Monthly Archives: June 2012

Meetings 2 and 4 July

29 Friday Jun 2012

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Monday 2 July – Development Group

On Monday 2 July 7:30 pm the Development Group will meet, with the topic of restoring old photos.  Peter Ellis and Hugh Scott will be explaining some of the techniques.  Peter will have a scanner and laptop available, so feel free to bring along an old photo or two to see what can be done with it.  Below is an example of an image “before” and “after” (a work still in progress, says Peter)  to show the flavour of what can be done.

Daisy (before)

Daisy (after)

Wednesday 4 July – Foxton Print Battle

This will be a fun night, hosted by the Horowhenua Camera Club. It starts at 7 pm at the Salvation Army Hall, Avenue Road, Foxton.  We’ll be carpooling up – please meet at 6 pm at the small car park on the western side of Marae Lane, Waikanae.

The rules for the print battle are simple:

  • Each person to bring 4 printed images for the competition (choose a variety of subjects!)
  • People are placed randomly into teams, with up to 5 teams for the evening
  • 10-12 categories will be read out during the night
  • Each team chooses the image that best suits that category
  • Images will be awarded points from 1-5, with 5 being the best match for the category
  • Teams may accompany the image with an explanation/story as to why that image was chosen
  • Images can only be used once throughout the evening
  • Random points will be awarded throughout the evening for quiz questions, and at the judges’ discretion. Judges can be swayed with bribery.

Supper will be provided.
Please remember to bring your prints and your sense of humour.

Waikanae Estuary Photoshoot

24 Sunday Jun 2012

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Around a dozen KCPS members turned up this afternoon to the Waikanae Estuary.  The weather was perfect and we all had a great time wandering around and taking advantage of the many photo opportunities.  Here’s a few of my images to give the flavour of it.

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Also, a reminder that for Monday night’s meeting, as well as the images for our competition selection night, please can you bring along up to three matted prints to be considered for display at our Open Day which will be held on Sunday 15 July from noon to 3 pm.  More details at the meeting.

Selection Night – 25 June

23 Saturday Jun 2012

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Our regular meeting on Monday 25 June is a selection night for three competitions:

Wellington Interclub Print Battle

This will be held on 23 August. We need to choose one print for each of the following ten themes.  Please bring along prints for consideration. They need not be matted at this stage, but need to be large enough so they can be considered (i.e., don’t bring along small 10 cm by 15 cm prints).

  1. Panning
  2. Music
  3. Urban
  4. Animals
  5. Time
  6. Arrivals
  7. Three
  8. hands
  9. Red, green, blue
  10. Abstract

George Chance Landscape Print Interclub Competition

We need a set of four landscape prints – all from different KCPS members. Please bring along prints to be considered. The prints need not be matted yet.

These need to be a very coherent “set”, not just four unrelated images, so we may not be able to make a final choice on the night, but can all see what we have to work with. The judges commented last year that what they look for are:

  • Presentation
  • Matching tonal range
  • Colour consistency through set
  • Unison of size and shape of cropped images
  • Consistent borders
  • Sensitivity

Bowron Landscape Projected Images Interclub Competition

We need a set of four landscape digital images – again, all from different KCPS members. Please bring along (on a thumb drive) images to be considered.  Use the usual digital image size for our KCPS competitions (up to 1600 by 1200) for now. These also need to be a “set”, not just four unrelated images, so we may not be able to choose on the night.

(c) Rangiora Photographic Society – 1st, 2011 George Chance

“Shooters” – Waikanae Estuary – 3 pm Sunday 24 June

21 Thursday Jun 2012

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We will be holding a “shooters” event at the Waikanae Estuary this Sunday, 24 June. It’s a great place to photograph, and right on our doorstep.

The plan is to meet in the carpark at the end of Tutere Street, Waikanae at 3 pm. We have two hours until sunset around 5 pm. After the light has faded sufficiently we may wish to repair to somewhere for liquid refreshment, but that can be arranged on the day.

Hope to see you there.

Timelapses

05 Tuesday Jun 2012

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I’ve always been fascinated with time-lapse imagery – especially of clouds and weather, naturally.

I’ve dabbled a bit myself, with my most recent examples being of Comet Lovejoy last Boxing Day (I also posted a still image on our KCPS blog), and cloud over Kapiti Island in January.

Around then I was in touch with a friend of a friend from Taupo, Bevan Percival, who was just getting going on time-lapse photography. Boy has he got going.

I highly recommended you check out his “NZ Landscape Timelapse Volume 1” on Vimeo or YouTube. Do watch it in HD (1080p).  It’s a series of time lapses mostly around the central North Island, and just stunning.

Events – Monday 11 June and Thursday 14 June

02 Saturday Jun 2012

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We have been fortunate to have a special offer for a guest speaker on Monday 11 June. This will replace the critique session that was to be at that meeting on topics 6-10 of the Wellington Interclub Print Battle to be held in August. Selection for our club set for the Interclub Print Battle will still take place at the KCPS meeting on 25 June.

Our guest speaker is Debra Glasgow, who is a Wildlife Photographer and Cetacean Researcher. Debra has had 12 seasons in Antartica, on two of which she has over wintered.

She works on icebreaker research ships and has photographed around the entire waters of Antartica. She has been based in Australia for the past 25 years and has worked on documentation of whale species around this coast.

Should be a fantastic talk and images.

(Don’t forget you can always check the latest programme by going to EVENTS on the top menu of http://kcps.org.nz .)

Wellington Talk by Tony Bridge – Thursday 14 June

The Wellington Photographic Society has invited members of neighbouring camera clubs to join them on Thursday, 14 June, 7.30pm at the Loaves and Fishes Hall, Hill Street, Thorndon for:

‘New Seeing – Beyond the Pictorial’
Keynote address by Tony Bridge

$10 payable at the door for non-members of the Wellington Photographic Society. Supper provided.

The Topic
Tony will talk about photography as art, and also photography and art. All that holds us back now is our own imagination and a willingness to experiment and make mistakes. Each of us is the greatest resource we have. Tony will share his move beyond the ‘pure’ photograph, using software to help express his vision.

About Tony
Tony Bridge FPSNZ, ACPP (dist) is a professional photographer, digital artist and writer, who has taught photography for more than 30 years. He has been a teacher, curriculum developer and is a published author, including (amongst others) White Cloud, Silver Screen, Out There South and Out There North.

He has taught and exhibited both nationally and internationally, in New Zealand, South Africa and the United States. He is a fellow of the Photographic Society of New Zealand and has been a member of its Honours Board, as well as Chairman of the Judge Accreditation panel, a qualified member of the NZIPP, as well as holding a BA in foreign languages and a Diploma in Professional Photography with Distinction. He has been a Kodak Professional Mentor and a member of the PSNZ Honours Board. He also works as a beta tester in imaging software development.

Tony has a unique teaching style and an ability to communicate concepts and ideas effectively. He is known for his ability to inspire and enthuse his students, as well as Introducing new approaches and attitudes to photography.

Gaia 1. (c) Tony Bridge. From http://www.thistonybridge.com/gallery/canto-i-archetypes