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OffShoot Wins the National Shield 2009 PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 15 November 2009 18:38

OffShoot win National Shield

We are proud to announce that OffShoot Photography Society has won the overall award, the National Shield for Best Club, at the IPF 2009 National Shield. The club placed 1st in the colour panel category and 4th in the monochrome panel category. Well done to everyone who had images in the panels (click the images below to view large panel of images and the photographers).


Colour Panel (1st place)
First row: 1 Ian Murphy, 2 Ian Anderson, 3 Peter Whittaker, 4 Fran Byrne. 
Second row: 5 Des Cannon, 6 Richard Eibrand, 7 Kazi Ushioda, 8 Maik Sinkovec
Substitute images: 9 Leslie Byrne, 10 Stephen Holmes

Monochrome Panel (4th place)
First row: 1 Paul O'Donnell, 2 Kazi Ushioda, 3 Fergus McNally, 4 Maik Sinkovec  
Second row: 5 Olive Gaughan, 6 Des Cannon, 7 Matthew Roche, 8 Peter Whittaker
Substitute image: 9 Stephen Holmes

Congrats

Congratulations to the colour category winners: Dublin Camera Club (2nd) and Clondalkin Camera Club (3rd); and the monochrome winners: Celbridge Camera Club (1st),  Midlands Photography Club (joint 2nd), Drogheda Photoraphic Club (joint 2nd), and Malahide Camera Club (3rd).

Thanks

We would like to extend a huge thanks to all members who submitted images for consideration, and the selection committee; Ian Murphy (external competition sectretary), Fran Byrne, Matthew Roche and John O'Connor; who did a fine job of choosing and assembling the final panels.

Judging and Result Links

The National Shield

The National Shield is a novice level national camera club competion run by the Irish Photography Federation (IPF). Each year clubs from across Ireland submit panels of images in the colour and monochrome categories. This year twenty two clubs competed showing work of a very high standard across the board.

Thanks everyone,
The OffShoot committee

 
Photographer of the Year 2009 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Competition Secretary   
Thursday, 29 October 2009 10:25

Congratulations to Kazi Ushioda who won the OffShoot Photographer of the Year League 2009. 

 Kazi POTY 09

Kazi POTY 09 Kazi POTY 09

The final standings in the league are:

1st Kazi Ushioda
2ndDarragh Sherwin
3rd Roy Sugars
4thMarc Palmer
5th Carl Farmer 
Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 October 2009 12:26 )
 
New Season, New Venue PDF Print E-mail
Written by Darragh Sherwin   
Tuesday, 25 August 2009 10:40

OffShoot Photography Society is delighted to announce that our new programme will be starting on the 7th of September in a fantastic new venue.

Our new venue is the very modern St Paul's Parish Centre behind St Paul's Church on Silchester Road in Glenageary. 

The meeting room in the new venue has a capacity of 60.
Directions to the St Paul's Parish Centre are available on the website - http://www.offshoot.ie/directions
The parish centre is 2 minutes walk from Glenageary Dart Station.
There is ample car parking available on Silchester Road which is free after 7pm

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 25 August 2009 11:26 )
 
Distinction Successes at Spring 2009 Distinction Sitting PDF Print E-mail
Written by Darragh Sherwin   
Monday, 27 April 2009 11:45

Congratulations to the following members who received their Licentiateship distinction at the spring 2009 sitting:

John O'Connor

 

Colm Fitzpatrick

 

Dmitry Slyusarchuk  

 

Oksana Popova

 

 

Carl Farmer

  

This result brings the number of distinctions awarded to our members to 8 in our first 8 months.

We actively encourage our members to apply for their distinctions and look forward to future success at the autumn sitting.

 
New Distinctions PDF Print E-mail
Written by Darragh Sherwin   
Wednesday, 01 April 2009 07:50

At the recent November distinction sittings in the Institute of Tipperary, 3 OffShoot members gained their licentiateship.

Paula Banks, Brendan Fitzpatrick and Darragh Sherwin all received their licentiateship for their panels


Darragh Sherwin's Panel

darragh

 

 
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