SWM Showcase #2 

Exhibition Photo Book Available to Purchase - 

Exhibition Photo Book Reprint Available 

2023 Subscription Payable by 28 February 2023

Our next club competition details.

 See below for the details of these stories and more!

Next Monday - Welcome back!

Hopefully, everyone had a lovely Christmas and New Year break.

We rescheduled our second SWM Showcase to Monday night, which is bound to feature some fantastic images along with anecdotes gathered during the shooting sessions.

We will also have a quick look at some of the plans for 2023. 

Exhibition Photo Book

The Exhibition Photo Book is selling fast! It includes most of the images that were displayed at the Club Exhibition at DLR Lexicon during the summer.

You can buy a book by paying at the meeting with cash or prepay (we will reserve your copy for you) by making an electronic bank transfer to the Offshoot bank account. Please email the Treasurer at treasurer@offshoot.ie for the bank account details and to confirm when you have made your payment.

The reprinted version will be available for next Monday’s club meeting. So if you would like to swap your already purchased copy, please bring it with you next time you are at one of our meetings.

SWM

We would like to get the Spring SWM up and running for February 1st.  To do so we need group leaders, so as you enjoy our delayed Showcase on Monday night you might consider taking on a group leader role for the Spring SWM.

2023 Annual Subscription Fees Now Payable

Many thanks to everyone who has already paid their subscriptions for the upcoming year. The subscription of €90 will be due by 28th February 2023 but you can get ahead of the game by paying now.

Payment can be made by PayPal at https://www.offshoot.ie/subs or by bank transfer. Please email treasurer@offshoot.ie for BIC and IBAN details.

For new members that have joined since June 2022, your current subscription takes you to December 2023.

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

The first competition for 2023 will be Open which means you can send in any image you like on any theme and in colour or mono.

This is a printed competition for all levels.  Hand-in will be on Monday 30th January and judging on Monday 13th February.  

You can submit up to 2 images.  

A separate email will issue with the link for uploading images for printing.   

There is a great selection of images from the Shoot With Me so there is an opportunity to enter those if you haven’t already used them in a competition.

We look forward to seeing a great selection of images and encourage all to participate especially new members.

Killiney Hill Obelisk - Patrick Byrne

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.]

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

5 Tips to Instantly Improve Your Portraits - Glyn Dewis

10 Secrets for Taking Sharper Bird Photos - Simon d'Entremont

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/

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.

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!