We’re in for a treat at the next KCPS meeting (7:30 pm Monday 25 February March at OBC) with a talk by Nick Ward about “Creating a Story in Your Images”.

Nick Ward broke into feature screenwriting with pool comedy Stickmen. An instant Kiwi hit, Stickmen won Ward a 2001 NZ Film Award for best script.

He went on to originate and co-write the hit romance Second-Hand Wedding, and reconvened with Wedding director Paul Murphy for 2011 follow-up Love Birds. Ward has also penned episodes of TV series Outrageous Fortune and Burying Brian, and horror flick The Ferryman.

Should be great!

Reminders

Check out this post from the PSNZ blog about lots of deadlines coming up. In particular:

• Take advantage of early bird pricing and register by 28 February for the PSNZ National Convention in Wellington
• NATEX entries are due in by 6 March

And of course entries for our own KCPS summer salon need to be in by Monday 11 March – use the online submission system, and bring any prints along to the meeting that night.

Just a brief reminder for ticket-holders that our annual awards dinner starts with drinks at 7 pm tomorrow – Monday 26 November – at the Otaihanga Boating Club.

We’ve had a fantastic response for this final KCPS event of the year. There will be more than 60 people to enjoy dinner, judging of the “best of year” images by Simon Woolf, and presentation of trophies and certificates. See you there!

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.

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.

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

At our next regular meeting on Monday 9 October we’ll get to hear from three or four of our members.  Marshall Marsden, Gary Moncrieff, David Blyth and perhaps Johanna Goudsblom (she may be away) will each tell us about their own photographic interests, and show us some of their images.

“Wairarapa Winter Morning” – Highly Commended, Novice Digital Image – ©David Blyth

This always provides a interesting insight into the passion we all share. One example that we may hear about is David’s image “Wairarapa Winter Morning”- which did very well for his first entry in the Winter Salon as a new member.

Don’t forget that entries for our spring Salon are also due – please use the online entry system. If you are submitting prints, then print out the details you’ll get from the email acknowledgement, and bring this along with your labelled prints on Monday evening.