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OffShoot Newsletter - 13th October 2018

News

This coming Monday Kevin Grace and Barry Dillon will discuss their journeys to foreign shores in the quest of the perfect image. Don’t forget it is also the due date for Project #3 Hand-In.

National Shield Entries Needed

What is the National Shield?

The IPF National Shield is an annual inter-club competition which is open to all clubs who are affiliated to the IPF. The competition is designed to cater for members of Photography Clubs who are just beginning their photography journey, so advanced photographers are specifically excluded.

Who Can Enter?

It is easier to describe who cannot enter. The following are excluded.

• If you have won a prize or a medal in any IPF competition. (If you have won one you will know)

• If you have achieved Associate Distinction (AIPF) or similar

• If you have achieved a Fellowship Distinction (FIPF) or similar.

Any other fully paid-up member of Offshoot can submit images for selection. So, if even if you have an IPF Licentiate certification (LIPF) you can submit images. This is a big change from previous years. Each club will select the best 8 mono and 8 colour images from their eligible members to form two panels. You can enter images which you have entered in our club competitions or activities, even if you have won or been placed in our own competitions.

To promote entries from photographers at an earlier stage of their development, we are limited to just 2 images per panel from LIPF qualified members. This complicates the selection process for the selection committee but does not limit in any way LIPF holders from entering as many images as the club rules allow.

Call For Images

We are looking for entries from our members. Please forward your best mono and colour images to this link below. A maximum of 5 colour and 5 mono is allowed per entrant. The images should be in jpg format, with approx. 2000 pixels on the long side and named as follows:

999-PictureTitle.jpg Replace 999 with your membership number. Please do not use your own name, as the selection committee needs to review the images anonymously.

(Please, please, please rename your images as per this format. Not doing so adds massively to the administration of our entry)

We will later seek full resolution images for the shortlisted entries selected to represent the club.

Images can be uploaded at the link https://www.dropbox.com/request/ZmexnOQknwPcwujTtwiv (the photographer retains full copyright).

Competition

Don’t forget the theme of the next competition is Autumn Colours. So a good time to get out over the next few weeks and capture those colours as they develop. Competition hand-in is 19th November.

IRISH PHOTOGRAPHIC FEDERATION’S 36th NATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS & 1st OPEN PHOTO HARMONY COMPETITION.

20th & 21st October 2018 in Aras Chronain Ionad Cultuir, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

Judges - BevTyrer & Alan Tyrer, CPAGB/AV, ARPS.

It’s nearly here! Final preparations are being made. We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on either day or better still - both days!

We have a full programme. There are entries in all categories in the National Championships - Novice, Intermediate, Club & Advanced representing several clubs/societies. All national entries will be commented on. In the Open Photo Harmony competition, there are entries from 3 continents - we’ll have to work on the rest - America, Asia & Antarctica! So, a great chance to see the different styles in this medium of audiovisual. There will be also assessments for distinctions in Audio Visual and an opportunity to see some of the judges’ work.

Further details were posted by Liam Haines on the OffShoot Facebook group page.

Fungi by Katherine O'Boyle

Just a note for new members – if you want any of your pictures considered for photo of the week, you just have to post them to the OffShoot Flickr group at https://www.flickr.com/groups/offshoot_society/pool/with/25203048077/.

There’s also a link from the OffShoot home page.

14th October 2018
Club Outing – Hunter Trials, Tattersalls/Fairyhouse

15th October 2018
Club Meeting – Project #3 Hand-In / Members' Journeys

22nd October 2018
Club Meeting – Project #3 Feedback

27th October 2018
Club Outing – Toadstools and Autumn

29th October 2018
No Club Meeting – Halloween Bank Holiday

3rd November 2018

Club Outing – Deer Rut, Phoenix Park

11th November 2018

Club Outing – Carton House Sunrise

13th November 2018

Club Outing – Powerscourt

19th November 2018

Club Meeting – Competition #5 Hand-In

26th November 2018

Club Meeting – Competition #5 Judging

Keep an eye on your email and the What's On (click here) section on the website for updates.

For the full 2018 Competition / Project Programme click here.

The next competition and project are detailed below.

Project

15th October – Project 3 hand-in

22nd October – Project 3 feedback

Competition

19th November – Competition hand-in

26th November – Competition judging

Which well-known photographer worked for Rolling Stone magazine in the 1970's?

A. Annie Leibovitz

B. Helmut Newton

C. Norman Parkinson

D. David Bailey

Answer at bottom of the Newsletter.

IPF Photographer / Nature Photographer of the Year 2019

Online entry will soon be open for the IPF Photographer of the Year (POTY) 2019 and the IPF Nature Photographer of the Year (NPOTY) 2019.

The finals will be held on the weekend of the 16th/17th February 2019, The Talbot Hotel, Carlow.

Details of regional rounds will be released by the regional committees in the coming weeks.

For up to date information, go to www.irishphoto.ie.

The Societies’ Open to All Photography Competitions

Monochrome Photography Competition

In this competition, you can be in with a chance of winning an Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II Digital Camera with 12-40mm PRO Lens worth over £2000

We are looking for your best monochrome images. Whether they are portraits, landscapes, abstract, wildlife or any other subject matter this competition is open to all aspects of photography in a monochrome style.

Vistas Photography

In this free to enter competition we want to see great landscapes, seascapes, cloudscapes, mountains, cliffs, rugged scenery, huge forests, bleak moorlands, magnificent lakes, epic waterfalls, even cityscapes which have nature's hand.

Practical Photography Outdoor Photo of the Year 2018

Practical Photography and sister title Country Walking, in association with Fujifilm, are launching a massive new annual competition to celebrate the breathtaking beauty of the British Isles.

Outdoor Photo of the Year is open to everyone, regardless of photographic experience. With three diverse categories; Landscape, Lifestyle and Nature, to choose from, plus a total of £3516 of amazing Fujifilm cameras and lenses to be won, this is the perfect opportunity to get creative and share your passion for the outdoors with the rest of the world.

Entries close 31st December 2018. Details available https://news.bauermedia.co.uk/

Greystones Camera Club Exhibition

The Greystones Camera Club's 7th Annual Photography Exhibition will take place at Hillside Evangelical Church Hall, Greystones, from Tuesday, 16th October to Saturday, 20th October inclusive.

A stunning & varied selection of OVER 100 professionally printed, mounted & framed images will be displayed from our members, who range from beginners to professionals.

Most of the images on display will be for sale at a very reasonable price during the exhibition; this is a great opportunity to find the perfect (Christmas!) gift for someone special or for yourself.

**Exhibition Opening Night**

Tuesday, 16th Oct. 7 pm-9 pm

Wine & soft drinks available

All welcome

Daily Opening hours from 11 am to 5 pm Tuesday 16th October through to Saturday 20th of October.

Entry Free

Parking Free

The Lost Moment: Civil Rights, Street Protest and Resistance in Northern Ireland, 1968-69

Symposium and Official Launch at the Gallery of Photography: Thursday 27 September

Running until 4th November, The Lost Moment looks anew at the Civil Rights movement in Northern Ireland fifty years on from the marches and peaceful protests that immediately preceded the Troubles.

Curated by Sean O’Hagan, who writes on photography, art and culture for The Guardian and The Observer, the show places the Northern Irish civil rights struggle in the context of the many international street protests that made 1968 such a tumultuous year.