Previous Events – Club Events, Outings & Guest Speakers

Tuesday morning (30th April) was a rainy and unpromising start to the Offshoot outing to Killinthomas Wood on a quest to capture the ephemeral beauty of the bluebells and wild garlic carpeting the forest floor. Initially four members arrived with a fifth about 20...

On a Tuesday evening 23rd April, with the initial signs of summer still holding out, 15 members set out northside to the Clontarf Baths to photograph the moon rising over the North Wall lighthouse. Conditions were good with clear skies but with a little haze on the...

On the nicest day of the year so far, 20th April, 18 members met at Ballinafunshoge waterfall. It’s right beside the small carpark and people took turns moving into the most advantageous positions. As there were so many of us some members decided to visit the...

On a very pleasant, sunny Tuesday morning a group of 11 members met at the ‘usual spot’ on the Lower Dodder Road. The outing had originally been scheduled to take place the previous week, but due to weather conditions at the time, it had been moved to 2nd April. At...

On a windy Saturday morning (23rd March 2024), 8 members (including one new person) met outside the Bord Gais Energy Theatre. Just before we got started the rain arrived and we considered adjourning to a nearby coffee shop to practice our food photography. However,...

This ever-popular Super Saturday blitz was back for its 5th year and took place on Saturday 16th March 2024 in Pembroke Cricket Club in Sandymount. This annual blitz is held on the last day of the Men's Six Nations Championship and featured 6 teams representing...

Tucked away behind the National Concert Hall is one of Dublin’s best-kept secrets; The Iveagh Gardens. In 1862, Benjamin Guinness leased these gardens to the Dublin Exhibition Palace to stage a Winter Garden Exhibition. The gardens were designed to showcase both...

To celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Dragon (11th February), 11 intrepid Offshoot photographers set off to the Meeting House Square in the Temple bar area. Kick-off time was noon, but a few photographers in our group got in early masquerading as “press” (Irish...

On Sunday 4th February we had a drizzly start, low cloud and pretty windy – but 12 members were not put off and met up at the Gap Adventure Centre bright and early, excited for a new challenge of sports action photography in the woods. Its located about 5 minutes from...