08 Thursday Apr 2021
Posted in Competitions, Reminder
Entry forms are now open for the Autumn Salon.
For entries navigate via the Salon and Competition Entry menu page, or use these links directly:
Submissions close 25th April for digital and online registration of prints, with prints to be handed in at the meeting of 26th April.
17 Wednesday Mar 2021
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This PSNZ competition is for a set of six nature images. They must be taken in New Zealand and its offshore islands. Entries are open to all clubs in New Zealand. The competition opens on 1st May 2021 and closes on 18th June 2021.
KCPS will be making an entry and you are invited to submit images for consideration. Go to Salon and Competition Entry from the main menu or use this link directly:
10 Wednesday Mar 2021
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The 2020 Wellington Regional Interclub was the victim of Covid-19 restrictions and postponed to March 2nd 2021. Hosted by Kapiti Camera Club (not to be confused with us, the Kapiti Coast Photographic Society) it very nearly became the victim of a further postponement when alert levels were raised again just a couple of days before the event. Fortunately they had a plan to limit numbers to eight per club, which allowed what is always an enjoyable, popular and competitive competition to go ahead.
The six clubs that make up the Wellington Region submitted a print in each of the ten categories chosen by the host club. The guest judge ranks them in order, with the ranking translating to points (1st equals 1 point, 2nd is 2 etc). The club with the fewest points at the end of the judging takes home the trophy.
In addition to the main trophy, a secondary competition for the best abstract image on the night was also up for grabs.
It is great to be able to report that KCPS made a clean sweep on the night, winning both the main trophy and the abstract prize with Jenny Setchell’s image Crazy Pipes for the Musical Image category wowing the judge. The scoreboard with all the placings is shown below:
The selection committee had a tough time selecting which images to choose to represent the club, but obviously did a fantastic job. The images and the categories they represent were:
21 Thursday Jan 2021
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For entries navigate via the Salon and Competition Entry menu page, or use these links directly:
Submissions close 21 February for digital and online registration of prints, with prints to be handed in at the meeting of 22 February.
09 Friday Oct 2020
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Entries are now invited for your best images submitted in this year’s salons. Each member may submit one digital and one print image.
Prints can be handed in at the club meeting on 26th October. The entry form will remain open for digital entries until 5pm on 28th October.
15 Tuesday Sep 2020
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For entries navigate via the Salon and Competition Entry menu page, or use these links directly:
Submissions close 27 September for digital and online registration of prints, with prints to be handed in at the meeting of 28 September.
16 Sunday Aug 2020
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Winner Carol Molineux being presented the trophy by judge Alison Viskovic
The 2020 Frank Hinchcliff Award was judged by KCPS Past President Alison Viskovic. The competition is for prints only and commemorates a founder member of the Waikanae Camera Club that was a forebear of the Kapiti Coast Photographic Society.
You can read all about the life and times of Frank here.
The winner this year was Carol Molineux with her brilliant image of a Spoonbill entitled “Spunk”. Runner up for the second consecutive year was Greg Whitfield with “Flying Ahead”.
Alison provided some great feedback on the submitted images. A hardcopy of her comments can be found in the Salon Results page on this site. Note that this is password protected for members only.
The following gallery contains the winning image (a photo of the print), plus digital versions of the runner up and those prints awarded Highly Commended.
The evening was rounded off by an entertaining and fascinating talk by local author Mike Peryer describing the wildlife of Waikanae Estuary.
04 Saturday Jul 2020
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Print and digital entry forms are now open for the 2020 Winter Salon. Closing date 9th August for digital, 10th August for prints.
01 Sunday Dec 2019
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≈ Comments Off on 2019 End of Year Awards
The annual end of year awards dinner was held on 18th November at a new venue for us the Lloyd Parker Plateau Centre in Parkwood Village. This marked the last formal event of the KCPS calendar. 2019 president Greg Whitfield presented the main club awards, with guest Bruce Girdwood judging and awarding the Best of Year trophies.
The club awards are taken by totalling the scores across all four seasonal salons, with bonus points being added for images that match the subjects for the Regional Interclub Print competition.
Moira O’Malley, who was last year’s runner up for the Novice Grade combined print and digital award went one better this year by taking the win, just ahead of Warren Sutton.
Novice Winner Moira O’Malley
The Intermediate Grade Digital winner was Graham Lonsdale, with Isobelle Gosling runner up.
Intermediate Digital winner Graham Lonsdale
Greg Whitfield took out the Intermediate Grade Print award, ahead of Di Daniels.
Intermediate Print winner Greg Whitfield, presented by treasurer Sharon
In the Advanced Grade Digital, Gavin Klee won with Roger Smith runner up.
Advanced Digital winner Gavin Klee
Winner of the Advanced Grade Print was Hugh Scott. Barry Culling was runner up. Unfortunately Hugh could not be with us at the dinner hence no cheesy photo.
The major trophies for overall best print and best digital of the year were judged and awarded by Bruce Girdwood.
Barry Culling won the Peg Griffin Trophy for Best of Year Print for his Water Lily with Frog. Alison Viskovic was placed second for Isolation.
BoY Print Winner Barry Culling
“Water lily with Frog” – Honours, Advanced Print – ©Barry Culling
“Isolation” – Honours, Advanced Print – ©Alison Viskovic
The Waikanae Cup for Best of Year Digital was won by Roger Smith for Angry Bird. This rounded off a successful year for Roger Smith who earlier in the calendar won the 2019 Frank Hinchcliff Trophy. Carol Molineux was runner up for her Tararua Clearance.
“Angry Bird(nature)” – Honours, Advanced Digital – ©Roger Smith
“Tararua Clearance” – Advanced Print – ©Carol Molineux
Roger and Barry had a good year between them, with a number of awards and trophies.
Trophies galore!
28 Monday Oct 2019
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The Whanganui Camera Club have been celebrating their 125th anniversary this month. As part of the commemoration, the club re-instated their annual Open Salon – last held in 1992. The theme was “Humanity and Earth”, and was further subdivided into three salon categories, one of which was titled “Humanity and Nature” and was judged by Simon Woolf.
Roger Smith was judged winner in this category for his ‘Keep Vehicles Away from Nesting Birds’ image, and he and his wife Mavis attended the awards dinner where he was presented his winning certificate by Vonnie Cave, Whanganui’s oldest and most distinguished member.
Vonnie Cave and category winner Roger Smith
Following closely on the heels of Roger, Jacky Challis received a Commendation for ‘Plastic Scourge on Remote Arctic Island’.
‘Plastic scourge on remote Arctic island’ by Jacky Challis
Congratulations to you both.
