12 Sunday Jun 2016
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Autumn Salon Gallery is now online.
The images that received Honours or Highly Commended in the Autumn Salon judged on 23rd May 2016 by Craig Phillips.
The gallery can can be viewed here.
12 Sunday Jun 2016
We are very proud to announce our guest speaker for our meeting on the 27th June will be renowned wellington photographer and iris award winner Rob Suisted.
He will be giving a talk about his award winning book Molesworth Station, which will be on sale after the meeting for a special discounted price of $50.
Wilderness drove Rob Suisted’s passion to craft a lifestyle from wild places. Rob has visited much of NZ’s wilderness, Antarctica (18 times so far), Sub-Antarctic, the high Arctic and many spots in between.
Sharing this love through photography and guiding, Rob has photos on over 30 postage stamps, our new bank notes, hundreds of calendars, books, magazines, and murals all over the world.
Rob’s photographed 16 books so far, his last ‘Molesworth’ won a prestigious NZ book award. He’s just had the honour of filming Country Calendar’s 50th anniversary book (due September). He shoots for the likes of NZ Geographic and Tourism NZ.
Giving back to conservation is important, through photos and lectures, but also investing profits into forest restoration.
Previously Rob was the NZ National Marine Mammal Advisor & NZ Sea lion recovery group leader; working on issues of bykill, species recovery, tourism and strandings management.
See Rob’s work at: blog.naturespic.com | http://www.naturespic.com
02 Thursday Jun 2016
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Hi everyone,
Just to remind you all of our opening night this coming Monday.
“Kapiti – Our Place” at the Roderick and Gillian Deane Community Art Space, Paraparaumu Library, at 5.00 pm on Monday 6th June.
The exhibition will be opened by the Deputy Mayor of Kapiti District, Mike Cardiff
If you are coming and can bring a plate of finger food to contribute, please email Sharon Burleigh to let her know what you will bring: sharonburleigh@clear.net.nz
There is only a microwave in the reception room, so cold food is easier unless you bring it hot straight from your oven!
See you all there.
17 Tuesday May 2016
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Albatross – ©Helea Fierlinger
Lycaena – ©Rhonda Billington
Rural Delivery – ©Helen Moore
03 Sunday Apr 2016
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Our judge for the KCPS 2016 Summer Salon last Monday was Glenn Howey. For the first time, we all viewed the prints on the new easels right from the start of the meeting – a great innovation from our president, Alison Viskovic.
Glenn Howey Judging Prints
The images which received either Highly Commended or Honours can be seen in the 2016 Summer Salon Gallery which is now online. (All Galleries can be viewed by clicking on the Galleries main menu item at http://kcps.org.nz)
Special congratulations to brand new members Peter Katz, who gained an Honours and a Highly Commended with his first two entries as below, and to Martin Wagner who also gained a Highly Commended with one of his entries.
“Ohh soo tired! ” – Hon, Novice Digital – ©Peter Katz
“Umbrella love” – HC, Novice Digital – ©Peter Katz
“salon_2016_1” – HC, Intermediate Digital – ©Martin Wagner
After his excellent judging session, Glenn gave a slide show of images from his recent trip to Indonesia, with some fantastic photos made well away from the standard tourist destinations. Thanks once again to Glenn for all the work he puts into judging, and the expertise and images that he shares.
02 Saturday Apr 2016
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The highly regarded Nik collection of plugins for image processing used to cost many hundreds of dollars. Then Google bought them, and they came down to something like US$125 (what I paid three years ago).
Now the Nik plugins are free, and highly recommended, even though they are probably not going to get updated any more. They work with Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture. You can go here to find out about them and download: https://www.google.com/nikcollection/
Even better, there is now a free set of online videos providing training on the Nik plugins. Go here to register and view the videos online or download them: http://greylearning.com/courses/nik-bundle
18 Friday Mar 2016
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There was no need for the projector on Monday night as we were about to enjoy some of the wonderful prints from three of our long standing members.
We were very impressed with Rex’s prints taken around the Port of Wellington along with some of his street photography.
Bernie showed us a wide range of portrait shots and landscapes of his travels around the world with his wife including Tibet and Afghanistan.
Roger explained to the group how he enjoyed bringing images to life by way of using calendars, Christmas cards and books as gifts. Also giving us an insight to what he actually has mounted in his own home with a variety of prints on canvas and also mounts on acrylic sheets.
Congratulations Carol, on winning the Best Landscape Print! And Gavin, on your Honours Ribbon in Nature Projected.
OPEN PRINTS
Best Landscape Print – H.S. James Landscape Award & PSNZ Gold Medal
Carol Molineux LSPNZ
Below the Fall
Acceptances
Neil Gordon APSNZ
Maniototo Farm
Tussock
Wind Power
Alison Viskovic FPSNZ
After-Dinner Fantasy
Sick Sense of Humour
Coastline
Susie Whelan
Emily
OPEN PROJECTED IMAGES
Acceptances
Neil Gordon APSNZ
Submerged Peaks
Summer Boat Fun
Gavin Klee
Evening Flight
My World
Alison Viskovic FPSNZ
Late Sunlight
NATURE PRINTS
Acceptances
Neil Gordon APSNZ
Shallow Cumulonimbus Snowshower over Middlemarch Valley
Southern Crested Caracara, Chile
Gavin Klee
Chrysococcyx ludidus
Petroica Macrocephala
Bowdlerise punctata
Carol Molineux LPSNZ
Aptenodytes patagonicus
Hihi
Cinereous Harrier
NATURE PROJECTED IMAGES
PSNZ Honours Ribbon
Gavin Klee
Emberiza citrinella
Acceptances
Neil Gordon APSNZ
Beach Cusps
Kelvin-Helmholtz Billows – South America
Gavin Klee
Platalea regia
Carol Molineux LPSNZ
Argyrophenga sp
06 Sunday Mar 2016
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Focusing on use of camera controls – bring your camera, and be prepared to try things afterwards out in a small project we’ll set you!
For the development group on 7th March. Carol has compiled some pages on camera settings and will show photos that use different settings and their effect on the photo. Then people attending can then form groups to help each other set their camera up to replicate the same kind of photos.
03 Thursday Mar 2016
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Andrea Gardner Photography exhibition
All welcome, entry free.
Talk by Peter Black, 2pm, Sat 5 March (free)
Tasman St, Saturday 12 March and Sunday 13 March. You need to register to attend presentations, but can visit any time to view displays.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Limited numbers. Bookings are essential. For more information or to book please phone the Treehouse 04 499 1400
Foe more photography events go to http://www.meetup.com/KCPS-Photography-Meetup-Group/
03 Thursday Mar 2016
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Kapiti Coast Photographic Society 