21st November 2020

Next Monday Night

Norman McCloskey  will discuss his experience publishing two successful landscape photography books and how to achieve a balance between the creative integrity of your work and the realities of making a commercially successful book.

Norman McCloskey is a professional landscape photographer based in Kenmare, Co. Kerry where he runs a busy gallery.  He has been photographing the Irish landscape since 1992 and has numerous exhibitions, awards, publications and commissions on his cv to date.  His work is now hanging in homes and commercial spaces all over the world and he has self published two hugely popular books on the Irish landscape. Link

Kyle Tunney

We wish to express our appreciation to Kyle for giving us an insight into the world of commercial and editorial photography, especially interesting given the background of his USA (especially New York) travels and projects.

National Shield

The results of the competition with feedback will be on 22nd November at 15:00 (all going according to plan)

A Zoom link has already been circulated to all members. 

Accessing Video Recordings of Meetings

We've added a new feature to the website. You can now access the recordings of past Zoom meetings from the OffShoot website.

These videos are available in the Videos section of the Member's Area at https://www.offshoot.ie/member-area/. You will need to login to the website to see the content of this section of the site.

Every member has a login to the site. If you don't remember your login details go to https://www.offshoot.ie/login/ and select the 'Forgot your password?' link. Enter the email address you received this newsletter with and reset your password. Once you've reset your password you can login and catch-up on speakers you missed. Happy catching up!

Outings

We are suspending official outings for the immediate future.  Our priority is to protect the health of our membership.  We will keep our members informed and  re-introduce as soon as we can.  In the interim our hardworking  Outings committee have compiled the following suggestions.

Ideas for personal photography outings while club outings are suspended.

Autumn Colours: there are plenty of parks/wooded areas/individual trees or shrubs/leaves to be photographed – but hurry – autumn is well underway. Squirrels are also plentiful as they collect and eat fallen nuts from beech trees especially.

Coastal images: for some members living within 5km of the Dublin coastline, there are endless possibilities: sunrise/sunset/seabirds/stormy conditions etc

Rivers also offer many opportunities to photograph wildlife: look out for birds especially: herons/kingfishers/wagtails/ dippers/ cormorants etc.

Dublin City: For those within 5kn of Dublin City the cityscape offers endless possibilities as well as street photography. Also many of our local villages have buildings or monuments of architectural interest. Again remember street photography.

Signs of Winter: frost/ snow/flooding/ bare trees etc

Moon: for those who missed the blue moon on October 31^st there is a Full Moon every month. The next full moon is November 30^th.

       The Outings Committee.

Weekly Flickr Theme:             "Street"

Remember to include the Theme Name at the start of the image title.  

See more about how the OffShoot Weekly Flickr Theme works at https://tinyurl.com/flickrthem.

"Street photographers capture the emotions of life. They capture the quirky, and the surprised, the angry, and the bored. "

The great advantage of this genre is that you do not need to travel to exotic locations, have expensive studios or the latest camera gear. Regardless of your preferred photographic genre, street photography is a superb means by which photographers can explore their local or traveled destinations, practice composition, look for new ways to present the familiar, really become acquainted with your camera and lens.  Often, you have the opportunity to explore the same places or occasions in a variety of different light, at different times of the day and seasons of the year.  Bring your camera and a single lens with you  for a walk this week and see what you can discover.

Here is a link which may provide some inspiration, which has a summary, examples and furth links to the works of some  most famous street photographers.  20 Most Famous Street Photographers.

Upcoming themes will include the following:

(Dates are approx dates for when images can start to be posted to Flickr, usually a Friday night or Saturday morning)

20/11/2020 Street (candid images of daily life)

27/11/2020 Creative selfies

04/12/2020 Literature

11/12/2020 Winter wildlife

18/12/2020 FIRE

25/12/2020 Christmas

Shoot With Me News

The second part of our SWM is now in progress. We look forward to the Showcase in December.

As always, the safety of our club members is paramount and everyone should follow the recommended guidelines and club protocols.

Speakers and Outings

Here are the next scheduled meetings and events for the Society:

Members will be able to attend our outings by registering for specific outings. Keep up to date with the latest events at https://www.offshoot.ie/whats-on/.

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.

[Note. To join the Offshoot Flickr group, you must first be a Flickr member. Then send the email address used to join Flickr to webmaster@offshoot.ie. You will get an email when you have been added to the group. Please be patient as this is a manual process.]

Night - Milky Way over the arch - Sinead 2009

Dublin Port - Frank Gaughan

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

Greg Benz Photography: How to use the new Color Grading in Lightroom & ACR

Jordi Koalitic: 10 PHOTOGRAPHY IDEAS at HOME (quarantine)

Free Photoshop Workshop

Here is a link to an interesting Photoshop Training Summit / Seminar.  There is a comprehensive programme, to suit all skill levels. Lectures will be available during live streaming of the events and for 48 hours afterwards.

Link

We will announce a competition shortly. The entry date will be after Christmas.

Irish Photographic Federation Web Site:

https://irishphoto.ie/

IPF Shield to take place in November. Details circulated by email and above in the newsletter. 

Most recent news and articles posted:

https://irishphoto.ie/news/

Distinction Sittings and Availability:

https://irishphoto.ie/distinctions/assessment-dates/