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Next Monday there will be a Presentation on Some Alternative Ways to Show Your Images

 

Enter now for the Next Club Competition – Theme is Reflections

 

Exhibition Photo Book on the Way

 

Interested in a Trip to the Camargue?

 

Well Done Kevin Foley

 

No Newsletter Next Week Due Bank Holiday

 

 

 

 See below for the details of these stories and more!

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Next Monday Night  – Alternative Ways to Present Your Images

 

Next Monday, some members will present details of alternative ways to present your images including Books, Calendars, Zines and Slideshows. Examples of these media will be available for you to see.  

 

As usual, the meeting will be held in St Brigid’s School commencing at 8 pm.

 

IPF National Shield Competition - November 2022

 

Thanks to all members who submitted images for the IPF National Shield. The process of selecting the Club panels is now underway and details of the final selections will be advised shortly.

 

Next Competition - Reflections

The theme for the next competition is Refections which you can interpret any way you like for example reflections on surfaces, water, windows, puddles, mirrors, metal, shiny objects and wherever your imagination takes you. 

As usual please save your images in  JPEG format and name them with your Level Number, Membership Number and Image Title:

L2-001-Image title.jpg

 
This is a printed competition for Levels 2 and 3 and Projected for Level 1.  Hand-in will be on Monday 7th November November  at the club for the printed images (and on the Dropbox link for projected images)  
 
You can submit up to 2 images.  
 
The link for printing and for the projected images will be sent out over the next few weeks.  
 
The judging will be on Monday 21 November and the judges are Eamonn and Christine from Skerries photography.  Their website is https://skerriesphotography.com
 
We would encourage everyone to participate especially new members, as the feedback from the judges is always useful and informative.
 

Interested in a trip to the Camargue?

Mike Smith is planning to organise a trip to the Camargue from 09 to 16 May 2023. If you are interested in going, please contact Mike to let him know.

Well Done Kevin Foley!

Kevin’s fine image has been shortlisted for the Clean Coasts Competition. We look forward to hearing more good news about the outcome.

 

For more information on the Clean Coasts Competition go to:

 

https://cleancoasts.org/our-initiatives/love-your-coast/

What's On

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

Member's Photo of the Week

An Fear Marbh - Halpino

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 webadmin@offshoot.ie. You will get an email when you have been added to the group. Please be patient as this is a manual process.]

From the OffShoot Website
Club Outing – Revisit Red Kites at Avoca
On Saturday 10th September thirteen eager photographers turned up in Avoca village at 2.15 pm ready to capture images of Red Kites. The butcher was scheduled to feed the birds…
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Summer Outing – July and August
Over the Summer on a Monday evening, we had an outing. Below is a selection of the images from these outings. The outings were: Street Art Walk in Town A…
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Interesting Videos

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

 

An interesting link:

 

Here comes Adobe’s Camera App for Serious Photographers

 

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/here-comes-adobes-camera-app-for-serious-photographers/

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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/

Accessing Video Recordings of Meetings

You can 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 log in to the website to see the content of this section of the site.

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