Previous Events – Club Events, Outings & Guest Speakers

The 23rd February saw another regular outing for our members as they headed down to Tinahely for the Point to Point. Getting close and muddy they were able to take some great pictures.Some images (click on an image to open in full-screen mode) from the outing can be...

While Howth may be a wonderful sunset location in Summer, it is not so in Winter! Having checked out the area above the Bailey Lighthouse recently and discovered that it was unsuitable for a winter sunset shoot, we decided the harbour was a better bet! However, at the...

The Nature Reserve in Newcastle was an eye-opener to many of the fourteen Offshoot members who participated in Saturday's outing. Robbie O'Leary gave us an excellent short guided tour before we all went our separate ways to try our hand at capturing some of the...

Sunday morning (12th Jan) in Glendalough was definitely better than the Saturday but unfortunately the sun did not show up until much later in the day! There were more than 14 members present. We all got photographs of the Upper Lake from a variety of angles which...

Five club members met outside Brown Thomas at 3.00pm yesterday. It was a lovely mild day but dull initially. Within the hour however the light improved and gradually led to a spectacular sunset! The theme of the outing was kept secret until the day of the outing. The...

Four members met outside TCD last Saturday night to photograph the Christmas lights and there were plenty of those. Unfortunately there was also plenty of traffic and shoppers! The lightshow at Trinity was lovely and the traffic offered opportunities for light trails....

Nine of us went to Collins Barracks to view the Photography exhibition entitled 'Ireland in Focus: Photographing the 1950's'. The Paris-based Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson loaned over fifty images to the National Museum of Ireland for the exhibition. Many of the...

On Saturday 23rd November 10 of OffShoot members arrived at the Howth summit on a very wet windy cold morning and as if miraculously the rain stopped especially for our outing. We met our guide Frank who showed us some viewing points over the lighthouse and told us...

Six of us went to Malahide Castle on Tuesday 12th November and were lucky enough to get beautiful weather. The butterfly house was a little disappointing as there were very few butterflies to be seen. Having said that, one of our members had multiple butterflies...