Photo Opportunity – Vintage Car Rally

10 Tuesday Jan 2012

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Happy New Year all!

The Vintage Car Club of NZ is holding an international car rally in Wanganui next week.  Full details are here.  This is a big event, with some 680 entries.

There are likely to be photo opportunities as cars pass through the Kapiti Coast to and from the event. Steam Incorporated will also be running a steam train excursion to Wanganui on the Open Day – Sunday 22 January – so watch out for the train too.

At least two of our members are planning on driving up to Wanganui for the Open Day on 22 January to see and photograph the rally. If you are interested in going as well and making this into a club event, please contact Alan Thompson on (04) 904 7382.

Merry Christmas + 2012 Programme

21 Wednesday Dec 2011

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The programme for 2012 has been uploaded to our Calendar of Events. Access it via that blog entry, or use the EVENTS Menu at the top of the web page.

You may need to click on “Look for more”, as our first meeting of the year is some weeks away, on Monday 13 February at the Otaihanga Boating Club. Keep clicking, or switch to month mode, and you can check out the whole year.

You can also download a pdf of the KCPS 2012 Outline Programme as presently planned, but bear in mind that the calendar will always have the most up-to-date details.

If you are feeling technically savvy, you can also subscribe to the calendar and have the events automagically appear and be updated on your iPhone or iPad or iPC.

Best wishes to all for a happy and safe Christmas with family and friends, and we look forward to many outstanding images in 2012.

Success at Dunedin Festival of Photography

19 Monday Dec 2011

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Congratulations to Carol Molineux, Ian Linning and Peter Beddek for their success in the 42nd Dunedin Festival of Photography.

Carol and Ian both gained honours in the Open Prints category – Carol for “Weathering the Storm”, and Ian for “Three Observers”.

Ian also had two other acceptances, and Peter had three images accepted.

Well done all three of you – this is a nice way to round out a year of excellent KCPS results in national competitions.

P.S. …. Snow

No you don’t have anything wrong with your monitor or your eyes. In tribute to Carol’s image, and this year’s extraordinary snow on the Kapiti Coast … and just because it’s Christmas … you may see some light snow falling on the KCPS website as well.

Updated Membership Page

06 Tuesday Dec 2011

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The Membership Page on this site has been updated, because when we start up again next year after the summer break:

  1. Regular meetings will be on Mondays rather than Tuesdays
  2. The new venue will be the Otaihanga Boating Club
  3. The competition rules have changed, so that now for each of the four salons you can submit up to two digital images (up to 1600 by 1200 pixels), and up to two prints (either colour or monochrome).

Our KCPS committee will be meeting in a couple of weeks to work on the details of the programme for next year, which will then be added to the Events calendar.

Finally, of historical interest …. if you follow the Google Maps link (the address, 19 Makora Road) for the new venue from the Membership Page, then use Street View, you’ll see a view a bit like that below. Don’t worry, our new venue is quite a bit larger than this historical view of the Boating Club!

Grahame Sydney Paintings at Pataka

29 Tuesday Nov 2011

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I recommend dropping in to Pataka in Porirua to see their exhibition of recent Graham Sydney work: Down South, Recent Paintings 2001-2011. The paintings of Central Otago and Antarctica are beautiful, and well worth studying for their composition and pictorial aspects. The exhibition is open until 6 February 2012.

End of Year Awards Function

24 Thursday Nov 2011

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What a great night it was. Our first big occasion at the Otaihanga Boating Club, and the place was decorated and buzzed with festive spirit.

Huge thanks to many people for making it all happen – Debbie Ayres (in particular), Stuart Ayres (including for photos), Nick Ayres, Karyn Crocker, Ian Linning, Jenny Gordon, Peter Beddek, Roy Opie from OBC, and also those  who helped up afterwards including Murray Woolcock. The caterers “Before & Afters” put on a splendid meal.

Thank you Simon Woolf, for once again being the MC  and judging the “best of year” competition, and for your long-time support and friendship over many years for our club/society.

And now … the envelopes please.

Overall Results for the Four Salons in 2011

Intermediate grade

Monochrome PrintS

Winner: Carol Molineux; Runner Up: Stephen Massey

Carol Molineux

COLOUR PRINTS

Winner: Bernie Fraser;    Runner Up:   Stephen Massey

Bernie Fraser

Projected ImagES

Winner: Stephen Massey;  Runner Up:  Carol Molineux

Stephen Massey

ADVANCED GRADE

MONOCHROME PRINTS

Joint Winners: Shona Jaray and Neil Gordon

Shona Jaray and Neil Gordon

COLOUR PRINTS

Winner: Shona Jaray; Runner Up: Neil Gordon

Shona Jaray

PROJECTED IMAGES

Winner: Shona Jaray; Runner Up: Hugh Scott

Hugh Scott

BEST OF YEAR COMPETITION

MONOCHROME PRINTS

Winner: Neil Gordon (“Kirkmichael“); Runner Up: Carol Molineux (“Weathering the Storm“)

COLOUR PRINTS

Winner: Neil Gordon (“Orkney Vista“); Runner Up: Shona Jaray (“Gentle Arches“)

PROJECTED IMAGES

Winner: Shona Jaray (“Coalpit Dam“); Joint Runners Up: Scott Stevenson (“Manchester Unity“) and Neil Gordon (“Angry Sky“)

Scott Stevenson

The Future of Judging?

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?

Awards Night 22 November

13 Sunday Nov 2011

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Yes folks, it’s just over a week to go until our final event of the year – the annual Awards Night. Already we have more than 40 people signed up. If you still need to purchase tickets (and partners are most welcome) please email me.

For those going, please email Debbie Ayres if you have any special dietary requirements, and we’ll make sure you are catered for.

See you there!