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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...
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Here's wishing all our members a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2016.
Guest Speaker – Owen O’Connor
Owen attended our meeting on 30th November as Guest Speaker to talk about his work as a wedding, landscape & fashion photographer. Owen is an award winning full-time photographer, an Associate member of IPPA, a graduate of Dun Laoghaire College of Art & Design...
Club Outing – Dublin Ukulele Collective
Earlier this month a group of OffShoot members were asked to take some photos of the Dublin Ukulele Collective, this is a group of fifty Ukulele players. They wanted us to take some photos of them as they had none of the whole group. DUC have been together for less...
Club Competition – Open Mono (2015)
On 16th November the sixth formal competition for 2015, 'Open Mono Printed', was judged by David Stanway from Greystones Camera Club. Thanks to David for his helpful critique and feedback to the members. Many thanks for all the entries in both Level 1 and Level 2...
Club Outing – Autumn Colour
Despite the very stormy and wet weather over the days prior to our outing we had a lovely morning for our outing on Sunday 15th November. It stayed warm and dry for the duration. We wandered over both hills and found a few spots where the colour was at its autumn...
Club Outing – Deer Rut in Phoenix Park
We met in the Car Park at Dawn (7.15am) on a beautiful Saturday morning. There were about 8 Offshoot members. Expectations were high as we walked toward the woods past the US Ambassadors residence. It was quiet. No sounds of smacking antlers and that was how it stayed...
Club News – OffShoot Achieves 3rd Place at IPF National Shield Competition
OffShoot came third at the recent IPF National Shield Club competition held in Malahide on 7th November. The Club would like to thank all members who submitted images for consideration – even if they weren’t selected, they contributed towards making our panels...
Club Event – Model Night
Following on Dermot Byrne’s presentation of one of his recent fashion shoots , OffShoot had a “Model Night” on 2 November. This is where we have the chance to experience shooting with professional models under studio lights. The Club would like to thank our models,...
Club Competition – Open Colour Printed (2015)
On 5th October the fifth formal competition for 2015, 'Open Colour Printed', was judged by Pauric McGroder from Dublin Camera Club. Pauric first went through the steps used when judging and then gave constructive feedback on all the entries before unveiling the...