26 Saturday May 2018
Posted in Competitions, News
KCPS’s entry into this year’s PSNZ Wiltshire Cup earned 2nd place this year. Congratulations to Rachel Stevens, Susie Whelan, Shona Jaray and Jo Goudsblom.
The Wiltshire Cup is an annual competition awarded to the PSNZ club submitting the best selection of four digital images, one image per club member, on any subject.
“In My Father’s Eyes” – Rachel Stevens
“Jamie and Rotor” – Susie Whelan
“Robin Rogerson” – Shona Jaray
“I Met a Boy” – Jo Goudsblom
02 Monday Apr 2018
Posted in Gallery, Salon Results
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The gallery of the Summer 2018 Salon entries that were awarded Highly Commended or Honours has been published. You can find the link to it here. Alternatively, select the Galleries menu from the top of the page and navigate to the page from there.
“Glow” – Honours, Intermediate Digital – ©Greg Whitfield
22 Thursday Feb 2018
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Kapiti Coast Photographic Society is pleased to announce an Open Evening on Monday 26th February at Otaihanga Boat Club.
Anyone interested in photography and seeing what the club gets up to is welcome to come along and meet current members. A barbecue, nibbles/snacks and soft drinks will be provided.
The evening starts at 7-30pm. Venue is Otaihanga Boating Club, 19 Makora Rd, Otaihanga.
01 Wednesday Nov 2017
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A gallery of the Spring 2017 Salon entries that were awarded Highly Commended or Honours has been published. You can find the link to it here. Alternatively select the Galleries menu from the top of the page and navigate to the page from there.
“Catching dinner before the storm” – Honours, Intermediate Digital – ©Jacky Challis
18 Wednesday Oct 2017
Posted in Reminder
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Stratford Camera Club hosted a very friendly convention over the weekend. A good mix of speakers and activities had been arranged, and the weather cooperated for the Saturday afternoon field trips. The food provided a sensible and tasty range to suit various tastes. Highlights for me were Kevin Bone on Friday evening, Tony Carter and Ron Willems on Sunday morning. The salon images were well displayed, both print and digital. The dinner entertainment made the most of local talent, and the committee and their helpers all made us feel very welcome – in all, a successful regional convention.
KCPS came 2nd in the print selection and 5th in the projected selection.
2nd Print Selection
5th Projected Selection
The results are as follows, a huge congrats to Shona, Neil, Teresa, Carol & Rachel.
‘In my Fathers Eyes’ Jocelyn Barrett Cup, Champion Open Digital – Rachel Stevens
‘Blue Ice’ Very Highly Commended Open Print – Carol Molineux
‘Drosera stenopetala’ Merit Digital Nature – Carol Molineux
‘The Old and the New’ Very Highly Commended – Shona Jaray
Very Highly Commended, Open Digital, “Geometric” – Neil Gordon
Very Highly Commended, Nature Digital, “Milky Way and Meteor over Kapiti” – Neil Gordon
Merit, Nature Prints, “Milky Way over Kapiti” – Neil Gordon
Merit, Open Prints, “Sea Sculpture” – Neil Gordon
“Bullers Albatross” Very Highly Commended – Teresa Angel
“European Greenfinch” Merit – Teresa Angel
This is what Teresa had to say about the field trip to Nigel Ogle’s Tawhiti Museum.
“An incredible display of handmade models depicting the history of the area. Nigel custom makes every tiny figure, animal, plant and equipment as well as the life size models. Extraordinary!!! Not easy to photograph glass displays but these might give an idea of how intricate the work is.”
And lastly a photo from the Shakespearean themed awards dinner.
25 Monday Sep 2017
Posted in Reminder
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We are excitied to announce Astrophotographer Mark Gee is out guest speaker tonight, he is to talk about his stories behind “The Art of Night”
Mark Gee is an award winning photographer & visual effects artist based in Wellington, New Zealand – You can check out his work at www.theartofnight.com
Everyone welcome.
Free for KCPS members, non members $10.
Seats are limited, non members please book here https://form.jotform.co/KCPS/mark-gee-night-photography
See you all there.
03 Sunday Sep 2017
Posted in Gallery, Salon Results
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A gallery of the Winter Salon entries that were awarded Highly Commended or Honours has been published. You can find the link to it here. Alternatively select the Galleries menu from the top of the page and navigate to the page from there.
“Dawn Fog” – Honours, Novice Print – ©Carolyn Easton
29 Tuesday Aug 2017
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Congratulations to Peter Van Dalen who was this year’s winner of the prestigious trophy “The Frank Hinchcliff”, with his print “Massey”.
And Gavin Klee as runner up with his “Wooded Wonderland”
Thanks to all who entered 🙂
25 Friday Aug 2017
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Hi Everyone
Below are the details for our weekend away from Friday 3th to Sunday 5th November in Napier. The Hawkes Bay area has lots of opportunities for landscape, wildlife, architecture and people photography.
If you are not on the list and would like to go please let Rachel know.
Pot luck dinner Friday Night at the Motel & Saturday dinner or lunch with the Hawkes Bay Photographic Society.
Rhythm & Booms which is a performing arts, music and fireworks festival in Waipukerau on the Saturday the 4th (unfortunately you will miss the dinner) but there will be heaps of photo opportunities and yummy food. $15pp – tickets have to be purchased prior. See https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2017/rhythm-and-booms/waipukurau
The Gannet Safaris which everyone has said yes to going (we are just deciding between dawn and sunset) is $81.20 per person.
A dawn run to Te Mata Peak is also being organised but it will depend on the Gannets whether it will be Saturday or Sunday morning.
ACCOMMODATION:
I’ve made the following booking at Deco City Motor Lodge http://www.decocity.co.nz/
Twin Room – $77.50 per night per person Total $155 to pay the hotel
(One bedroom units with queen in the lounge and twin singles in the bedroom, kitchenette and spa bath/shower.)
Double room – $125.00 night per couple Total $250 to pay to the hotel
(Double Studios with queen bed, kitchenette and spa bath/shower.)
24 Thursday Aug 2017
A small but enthusiastic group from KCPS was at the Karori Arts Centre last night for the annual Wellington Interclub Print Battle. Bruce Girdwood did an excellent job as guest judge, with a helpful constructive critique of each print. That’s a hard thing to do when you’ve only just seen the prints and are in front of a partisan audience!
The way it works is that each print gets a score of 1 point for first, 2 points for second, and so on. And then the lowest total for all ten print categories wins.
This picture tells the story – we blew away the competition with a total of 21 points. Hutt Camera Club and Johnsonville Camera Club (formerly Aotearoa Philippines Photographic Society) came second equal with 34 points.
Here are the scores for the individual prints, and who they were from:
| Category | Score | Print From |
| Abstract | 2 | Neil Gordon |
| Graffiti | 2 | Neil Gordon |
| Silhouette | 2 | Katrina Magill |
| Zoo Animals | 3 | Hugh Scott |
| Rocks | 1 | Rachel Stevens |
| Pattern and/or Texture | 4 | Dave Yockney |
| Multiple Exposure | 1 | Jo Goudsblom |
| Body Parts | 2 | Alison Viskovic |
| Hands | 2 | Shona Jaray |
| Rainy Days | 2 | Gavin Klee |
So we had very consistent high scoring with many second places, and congratulations to Rachel and Jo for coming first with their prints.
At the end of the evening, Karyn Crocker, President of KCPS, was presented with the trophy by Mark Robinson, the President of the Karori Camera Club who were the kind hosts on the night. She also received the “Wolf in the Snow Picture” – see http://wic.org.nz/prizes for the history of this.
It’s great to have “our” trophy back. We donated the trophy when we hosted the event in 2008 and haven’t won it back since, although we have come second several times. We last won ten years ago in 2007, as the Waikanae Camera Club.
Well done all!
