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Last Monday Night

Last week we held the Club's AGM. We would like to thank all those that attended as well as people who volunteered for various roles. We still need someone to fill the role as IPF Liaison, if that role interests you please contact the Committee.

We would also like to thank this years Committee of Mike Smith (Chairman), Gerry Donovan (Secretary), Russell Burke (Treasurer), Katherine O'Boyle (Competitions), Slyvia Hick (Outings), George Balmer (SWM), Barry Dillon (IPF Liaison) and Ian Gemmell (Membership/Communications) and their Sub Committees for all their sterling work during a very difficult and fluid year. Thank you.

The four mandatory positions have been filled by Emily Gallagher (Chairwoman), Gerry Donovan (Secretary), Trevor Stafford (Treasurer) and Katherine O'Boyle (Competitions). Thank you to all those who have filled roles in the 2022 Committee and subcommittees, it is greatly appreciated.

Next Monday Night

Next week we will show the first of two Autumn Showcases, George has a wonderful selection of groups and projects for us to enjoy. Well done to all the Leaders and Participants for creating and presenting these fantastic Shoot With Me Projects.

Thank you to George for all his hard work on the SWM Showcases. They really are a highlight of the year.

Outings

Outings are a great way to socialise with fellow members, visit new places and even take some photographs so do come and join us.

Look at the schedule at the end of this Newsletter for Outings…

Please note that registration for Outings will be continued to facilitate contact tracing in the event that we experience a Covid outbreak with the group.

Special Outing – Portrait Masterclass

This is an afternoon for beginners in the art of portraiture in a fully equipped studio with models. On the afternoon of 22 January 2022 – it’s a Saturday – we will repeat the course and the number of attendees is limited to 10.

This session is filling up quickly so get your name on the list by emailing outings@offshoot.ie now.

Shoot With Me

We hope that everyone who is taking part in the SWM Programme is having a lot of fun and we now anticipate a further two exciting Showcase Evenings on 13th and 20th December. Congratulations to all involved and a particular thank you to our Group Leaders and our Technical Team for all of their hard work.

Group Leaders are reminded that they should have sent all images to Emily by now. JPEG files are to be preferred and there is no file size limit.

Best SWM wishes to all.

Accessing Video Recordings of Meetings

You can access recordings of past Zoom meetings in the Videos section of the Member's Area at https://www.offshoot.ie/member-area/. You will need to log in to the website to see the content of this section of the site.

Every member has a log in 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 log in and catch up on speakers you missed. Happy catching up!

Club Competitions

To give you some advanced warning, the first Club Competition for 2022 will be an Open Theme competition for Monochrome images. The entry date will be in late January – full details to follow in due course.

This Week's Flickr Theme

For those who may not have engaged with this yet here's how it works. Each week a theme/topic is set.

During the week you shoot or process an image in that theme. and load it on the Flickr site. One image will be selected as the "theme pic of the week" and published in the following week's newsletter.

Why bother? The theme pic gives you an opportunity to explore and try out many different styles and types of photography. It increases the variety of images on our site and is an excellent opportunity to expand your creativity and photography skills and you get your picture in the weekly newsletter!

Please note this is not a competition. The image chosen each is selected to encourage and inspire us. It may be the most technical but could also be selected as the most unusual, the most creative, the funniest or the one that appealed to us the most. The pictures are selected by a different member of the team each week to ensure varied viewpoints.

This week's theme is "Celebration!"

examples:

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We look forward to seeing your images. Don't forget to label your images on Flickr with the theme name.

What's On

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

13DEC

VIRTUAL MEETING – SHOOT WITH ME SHOWCASE 1

14DEC

CLUB OUTING – STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

Fusiliers Arch at Stephen’s Green

20DEC

VIRTUAL MEETING – SHOOT WITH ME SHOWCASE 2

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/.

Member's Photo of the Week

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.]

Non-Themed - Sika Deer - Deirdre Irwin

Themed - Shutter Drag by Wendy Hannan

From the OffShoot Website

Club Outing - Dodder River Nature Photography

On Saturday 4th December a group of 9 photographers met on a bright but cold day at the Dodder. This section of the Dodder stretches from Bushey Park to the…