End of Year Awards Function 2013

26 Tuesday Nov 2013

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It was another great night to round off the year for 2013. Thanks to all the volunteers who prepared the venue, led by Alison Viskovic, to Simon Woolf for judging the Best of Year digital image and print competitions, to the new caterers PartyPerfect, and to Ian Linning for all the photos.

And the envelopes please – the results were:

Overall Results for the Four Salons in 2013

INTERMEDIATE GRADE – DIGITAL IMAGES

Winner: Gavin Klee; Runner Up: Jo Goudsblom

Gavin Klee

Jo Goudsblom

INTERMEDIATE GRADE – PRINTS

Winner: Gavin Klee; Runners Up: Nicola McGinty & Bernie Fraser

Nicola McGinty

Bernie Fraser

ADVANCED GRADE – DIGITAL IMAGES

Winner: Carol Molineux; Runner Up: Neil Gordon

Carol Molineux

ADVANCED GRADE – PRINTS

Winner: Neil Gordon; Runner Up: Shona Jaray

Shona Jaray

BEST OF YEAR COMPETITION

BEST OF YEAR DIGITAL IMAGE

Winner of the Waikanae Cup: Carol Molineux (“Spoonbill Catching Flounder”)

Spoonbill catching flounder (c) Carol Molineux

“Spoonbill Catching Flounder” – ©Carol Molineux

Runner Up: Jo Goudsblom (“Boy“)

Honourable Mention: Teresa Angell (“The One That Got Away“)

BEST OF YEAR PRINT

Winner of the Peg Griffin Cup: Neil Gordon (“Last Light”)

Neil Gordon

“Last Light” – ©Neil Gordon

Runner Up: Carol Molineux (“Fernbird“)

WANGANUI CUP

This cup was first awarded in 1959, and was this year won by KCPS for the best set of eight digital images in the Central Region Salon. Our set will go on for consideration for the Wiltshire Cup early next year.

The EOY function was an ideal opportunity for Shona Jaray (PSNZ President) to present the cup to Ian Linning (KCPS President).

Ian Linning and Shona Jaray

NEXT MEETING

The first KCPS meeting for 2014 will be on Monday, 10 February. Best wishes for a safe and happy holiday season.

Adobe Photoshop CC and Lightroom Deal

22 Friday Nov 2013

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This is just to make KCPS members aware of a limited time offer by Adobe that may be of interest. I mentioned in a blog post back in September that Adobe had introduced a new, lower price option for USD9.99 a month (on an annual plan) oriented just to photographers. It includes licensing (and updates and upgrades) for Photoshop CC and Lightroom (5 at the moment). That offer was later made available in Australia/NZ for AUD9.99 per month. But – you needed to already have a licence for an earlier version of Photoshop (CS3 or later). That particular offer closes at the end of December.

Adobe have just announced a special version of this offer – only until 2 December – where you don’t need to have a licence for an earlier version of Photoshop. Check out the details of the Photoshop Photography Program here.

This plan would cost AUD120 per annum. For comparison, Lightroom 5 alone is (list price) AUD186 if you don’t have a previous version, or AUD99 for an upgrade. It is of course up to each individual to decide whether to go for Adobe’s Creative Cloud licensing system, rather than owning the software (a “perpetual licence”). At least you know the option is there …

PSNZ Convention, Membership, and NZ Camera 2014

21 Thursday Nov 2013

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The next PSNZ National Convention will be in Blenheim from 23-27 April. You can find out all about it here. It looks like it’s going to be a fantastic experience with lots of good speakers, workshops and field trips.

Full registration is cheaper for PSNZ members – you’ll save more than your membership fee. So now’s a great time to join up as a member of the Photographic Society of NZ if you aren’t already. You can just go to the PSNZ website at http://photography.org.nz/join.html and join online.

PSNZ members also receive a free copy of NZ Camera, and are the only ones who are eligible to submit photos for this high quality publication that is published in February each year.

KCPS Member Successes

In that regard, I’m pleased to advise that four of our KCPS members have just had images accepted for NZ Camera 2014 – Neil Gordon LPSNZ, Shona Jaray APSNZ, Michael Martin and Alison Viskovic APSNZ. That’s a great result for KCPS – let’s do even better next year with more of our members belonging to PSNZ, and being eligible to submit images.

Arts Trail and Lightroom

03 Sunday Nov 2013

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Lots of interest in KCPS at the Arts Trail on Saturday

If you are out and about on the Kapiti Arts Trail today, be sure to drop in to Lindale where KCPS is part of the trail, promoting our club and with prints exhibited from Karyn Crocker, Ian Linning, Peter Beddek, Katie Beddek, Hugh Scott, Shona Jaray, Carol Molineux, Alison Viskovic and Neil Gordon.

A big thank-you to all involved with this, but particularly Ian who has put a lot of work and planning into it.

Development Group Meeting

Monday evening’s last development group meeting for the year will be all about Lightroom. I’ll be demonstrating some techniques, and there will be a number of laptops there for some hands-on work as well. Come along and and learn how to use Lightroom to improve your images.

Kapiti Coast Photographic Society

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End of Year Awards Function 2013