Next Monday Liam Haines will guide us through a review and discussion of a collection of selected images

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Outings to take pictures of Rugby on 5th March and the Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin on 7th March

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Return to Physical Meetings being planned from 4th April

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Call for Images for the IPF National Club Competitions

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Club Exhibition launch set for 12th July

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Next Club Competition to be on the theme of Abstract Photography

See below for the details of these stories and more!

Next Monday Night

Club member Liam Haines will take us through a collection of images from numerous news events, sporting events and unusual shots culled from various sources.

The object is to invite the audience to discuss and learn which images have the greatest impact; to speculate on which aperture was used, what speed, POV etc.

Last Monday Night

Last Monday night Mary Louise Revese gave us a very interesting talk on Abstract Photography. Hopefully, everyone is fully inspired and has many new ideas for their competition entries.

Return to Physical Meetings

The committee has now decided to work towards having our first physical meeting post-pandemic on 4th April in St Brigid’s School.

We will keep you advised on how these plans are developing over the next few weeks.

Our Club Exhibition is Back

The Annual Club Exhibition will return this year and will be held in the DLR Lexicon over 6 weeks commencing 12th July 2022. You may now submit your images for the exhibition  via this dropbox link:

https://www.dropbox.com/request/QiiYhKLD9LcFcbXbSfeD

The closing date for submission of images is 30th April – so now is a great time to start looking through your images to find something you might like to submit or go and shoot something new if you wish. It is likely that we will be able to accommodate two images from each member.

The launch party has now been booked for the first night of the exhibition (12th July) in Hardys Bar in the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire – so put the date in your calendar now!

The Theme of the Week

This week's theme is another element of photography: Pattern

Pattern photography is the concept of integrating a repetition of elements into your photographs. Some close-up or macro patterns might be good subjects for our upcoming Abstract competition.

Some useful links:

What is pattern photography?

https://thehhub.com/2019/01/22/pattern-photography/

Types of patterns and examples

https://www.lapseoftheshutter.com/pattern-in-photography/

41 brilliant pattern ideas 

https://cooldigital.photography/pattern-photography/

Next Club Competition – “Abstract”

Our next competition will be under the theme of ‘Abstract’.

According to Wikipedia, Abstract Photography, sometimes called non-objective, experimental or conceptual photography, is a way of depicting a visual image that does not have an immediate association with the object world and that has been created through the use of camera equipment, processes or materials. An abstract photograph may isolate a fragment of a natural scene in order to remove the inherent context from the viewer, it may be purposely staged to create a seemingly unreal appearance from real objects or it may involve the use of colour, light, shadow, texture, shape and/or form to convey feeling, sensation or impression.

However there has never been an exact definition of what exactly “abstract photography” is: similar to abstract art, it offers many different ways of looking at a subject. There are no rules and so abstract photography is exactly what the viewer makes of it, and it can hold many different interpretations, views and opinions.

You can interpret the theme as you wish from landscapes to people and anything in between. We are looking forward to seeing the different interpretations.

The links below may provide some inspiration:

https://www.iphotography.com/blog/what-is-abstract-photography/

https://photographylife.com/abstract-photography-tips-and-ideas

https://abstract-photography-for-beginners-9-tips-for-capturing-stunning-abstract-images

Our judge for this competition is Anne Cassidy MFA/FRPS/FIPF/AFIAP from Enniskillen Photography Society.

Website: www.thephotographer.ie

Please submit your images by 11 pm Sunday 17th April 2022. Judging will take place on Monday 25th April 2022.

As usual please save your images in  JPEG format and name them with your Level Number, Membership Number and Image Title:

L2-001-Abstract image.jpg

You may submit two images for this competition – to make sure that everyone receives useful feedback and that Anne will get back home at a reasonable hour! Please upload your images to the DropBox link below:

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

If you have any questions, please contact: competitions@offshoot.ie.

IPF National Club Competitions

We have started the annual “call for images” request for the Offshoot entry to this year’s IPF National Club Competitions. The club entry will consist of a panel of 10 colour images and a panel of 10 mono images. The date for this competition has not yet been announced by the IPF, but we have to be prepared for it taking place in April. This is an open competition and all Offshoot members are invited to send in images via this DropBox link:

https://www.dropbox.com/request/Gc8m8ftOr4yZpC9aa5oy

You may submit up to 5 each colour and mono images, (More details on image size etc in a separate email). We will keep you updated when more information becomes available from the IPF but please review your stock of images and start uploading your best to the DropBox above.

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

Theme of the Week

Spring - Hellebores by Joe Tulie

Best of the Rest

At the Venice Carnival by Barry Dillon

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.]

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

Shawn Phelps: Abstract Photography Examples

The School of Photography: Abstract Photography Ideas - Change your Photography FOREVER!

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/

IPF Distinction Sitting

The Irish Photographic Federation has announced the date for the first distinction sitting of 2022. The sitting will be on Saturday 26th March 2022. As with previous sittings, this will be an online assessment and will include Licentiate, Associateship and Fellowship panel assessments.

The deadline for applications will be Sunday 13th March and the application form is available in the IPF website.

You can access the recordings of past Zoom meetings from the OffShoot website.

These videos are available 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 login 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 login and catch-up on speakers you missed. Happy catching up!