All the News
Club Competition – Within 5km of my Kitchen Table
On the 13th July the third formal competition for 2020, 'Within 5km of my Kitchen Table', was judged by Podge Kelly. Congratulations to all who took part and thanks to Podge for an informative evening. Many thanks for all the entries in the Level 1, Level 2 and Level...
Club Outing – Walled Gardens, Russborough
On Saturday 11th July we had a great turnout of 15 members for our first outing since the Covid-19 outbreak. It was wonderful to see everyone again and we happily set out to try our macro photography in the walled garden. We had an array of beautiful flowers, fruits...
Club Competition – ‘My Photography These Days’
The onset of the lockdown caused by Covid-19 meant that we had to rethink our acivities and the first item done differently was our competitions. On 27th April 2020 the second formal competition for 2020, 'My Photography These Days', was judged by Dermot Byrne....
Outings – Russborough House
Weather has had a major impact on our 2020 club outings so far. While the light was poor at least it was dry day at Russborough on Saturday. There were plenty of joggers, cyclists and families with small children all out enjoying the great outdoors. Cyclamen Coum,...
Club Event – Member Modeling Night
On the 10th February we had a Model Night where we asked our members to be the models for each other. The objective of the evening was to give some exposure to the use of lights as well as how to pose and talk to models. The evening was a great success as can be seen...
Club Outing – Tinahely Point to Point
The 23rd February saw another regular outing for our members as they headed down to Tinahely for the Point to Point. Getting close and muddy they were able to take some great pictures.Some images (click on an image to open in full-screen mode) from the outing can be...
Club Competition – Best of 2019 (Projected)
On 2nd February 2020 the 1st formal competition for 2020, 'Best of 2019', was judged by Iñaki Hernández-Lasa. Congratulations to all who took part and thanks to Iñaki for an informative evening and great feedback to the members. Many thanks for all the entries in the...
Club Outing – Howth Sunset
While Howth may be a wonderful sunset location in Summer, it is not so in Winter! Having checked out the area above the Bailey Lighthouse recently and discovered that it was unsuitable for a winter sunset shoot, we decided the harbour was a better bet! However, at the...
Club Outing – Nature Reserve Newcastle
The Nature Reserve in Newcastle was an eye-opener to many of the fourteen Offshoot members who participated in Saturday's outing. Robbie O'Leary gave us an excellent short guided tour before we all went our separate ways to try our hand at capturing some of the...
Club Outing – Glendalough at Sunrise
Sunday morning (12th Jan) in Glendalough was definitely better than the Saturday but unfortunately the sun did not show up until much later in the day! There were more than 14 members present. We all got photographs of the Upper Lake from a variety of angles which...
Club Outing – Dublin Reflections
Five club members met outside Brown Thomas at 3.00pm yesterday. It was a lovely mild day but dull initially. Within the hour however the light improved and gradually led to a spectacular sunset! The theme of the outing was kept secret until the day of the outing. The...
Club Outing – Xmas Lights Dublin
Four members met outside TCD last Saturday night to photograph the Christmas lights and there were plenty of those. Unfortunately there was also plenty of traffic and shoppers! The lightshow at Trinity was lovely and the traffic offered opportunities for light trails....