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AGM on Monday

08 Thursday Nov 2012

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The AGM on Monday will also be a sociable occasion.

All the papers have been sent out, and the plan is to get through the formalities as quickly as possible. We’ll then have drinks and nibbles – please bring a plate to go with supplied liquid refreshments. The weather forecast isn’t the best at the moment, but hopefully that will change and we can enjoy being out on the deck. After drinks and nibbles I’ll show a short audiovisual of a selection of images from those who went on our recent field trip to Matiu/Somes Island. Here’s a teaser of Gavin getting up close and personal with a Cook Strait Giant Weta.

Gavinus Kleewary with Deinacrida rugosa (c)Carol Molineux

“Best of Year” Entries

And don’t forget to get your “Best of Year” entries in by Monday. This can be done online – head to the SALON ENTRY page and look lower down for the link to the entry form. There are no grades for this competition. You can enter just one digital image and one print. Each of these must have been entered into one of the four Salons held during the year, or be fundamentally based on it (for example, small improvements in line with judge’s comments at the original competition are acceptable). The competition will be judged by Simon Woolf who will present the results at our End of Year Function on 26 November. Tickets still available, but hurry up and get them.

Carol Gets a First for Nature Print

03 Saturday Nov 2012

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Congratulations to Carol, who achieved first place in Individual Prints Nature at the Central Regional Salon. She will be awarded the Colin Rush Trophy. Here she is with Hugh, and her print of a Fernbird (Bowdleria punctata).

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Central Regional Convention

02 Friday Nov 2012

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The convention is underway in Palmerston North, with 103 attendees from more than 20 clubs, including 4 from KCPS.

It’s been a great start with a presentation this evening of beautiful panoramic, black and white, infrared film photos from Helmut Hirler. Here’s just one example. Extraordinary. Have a look at his website.

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KCPS Member Exhibiting this Weekend

01 Thursday Nov 2012

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KCPS member Alison Viskovic has an exhibition of monochrome photographs at Lindale’s Future Framing Gallery this weekend.  This is part of the Kapiti Coast Arts Trail – the annual event which features artists in their studios, artisan hubs, and displays in galleries and cafes, spread from Otaki to Paekakariki.

Alison’s exhibition of monochrome photographs is titled “An Essay on Gardening”.  It features paired images reflecting subjective and objective impressions of living with a garden.  Unmounted copies are available for immediate purchase

Check it out.

Daisies and Grasses – (c) Alison Viskovic

Lawnmower (c) Alison Viskovic

“Best of Year” Entries Due – and Development Group Monday

31 Wednesday Oct 2012

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BEST OF YEAR ENTRIES

With our AGM coming up on Monday 12 November it’s time to get your “Best of Year” entries in. This can now be done online – head to the SALON ENTRY page and look lower down for the link to the entry form.

There are no grades for this competition. You can enter just one digital image and one print. Each of these must have been entered into one of the four Salons held during the year, or be fundamentally based on it (for example, small improvements in line with judge’s comments at the original competition are acceptable). The competition will be judged by Simon Woolf who will present the results at our End of Year Function on 26 November.

DEVELOPMENT GROUP MONDAY 5 NOVEMBER

The last Development Group meeting for the year will be at 7:30 pm on Monday 5 November.

I hope you’ve been getting on with your homework, which is to  work on photographing just one or two small objects. Try several versions of each, and be ready to talk about the issues you struck, how you tried to deal with them, and bring the resulting questions you still have. Then we can have a good round-table session offering help.  The images don’t need to have a lot of post processing. It’s the taking stage of things we will be concentrating on. Like trying to capture photos of my little friend Justin Beaver here.  See you Monday.

Justin Beaver (c) Neil Gordon

Report on Spring Salon Judging

23 Tuesday Oct 2012

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We had a ball last night.

“Kapiti Ball of Light” – ©Ian Rotherham

A big thank-you to Ian Rotherham for coming down from Palmerston North to present his results of judging our Spring Salon, and for a presentation of his own impressive portfolio.

We then had a lot of fun with Ian explaining his personal project of photographing “balls of light”, and doing a real-live demonstration out on the lawn by the river while we all watched.

The Spring Salon gallery of Honours and Highly Commended images is now available online.  A special well done to Gavin Klee and Gary Moncrieff, whose four entries each received either Honours or Highly Commended, and to Barry Culling with three entries in this gallery.

Spring Salon Judging on Monday 22 October

19 Friday Oct 2012

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Have a great Labour Weekend, and come along for what looks like another excellent meeting. Hopefully it won’t disrupt any of your travel plans to be back in time for 7:30 pm on Monday, when Ian Rotherham will judge the final full salon for the year.

Ian is a lecturer at UCOL in Palmerston North. You can learn about his background and check out some of his work in the April 2012 issue of the free online f11 Magazine.

(c) Ian Rotherham

It’s sure to be a great evening hearing Ian’s comments and verdicts on our images, as well as seeing some of his own. And perhaps he’ll explain what he does with these balls of light he seems to have stored in his shed.

Get Your Entries in for the Jack Sprosen AV Competition by 16 November

18 Thursday Oct 2012

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Time to be getting on with your entry for the Audio-Visual Competition for the Jack Sprosen Memorial Trophy.

Entries are now being received for this year’s competition. Entry into this competition is open to all PSNZ members, and to members of clubs affiliated to PSNZ.

Entries close on Friday 16 November 2012. Judging is on 25 November 2012.  Winning entries will be shown at the PSNZ National Convention in early May 2013 in Wellington.

Lots more details are available on the PSNZ website, including helpful guidance and where to download entry forms from.

It’s always useful to have a look at some examples when thinking about putting together an AV, but they tend to be hard to find because of concerns over copyright issues, particularly of music.

Here’s a few online AVs I found that you may find useful to look at, which I found via the Wantage Camera Club site.  “Morning Has Broken” on Vimeo, “A Night at the Opera” on Youtube, and an AV from 2012 on Vimeo. Enjoy.

Tickets Available for Awards Night on Monday 26 November

15 Monday Oct 2012

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Mark your diaries and plan to attend our end of year function – Monday 26 November at the Otaihanga Boating Club.  Festivities will kick off at 7 pm.

Tickets are $30 a person, which covers both dinner and liquid refreshments.  We’re delighted that Simon Woolf has agreed again to be MC for the night. Simon will also be judging the “best of year” entries that need to be submitted on 12 November.

Committee members all have tickets available, and will be getting in touch with KCPS members to sell them.  Partners and friends are welcome to come along as well. If you want, you can email me to let me know how many tickets you need and I’ll make sure that happens.

For those going, please email Debbie Ayres if you have any special dietary requirements, and we’ll make sure you are catered for.

This should be a great occasion and a nice way to finish off our photographic society’s year. Hope to see you all there!

Last Year’s (2011) EOY Dinner and Celebration

Report on Members Exhibition

11 Thursday Oct 2012

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Some 25 members enjoyed hearing from Marshall, Gary and David last Monday night. It made for a good mixture of older and newer members of our society.

Marshall had some fascinating stories about his early work with wet plate photography, and suggested viewing this youtube video. Although the system is the same as what he was using, the sizes of the glass he used ran from 8*10 up to 24*20 inches.

Rose – (c) Gary Moncrieff

Gary showed some of his images (a lovely example is shown here), and David illustrated his conversion over the last few years into more than just snapshots.

Thanks to all three for sharing their images and stories.