Previous Events – Club Events, Outings & Guest Speakers
Club Outing – Liberty Hall
When the alarm clock went off at 6am all I could hear was the rain outside. Not the most promising start for our early morning outing to the rooftop of Liberty Hall on Friday 21st of September. But by the time we all met up at 7:30 it was a tad better.Thanks to Mike...
Guest Speaker – Graham Walsh
Graham is based in Drogheda and currently studying photography in O'Fiaich College in Dundalk. He kindly dropped into our meeting on the 10th of September to share with us his interest, knowledge and images of Landscapes and Seascapes from around Ireland and...
Guest Speaker – Enda Cavanagh
On 18th June, Enda Cavanagh returned to Offshoot to show us his stunning architectural photography of interiors and exteriors of buildings in Dublin and around Ireland. He also gave us an entertaining and useful demonstration of his medium format view camera...
Club Outing – Baily Lighthouse
On Sunday May 20th, Tom Murphy organised a trip to the Baily Lighthouse (Howth), which is a museum for lighthouse history over last 200 years. The trip went according to plan with six Offshoot members and a few friends taking part.Like the visit last June, the...
Club Outing – Kite Surfing
The Battle of the Bay Kitesurfing competition attracted Offshoot members to Bull Island and Dollymount Strand on Saturday, 26th May.As well as Kitesurfing there was also SUP (Stand Up Paddle Board) and it was a very well attended event. The Irish wind did not...
Club Outing – Fencing
Ten members from Offshoot visited the Dublin Fencing Club on Wednesday 23rd May at the Liffey Trust Studios.With lots of quick movements and plenty of “lunging” going on, it proved a very challenging shoot.Thanks to Olive for organising and to Shane Whelan and...
Guest Speaker – Kevin Grace
Offshoot’s Kevin Grace gave a practical talk and presentation on Travel Photography on Monday 21st May. He based the talk on his experiences of travelling and trekking in various parts of the globe. The talk covered the practical aspects of travel photography...
Club Outing – Surfing
Despite the short notice and it being Heineken Cup Final Day, three of us managed to make it on an outing to White Rock, Killiney on Saturday, 19th May to shoot some surfers. Hardy lads, those surfers.The photographers stayed on dry land. Thanks to Kevin Cavey (the...
Club Outing – Saltees
Despite bringing forward the outing by a day because of a poor weather forecast, 13 Offshooters got to Great Saltee Island off the south Wexford Coast on 12 May to photograph sea-birds, plants and landscapes on a brilliantly sunny and near calm day as can be seen on...