Next Monday - Shoot With Me Showcase 2

After an inspiring, informative and entertaining first showcase last Monday, the teams return with the second Shoot With Me Showcase next Monday evening. As you know SWM is unique to Offshoot and it never fails to produce some great images and stories.

Christmas Party

The Christmas Party will be held on Monday 15 December in the Horse and Hound in Cabinteely from 8 pm. We look forward to seeing you there for the final gathering of 2025.

Competitions

Our strapline says that Offshoot is “all about the image”. We are not a camera club – we are a photography club. So we’re going to test that statement for our first club competition in 2026!

The competition theme is “Open” and it will be “Projected”. That means you can pick any photo in your collection – nature, portraiture, landscape, street, monochrome or nude. Whatever! Dead easy – no need to print or mount it – just upload it in January. There’s only one stipulation: it has to taken on a SMARTPHONE. No Canons. Nikons, Sonys or any other fancy gadgets.

If you’re looking for inspiration, check out these websites:

https://spcompetition.art/home

https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/awards-and-competitions/this-award-winning-image-was-shot-on-a-phone-yes-really-is-this-final-proof-that-mobile-cameras-can-rival-tradional-gear

We will confirm the image upload details in January. Get cracking.

Evening Sunburst - Mary McLoughlin

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:

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

How to Photograph Christmas Lights - Park Cameras

I Quit Editing My Photos and It Transformed My Photography - Alex Armitage

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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