Previous Events – Club Events, Outings & Guest Speakers
Club Outing – Howth
On a gloomy day with showers of rain 14 members gathered at the Summit in Howth. The more intrepid sought adventure on the beach whilst the remainder sought the shelter of the lighthouse. This outing was facilitated by Tom Murphy, to whom thanks are extended, and we...
Guest Speaker – Paul Wilson
Paul Wilson attended our meeting on 11th April, 2016, as Guest Speaker, to talk about his work as a Sport, Fitness and Body-building photographer. He introduced his presentation with a sample of his images and background, how he started and the nature of the...
Club Event – 2016 Exhibition Opening
On 19th April the OffShoot 2016 Exhibition was opened by the OffShoot President John Coveney. (Unfortunately Deansgrange Librarian Oonagh Brennan was not able to attend due to a family bereavement.) The event was well attended and the Exhibition kicked off to a great...
Club Outing – Wicklow Gaol and Head
Last Tuesday (12th April 2016) the mid-week outing group went down to Wicklow Gaol and Wicklow Head. A good time was held by all (with some having to be restrained) and the resulting images are below:
Club Outing – Skerries Mills
One a grey day soft Irish day (18th March 2016) some of our members went down to Skerries Mills to see what images they could get and this is what they came back with...
Club Outing – Aconites and Snowdrops at Burtown House
On a bright spring day 7 members gathered in the café / gallery at Burtown House, an early Georgian villa, in Athy, Co. Kildare and thence into the garden carpeted with snowdrops, hellebores, crocus and daffodils. After a photographic perambulation we adjourned for...
Club Event – Offshoot Annual Exhibition 2016 (19 April – 16 May)
Once again, we have obtained 4 weeks for our Exhibition at Deansgrange Library. We would like to see all members, old and new, avail of this fantastic opportunity to display their images in public. The official opening is at 7pm on Tuesday 19th April. We urge...
Club Outing – Sunrise at Bull Island
At the end of January you don’t expect warm and almost balmy conditions for a sunrise shoot on the beach in North Dublin. The weather was very kind and about 10 members spread all along the beach for a beautiful sunrise. For most people it was their first time here...
Club Outing – Sunrise over Dalkey Island
On Sunday 13th December the plan was to see the sun rise over Dalkey Island from Colliemore Harbour and we turned up in expectation. As the gloom of night lifted, away to the East a glimmer of red showed on the horizon – and then disappeared! From the heavens droplets...