2015 Programme

27 Tuesday Jan 2015

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Hi everyone.

A reminder that you can always found out the latest details of our upcoming programme and events at https://kcps.org.nz/events/

(c) Neil Gordon

The year is already off to a good start with several meetups. (Thanks to Rachel Stevens for organising these!)  I managed to get to the first one at Pukerua Bay (along with around twenty other photographers). There’s lots of photos posted – have a look.

The next meetup is on Sunday 8 February – “Welcome to Taylorville” – check out all the details here, and come along and join us.

The formal programme for KCPS will kick off on Monday 9 February at 7:30 pm, with a talk by Carol Molineux on ““Recent Journeys into the Arctic Regions of Svalbard and Iceland”.  She has some great images from a unique area that few get the opportunity to visit. Not to be missed.

Summer Salon – Set Themes

Entries for the first salon for the year are due on 9 March.  Please note that the Committee has decided to change the format this year, so that the first three salons will include set themes as well as open images. The updated rules for the 2015 competition can be downloaded here.

For the Summer Salon, you can enter one open digital image, and one on the theme of “Let’s Make Music“. For prints, you can enter one open print and one on the theme of “Intimate Moments“.  Make use of this gorgeous summer weather to get out and about to make images on these themes – which also correspond to two of the topics for the Wellington Interclub print battle later in the year. So we are hoping that this will result in a good selection of images to choose from for that.

Exhibition

Finally – there’s an exhibition of work by Yvonne Todd at the City Gallery in Wellington until 1 March that may be of interest. Check out http://www.citygallery.org.nz/exhibitions/yvonne-todd-creamy-psychology .

NEW Photography Meetup Group

28 Friday Nov 2014

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Good afternoon Everyone.

I’m very excited to announce the launch of our new field trip group on meetup.com

This is where we will notify members of weekend excursions throughout the year (it will also be updated on our website calendar), this group is totally informal and you are more than welcome to bring a friend along. The aim of the group is to get everyone out and about with their camera, mingle with other members and most importantly have FUN! If you have any suggestions of where you might like to go for a field trip, there is a suggestion link on the home page of meetup.com.

Very shortly you will all receive an email from me that looks like this….

Meetup Email

Please sign up if you would like to be notified of up and coming field trips, any anything else to do with photography.

Look forward to seeing you all at the first meetup in mid Janurary.

Have a great weekend,

Rach

End of Year Awards Function 2014

25 Tuesday Nov 2014

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It was a warm, convivial night to round off the year for 2014.

Thanks to Alison Viskovic, Gill Mackersy, Karyn Crocker, Gavin Klee and others for the arrangements at the Kapiti Club, to John Boyd for judging the Best of Year digital image and print competitions, and to Ian Linning for all the photos.

Socialising at the Kapiti Club

Socialising at the Kapiti Club

And the envelopes please – the results were:

Overall Results for the Four Salons in 2014

INTERMEDIATE GRADE – PRINTS

Winner: Barry Culling; Runner Up: Bernie Fraser

Barry Culling

Barry Culling

Bernie Fraser

Bernie Fraser

INTERMEDIATE GRADE – DIGITAL IMAGES

Winner:  Rachel Stevens; Runner Up: Teresa Angell

Rachel Stevens

Rachel Stevens

Teresa Angell

Teresa Angell

ADVANCED GRADE – PRINTS

Winner: Neil Gordon; Runners Up: Carol Molineux and Alison Viskovic

Neil Gordon

Neil Gordon

Carol Molineux and Alison Viskovic

Carol Molineux and Alison Viskovic

ADVANCED GRADE – DIGITAL IMAGES

Winner: Carol Molineux; Runner Up:  Gavin Klee

Carol Molineux

Carol Molineux

Gavin Klee

Gavin Klee

BEST OF YEAR COMPETITION

BEST OF YEAR PRINT

Winner of the Peg Griffin Cup: Jo Goudsblom (“Remembering the Fallen”)

Jo Goudsblom

Jo Goudsblom

"Remembering The Fallen" (c) Jo Goudsblom

“Remembering The Fallen” (c) Jo Goudsblom

Runner Up: Rachel Stevens (“The Soprano”)

"The Soprano" (c) Rachel Stevens

“The Soprano” (c) Rachel Stevens

BEST OF YEAR DIGITAL IMAGE

Winner of the Waikanae Cup: Alison Viskovic (“Communication”)

Alison Viskovic

Alison Viskovic

"Communication" (c) Alison Viskovic

“Communication” (c) Alison Viskovic

Runner Up: Gavin Klee (“Stormy Monday”)

"Stormy Monday" (c) Gavin Klee

“Stormy Monday” (c) Gavin Klee

 

Frank Hinchcliff Trophy

The Cup and a Medal were presented to Neil Gordon for his print “Edge Effect” which had been selected in the competition held last July.

Neil Gordon

Neil Gordon

"Edge Effect" (c) Neil Gordon

“Edge Effect” (c) Neil Gordon

New Life Member – Karyn Crocker

Karyn Crocker was congratulated for having been made an honorary life member at the recent AGM.

Promotions

As a result of their successes in KCPS Salons as well as in external competitions, Jo Goudsblom and Rachel Stevens will be promoted from the Intermediate Grade to the Advanced Grade next year.

Based on portfolio submissions, Gill Mackersy and Rhonda Billington have also been promoted from Novice to Intermediate from 2015.

Well done all.

Kapiti Coast Arts Trail

15 Saturday Nov 2014

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We have a booth in Southwards Car Museum to promote KCPS, and the beautiful images made by our members. There was lots of interest today. Hours are 10 am to 4 pm on Sunday. Pop by if you get the chance.

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PSNZ Central Regional Salon Success

09 Sunday Nov 2014

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Not only did all those who went to the PSNZ Central Regional Convention in Silverstream have a wonderful time, but I came home with my car loaded up with three trophies for KCPS and its members.  I’ll bring them along to the AGM tomorrow night.

  1. KCPS came first in the Interclub Digital Competition, winning the Wanganui Cup.
  2. Alison Viskovic’s image “Communication” in our digital set won “Champion Interclub Digital Image”, so she was awarded the Heney Cup.
  3. KCPS came third in the Interclub Prints Competition. My print “Upper Antelope Canyon” in our KCPS set won “Champion Interclub Print”, so I was awarded the Stratford Cup.

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    PSNZ President Murry Cave presenting Neil Gordon with the Wanganui Cup won by KCPS.

For the record – both digital and print sets are below.  Congratulations to all KCPS members whose images were included.

This is the KCPS set of digital images that came first in the Interclub Digital Competition.

"Communication" - Highly Commended, Advanced Digital Image - ©Alison Viskovic

“Communication” –  ©Alison Viskovic FPSNZ – Winner of the Heney Cup

"Anzac Day Otaki Cemetery" - Highly Commended, Intermediate Digital Image - ©Colin McKenzie

“Anzac Day Otaki Cemetery” –  ©Colin McKenzie

"Battery Cage" - Honours, Advanced Digital Image - ©Gavin Klee

“Battery Cage” –  ©Gavin Klee

"Boy" - Honours, Intermediate Digital Image - ©Johanna Goudsblom

“Boy” –  ©Johanna Goudsblom

"Camping at Hunt's Mesa" - Honours, Advanced Digital Image - ©Neil Gordon

“Camping at Hunt’s Mesa” –  ©Neil Gordon LPSNZ

"Ella Chapelle" - Honours, Intermediate Digital Image - ©Rachel Stevens

“Ella Chapelle” – ©Rachel Stevens

"P-51D Mustang" - Honours, Intermediate Digital Image - ©Barry Culling

“P-51D Mustang” – ©Barry Culling

"Volcanic stream" - Highly Commended, Advanced Digital Image - ©Carol Molineux

“Volcanic stream” –  ©Carol Molineux

And here is the set of prints that came third in the Interclub Print Competition:

"Upper Antelope Canyon" - Highly Commended, Advanced Print - ©Neil Gordon

“Upper Antelope Canyon” – ©Neil Gordon LPSNZ – Winner of the Stratford Cup

"Among the Tall Timber" - Highly Commended, Advanced Print - ©Hugh Scott

“Among the Tall Trees” – ©Hugh Scott

"Autumn Leaves" - Honours, Advanced Print - ©Alison Viskovic

“Autumn Leaves” – ©Alison Viskovic FPSNZ

"Leaf Skeleton and Shadow" - Honours, Advanced Print - ©Shona Jaray

“Leaf Skeleton and Shadow” – ©Shona Jaray APSNZ

"Stormy Monday" - Honours, Advanced Digital Image - ©Gavin Klee

“Stormy Monday” – ©Gavin Klee

"Watching" - Honours, Advanced Print - ©Carol Molineux

“Watching” – ©Carol Molineux

Final Month Events and Details

04 Tuesday Nov 2014

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We’re into the final month of activities for this year.  A rundown of what has already happened, and what is coming up:

Development Group – 3 November

We had a good attendance last night, and everyone (including me) learned more about how Lightroom can be used to input, organise and post-process images.

Best of Year Entries – Due by 10 November

These can be entered online now. You can enter via the SALON ENTRY menu item on our website, or go direct to http://www.jotform.co/KCPS/bestofyear.  Remember there are no grades for this final competition.  Any member can enter one digital image and one print but they must be the same (or based on) images which were entered in one of the four salons during the year.

Online entries must be in by 5 pm on Monday 10 November. Bring your print along to the AGM that evening.

AGM – 10 November

The  AGM will be held at 7:30 pm on Monday 10 November, at OBC.  Following the AGM we will show the AV of this year’s Laurie Thomas Landscape Competition.

Formal notice of the AGM was earlier sent to members, and further documents will be distributed.

For this meeting:

  • Don’t be shy about putting your name forward to join the Committee.  It is very rewarding to be involved in running our Society, and it’s always good to get new people with new ideas.  Please bring along your completed nomination form.
  • Please bring along your matted print for the Best of Year Entry, along with a printout of the online entry you made (or a note with your name and the print title).
  • We expect to have, for return to members, any unclaimed prints from the KCPS set or from individuals that were submitted to the PSNZ Central Region Salon being held this coming weekend at Silverstream.
  • Bring along up to two mounted (but unframed) prints you would like to display at the Kapiti Arts Trail (to be held on the weekend of 15-16 November), with a price indicated if they are available to sell. While we see this mainly as an opportunity to promote the club, visitors do also expect some works to be for sale.
  • Bring money to buy tickets for the EOY function ….

EOY FUNCTION – 24 November

This year’s venue for the EOY will be the Kapiti Club at 32 Marine Parade, Paraparaumu Beach.  The function will start at 7 pm. The esteemed John Boyd will be the judge for the Best of Year Competition, and other awards will be given.  This is always a great night – don’t miss it.

 

2014 Spring Salon & Development Group Meeting

28 Tuesday Oct 2014

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All 22 images which received either Honours or Highly Commended in the 2014 Spring Salon from judge Lance Lawson can be viewed online.  Click on GALLERY in the main menu, or directly here.  Thanks to Lance for his helpful judging last night, and for showing some of his recent commercial work.

It’s really pleasing to see how well new(ish) members in the Novice grade are doing.  Gill Mackersy picked up an Honours for her print “Imperfect Beauty”, and Brian Holden had two Highly Commended digital images, once of which (“Intruder”) is shown below.

Congratulations to both Gill Mackersy and Rhonda Billington who will be promoted to the Intermediate grade in 2015, after submitting portfolios.  (See the rules for the 2014 competition and promotion here.) The points have yet to be counted for promotion from Intermediate to Advanced. We’ll announce any changes at the end of year function.

"Imperfect Beauty" - Honours, Novice Print - ©Gill Mackersy

“Imperfect Beauty” – Honours, Novice Print – ©Gill Mackersy

"Intruder" - Highly Commended, Novice Digital Image - ©Brian Holden

“Intruder” – Highly Commended, Novice Digital Image – ©Brian Holden

Development Group Monday – “Lightroom Workflow”

The final Development Group for the year will be at 7:30 pm on 3 November. The topic will be “Lightroom Workflow”.  Bring along some images (preferably RAW) on a thumb drive, for Neil Gordon to demonstrate how they can be improved using the tools available in Lightroom.

Two weeks to go until the APIX / PSNZ Central Regional….

23 Thursday Oct 2014

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It’s not too late – register now for an an informative and fun programme with like-minded photographers.