Previous Events – Club Events, Outings & Guest Speakers
Club Outing – Archery
Greenhills Archers Club kindly invited us to visit their practice night in Tallaght on the 4th of December and those of us who attended were rewarded with some action shots of the Archers and their equipment.It was a most enjoyable experience to witness an age-old...
Club Outing – Janz Gym
On Sunday 17th November Offshoot members were privileged to have the opportunity at Janz Gymnastics to photograph an elite squad of girls as they put on a specific display for us. Their level of acrobatic skill and fitness put us all to shame. We also set up lights...
Club Event – Deconstructing The Image
Deconstructing The Image was the theme for the Club meeting on 18th November. What on earth could this mean? We thought it would be useful to look at the thought processes behind the image creation ... the inspiration and creative journey that leads the...
Club Outing – Deer Rut
A bunch of us arrived in the Phoenix Park in the dark and the rain on October 27th to witness this annual gathering of the Fallow Deer for the Rut. The weather miraculously cleared and the sunrise and early morning light was magnificent. The spectacle was enhanced by...
Club Outing – Powerscourt
Twenty Offshoot members went to Powerscourt Estate bright (well, in the dark actually) and early on Saturday 19th October for a sunrise shoot. We had the gardens to ourselves before the public arrived, so there were no issues with people in our shots (other than...
Club Outing – Mayo
On Friday 6th September a group of 13 members from Offshoot ascended on Essence of Mulranny (E.O.M.) in Mulranny, Co Mayo (http://www.greenwaygetaways.ie). We visited some great locations - all around Achill Island, including Keam Bay, Clew Bay, Burrishoole Abbey and...
Club Outing – Summer
Offshoot hold weekly outings rather than weekly meetings during the summer months. See our Event Calendar for details. We had a particularly busy July as can be seen from the photos above. On July 1st we went up to the Killiney Hill Obelisk (Wendy), on the 8th we were...
Club Outing – Baltray
In 1974, the MV Irish Trader left the port of Sharpness in the Bristol Channel, bound for Drogheda carrying a cargo of 410 tonnes of fertilizer, but she ran aground on the soft sands of Baltray Beach, County Louth. Why the boat floundered so near to port is unknown to...
Club Outing – Sailing
Club Members Tony Jobling and daughter Debbie kindly offered the use of their boat, TANDA II, as a platform for some costal photography. The voyage of discovery proceeded east on June 21st from the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire and headed towards Dalkey Sound...