We believe that the image is everything!

The deadline for submissions for the IPF National Shield has now been notified as 29th October.

We asked members to submit their images by the 30th of September to allow for the preparation of the Club's panels. We have now closed off the uploads and will proceed with selecting and building the panels.

Thanks to all for contributing your images.

Shoot With Me – Update

Our group leaders have received the names and email addresses of the members of their individual groups and the leaders should have made contact with their groups and set up their chosen communications methods. So if you have applied for a place you will be contacted by your Group Leader.

If you have any questions or if you don’t hear from anyone by the end of next week please contact either George or Emily at swm@offshoot.ie. 

Congratulations

Congratulations to Deirdre Irwin who had her photo of a White-tailed Sea Eagle was featured on RTE1 television and who was interviewed live on RTE TV on 28th September at 5 pm speaking about extinct birds.

Watch a video of the interview below:

Member Survey

Every year we ask members how we are doing, what we are not doing and what they would like us to do. Covid has played havoc with usual plans and activities and now we are coming back. It is so much better to air our views in person on a regular basis but, alas, this has not been possible so your comments are much more valuable.

Thanks to all that have responded to the 2021 survey. For those that have not yet had a chance please, oh please, give it 5 minutes of your time.

Please complete the survey at: https://www.offshoot.ie/member-survey/

OffShoot Succession

We asked you in an email and last two newsletters for volunteers to serve on the committee in 2022. Sadly, the response has been disappointing. 

OffShoot is a thriving club and our members are a great bunch of people and we want to look to the future and develop. This is your camera club and we have all sorts of roles; committees, subcommittees etc.; something for everybody willing to help. Everybody is important and it’s up to you how you want to help. Give it some thought and let us know. 

THE AGM MUST NEITHER BE JUST A FORMALITY WITH POSITIONS ARRANGED BEFOREHAND NOR A SELECTION OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE ‘COME THROUGH THE RANKS’. THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY.

Please give it some thought and let us know before 31st October 2021 if you would be prepared to take a role on the committee. Please indicate your interest to committee@offshoot.ie. 

THE AGM MUST NEITHER BE JUST A FORMALITY WITH POSITIONS ARRANGED BEFOREHAND NOR A SELECTION OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE ‘COME THROUGH THE RANKS. THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY.

This is your club so please give it some thought and let us know before 31st October 2021 if you would be prepared to take a role on the committee. Please indicate your interest to committee@offshoot.ie. 

Accessing Video Recordings of Meetings

You can access 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.

Every member has a log in to the site. If you don't remember your login details go to https://www.offshoot.ie/login/ and select the 'Forgot your password?' link. Enter the email address you received this newsletter with and reset your password. Once you've reset your password you can log in and catch up on speakers you missed. Happy catching up!

Our next competition is called "Autumn Colours”. 

You can interpret the theme as you wish from falling leaf colour, portraits in the landscape, shooting low down to capture fungi and other natural wonders, or wide-angle to capture a more expansive landscape. The possibilities are endless so use your imagination and experiment. You can use almost any lens from a Macro to a Zoom so there’s something for everybody.

Our Judge for this competition is Eamon and Christine O'Daly from The Outdoor Studio.

Websites www.outdoorstudio.ie / www.skerriesphotography.com

Please submit your images by 11 pm Sunday 14th November  2021.  Judging will take place on Monday 29th November 2021.

As usual, save your images in JPG format, and name them with your Level Number, Membership Number, and image title – 

example  L2-987-Autumn Leaves.jpg

You may submit two images for this competition,  to make sure that everybody receives useful feedback, and that the judges get home at a reasonable hour.  Please upload your images to the dropbox link below:

https://www.dropbox.com/request/LyWxUgcbcGiOCmGN2kgq

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.]

Dawn at Poolbeg Lighthouse by Mary Hahn

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

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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/