Monday's Speaker

Would you Consider Helping out on a Committee?

Photography Challenge 2024 Launch.

Shoot with Me.

Next Club Competition – Open Theme.

 See below for the details of these stories and more!

Last Monday

Dan Sheridan mesmerised us with his anecdotes and his passion for photography and sport. No one left the room not having learnt something new.

Next Monday

This Monday, Tanya Crosbie will show us the images from her trip and exhibition of Antarctica. Come for a truly chilling experience!

Would you Consider Helping out on a Committee?

The constitution also permits the committee to create and co-opt members of the Society into sub-committees. Why is this important? In the past few newsletters, we have beseeched you to consider getting involved.

OffShoot is our club, and you can help influence how things happen. Like every social club, OffShoot doesn’t run on fresh air, and we always need new blood to keep things ticking over. So, if you would like to help out, please reach out to a member of the committee, and your offer, however small, will be most welcome. 

We badly need a liaison officer between ourselves and the Irish Photographic Federation. The main role of this position is to keep contact between OffShoot and the IPF and, in particular, to regulate (with help) the two principal annual national club competitions. Please!

Help with the weekly newsletter will also be welcome. Email newsletter@offshoot.ie if you want to help.

Shoot With Me

The Shoot With Me has now kicked off, and if you have not yet heard from your group leader, you should hear any day soon. 

Time to join the 2024 Photo Challenge (24PC)

The 2024 Photo Challenge is now open for entries.

Remember, you decide on the theme, and you have until the end of September to shoot your photos for that theme. You can present up to 20 images or a max of 10 minutes of AV on your chosen theme to your fellow club members in October.

So, decide on your theme now and submit it with your name to 24PC@offshoot.ie before the end of January.

If you have any questions on the process, contact Gerry Donovan at the same email.

Halong Bay, Vietnam - By Ken Dobson

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.]

What's On 

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

The judging for our next Club Competition has now been scheduled for 26th February. The theme will be 'Open', meaning you can send in any image you like on any theme, colour, or mono.

As always, we encourage you to enter, and the biggest benefit from entering is the feedback from independent judges to help you improve your photography. 

This is a projected competition for all levels.  Hand-in will be on Monday, 19th February, and judging will be on Monday, 26th February.

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

You can submit up to 2 images to this Dropbox link.

The competition themes for this year are:

1. Open - February

2. Food - April 

3. Dereliction - June

4. Mono - September 

5. Open - November

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

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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!