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7th March 2020

News

Next Monday Night

This Monday we have Arthur Carron talking about travel and street photography. With over 20 years of experience working as a photographer for the leading Irish titles, including the Irish Independent, The Irish Examiner, The Irish Times, The Mirror, Sun & Daily Mail, Arthur Carron will talk to us about his images and experience.

His main interests in photography are portrait, art nude and travel/social documentary. He will be showing pictures from his press work, model and portraiture and travel photography from India. He’s been to India 5 times, more recently he travel with the Hope Foundation who carry out amazing work with street children in Kolkata.

https://www.carronprphotos.com/about

Monday 16th March

No meeting due to St. Patricks Day holiday on the 17th March.

Annual Exhibition 

The OffShoot Exhibition will once again be in Deans Grange Library from 5th May until 14th June.  This excellent opportunity to show the fruits of our photographic labours to the world, and gain good publicity for the Club, is one which we should all avail of if possible.

The exhibition is open to ALL members, it is not competitive, and is a great chance to have one or two of our favourite images expertly printed and framed for our walls at home, or for a gift.  The cost per picture in a 21” X 17” white frame is €30, which is a very heavily discounted price for the exhibition only.   Each member may submit up to two images for the exhibition and we guarantee to display at least one, depending on the number of entries. 

When choosing your images please be mindful that the exhibition is in a family library.

Like last year our plan is to exhibit 100 images, but as space limitations restrict us to displaying only 50 images at a time, we shall again show them in two batches, with the change taking place after three weeks. 

Images may be submitted from now up to 12th April. 

Please use the following format for your image file name:--       exhibition.your name.title,

You may submit your images by going to: https://www.dropbox.com/request/9bNDicu71JFLXL1W4eHx 

There really is no prize for being last, so please please submit your images early to ensure you are not disappointed, as our limit is 100 images.

There will be a party in the Grange pub across the road on the night of the opening and all members and guests will be welcome.

If you have any queries, please speak to Dave or Tony.

We're looking forward to receiving your images.

Member's Photo of the Week

Barry Dillon - Opera House Valencia, Spain

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.

Interesting Videos

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If you come across one you want to share let us know at newsletter@offshoot.ie.

What's On

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

Club Competitions

The next competition is themed 'The Natural World' to include landscapes, seascapes, skyscapes, starscapes...also animals, plants, weather...

It will be a print competition for all levels except L1.  

L1 Projected Themed 2 images. (Upload to https://www.dropbox.com/request/rag8Xm5WCgh1PNSIbDNN)

L2 Printed Themed 2 images .

L3 Printed Themed 2 images.  (Prints collected on 23rd March)

PLUS

All levels Printed Open 2 images.

(This is a new idea. All levels can enter this category and the judge will pass comments with no regard to the current membership status ie L1,L2,L3.  Mark the back of these images with your membership number and the the code L4. 

(All Prints collected on 23rd March)

David

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

IPF Links & Events

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/

Photo Quiz Question

"The decisive moment" is a quote attributed to...

A. Mary Ellen Mark

B. Ansel Adams

C. Dorothea Lange

D. Henri Cartier Bresson

 

Answer at bottom of the Newsletter.

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External Competitions

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/

External Exhibitions and Events

 

Photography Exhibition: Irish Butterflies, by Robbie O’Leary AIPF

The Mill Theatre, Dundrum (http://www.milltheatre.ie/exhibition/robbie-oleary-photography-exhibition/)

The exhibition will run from February 7th to April 15th 2020

What is this life if, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare…..

The words of poet WH Davies best explain the purpose of this exhibition:  images of Irish butterflies. It offers a unique opportunity to come and admire the delicate beauty of these colourful native creatures and to wonder at the detailed and intricate patterns that set them apart as true symbols of the richness and fragility of our natural heritage. Symbols too of the Irish summer:  short-lived and unpredictable but to be savoured and appreciated, many of our butterfly species are increasingly threatened by climate change, urbanisation and habitat destruction.

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.

Photo Quiz Answer

Quiz question answer: D. Henri Cartier Bresson (http://truecenterpublishing.com/photopsy/decisive_moment.htm)

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