18th January 2020

Next Monday Night. 

Unfortunately, lots of difficulties getting a speaker for this Monday night.  Matt O'Brien has volunteered to do a travel related presentation, with images taken from a trip to the South Island of New Zealand.  Mike Smith will also do a presentation of one of his travel experiences.

If any members have a short travel related presentation they would like to give, also on Monday night, please send me an email at m@ttobrien.com so I can co-ordinate things on the night. We will do another travel night later in the season, so no panics if you have a potential presentation and need more time to do it later.

Next Competition. 

The hand-in for our next competition is the 27th of January. Further details later in this newsletter.

2020 Annual Subscription

The annual subscription for 2020 of €90 is now due. Please ensure that you pay by 28th February 2020. Payment can be made by PayPal at https://www.offshoot.ie/subs or by cash/cheque at the door.

Tuscany By David Whitaker

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 latest details can be found on our What's On web page (https://www.offshoot.ie/whats-on/).

The theme will be "Best of 2019 - Projected".  (For all levels.)

Remember, 'Best of 2019' might include your Christmas pics, excursions or projects over the holiday season. Any image category is good as long as it was taken in 2019.

Hand in will be on the 27th January to the link below.

Images should be named 'Level-Membership No-Title.jpg'. e.g. 'L2-356-A Walk in the Park.jpg'

Upload images to https://www.dropbox.com/request/X5F1002KyKc2BSRoFkkD

If you have any queries please send them to competitions@offshoot.ie.

Irish Photographic Federation Web Site:  https://irishphoto.ie/

Most recent news and articles posted: https://irishphoto.ie/news/

Distinction Sittings and Availability:  https://irishphoto.ie/distinctions/assessment-dates/

Of what photographic significance is Steven Sasson?

A. He came up with the f-stop numbering system

B. He was Ansel Adam’s mentor

C. He formulated the rule of thirds

D. He invented the world’s first digital camera

Answer at bottom of the Newsletter.

Blarney Castle and Gardens Photography Competition

IGPOTY is proud to return to Blarney in summer 2020 with our outdoor exhibition. Enter this special award for a chance to have your winning image exhibited there at this world-famous magical location in the green and friendly location of County Cork, Ireland. Look for recognisable scenes of Blarney Castle but also try to explore the wider gardens to capture something original. Avoid out-of-context macro shots of plants. Details available at https://igpoty.com/competitions/the-blarney-castle-gardens-photography-award-14/. 

Edinburgh Photography Society exhibition at Dunlin Camera Club

The current exhibition in the Dublin Camera Club is a selection of work from the members of Edinburgh Photographic Society. It runs from Saturday 10 January to Saturday 01 February and will be open each Saturday from 11am to 5pm. Everyone is welcome to visit if they are in Dublin and near Camden Street.

Pearse Museum Photography Exhibition

The grass and woods and water’: a photographic exhibition by Robert Keogh

Observing and understanding the natural world is central to the photographic work of Robert Keogh. His practice is based on patiently watching animals and birds, learning their ways and then capturing them on film at the exact right moment.

Robert has a keen interest in portraiture, landscape and wildlife photography. His photographs have won many accolades and acceptances in international salons from as far wide as Australia, Slovenia, Iraq to the UK and Ireland. He is an accredited member of the Federation Internationale de l’Art Photographique and an active member of Dublin Camera Club.

The exhibition opens daily from 14th November until end of January.

WHEN: November 14, 2019 @ 9:30 am – January 31, 2020 @ 4:00 pm

WHERE: The Pearse Museum, Grange Road, Rathfarnham. D16

COST: Free

Ireland in Focus: Photographing the 1950s

In the National Museum of Ireland. The exhibition seeks to highlight the way in which three photographers, from France and North America, saw and portrayed Ireland of the 1950s, through the places they visited and the people they photographed. Details at https://www.museum.ie/Decorative-Arts-History/Exhibitions/Future-Exhibitions/Ireland-in-Focus-Photographing-the-1950s.

D. Steven Sasson was an engineer at Eastman Kodak and invented the digital camera in 1975. It weighed 8 pounds (about 3.64 Kg) and recorded 0.01 megapixel (10,000 pixels or roughly 100 by 100) black and white photos to a cassette tape.