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Next Monday We Will Have our “Car Boot Sale”

 

URGENT: Please Collect Your Printed Images

 

IPF Liaison Role Still to be Filled on Club Committee

 

Call for Images for IPF National Club Competition

 

Next Club Competition – Natural World

 

TOP TIP: Back up Your Files

 

 See below for the details of these stories and more!

News

Next Monday Night – “Car Boot Sale”

 

Monday, 20 March we will have our annual “Car Boot Sale” in the school commencing at the usual time. This will provide members with an opportunity to sell any surplus gear which might have accumulated or, on the other hand, to purchase that item you have always wanted at a reasonable price.

So come along and enjoy the trading!

 

 

Last Monday Night – Jimmy McDonnell

 

Last Monday we were treated to two quite different presentations from Jimmy McDonnell from Greystones Camera Club. Firstly, Jimmy gave us a fascinating insight into the world of Infrared Photography supported by a selection of great shots to demonstrate this genre.

As a bonus, Jimmy then presented his panel of wildlife images with which he had successfully achieved his FIPF just a few days earlier. His description of the effort, time and skills employed to capture and present 20 wonderful photographs was very inspiring for all in attendance.

 

URGENT- Please Collect Your Printed Images

 

We are under pressure to tidy up our storage unit in the school. We have a significant number of unclaimed images stored in the school. These include prints from the recent competition, the last Shoot With Me showcases and also from earlier events – even before the Covid disruption.

So please come to collect your prints on Monday evening or arrange for another member to collect them on your behalf.

 

IPF Liaison Role Still to be Filled

 

We have still got one important position to fill on the Offshoot committee – IPF Liaison. If you would be interested in volunteering for this role, or if you would like some more information about it, please contact any member of the committee as soon as possible.

 

IPF National Club Competition – Call for Images

 

The IPF National Club Competition is an annual inter club competition that is open to all clubs that are affiliated to the Irish Photographic Federation.

The competition is held in May and is open to all members of Offshoot to take part. So, if you would like to take part, please start thinking about what images you might like to submit to be considered for the club panel.

Submission details will be advised over the next few weeks.

 

April Studio Portrait Session

 

Following the success of the recent event, the Outings Committee are planning to organise another specialist Studio Portrait session in April. Full details will be advised soon.

Top Tip

Back-Up Your Files

How do you store your precious image files? Do you have back-ups? How secure are the back-ups? Could a single failure or incident affect all your file copies?

Our photo files contain precious memories, unrepeatable events and many hours of work capturing and processing our images.

When did you last review your back-up arrangements? Do it again now! Talk to other club members about how they secure their files.

Do it Now!!

What's On

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

Next Club Competition

Natural World 

 

The next club competition will be projected and the theme is the Natural World. This is a very broad theme and essentially refers to the non-human aspects of the physical universe – anything not man made. You can interpret as you wish. 

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

L2-001-Image Title.jpg

This is a projected competition for all levels. The Submission Deadline is Sunday 09 April to the Dropbox link below. Judging will be on Monday 17 April by Zoom.

You may submit up to 2 images.

Please submit your entries by 10pm on Sunday 09 April to the following Dropbox link:

https://www.dropbox.com/request/t1inZGreSU01iEe03F45

Upcoming 2023 Competition Categories

 

June – Theme MOVEMENT

September – Theme MONO

November – Theme STREET

Member's Photo of the Week

Dunlaoghaire Skyline - Kevin Grace

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
Interesting Videos

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

Patience in Wildlife Photography - Jimmy McDonnell

BREAKING DOWN THE PHOTOGRAPHY MYTHS! - Simon d'Entremont

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.

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!

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