17 Thursday Nov 2011
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Which of these two portraits do you prefer?
According to this article in Technology Review, Xerox has developed a system to automatically analyse images and choose those which are aesthetically pleasing. It chose the one on the left.
You can see lots more examples of the Xerox Aesthetic Quality Image Search here.
So, is a Xerox Machine the future of photographic competition judging?
07 Monday Nov 2011
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Congratulations to Shona Jaray! It’s just been announced that she came 8th in Round 5 of the PSNZ Canon Online competition, with her “Coal Pit Dam” image. 
This is the second success for Kapiti Coast Photographic Society members in the Canon Online competition this year, following my image “Orkney Vista” placing in the previous round. 
31 Monday Oct 2011
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Almost 25 members and family turned up during Sunday afternoon to check out the planned new venue for our meetings – the Otaihanga Boating Club.
It was a glorious afternoon, with Ian on the BBQ churning out sausages and onions, which were happily consumed in bread with Karyn’s special sauces, and washed down with liquid refreshments. 
The setting is impressive, and even comes with built-in photographic opportunities – just imagine the sunsets from here. 
The interior is spacious and suitable for our meetings .. it even includes a built-in overhead projector. However some thought will be needed on how best to display prints for our salons.
It was a most enjoyable afternoon, and all those who came were very positive and supportive of the planned move to this venue next year.
15 Saturday Oct 2011
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We were up at 4 am in order to be out at the Cape Kidnappers Gannets Colony just before sunrise. It’s a beautiful morning and a wondrous sight.
12 Wednesday Oct 2011
We’ve got an extra, special event this month – a sausage sizzle at 3 pm on Sunday 30 October.
The venue is the new Otaihanga Boating Club facility, at about 19 Makora Road Otaihanga. Our committee has negotiated an excellent deal for the use of this fantastic facility from 2012, three Mondays (1st, 2nd and 4th) each month from February to November. We’ll be seeking endorsement of this decision at the AGM on 8 November.
This is your chance to come along and check out the new venue, while socialising with your fellow KCPS members in this lovely location overlooking the Waikanae River. Family are most welcome as well. Sausages will be provided. BYO beverages of choice.
07 Friday Oct 2011
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Shona Jaray and I are at the PSNZ Central Region Convention – Expect the Unexpected – being hosted by the Stratford Camera Club.
We were thrilled to learn this evening that the KCPS Print Set won the inter-club competition for prints. Congratulations to the following six Kapiti Coast Photographic Society members:
Neil Gordon's "Orkney Vista" won Champion Print for the Interclub Print Sets competition.
Shona Jaray's "Catching the Light" won 1st prize for the Open Prints Section.
Shona Jaray's "Coalpit Dam" won 1st prize for the Open Digital Image section
Neil Gordon's "Arctic Tern" came 2nd in the Nature Digital Images.
03 Monday Oct 2011
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What were you doing in February 2003?
These Waikanae Camera Club members were having a very pleasant barbecue.
Thanks to Peter Ellis, who was the newsletter editor for the Waikanae Camera Club from 2003 to 2005, our Newsletter Archive has been extended back for another three years to the start of 2003.
Indulge in some nostalgia.
27 Tuesday Sep 2011
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The KCPS “Images Showcase 2011”, which was on at Kapiti Law in Waikanae from 28 July to 26 September, has now closed.
We had lots of good feedback, and many positive comments in the visitors’ book (see below). There was just one sale – an image of Shona’s – but the main purpose of showcasing our talent and the Society was achieved.
Thanks to all involved.
The committee is actively considering the merits of another exhibition in 2012.
23 Friday Sep 2011
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We now have available on this site a Newsletter Archive with all the available newsletters for the last six years. The link is also available from the top menu.
There have been 28 newsletters produced since 2008, when we have been the Kapiti Coast Photography Society.
Until 2007 we were the Waikanae Camera Club. We have available 19 newsletters going back to September 2005.
These older newsletters were formatted so they could be printed side-by-side on two sides of A4 paper and then folded and stapled to make an A5 printed newsletter. So what you see in the archive has pages in a non-obvious order.
Go check out this fascinating Newsletter Archive, and see our how club and society has evolved over this recent part of its long history.
If anyone has soft copies of newsletters before September 2005 please let me know, and I’ll load them up as well.
14 Wednesday Sep 2011
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"Gentle Arches" by Shona Jaray
"Front Row" by Peter Beddek
Every year there is a Four Nations inter-society digital image competition between New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Canada.
This year, the eighty images put forward by PSNZ included “Gentle Arches” by KCPS members Shona Jaray, and “Front Row” by Peter Beddek. They performed admirably, and helped NZ make second place, just behind Canada.
Well done, Shona and Peter.
Kapiti Coast Photographic Society 
