This Monday is a competition judging week. The theme is ‘A Summer Experience’ so it’s a chance to look back at the summer before we head into hunting for autumn colours.

Congratulations to Helen Black for making the final shortlist in the Irish Light photographer of the year award. Not only in one category, but in all three categories!

The winner will be announced at The Big Day 2019 which will take place on 6th October 2019 in The Royal Marine Hotel. (and I’m not jealous at all that I didn’t make the shortlist, no not a bit…!!!).

The IPF National Shield Competition takes place on the 17th November, 2019.  We are now calling for images, from our members, for selection to represent Offshoot in this competition.  

The deadline for entry will be the 15th October.  Entries to be submitted electronically. Full details will be sent by email to each member shortly.

There is no specific theme or restrictions regarding subject matter, so it is an opportunity to have your best images (if selected)  printed to  exhibition standard by the club and share the stage with images from other Irish photography clubs.  So start shortlisting your own top colour and mono images, so you are ready to submit your entries by the deadline.

60th Liffey Descent by Emily Gallagher

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

There’s also the latest images published on Flickr that are displayed on the OffShoot home page.

The next Project Session is on 21st October.

Hand-in for the project is 14th October. 

You are in the middle of a photoshoot and your memory card is almost full, but you aren't done yet. What would you NOT want to do?

A. Change your memory card out for a new one

B. Delete your bad photos directly from the camera to free up space

C. Upload the existing images to your laptop

D. Be more selective with your exposures for the rest of your shoot

Answer at the bottom of the Newsletter.

Congratulations to Helen Black for attaining her LIPF Distinction at the September 2019 sitting of the IPF in Portlaoise...

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IFA Calendar Competition ‘Enchanting Ireland’

The IFA has teamed up with the Irish Farmers Journal and Irish Country Living to bring you the 13th annual IFA Calendar Competition. The theme of this year’s calendar is ‘Enchanting Ireland’. We are looking for fresh, clear and captivating photographs that show the magic of rural Ireland.

The ‘Enchanting Ireland’ theme includes anything that you think captures the beauty and magic of life in rural Ireland including livestock, landscapes, farm buildings, farmyards and much more.

Monthly winners can look forward to their picture being published in the 2020 IFA calendar as well as a two-night stay in a luxurious hotel from the Original Irish Hotels collection with a full Irish breakfast each morning.

The overall winner will be chosen by our judges and will receive a prize of €2,000. A runner up will be chosen by public vote on the Irish Farmers Journal Facebook page and will receive a prize of €500.

Terms and conditions and entry details at https://www.ifa.ie/calendarcomp/ 

‘Quiet at the Back’ Mandy O’Neill

At the Gallery of Photography until 27th October. For over a decade, award-winning photographer Mandy O’Neill has engaged with children and young people in formal education contexts in primary and post-primary schools in central Dublin.

O’Neill’s photographs have emerged through a mix of formal residencies supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and more local arrangements in keeping with the dynamics of school life from year to year.

Clann: Theresa Nanigian 

In the Lexicon Library, Dun Laoghaire until 17 November. ‘Clann’, a spirited portrait of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County, is a series of large scale photographs of groups who live, work and play in the county. The work reflects the fact that Irish clans have long been composed of members far beyond blood relations, and demonstrates the cultural shifts in what the county has become and where it might be headed. Nanigian was awarded the visual art commission for 2018/19, funded by the Arts Council.

B. Delete your bad photos directly from the camera to free up space (https://www.diyphotography.net/not-delete-images-memory-card-using-camera/)