Newsletter of the Wellington Photographic Society www.wps.org.nz

IMPACT!JULY 201 4

Caprioni ­ CA22 by GLEN WHEATLEY: Print competition winner 'open' category

PRES SEZ. . .Wellington Photographic Society Inc

(Established 1 892)

PO Box 1 207, Wellington 61 40

www.wps.org.nz

President:

Clive Pigott

Email : cl ive@artfuldodge.co.nz

Honorary Secretary:

Russ Finnerty

Email : russ.finnerty@xtra.co.nz

Membership Secretary:

Ian McI lraith

Email : ian@speyside.co.nz

Treasurer:

Tom Zink

Email : treasurer@wps.org.nz

Programme Organiser:

Hayley Childs

Email : hchilds@orcon.net.nz

Competitions Administrator:

Phil ip Dyer

Email : dyer@paradise.net.nz

Website Coordinator:

Vacant

© 201 4

Copyright of the content of this newsletter is owned by

the Well ington Photographic Society and the

contributors. Copyright of the images is owned by the

photographer named in the credit and images may not

be reproduced without permission.

Welcome to the July edition of Impact.

Coming up this month, we have the Keynote

Presentation from Eva Polak. This looks to

be another interesting talk with the enticing

title of ‘Photography as Self Expression’. For those new to the

Society the keynote speaker is especial ly invited to come along to

present to us. The committee discusses the names of

photographers who have achieved merit in their field and are well

respected before somebody is invited. And in view of the nature of

the event we are able to cover the costs of travel and

accommodation for the speaker. This therefore means we can

invite speakers from further afield than the Well ington region.

In addition to the keynote evening, we ask the speaker to offer

some form of educational input to the members and once again, as

you wil l know by now, Eva has put on two workshops to cover her

time here in Well ington. Titles for these workshops are Abstract

Photography and Introduction to Impressionist Photography to be

run Friday and over Saturday/Sunday respectively. Even if you are

new to photography these workshops wil l also be interesting as

they wil l open up, offer and challenge you to look at new ways to

enjoy your creative hobby. Further detai ls can be found below.

Although limited there are spaces available sti l l , so please do

enquire with Tom, our treasurer, if you are interested in attending.

Please note, we shall be inviting members from other clubs and the

general Well ington population through the Well ington Photography

Meet-up web-page, and so spaces are expected to be fi l led very

soon.

Our second meeting in July wil l be the technical evening; here we

aim to have a very interactive and social evening whereby you wil l

get the chance to talk and ask questions throughout. We shall have

four workstations and guest speakers at each. People wil l be

assigned to groups and as the evening progresses each group wil l

move around the room at regular time intervals. The theme is from

capturing the image through to turning it into a final product.

As usual we conduct our AGM during the third quarter of the

calendar year. At this time we appoint new committee members

and maintain current ones. Therefore, if anybody would l ike to be

involved in the way WPS is run; help deliver what we do during the

year and general ly just assist us make the society continue to be

successful then please do come forward or suggest somebody you

might l ike to be involved. Help is always warmly received.

What's on JULY

Thursday 1 0 July

EVA POLAK: KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Photographyas Self Expression7.30pm Tararua Tramping Club, Moncrieff St. Mount Victoria

Thursday 24 July

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP

7.30pm Tararua Tramping Club, Moncrieff St. Mount Victoria

What's on AUGUST

Thursday 1 4 August

AGM

Presentation by two of our treasured members:

FRED WOTTON and SYD MOORE

7.30pm Tararua Tramping Club, Moncrieff St. Mount Victoria

Thursday 28 August

CHRIS HELLIWELL - Antarctic Trip7.30pm Tararua Tramping Club, Moncrieff St. Mount Victoria

The Educational Technology

Workshop

is about 'Telling the story of taking

photos and presenting them'.

There wil l be four workstations:

Camera Options;

Lightroom Processing;

Printing;

Presenting Photographs on the Web.

I should mention the previous June meetings:

Our talk on the subject of Aerial Photography/Mapping by David Napier, was

absolutely excellent. David clearly was sti l l enjoying his couple of decades with

NZAM and provided a very enjoyable, engaging and interesting talk. We were

treated to seeing first-hand one of NZAM’s large format fi lm cameras – in its

day costing more than $500k (see photo).

The printed image competition this year was judged by Jenny O’Connor.

Jenny provided a superb critiquing session, offering positive and constructive

feedback to entrants; there were over 30 images, al l mounted, and all were of a

high standard. Jenny’s choices for the winners and runners-up for both the

Open and Closed sections were spot-on. Glen Wheatley and Lesley Moyes

were the winner and runner-up respectively for the Open Competition; and Carol Anderson and Lesley Moyes

were the winner and runner-up for the Closed Competition respectively; a big ‘well done’ goes to each.

There a few things coming up through the year that should be brought to your attention: Well ington Regional

Interclub Competition (detai ls below); our own AGM in August; the Eva Pollack Keynote evening in July and her

two separate workshops (Abstract and Impressionist Photography); Guy Gowan Lightroom seminars; our Annual

Exhibition; The Central Regional Convention in November at Silverstream Retreat hosted by Hutt Camera Club.

I look forward to seeing you at the July club evenings. Quote of the month:

One kind word can warm three winter months –

Japanese proverb

A MEMBER’S PROFILE:

Janice McKenna

How old were you when you first started

taking photographs and what got you

started?

I have always taken photographs and can't

real ly remember when I started, just the

travel or snap type, never really taken it

seriously. What got me started I guess was

going through all my parents old

photographs, my father’s from the second

world war and my mother’s of us as children

and growing up, seeing how you can capture

time and memories of those important times

in your l ife.

What was your first camera?

My first serious camera was the Canon 7D,

prior to that had just been point and shoots. . .

What types of photographs do you like

taking?

Nature and Wildl ife are my passion; it is

challenging and requires a great deal of

patience. I can lose myself for hours trying

to get the perfect or near perfect shot.

What’s the most valuable bit of photographic

gear you own?

My bird identification guide. . . and my iPhone

which doubles as my GPS unit. .

Where did you get it?

Unity Books in Wil l is Street, a favourite

haunt!

What do you enjoy most about being a

member of WPS?

Learning and mixing with other

photographers.

Do you have a photographic tip to pass on?

Always look behind you.

Ranfurly by JANICE McKENNA

Ghost Sheep by JANICE McKENNA

Pied Shag by JANICE McKENNA

CLUB NEWS

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: EVA POLAK

I t won’t be long unti l this year’s keynote speaker Eva Polak presents Photography as Self­Expression.

(Thursday 1 0 July). Please come along and bring a friend and make Eva welcome and find out about

Impressionist Photography. Non-WPS members $1 0.

Eva is also hosting two workshops. Workshop 1 is a one day workshop held on Friday the 11 th of July

on Abstract Photography $1 50. Workshop 2 is a two day workshop held on Saturday and Sunday the

1 2 and 1 3th of July on An Introduction to Impressionist Photography $250. Spaces are l imited so be in

quick. Morning tea is provided for both workshops.

To find out more about Eva Polak visit www.evapolak.com

To sign up for a workshop please email treasurer@wps.org.nz

WPS ANNUAL EXHIBITION

This year we aim to present a Well ington theme in our exhibition and are proposing the topic ‘Waters

of Well ington’ to replace the open showcase of members work. This wil l give us something to work

towards and wil l reflect (no pun intended) a club effort. The theme presents an enticingly wide scope

for interpretation. . .

In addition to the main topic we hope that each of the SIGs and the 'Beginners group' wil l present a

selection of their year's best work.

Venue is yet to be determined but we shall aim to showcase 50 prints.

Remember all prints for selection are to be at the club before 25 September, and critiquing wil l take

place on Thursday 23 October.

Little Boxes on the Hillside by CAROL ANDERSON

Print competition winner 'reflections' category

To the fol lowing WPS members for

their awards at the North Shore Salon

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PRINTS – Open Monochrome

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Mark Berger 'Despair'.ACCEPTANCE: Mark Berger 'Armless', 'Look

Right Two'

DIGITAL – Colour

ACCEPTANCE: Mark Berger 'Hug Me'

DIGITAL – Monochrome

HONOURS: Mark Berger 'Hats'. ACCEPTANCE: Evan McBride 'Australasian Gannet' 'Water Monitor

reflection, Sri Lanka'. Peti Morgan 'North Island Robin on One Leg'

DIGITAL – Action

GOLD MEDAL: Evan McBride 'Scandanavian Wolves'. ACCEPTANCE: Evan McBride 'Scotland Forever'.

Phil ippa Wood 'Caps'

DIGITAL– Street Photography

BRONZE MEDAL: Evan McBride 'Street Life on the Ganges', 'India' . HIGHLY COMMENDED: Mark

Berger 'Meter Man' ACCEPTANCE: Mark Berger 'Cool Looker'. Evan McBride 'Rickshaw Discussion'

Australasian Gannets by EVAN McBRIDE

CONGRATULATIONS

To Evan McBride for being awarded an

Honourable Mention for his image

‘Australasian Gannets’ at the 7th Annual

Photography Masters Cup (Wild Life

category).

WEBSITE

The long needed redesign of the WPS website is under discussion and the Committee hopes to be

able to give news of progress soon.

PHOTOGRAPHY NEWS

CENTRAL REGIONAL CONFERENCE

Hutt Camera Club is hosting the PSNZ Central Regional Conference in November this year.

Registrations have now opened from the website http: //www.focusonfun.org.nz.

The Macro Workshop and the Pinup workshop are l imited to 1 5 people each and with the number of

registrations already received anyone who registers after August 28 might not be able to get into them

- so register as soon as possible. NB: confirmation of places only happens when payment is received

and not when the registration is made.

A member of the presentation team wil l show a 1 0 minute promotional video at our club meeting on

28 August.

SOUTHERN REGIONAL CONVENTION SALON and INTERCLUB COMPETITIONS

Rangiora Photographic Society welcomes entries to the Southern Regional Convention Salon and

Interclub Competitions for 201 4 which opened on 21 st June 201 4.

The electronic entry is fast and easy http: //www.rangioraphotosoc.org.nz/southern-regional-

convention where you can choose between the Salon and the Interclub Competitions.

Key Dates: Saturday 23 August. Closing date for entries. (N.B. All prints MUST be physical ly received

by the Competition Secretary before or on this date – please allow for this when completing the

website entry form.)

Friday 1 9th September 201 4: Results

Salon and Interclub Competition results wil l be posted on the website on Fri 1 9 September.

Ferry by LESLEY MOYES

Print competition runner-up 'reflections' category

COMPETITION

PHOTOSPORTS 201 4 - Otherwise known as

the WELLINGTON INTERCLUB or 'BATTLE'

The host this year is the Kapiti Camera Club (KCC)

Friday 29 August 201 4, 7.30pm

Te Wananga o Aotearoa, 3 Heriot Drive, Elsdon, Porirua

There wil l be both PRINT and DIGITAL images sections.

PRINTS Section. 5 categories: (i) panorama (i i) abstract (i i i) triptych (iv) portrait (v) monochromatic

Each of the six clubs brings along ONE print (not previously entered into a Well ington region interclub

competition) to be judged in each category. The print is to be matted or mounted but not framed or glass/perspex

covered.

SIZE: For each of the categories, the longest side of the matt / mount is to be no more than 1 500mm long. There

is no minimum or maximum print size within the matt / mount.

TRIPTYCH category: three separated photographic images displayed on a common background. The three

images must not meet or overlap. There is no requirement that the three images must be either the same size or

the same shape. Added borders, drop shadows etc. are allowed.

MONOCHROMATIC category: Black and white or grayscale; or containing only tints, tones, and shades of a

single colour, such as tones of green, or white through to black.

The photographer's name and/or club name must not appear on the front.

The judge wil l rank the prints 1 -6 (1 is best) in each category, very briefly discussing each.

DIGITAL Section. Categories: (i) emotion (i i) natural (i i i) active (iv) fluid (v) situation

Each club brings a selection of up to 20 digital images (not previously entered into a Well ington region interclub

competition) for EACH of the 5 categories. The images should be JPEGs in the sRGB colour space.

SIZE: 1 920 px wide by not more than 1 080 px high, OR 1 080 px high by not more than 1 920 px wide.

At the beginning of the evening, the judge wil l announce 5 TOPICS, one for each category. For example, the

topic for “emotion” may (but won’t) be “Caught by the Paparazzi! ”. Each club selects one of their digital images

that best fits the topic announced by the judge and may choose to explain (30 seconds maximum) how that

image fits that topic. The six images wil l be displayed on a large screen (one for each club) for judging.The judge

wil l rank the images 1 -6 (1 is best) in each category, very briefly discussing each image.

Supper wil l be served. For official detai ls from the hosts: http: //wic.org.nz/201 4

WPS wil l judge images for the printed section

by democratic vote on the evening of the AGM

on 1 4 August.

For judging we shall require prints to be a

minimum of 6x4. Prints selected to represent

WPS wil l be enlarged to the required size and

mounted accordingly at the Society’s expense.

Digital fi les should be emailed to President and

Competitions Secretary/Coordinator before 1 4

August

EXHIBITION

LYNDA LESTER: SUCCULENT and OTHER WORKS

Photospace Gallery, 1 st floor, 37 Courtney Place, Well ington

25th July - 11 August 201 4

Opening Invitation Friday 25th July 5pm-7pm

WPS member Lynda Lester wil l be exhibiting selected works from her Succulent and Dunes series.

LOOKING FOR LIGHT: JANE BOWN

“A quiet, moving portrait of Jane Bown, the longstanding Observer

photographer who has taken all those iconic portraits you know, but

probably didn’t know she’d taken.” — Deborah Ross, The Spectactor

THE SALT OF THE EARTH: SEBASTIAO SALGADO

The life and work of Sebastião Salgado, the undisputed master of

monumental photojournalism, is explored in this wonderful doco, jointly

directed by his son, Jul iano Ribeiro Salgado, and German director Wim

Wenders.

EREWHON : GAVIN HIPKINS

For his first feature-length fi lm the widely exhibited New Zealand

photographer Gavin Hipkins invests a richly pictorial essay with

the 21 st-century resonance of Samuel Butler’s l ively utopian satire

Erewhon, written in 1 872.

FRIENDS OF DOROTHY: WILLIAM YANG

With myriad images and candid narration, renowned photographer Wil l iam

Yang presents his personal stories of queer Sydney and its famous Mardi

Gras through the 70s to now.

WELLINGTON FILM FESTIVAL: 25 JUL–10 AUG 2014

Some films related to photography that are being shown in this year’s Well ington Film Festival

JANE BOWN

DECIA FILMS

EREWHON PRODUCTION STILL

WILLIAM LANG & FELIX MEDIA

Arborist by LESLEY MOYES: Print competition runner up 'open' category