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Club Event – Member Modeling Night

Club Event – Member Modeling Night

On the 10th February we had a Model Night where we asked our members to be the models for each other. The objective of the evening was to give some exposure to the use of lights as well as how to pose and talk to models. The evening was a great success as can be seen...

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Club Outing – Tinahely Point to Point

Club Outing – Tinahely Point to Point

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...

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Club Competition – Best of 2019 (Projected)

Club Competition – Best of 2019 (Projected)

On 2nd February 2020 the 1st formal competition for 2020, 'Best of 2019', was judged by Iñaki Hernández-Lasa. Congratulations to all who took part and thanks to Iñaki for an informative evening and great feedback to the members. Many thanks for all the entries in the...

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Club Outing – Howth Sunset

Club Outing – Howth Sunset

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...

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Club Outing – Nature Reserve Newcastle

Club Outing – Nature Reserve Newcastle

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...

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Club Outing – Glendalough at Sunrise

Club Outing – Glendalough at Sunrise

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...

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Club Outing – Dublin Reflections

Club Outing – Dublin Reflections

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...

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Club Outing – Xmas Lights Dublin

Club Outing – Xmas Lights Dublin

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....

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Club Outing – Collins Barracks

Club Outing – Collins Barracks

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...

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Club Competition – People Projected & Printed

Club Competition – People Projected & Printed

On 18th November the 5th formal competition for 2019, 'People', was judged by Sheena Griffin a former member of OffShoot. Congratulations to all who took part and thanks to Sheena for an informative evening. Many thanks for all the entries in the Level 1, Level 2 and...

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Club Outing – The Baily Lighthouse

Club Outing – The Baily Lighthouse

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...

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1st Place for OffShoot in the IPF National Shield 2019

1st Place for OffShoot in the IPF National Shield 2019

On 17th November the judging of the IPF National Shield competition was held in Kilkenny. The competition was hosted by Kilkenny Photographic Society at the Hotel Kilkenny. We placed 9th in the Mono section with 180 points which was 15 points behind Raheny Camera Club...

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