Next Monday Night

Remember Joe Houghton’s excellent presentation on Street photography on 5th July? Well, next week you provide the material and we’ll show your Street photography images. This is not a competition but a chance to get out there and capture the retail therapist in her (or his) environment or the worker coming or going or just anybody doing anything in an urban environment. 

Street photography can be both challenging and at the same time one of the most rewarding genres of photography. It means candid, unposed photos of people and it’s not easy – it requires patience, hard work and sometimes even some bravery to be able to approach and photograph complete strangers. 

“The marvels of daily life are exciting; but no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.”  Robert Doisneau

We’re not lawyers but generally speaking taking photographs in open public spaces is legal whereas inside a shop is not. It’s all about a reasonable expectation of privacy and respect. If someone doesn’t want their picture taken, respect their wishes. The streets are full of interesting people, and, if you miss the shot, another is sure to come along shortly. The ethics of photographing children and the homeless is difficult and probably best avoided.

If you haven’t done so already upload your images to: https://www.dropbox.com/request/dpBMeQahDoxR9mBvUdtx  NOW

Accessing Video Recordings of Meetings

The video of Allan Walls Macro Photography  presentation is now available in the Member's Area of the website.

You can access this and other recordings of past Zoom meetings 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.

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Our next competition is called "Anything Man-Made". From a screw to a skyscraper, from a ball to a bucket or a hamburger to a house, just about anything can become a subject for anything man-made so you can interpret the theme as broadly as you like.

You can use almost any lens from a Macro to a Zoom so there’s something for everybody.

Our Judge for this competition is Iñaki Hernandez-Lasa (FRPS-FIPF-AFIAP). Please see his website below.

http://ihlphotography.com

For this competition, we have to limit the number of entries to 2 per member, to make sure that everybody receives useful feedback, and that the judge gets finished at a reasonable hour!

Please submit your images, by midnight Sunday 18th July 2021.  Judging will take place, on Monday 26th July 2021.

Upload to:

https://www.dropbox.com/request/x0VNfQbzh2ETDLxkxzWw

Make sure to name your images in the following way Level - Membership number - Title

e.g. "L2-987-The Towers.jpg"

Speakers and Outings

Here are the next scheduled meetings and events for the Society:

Members will be able to attend our outings by registering for specific outings. Keep up to date with the latest events at https://www.offshoot.ie/whats-on/.

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 webmaster@offshoot.ie. You will get an email when you have been added to the group. Please be patient as this is a manual process.]

Chiaroscuro_Under the bench by Taryn Barling

Butterfly by Barry Dillon

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

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