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This Monday 26th February Ita Martin will be the judge for our first competition of the year.
 
And a reminder, you will have seen from an email that this weekend is the Chinese Spring Festival Fair at the CHQ Building on Custom House Quay. It will have musical performances, dance, martial arts demos and other activities. The event runs from 11 am to 5 pm on both Saturday and Sunday.
 
 
Interesting Articles / Activities Recommended By Our Members  
 
Here is a good video clip on Do's and Don't regarding Landscape Photography.  Good content, well presented. Here is the Link.
 
Annual Subscription 2018
 
If you've not paid yet it is only 11 day to go until your membership is overdue. Please ensure you renew your membership by paying your subscription by 28th February 2018.
 
The subscription can be paid at the door before the meetings either in cash or via a cheque made out to 'OffShoot Photography Society'.
 
Payment can also be made via PayPal. You can do this by either logging into your PayPal account and then selecting to make a once off payment of €80 to paypal@offshoot.ie or via the Society's website at the link https://offshoot.ie/subs/.
 
Any queries you wish to make on this matter should be sent to subs@offshoot.ie.
OffShoot 2018 Member's Exhibition (8th May - 18th June)
We will be having our member's image exhibition in the Deansgrange Library from 8th May until 18th June. 

All members, new and old, may submit up to 2 images for the exhibition and we guarantee to display at least one, depending on the number of entries.

When choosing your images you need to be mindful that the exhibition is in a family library. 

Images should be submitted from now up until the 16th April. 

Name your image:  'Exhibition-Your name-Title of image'.
e.g.     Exhibition-David Whitaker-40 foot.

To submit an image for the Exhibition log on to club website and go to 'Upload Images' or upload via Dropbox at the link https://www.dropbox.com/request/JFKFV0b3jgZRAzYlio22.

The images will all be mounted and framed in a 20x16in white frame. The cost will be 30 Euro each. This is a very special price for the exhibition only.

There will be a party in the Grange Pub on the night of the opening and all members and guests will be welcome.

NB.  Images will only be accepted from paid up 2018 members.

Any queries please email exhibition@offshoot.ie or call Dave (086 173 1166) or Tony (086 236 2828).
 
Member's Photo of the Week
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Just a note for new members – if you want any of your pictures considered for photo of the week, you just have to post them to the OffShoot Flickr group at https://www.flickr.com/groups/offshoot_society/pool/with/25203048077/.

There’s also a link from the OffShoot home page.
What's On
25th February 2018:    Club Outing - Chinese New Year
26th February 2018:    Club Meeting – Competition #1 Judging (Ita Martin)
3rd March 2018:          Club Outing - Carton House Sunrise
9th March 2018:          Club Outing - Glencoe, Scotland
11th March 2018:        Club Outing - Motorcross, Gormanstown
12th March 2018:        Club Meeting -  Assignment #1 Hand-In
13th March 2018:        Club Outing – Botanic Gardens
18th March 2018:        Club Outing – Booterstown Marsh
 

 
Keep an eye on your email and the What's On (click here) section on the website for updates.
From OffShoot.ie
18/02/2018
Frank Kenny - Awards in 2017/2018 IPF Nature Photographer of the Year Competition
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17/02/2018
Club Outing - Chinese New Year
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Competitions & Projects
Hot Dates:  12th March - Project Initial Submission
                   16th April - Competition Submission Hand-In

For the full 2018 Competition/Project Programme click here. The next competition and project are detailed below.
 
Competition

April - Competition #2 (Printed)
 
Level 1 Theme - ‘Close Up’
Level 2 Theme - Open
 
16th April - Submission Hand-In
23rd April - Judging
 
‘Close Up’ - This theme is to encourage you to look closely at what surrounds you. Not into the distance but nearby. Pick things that interest you and find a way turning them into interesting images. Think about shapes, textures and patterns in monochrome as well as the new colours of the year. Go to the Paddy's day parade - floats, costumes and characters. You can also put on a Macro lens and get really Close Up!
 
Project

March - Initial entry
12th March - Submission Hand-In
26th March - Feedback
 
 
Photo Quiz Question
Of which city is the world’s oldest surviving aerial photograph?
 
A. Boston
B. Paris
C. Cairo
D. Cork
 

Answer at bottom of the newsletter.
 
External Competitions
World Water Day photo contest
 
Lions Club Seregno Aid Italy is proud to announce the second edition of World Water Day Photo Contest, organised in cooperation with UN Water to celebrate the World Water Day and to raise funds to bring drinking water to communities who need "Water to live".
 
The 2018 theme "Natural Water Uses and customs", can be developed in three sections : themed photo, protfolio, extreme water.
 
Deadline : February 28th
Prize Money : over € 5.000
Award Ceremony : March 22nd World Water Day
Rules and prizes on line http://www.worldwaterday.it/en/
 

Call for Entries: Aesthetica Art Prize Now Open for Submissions

The Aesthetica Art Prize is now open for entries, presenting an opportunity for emerging and established artists to further their involvement in the art world. The award is an internationally renowned prize presented by Aesthetica Magazine and judged by industry experts.
 
Enter for your chance to win £5,000 and showcase your work to wider audiences!
Categories for entry: Photographic & Digital Art; Three-Dimensional Design & Sculpture; Painting, Drawing & Mixed Media and Video, Installation & Performance.

Deadline for submissions is 31 August 2018. Visit: www.aestheticamagazine.com/artprize
 
Exhibitions & Events
America Anonymous - Barry Delaney
 
Barry Delaney went to the USA to capture the America that voted for Trump. The exhibition has pictures from the Rust Belt down into Mississippi. At the Ranelagh Arts Centre until March 8th.

See more at https://www.ranelagharts.org/copy-of-upcoming-exhibits-2. 
 

DRAGANA JURIŠIĆ   My Own Unknown
Thursday 8 February –
Sunday 18 March 2018
 
My Own Unknown, is an on-going series of work by Dublin-based photographer Dragana Jurišić. A very personal exhibition, the work addresses the complexities of exile, politics and betrayal together with family history. Organised into 5 chapters, the work opens out to explore important universal themes, in particular the role of Woman as Muse in the western art tradition, and the complex hybridity of female identities, both real and imagined. Link
Upcoming IPF Events
IPF Distinctions Sittings 
 
Saturday 24th March 2018
 
Dunamaise Arts Centre, Church Street, Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland (https://goo.gl/maps/zovYUB6yWyt)
 
Saturday 19th May 2018
 
Mullingar Arts Centre, Lower Mount Street, Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland (https://goo.gl/maps/MXeYW4jjdi72)
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