Illusion No. 5 – (c)Alison Viskovic

Hi everyone – the programme for 2013 is about to get underway. You can check out the calendar for the year here or by going to the EVENTS menu item at the top of the KCPS web site.

Our first meeting for the year will be at 7:30 pm on Monday 11 February at the usual venue, the Otaihanga Boating Club. The featured speaker will be our vice President, Alison Viskovic APSNZ, who will give a presentation entitled “A Photographic Autobiography”.

Alison did very well in the recent Dunedin Festival of Photography, receiving honours for her image shown here – “Illusion No 5”. It will be good to see more of her work.

We’ll also be seeking people to help out with the PSNZ National Exhibition of Photography (NATEX) which KCPS is running this year.  Don’t forget to get your own entries in (that’s fine) – see details at kcps.org.nz/natex2013.

If you were considering going for PSNZ Honours, now is the time as well.  See details about Honours on the PSNZ blog.

Finally, the PSNZ National Convention this year is as close as it can get – down in Wellington. There’s lots of information at http://positivelyphotography.org.nz – check it out and consider registering for what is always a fantastic experience. Early bird pricing is available until the end of February.

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

There are four opportunities coming up very soon for you to show off your images.

1. KCPS Autumn Salon – 14 May

Entries are due in the usual way by Monday 14 May for our autumn salon, which will be judged on 28 May by Tony Whincup.  Please use the online system to provide your entry details and digital images, and bring prints along to the meeting on Monday evening.

2. Trenna Packer Nature Competition – 15 May

There’s only a few more days to submit your entries for consideration for this – they are due with us by 15 May.  Details are in this blog post. Please help out – we need a lot more to be able to do a club entry.

3. Laurie Thomas Landscape Competition – 18 May

The 16th Laurie Thomas Landscape Competition is accepting entries until 18 May. You can enter up to four digital images for the cost of $20, and it can all be done online.

4 North Shore Salon – 25 May

Entries are open until 25 May for the 2012 North Shore Salon of Photography. Check out the full details at their salon website.

The most up-to-date information about upcoming activities will always be obtained from the Calendar of Events.

But since it can also be useful to have a one-pager with an overview of the year – here it is as a pdf file.

The first event is tonight – hope to see you there soon.

Just look at that view from the deck of The Boat Shed at the Otaihanga Boating Club. That’s what we’ll be enjoying with the first meeting of the year – 7:30 pm on Monday.

Yes – MONDAY – we’ve changed our regular meeting night to Monday, not Tuesday. Don’t be a day late! (And you’re likely to be very lonely if you go to our previous venue at the church hall in Waikanae by mistake.)

The main event will be a Members Exhibition with three of our members informally sharing some of their images and interest in photography. We look forward to seeing you there.

Don’t forget that subscriptions for this year are due now – Ian Linning will happily take your money at the meeting, or you can use Internet Banking. Details of the bank account are on the new member application form on our Membership Page.

Finally, when considering images, don’t forget the importance of content. This cartoon hilariously makes the point, from one of my favourite web comic sites – xkcd.com.

Sausage Sizzle 30 October

Don’t forget the Sausage Sizzle at 3 pm on Sunday – come check out our planned new venue from next year.

AWARDS FUNCTION 22 November

Starting at the Sausage Sizzle, we’ll be selling tickets for our gala End of Year function, which will be held at the same venue, at 7 pm on Tuesday 22 November. $25 per ticket.

WORKSHOP 1 November

The next post-processing workshop is this Tuesday 1 November, at 6 Matipo Street, Waikanae. It’s the  follow up to the 4 October Mahara Place photographic exercise. Select an image from that photo-shoot that you would like to enhance, put it on a memory stick or CD, and bring it to this meeting.

Also would members who are conversant with enhancing programmes on their laptops please bring these to this meeting to show and help by demonstrating the secrets and mysteries of post-processing software techniques to other members.

Neil Gordon will be demonstrating Lightroom. Marshall Marsden will be demonstrating Serif Photo Plus, (a free downloaded programme.) Mike Brewer will be using Picasa (another freebie).

We can answer questions that arise from the discussion.

PS. It is helpful if members could wear shoes that they can slip off when they enter the “borrowed” house at 6 Matipo Street. This saves using a vacuum cleaner to clean up on Wednesday.