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This Week's Headlines

Time to capture superb images of Spring Outings

 2024 Club Exhibition

 Images For the IPF National Clubs Competition

 Next Club Competition - Food

 See below for the details of these stories and more!

News

After a very wet winter we are well into spring and we have the summer creeping inexorably closer. The daffodils and tulips will give way to summer plants in an extravaganza of colour. If you haven’t already done so it is time to get the camera into action and capture the changing light in the glory of nature which surrounds us and the vagaries of Ireland’s weather.

Next Monday

Long-time member Ronnie Kilkenny will give us an illustrated talk on aircraft photography. Ronnie travels far and wide to photograph aircraft and his stunning images will fascinate even the most sceptical observer.

So, do come to the school for Ronnie’s talk and a chat.

Outings

The team of organisers under Eithne’s wing continue to present us with opportunities for socialising with a camera. 

Unfortunately, the sunrise shoot at Coliemore Harbour has had to be canceled due to expected adverse weather conditions. This outing will be rearranged, and details will follow in due course.  

Check out all the other outings in the schedule below.

2024 Club Exhibition

Our 2024 Club Exhibition will be held in Deansgrange Library in May.

Our exhibition is always a wonderful success and seeing so many of our members’ images presented together is fantastic.

Thank you to all members who have submitted images for printing. 

Images for the IPF National Club Competition

Following our excellent performance at the 2023 IPF National Shield Competition, we intend to submit a strong panel of images for the IPF National Club Competition. To this end, we request all members to pull together any photographs they would like to be considered for inclusion in the club colour and mono panels.

Images from all club members are eligible for inclusion in this competition. You can submit up to 5 colour and 5 mono images for consideration using this link to submit your images.

Please name your files as follows: C (for colour) or B (for black & white) followed by membership number plus Title separated by "-". eg. C-123-Title

Irish Artists Photography Exhibition

We don't know about you, but we're always looking for new and exciting things to experience.

And one event that has caught our eye is the new eclectic photography exhibition coming to Temple Bar, this month.  Details can be found at the following link:

https://evoke.ie/2024/03/27/entertainment/irish-artists-photography-exhibition

Interesting Documents

Andy Quinn has shared two documents with the club. These are on Exposure Stops and Neutral Density Filters. Click on the links to access them.

These and other documents can be accessed from our Members Area in the Documents link. 

 

Member's Photo of the Week

Dalmation Pelican, Greece - Deirdre Irwin

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:

Club Competitions

Next Club Competition – Theme “Food”

 The next club competition will be on the theme of Food (including Drink). You can interpret this in any way you like as long as food or drink is the main subject. Therefore, your image could be taken in a restaurant, a home set-up or outdoors in a market or food growing in the landscape.

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

L2-001-Image title.jpg

 You may submit up to 2 images to this link 

 This is a projected competition for all levels. Latest date for uploading your images is Monday 08 April with judging scheduled for Monday 15 April.

 The remaining competition themes for this year are: 

   Food - April 

   Dereliction - June

   Mono - September 

   Open - November

From the OffShoot Website
Interesting Videos

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

Amazing NEW Color Grade Feature in Photoshop: Adjustment Presets - PiXImperfect

Best Camera Settings for Birds in Flight - Gary Gough

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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