Birmingham College of Photography, became a photo-journalist and morphed into advertising photography before going on to co-direct the major Irish stock photo agency Slidefile for twenty years. During that time he photographed the landscape of the island of Ireland for a host of  book publishers, 40 at the last count, but  never for his own book until now.

W - https://waterfordrevealedblog.wordpress.com/

Sheldon Long a long-time supporter of Photofest stated that he had constant sales throughout the day of Canson paper and Epson printers.

"Having been absent from Photofest Ireland for a number of years it was great to be back and while the exhibitor profile had changed quite a bit,  it was great to see that the level of turn out from the public had not diminished.  The Fine Art Papers stand had an impressive display of customers images on various Canson papers and this certainly helped with peoples selection of these fine papers."

Fine Art Papersare also one of the key sponsors of the PhotoExpo Events and you can keep in touch with their latest news and products and offers by checking in on their website below:-

W – http://www.sheldonphoto.com

Students of the FETAC Advanced Certificate in Photography from St Kevin’s College, Crumlin, will hold their Graduate Exhibition in Steambox, School Street, Dublin 8 launching on Thursday 5^th May 2016 at 6 o’clock.

The Photography course was set up in 2006, evolving from our well established Media course. This very creative and vocational course serves students of all ages and educational backgrounds with many of our students progressing to degree programmes in Ireland and abroad.

This year’s exhibition will bear witness to the creativity of the variety of students who now sign up for Further Education courses. The cultural and age diversity of our students has produced an exhibition with a broad range of contemporary themes and topics

25 students will exhibit their work from 5th – 8th May.

Come along and share their creative vision. Launching 6pm on 5^th.  The Photographer of the Year will be announced.

Martin Cregg – Curator | Maeve Robinson - Photography Course Director

W - https://m.facebook.com/stkevinscollegephotography/

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RTE is running it’s 2^nd international conference on mobile content creation lined up for Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on 29^th- 30^th April 2016

RTE Mojocon is an international mobile journalism conference aimed at journalists from print, radio, online and television, as well as PR professionals and media and journalism students. The conference will also appeal to mobile photography enthusiasts, media executives, and members of the public with an interest in mobile and social.

When RTE first looked at the idea of organizing a conference on mobile content creation our focus was very much on the journalism, filmmaking and photography aspects. However, in the twelve months since RTE Mojocon-1  there has been an exponential growth in businesses using mobile content creation for their own marketing and communications.  There are many examples of businesses using “mojo” to create graphics, stills and animations for their social media channels and even a few exceptional examples where mobiles were used to create advertising campaigns for TV.

Speakers at RTE MojoCon-2 will include high-profile names in the global mobile content space from companies such as the BBC, RYOT, Oracle, Mashable and Aljazeera, and many more.

W - http://mojocon.rte.ie

Enjoy the winning and shortlisted  images from the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards

Now in its ninth year, the Sony World Photography Awards is the world’s largest photography competition, recognising and showcasing the best photographic talent across all levels, genres and areas of expertise from the past 12 months.  The winning images are taken from a record-breaking 230,103 images which were entered into the awards’ Professional, Open, Youth and National Award competitions from over 180 countries. The total number of entries received by the Sony World Photography Awards since its launch in 2007 has now surpassed 1 million images, reinforcing its position as one of the most respected and influential photography competitions in existence.

2016 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition - You can see winning, shortlisted and commended images from this year's competition at the Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, held once again at the prestigious Somerset House, London now running and until  8th May.

W - http://worldphoto.org/about-the-sony-world-photography-awards/2016-swpa-galleries/

Dedicated to action camera lovers, the range includes several new products that securely organise action photo-videography equipment.

The Manfrotto Off Road Stunt Backpack (available black and grey/red), the Manfrotto Off Road Stunt Case (available in Small and Medium) and the Manfrotto Off Road Stunt Roll Organizer.

Prices herewith:-

W – http://www.manfrotto.ie

GERMANY – April 2016 - This month ZEISS introduced a variety of product innovations - Alongside the established lines ZEISS Compact Primes and ZEISS Compact Zooms, the ZEISS Lens Gear rings are now opening up the high-quality range of ZEISS camera lenses to movie-makers. The lenses come in four different sizes – mini, small, medium and large, and are just perfect for achieving precise results with a follow focus system on set. The all-metal rings are compatible with all ZEISS Milvus, ZEISS Otus and ZEISS Loxia lenses. What’s more, the ZEISS Otus and ZEISS Milvus lenses are presented in a hard case and the ZEISS Loxia lens set in a soft case. 

ZEISS Lens Gears boast impressive versatility and no-fuss mounting - The ZEISS Lens Gears are made of premium aluminium with a hardened surface coating, are slid onto the relevant lens and attached to the focus ring of the lens simply by turning the two opposing rings. “This means the ZEISS Lens Gears can be attached in a flash – and you don’t even need any tools to do so,” explains Christophe Casenave, Product Manager at ZEISS Camera Lenses. The ZEISS Lens Gears are available in four different sizes: mini, small, medium and large. “They fit on the different lenses of various diameters precisely and securely,” continues Casenave. “Using a follow focus system enables optimal focusing and the ZEISS camera lenses are equipped with functions resembling those of a full-fledged movie lens.” This now allows customers to achieve professional results with the camera lenses and makes any handling difficulties a thing of the past. 

For more information please visit the website below:-

 W - http://www.zeiss.com/camera-lenses/en_de/cine_lenses.html

The M600 integrates DJI’s new A3 flight controller and features Lightbridge 2 video-transmission technology that offers high frame rates and HD live-streaming capability at distances up to 5km.

The 6-rotor system has a maximum payload of 6kg, allowing it to carry the full range of DJI’s Zenmuse gimbals, the Ronin MX 3-axis gimbal and the Zenmuse X series cameras. It has actively cooled motors for more reliable flight, and its landing gear is retractable for full 360 degree unobstructed imaging.

The M600 will fly up to 36 minutes with a Zenmuse X5 camera attached and up to 16 minutes with a larger camera, such as a RED Epic. 

The M600’s retail price, including the integrated A3 flight controller with Lightbridge 2 and a full set of batteries, is €5,299.

 W - http://www.dji.com

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