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In Remembrance - Joe Tuilé

Next Monday – Steve Crozier on Printing

Club Exhibition Images Requested by 12th June

Movement Competition Details

Photography Events

 

 See below for the details of these stories and more!

News

In Remembrance - Joe Tuilé

Photo Credit: John Wiles

It was with a profound sense of sadness that our club members learned recently of the death of long-standing member Joe Tulie. Whether he welcomed you to the club at the door, entertained you as quizmaster, impressed you with his formidable Photoshop skills, or was a genial companion on an outing or Shoot with Me meeting, you will have been left in no doubt as to the warmth, sincerity, and kindness of the man. Never one to seek the limelight, Joe was softly-spoken and respectful to all he met and preferred to work away in the background, always with the good of the club uppermost in his mind. He was a man of high intellect, of great imagination, and an accomplished photographer: but above all else, his first instinct was always to be helpful, to try to do the right thing, to be supportive, to contribute generously, and to play his part. Those who knew him best will have become increasingly aware of his unshakeable integrity, his fortitude, and his quiet courage: Joe was truly one of life’s gentlemen, and he will be greatly missed. His presence enriched us and we will be poorer for his absence.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam 

Robbie O'Leary

If you have any photos or memories of Joe, please upload them to the link here. 

 

Next Monday Night – Printing with Steve Crozier

Next Monday evening at 8 pm in St Bridget’s School Steve Crozier will be talking to us all about printing. This will be a very educational and useful presentation. Steve is so knowledgeable about printing that he makes it all seem so easy. 

 

Last Monday Night – Travels to Japan & Korea

At the last meeting, Jean Clarke spoke to us about her travels in Japan and Korea. Her fascinating presentation was a wonderful representation of her amazing trip to Japan and Korea. Our thanks to Jean for such an interesting presentation.

 

Next Competition - Movement

This is a very broad theme again to facilitate creativity and essentially movement refers to the act or process of moving especially: a change of place or position or posture.  You can interpret it as you wish.   Examples might be moving people, water, stars, etc.  

Entry and upload details in the Competition section later in the Newsletter.

 

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.

 

Plans for the 2023 Club Exhibition Developing

 

This year’s exhibition will be held between 12th July and 26th August on the fourth floor of the Lexicon in Dun Laoghaire.

We also plan to compile a book of the exhibition images that will be available at the time of the event, further updates on the book will follow in the next while.

Members may have a maximum of two images each in the exhibition.

The Dropbox link to upload images is here. Please upload your images in their full size in tiff format – this enables Steve to print your images to the best quality.

The images will be printed, mounted, and framed by Steve and his company 360dpi, this year like last year each image will cost €30.

The closing date for uploading your images is 12th June 2023.

So now is the time to start thinking about which of your photos you would like to see on display!!

 

Potential Judging Panel

We are hoping to compile a list of members who have or can Judge competitions for other clubs, as we have been asked in the past for Judges. If you have done this before or have taken part in the IPF Judging training in the past, please contact Emily.  

 

Photography Events

Today, Dublin Camera Club, launches 'Seen to be Heard', the award-winning exhibition by photographer Jennifer Willis FIPF FRPS EFIAP, the Eddie Chandler Gallery.

In this exhibition, the raw and powerful images reveal the physical and emotional pain of living with Secondary Breast Cancer in a dignified way. Jennifer has been awarded both a Fellowship of the Irish Photographic Federation and of the Royal Photographic Society for this great body of work.

Please join them from 2pm to meet Jennifer and some of the women who participated in the project.

What's On

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

Club Competitions

Next Competition

June – Theme MOVEMENT

The next competition will be projected and the theme is the Movement.

This is a very broad theme again to facilitate creativity and essentially movement refers to the act or process of moving especially : change of place or position or posture.  You can interpret as you wish.   Examples might be moving people, water, stars etc.  

As usual please save your images in  JPEG format and name them with your Level Number, Membership Number and Image Title:
eg. L2-001-Image title.jpg

This is a projected competition for all levels.    Hand in will be on Sunday 4th June to the Dropbox link here and the judging will be on Monday 12th June.

You can submit up to 2 images.  

The judging will be a physical meeting in the school and not via Zoom.

We hope you are all out there shooting and getting some good images.

Upcoming 2023 Competition Categories

 

September – Theme MONO

November – Theme STREET

Member's Photo of the Week

Tulip 3 - Hazel McLean

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
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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/

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