Next Monday – Members Critique 

AND Competition Hand-in

Mono Club Competition entries close 

Shoot With Me (SWM) Up and Running

Please collect your Exhibition Images 

Plenty of outings

 See below for the details of these stories and more!

Last Monday – Scott Hurd

Scott Hurd took us again into the enchanted land of Namibia and his life in and around his home in Otjiwarongo. The images of landscapes, lodges, people and wildlife are stunning. Oh that we could enjoy the same simplicity of weather!

His explanations of camera settings and his techniques were illuminating. 

Next Monday – Members Critique

Next Monday evening we will meet at St Brigid’s School at 8 pm to meet up and share feedback. 

The plan is that you bring 3-4 images along (On your Phone, Tablet or Printed (any size, can be printed at home, at FujiFilm, Harvey Norman or anywhere else) and we will break into small groups to discuss the images. We will move groups around every so often.

So, bring along the images you want to get some feedback on without judgement.

This is a great opportunity to get feedback on your efforts so do bring some images along. We look forward to seeing you on Monday.

IPF Shield Competition 

Submissions are now closed and the Committee will organise a sub-committee to select our entrants for this IPF competition.

Thanks to everyone who has already sent images.

Shoot With Me Up and Running

Thanks to the generosity of 10 members who have volunteered to lead SWM Groups, the process is now underway on schedule.

If you have applied to be a member of a Group, you will be contacted by the relevant Group Leader over the next few days to get your activities into action.

If you haven’t joined a group yet select your choice of group to  swm@offshoot.ie. 

We hope everyone enjoys their SWM experience and look forward to seeing all the great images at the SWM Showcases on 27th November and 4th December.

The Secret Route of Migratory Birds

This is a great documentary about the secret route of migratory birds:

https://youtu.be/w8e5bBleL3s?si=ag1ux4sVNPU8Qrbl

Visiting Provence?

Are you going near the Camargue and want to shoot horses (sic)?

If you are planning a trip to Provence next year, why not get a photo shoot in the Camargue? We found Cecile Domens brilliant on our recent trip and we have no reservations about recommending her – she is a photographer and has the respect of the horsemen. She also has shoots from 3 hours to 3 days. Her website is https://cecile-domens-photo.com/. 

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

Next Club Competition

The next Club Competition will be judged on Monday 25th September. It will be for printed images. Please ensure you bring your entries to the meeting on Monday 18th September.

Please ensure that if you submitted your images to Steve to print, you are at the meeting on Monday to identify them and ensure they are labelled for judging correctly.

Please note that submitting to the link above will give Steve permission to pass your images to Ian for Dropbox to avoid having to upload the images twice.

Upcoming 2023 Competition Categories

November – Theme STREET

Coming Back - Mike Smith

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.]

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