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upComing CPS Events for August to September 2010
| Wed 4th August | 7.15pm John C Smith, Composition 8pm Presentation Print salon results |
| Wed 11th August | 7.00pm New Members Workshop: Scott Fowler on Black and White Photography (everyone welcome) 8.00pm Speaker: Paul Kennedy Hand-in: C Grade Competition |
| Wed 18th August | 7.15pm Tutorial: Follow-up with John C Smith 8pm PI7 Results/presentation Hand in PI8 Competition |
| Sun 22nd August | Field Trip-Lake Coleridge |
| Wed 25th August | 8pm 4th Open Print Presentation and Results Natural History PI2 Hand-in |
| Tue 31st August | Showing NZ Photojournalism Competition at the New Brighton Camera Club |
| Wed 1st September | 7.15pm Workshop: Bevan Tulett on Filters 8pm Guest Speaker: Geoff Cloak, Foundation of Timaru-Phenomenal |
Laurie Thomas NZ Landscape Salon 2010 Report
View the recently announced awards and honours recipients as well as viewing the winning images by clicking here
August Issue of Viewfinder
The Viewfinder August 2010 (2.1mb) is now available and has a large number of images from the recent “Freezie-Frosties” field trip
Please be aware that the PDF file size is larger than normal and may take longer to download on slower connections.
“Freezie-Frosties” Field Trip Report
The Freezie-Frosties Field Trip, beginning in the Lake Heron Basin and ending in the Upper Rangitata Valley near Erewhon Station, marked the end of the reign of Ulysses (aka Chris Newman) as Field Trip Officer. Except for a two-year break, he has run our field trips since the late 1990s.
Thirty-five people attended, in spite of a pre-dawn start at Hakatere. It was a perfect day: the sun shone, the frost sparkled, the snow-covered mountains gleamed, the water glistened.
At lunchtime we celebrated Ulysses’s imminent birthday with a chocolate-fish cake. A breeze competed with Ulysses in blowing out the candle, and an item from a well-equipped 4WD tool-box solved the problem of cutting through the thick chocolate coating.
Our thanks to Ulysses for his dedication over the years to running such enjoyable field trips, for the lunchtime quizzes, and for the chocolate fish prizes.
Read the full Freezie-Frosties Fieldtrip Report here.
CPS Confidential Members Survey
Your feedback and ideas will help us plan future activities to meet members’ expectations.
It will be impossible to please every member equally, and the “popular” choice may not always be the most practical or fair, but will carefully consider your opinions and wishes in planning future activities.
If you haven’t received a copy of the survey, please click here to download it, complete with a pen (or pencil) and return by the 25th August.
The Christchurch Cluster Exhibition
The Christchurch Cluster, a popular Flickr group which includes many CPS members, is holding their second exhibition at the Christchurch South Library from 1st to 27th August.
It includes photos from Ferg Campbell, Oswald Mungwazi, Iain Fergusson, Paul Willyams, Sebastien Krebs, Geoff Trotter and Nick Heaphy.
Details on the website www.christchurchcluster.org.nz
2010 Trenna Packer Salver Competition
It was a very successful night, and Dr Terry Maguire Hon PSNZ, EFIAP from Dunedin was the Judge, and he presented his comments on the night.
2010 winners
1st Christchurch Photographic Society
2nd Southland Photographic Society
3rd Howick Camera Club
Individual Honours Certificates went to:
Shona Keeble, Howick Camera Club, for Mycena Mariae.
Thorston Mueller, New Brighton Photographic Club, for Mating Blowflys
Neil Jackson, Nelson Camera Club, for Thelymitra cyanea.
Following are the general comments Terry made at the beginning of the evening, which cover the main points.
It was a pleasure to judge the 2010 Trenna Packer Salver Competition and to be given the opportunity to see so many excellent New Zealand natural history images from 19 different clubs. The general standard of the images was very high, with attention to focus, exposure and composition being generally very well handled. The top sets stood out because of the slightly better presentation and photographic competence, but several sets came close to a placing in the top three.
There were some disappointments for me as a judge. Firstly, the objective of this competition is “to illustrate the diversity of the natural world in New Zealand.....”.
Many entries did not interpret this statement in the way I think it was intended, and they entered sets of the same subjects, e.g. all birds, all fungi etc. While these sets may have shown the diversity within that particular group, I think it was intended that each set should show some variety of subject matter. This year I have been somewhat relaxed regarding this interpretation and have placed some sets which did not demonstrate such variety, mostly because of the high quality of the images, but in future a judge might not be so lenient. I therefore urge you to look carefully at making sure your sets do show the required diversity. Secondly, I can now appreciate why some clubs run natural history competitions entitled “ABB” (Anything But Birds). In this Trenna Packer competition, of the 114 images submitted, 64 were of birds. Surely there are many other interesting and exciting nature subjects out there. Lastly, these entries are judged as sets. Thus presentation is equal in importance to subject matter.
Too many sets paid no attention to how the sets held together as a group. Remember, it is the set that is being judged, not the individual images. It is therefore unwise to have six images of different sizes, orientations, colour mixed with monochrome, or images some of which have borders and some which do not. These points having been made, I must say that it has been a pleasure to see your work, so much of which is of international standard. Congratulations to the three top placed clubs and to the owners of the images selected for special mention.
6th Swansea City Exhibition of International Photography
We are back however due to the loss of our sponsors we are operating an all digital exhibition and are now open for your entries full information and Entry Form is available on: www.swanseacameraclub.co.uk/international/sccinternational.html
This year we are only accepting digital entries to keep the entry fee low but still offering a comprehensive Salon Catalogue for each entrant.
Four sections are offered and up to 4 digital images per section, fees are clearly shown on the website
Open colour and/or mono, Travel, Nature, and a new section People specially set up to allow more Open section acceptances and awards.
If all sections are entered with 4 images the fee is less than £1 per image.
Payment will be via Paypal so there will be no additional cost paying in your local currency, if uploading images is not available to you then CD entries will be accepted but with additional cost to cover the PO Box.
We are approved by both FIAP and the PSA all acceptances will count towards their awards.
Our closing date is 21st October and judging the following weekend.
Results will be available for use in any application for distinctions at the end of 2010. We hope to be able to offer a limited number of seats for entrants to come along and watch the proceedings.
More on this in September when we know where we are holding the adjudication.
We look forward to your early entry however if you have any queries please contact Chairman Phil Elias philelias@btopenworld.com
NPS Celebrating the Natural World Exhibition
Photoshopping Your Images with Ron Willems
Workshop Saturday 14th August 2010
A workshop will be held at Beckenham Service Centre, 66 Colombo St on Saturday 14th August from 9am to 4pm.
Ron Willems ARPS, AFIAP, FPSNZ, AAPS will present a Photoshop Workshop. He will work on the images provided by the attendees in the course and cover a multitude of tools within Photoshop. Also suitable for those with Photoshop Elements. A laptop will not be required.
Download the Course Information and Registration Form. Please fill out and give to Diana Andrews or Frank Green
Lake Coleridge Field Trip
Sunday 22nd August
Yes another field trip is looming over the horizon August 22 to be exact. With adventure to be had in the Lake Coleridge area, the day will include a visit to one or two stations in the area and opportunies will abound for photos to be taken.
We will meet at the public relief buildings in the township which are opposite and old NZED goods shed.
Please note departure is at 8 am SHARP
Any questions to John Miller Ph 351 1515
Blurb – make your own book with all your own Images Workshop
CPS is running a hands-on Workshop of Blurb software to made a book of your choice.
Saturday 4th September, 9am to 4pm
At the Riccarton Community Church hall, 44 Elizabeth St, Riccarton
Cost $30 including lunch
Blurb software will be used
2-3 tutors available to assist members
We will supply the venue, the lunch, the written operating procedures and the electric means to run your equipment,
You will need to download Blurb software onto a laptop computer. It would be best to do this at home before coming. Go to www.blurb.com
August Issue of Viewfinder
The Viewfinder August 2010 (2.1mb) is now available and has a large number of images from the recent “Freezie-Frosties” field trip
Please be aware that the PDF file size is larger than normal and may take longer to download on slower connections.
North Shore Salon 2010
Congratulations to all our members who have received awards in the 2010 North Shore Salon: Stuart Clook, Scott Fowler, Diana Andrews, Carolyn Green, Newell Grenfell, Graeme Guy, Ron McKie, Georgie McKie, Ron Willems, Patti Madsen and Eduardo Atienzar
VIGEX International Print Salon 2010
Congratulations to CPS Members who received awards in this prestigious competition.
There were 3490 entries from 44 countries. 790 images received awards.
Annette Preen; Silver, plus 3 acceptances in the Nature section
Georgie McKie; 1 acc-Nature- 1 acc Monochrome- 1 acc -PJ
Ron McKie-2; acceptances in Nature section
Carol Campbell; 1 acceptance in the Open Colour Section
Carolyn Green; 1 acceptance in the Open Colour Section
Scott Fowler; 1 acceptance in Monochrome Section
Stuart Clook; 1 acceptance.
Turning the Ordinary into the Extraordinary - Jerry Ghionis Seminar
Jerry Ghionis, Top 5 Wedding Photographer in the World (according to the WPPI), and arguably the world’s most famous contemporary wedding photographer, is coming to New Zealand to give three seminars for The Image College in September!
The seminar will focus on:
- posing couples, including plus-size ladies
- searching for something extraordinary in ordinary locations
- robust business strategies for today’s challenging market conditions
Dates are from September 20th to 24th, and he will be presenting in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. Early booking discount is available until 30th June, so please click here for more information and to book.
Jerry is one of the most inspirational educators in the world, and I’m expecting that this event will sell out quickly, so please book as early as you can. I hope to see you there!
For further information please contact Gary Hewlett, The Image College
www.facebook.com/imagecollege
Ph 021 439538
Photojournalism “PJ” Competition
An annual competition run by the New Brighton Photographic Club Inc.
In the traditional sense Photojournalism is the use of photographs for publication as a supplement to journalistic accounts of news stories, so that together, the narrative and the photograph tell the whole story.To succeed for this purpose, a photograph will have attributes of – Timeliness - the photograph has meaning in the context of an event or topic.
Objectivity - the photograph will be an accurate representation of the event/topic it depicts In general terms, a photojournalism photograph consists of a story-telling photograph, such as may be seen in newspapers, magazines, on television and on the internet and may include documentary, contemporary life, illustration, news or human interest subject matter.
For this competition, emphasis should be given to ‘life in our world’ and the broad theme “Man and Man’s Environment” should be used as guidance.
Remember, it’s a “PJ competition” which means the judging panel will look for the qualities outlined above.
For entry form details go to www.newbrightonphotoclub.org.nz
Photo competition to capture New Zealand’s unique biodiversity
Photographers are being asked to celebrate New Zealand’s unique biodiversity by participating in a photo competition to mark the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity.
The Department of Conservation, NZ National Commission for UNESCO, NIWA, and Forest & Bird are seeking entries now for winning photographs of our wonderful native wildlife.
The competition’s themes are: Biodiversity of land and sky, Marine and fresh water biodiversity and People and biodiversity.
The closing date for entries is 30 July 2010 and photos can be sent via email to photos@doc.govt.nz To find out more about the competition visit: www.doc.govt.nz/biodiversitycaptured
Mainline Steam-Steam Train Journeys
South Island Adventures-CHCH to Arthurs Pass Return
8th August, 12th September
9.15am-6pm
Cost $130 per adult
Phone: 0800 462 978
Early booking recommended as last year most trips were booked out.
CPS flickr Group
For all those who don’t know, there is an active CPS Members Group on Flickr.
Feel free to sign up and interact with others from the club.
- How to Create a Flickr Account and Join the CPS Members Group 1.2mb PDF
- How to Add Photos to Your Flickr Profile 2.3mb PDF
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1217477@N22/
Monthly Digital Challenges
Ferg Campbell, Oswald Mungwazi and Dave Slaten are responsible for running a new monthly photographic competition which looks very exciting!
The full details, rules and Frequently Asked Questions for the Monthly Digital Challenges can be read here so start thinking about how you can enter this challenge.
CPS Awards List for 2009
The CPS Awards List for 2009 is now available to download as a PDF file and view all the awards that were presented at the recent Final Night.
CPS Programme for 2010
The CPS Programme for 2010 is now available to download as a PDF file.
Canon On Line Photography Competition
You can enter one digital image every two months.
Email: Image to Sally Phillips Ash_Mac@xtra.co.nz
Also have a look on the Photographic Society of New Zealand website for more information
Photography Education
Continuing Education at University of Canterbury has a very good range of Photography courses which they run throughout the year.
The latest programme is out www.cbe.canterbury.ac.nz
Presidents Report - 4 November 2009
Good evening everyone. On behalf of the Committee we welcome you all to this Annual General Meeting of the Christchurch Photographic Society.
I am very pleased to present this report to you.
Every year some members leave and new members join. 61 new members have joined CPS since the last AGM.
The Tutorial programme run by Bruce Jensen is appreciated by all who attend and he has done a wonderful job with 12 to 39 members being involved every 2 weeks throughout the year.
An excellent new members and C grade programme has been run by Carolyn and Frank Green and their team for the past 6 months and it has been extremely successful in informing and involving new members in how the club works in all areas.
Our weekly meetings are well attended with between 54 and 87 attending regularly. We have had a wide variety of competition judges and an equally wide variety of speakers this year and one can learn or be inspired by them all.
The Committee resolved to run a very tight financial year and has concentrated on the digital areas with redeveloping the Website to provide full information for all aspects of our society and to allow digital upload of projected images for competitions. We do thank Steve Johnstone, Dave Slaten and all the IT team for a very successful operation. Another Web database has been set up for the Laurie Thomas Salon. The Viewfinder has been expanded from a simple 6 weekly printed document to a digital and printed monthly newsy version.
The interclub competitions have also been successful with a 1st place in the Treena Packer Natural History Salon and 5th place in the Fred Bowron PI Landscape Competition. Many members have also been very successful in individual interclub and international Salons. Several members have been regraded through the year and we congratulate them all.
Another successful and fun Laurie Thomas Winter School at Flock Hill was held while the Digital weekend is yet to come. The Southern Regional Conference in Greymouth was attended by many members and a special service award was presented to Iain Anderson for his work behind the scenes at CPS.
Congratulations Iain.
Monthly field trips have been organised and well attended this year for which we give special thanks to Chris “Ulysses” Newman and his good lady Judy Reij.
We have had, what I would call, a good steady year, consulting with members after running a large survey and collating the results. Members want more education, more images in competitions and Salons, receive better critique, have more social interaction with CPS members and most of all have fun!! It is 5 years since the beginning of the consultation process and we will trial several changes next year and then get your feedback to plan for the following year. Thank you to the survey team.
Print numbers have dropped in all clubs in the South Island. The 5 Open Print competitions with 2 entries each, next year will provide encouragement and training in printing and presentation skills.
We have purchased a notice board which is closely monitored and updated; bought print boxes to send competition entries to judges; redesigned membership name badges, updated the trophy book with photos and typed lists and redesigned the competition certificates so they are a better size for storing and mailing to those who cannot collect them in person.
I do thank Ian, my husband for his unswerving support in my role of President.
And I especially thank the committee for their team work, their support of me, and their commitment to the Society this year. Sadly Lorraine Wagg, Dave Slaten and John Suckling will be stepping down tonight from the committee. My special thanks to you all and we will miss you and your imput on committee.
Thank you
Diana Andrews
President CPS