Next Monday there will be a Presentation on Some Alternative Ways to Show Your Images

Enter now for the Next Club Competition – Theme is Reflections

Exhibition Photo Book on the Way

Interested in a Trip to the Camargue?

Well Done Kevin Foley

No Newsletter Next Week Due Bank Holiday

 See below for the details of these stories and more!

Next Monday Night  – Alternative Ways to Present Your Images

Next Monday, some members will present details of alternative ways to present your images including Books, Calendars, Zines and Slideshows. Examples of these media will be available for you to see.  

As usual, the meeting will be held in St Brigid’s School commencing at 8 pm.

IPF National Shield Competition - November 2022

Thanks to all members who submitted images for the IPF National Shield. The process of selecting the Club panels is now underway and details of the final selections will be advised shortly.

Next Competition - Reflections

The theme for the next competition is Refections which you can interpret any way you like for example reflections on surfaces, water, windows, puddles, mirrors, metal, shiny objects and wherever your imagination takes you. 

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

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Kevin’s fine image has been shortlisted for the Clean Coasts Competition. We look forward to hearing more good news about the outcome.

For more information on the Clean Coasts Competition go to:

https://cleancoasts.org/our-initiatives/love-your-coast/

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

An Fear Marbh - Halpino

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.

An interesting link:

Here comes Adobe’s Camera App for Serious Photographers

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/here-comes-adobes-camera-app-for-serious-photographers/

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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/

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!