Rangiora Photographic Society

Final Night -75 Diamond Anniversary Celebration
2020-11-21 18:00 - 23:30 (Pacific/Auckland)
Rangiora RSA, 6 pm start
Official welcome 6.50 pm
Dinner will start at 7 pm
A fun evening to celebrate with guest speakers, awards, dinner and dancing
A courtesy coach is available but if you live out of Rangiora please see Bar Manager beforehand

Club Night
2020-11-17 19:00 - 21:30 | McAlpines Pavilion, 291/319 Coldstream Rd, Rangiora, Canterbury, 7473, New Zealand
Judging – Portfolio

Club Night
2020-11-11 19:00 - 21:30 | McAlpines Pavilion, 291/319 Coldstream Rd, Rangiora, Canterbury, 7473, New Zealand
Camera Craft – macro photography

Supreme Image of the Year closes
2020-11-10 23:30

Last day to purchase Final night tickets
2020-11-07 08:00 - 23:30
75th Diamond Anniversary Celebration and Final night – DON’T FORGET TO GET YOUR TICKETS!!!! Must be paid for by 7th Nov
$15 per person
How to get tickets: For registration and ticket purchase please contact Dave Woodcock woodcockdesignltd@gmail.com or 027 738 7708.
You can give him cash at any meetings or pay straight into the club bank account online 03 0674 0092300 00 This is the preferred option. Please include as a reference (“Final night” and your name)
The tickets are non-refundable but in the event we have to cancel due to COVID-19 there will be refunds. Get those tickets please as we need to confirm numbers

Themed Portfolio closes
2020-11-04 23:30

Club Night
2020-11-03 19:00 - 21:30 | McAlpines Pavilion, 291/319 Coldstream Rd, Rangiora, Canterbury, 7473, New Zealand
Judging – Street photography

Online challenge closes - Prompt "Shoes" closes
2020-10-31 08:00 - 23:30
Get those entries in!!!!

Club Night
2020-10-20 19:00 - 21:30 | McAlpines Pavilion, 291/319 Coldstream Rd, Rangiora, Canterbury, 7473, New Zealand
Judging – Set Subject

Field Trip - Mesopotamia Station
2020-10-17
Colleen has sent out information about this any further queries direct them to her at colleenlinnell@gmail.com she would like registrations before 3 Oct

Club Night - Nature: Taking Great Shots
2020-10-14 19:00 - 21:30
We have our super talented, amazing Sandra Fleet presenting this evening
She will be covering:

Settings
Techniques
What Can Possibly Go Wrong?

As Henri Cartier-Bressen said, the first 10,000 photos are your worst
I’m past 10,000 just with birds, how can they still be going wrong!!

Hunting and Shooting
RPS Rules for Natural History

Bring:

Camera (with card and battery – in the past these have been forgotten by some!)

Telephoto lens and macro/extension tubes

Pen and paper

Pre-work:
It is a very full night, so come along with the familiarity of knowing how to quickly change settings for ISO, Shutter and Aperture. Using Auto ISO – find out where in your camera you go to you set the limit for your ISO range

Street Photography closes
2020-10-07 23:30

Club Night - Guest speaker
2020-10-06 19:00 - 21:30 | McAlpines Pavilion, 291/319 Coldstream Rd, Rangiora, Canterbury, 7473, New Zealand
Tonight we have Bevan Tullet speaking, check out his website http://www.gophoto.co.nz/ He is currently Chair of the Nature Society of NZ
His plan for the evening will be:

photos of a selection of his best images and how he got them
will cover Landscape and Natural History
will cover a variety of subjects, including fungi, alpine plants, birds and where to find
explain basic techniques and tips on lighting, camera settings, getting to know your subject

Extra club meeting
2020-09-29 19:00 - 21:00
We are holding an extra meeting next Tuesday (29th September) at the clubrooms – start time at 7 pm. This will be cafe style – please BYO drinks and a small plate of supper to share

This evening we will be reshowing the showtime slideshow, presenting the online challenge (doors), suitcase challenge and showing AV’s so if you have an AV that you were going to bring to the postponed Showtime then please bring it along on a USB stick this evening. This will be a social evening and we will be back to holding raffles so bring those coins

Suitcase challenge – Forks! If you were participating in this please get your images to Dave Woodcock woodcockdesignltd@gmail.com before Monday evening 9.30 pm

Hope to see you all there!!!!!

Little River Field Trip - Full Day
2020-09-26
26th SEPTEMBER
Expressions of intent required
We will split into 2 groups 1. Bird photographers 2. All others, landscape, street etc
We have been very privileged to have been offered the services of the eminent bird photographer Steve Attwood to show us around his favourite spots in the Little River area. He has asked for approximate numbers for who would go with him. He has room for 4 others in his vehicle and recommends 4wd vehicles for where he plans to take you. So carpooling will be best. Also does 2 to 3 hrs sound about right for this or longer? Please let Maxine Cooper know if you would like to join in with Steve Attwood for this once in a lifetime adventure. Contact Maxine at maxinecooper01@gmail.com or ring her on 021 228 5877
For those not interested in bird photography there is a lot to do and see in Little River and a map with suggestions will be handed out on the day. The scenery is spectacular and the township interesting. Birdlings Flat is nearby and always worth a look. There are some really lovely old cottages nearby and a fabulous nature reserve full of birdlife. You can choose from 3 roads to go up to the hilltops. One overlooking Port Levy, one above Akaroa and the other overlooking the Kaitorete Spit and out over the plains to the foothills.
We will all meet at 10 am outside the information station at Little River.
Please book this into your diary and let us know asap.

Set Subject closes
2020-09-16 23:30

Club Night - Moved to Livestream
2020-09-15 19:00 - 21:30 | McAlpines Pavilion, 291/319 Coldstream Rd, Rangiora, Canterbury, 7473, New Zealand
Judging – 2nd Open
As the Alert Level 2 restrictions have been extended, we are still not going to be meeting in person for this club night. We are going to stream the latest results live again. This time it is for the 2nd Open 2020 competition, judged by Adair Wilson.
If you are a member of the RPS Facebook group you can watch the livestream there. Otherwise there will be a recording uploaded to YouTube.

AGM
2020-09-08 19:30 - 21:30 | McAlpines Pavilion, 291/319 Coldstream Rd, Rangiora, Canterbury, 7473, New Zealand

Club Night - Moved to Livestream
2020-09-01 19:00 - 21:30 | McAlpines Pavilion, 291/319 Coldstream Rd, Rangiora, Canterbury, 7473, New Zealand
Showtime – Changed due to current Alert Level 2
As a committee we have decided not to meet in-person for this club night. Instead we are turning part of this event into an online presentation to keep something happening on the day. During the It has been decided that the images due to be shown at Showtime will be presented and narrated online, then videos and AVs saved for a later date in September when we should be physically meeting for the club nights again.
If you are a member of the RPS Facebook group, you can watch the livestream here. A recording will be uploaded to YouTube afterwards.

Online challenge closes
2020-08-31 23:30
Prompt – “Doors”

2nd Open closes
2020-08-19 23:30

Club Night - Moved to Livestream
2020-08-18 19:00 - 21:30 | McAlpines Pavilion, 291/319 Coldstream Rd, Rangiora, Canterbury, 7473, New Zealand
The judging of our Photojournalism 2020 competition by Dave Wethey.
The committee has decided to move this online due to the current Alert Level 2 situation. To still have a club night to look forward to we will instead be streaming the judging slideshow only, so do tune in at 7pm.
You can watch the livestream here. A recording will be uploaded to YouTube afterwards.

Field Trip - Dawn Shoot Christchurch City
2020-08-16
full details on blog post

Camera craft – Flash for fun
2020-08-12 19:00 - 21:30 | McAlpines Pavilion, 291/319 Coldstream Rd, Rangiora, Canterbury, 7473, New Zealand
Starts at 7 pm in the clubrooms. Please bring along your camera, flash and pen and paper for notes if you want. If you don’t have a flash there will be plenty there for you to have a go with. Steven will be sending out for registrations – he will want to know what type of camera you have

Club Night
2020-08-04 19:00 - 21:30 | McAlpines Pavilion, 291/319 Coldstream Rd, Rangiora, Canterbury, 7473, New Zealand
Starts 7 pm in the clubrooms, Francis will be talking “Day trips in Canterbury” And if that wasn’t enough we have Cheryl Muirson and Graham Dean who will be inspiring us with their knowledge about planning and creating a portfolio. Also this evening we will be having the suitcase challenge and Lisa will be offering her wee gems from the ‘tips book’ and passing this along. Supper and raffles are running so don’t forget to bring some change. Super excited for this evening. Hope to see you there!

Astro shoot - Ashworths Beach 7.30pm
2020-07-25 19:30 - 23:30
What you need to know:

Date: Saturday 25th July

Time: 7.30pm

Place: Ashworths Beach – meet in the car park.

It will take about 15 – 18 minutes to drive there. Head towards Amberley and take a right on to Ashworths Beach Road about 9km north of Waikuku. If you get to Pukeko Junction you have gone too far

If anyone is needing a ride I (Tabitha if you don’t know who writes these) will have a couple of spare seats. Hit me up at a meeting on Tuesday or flick me a text 021 235 2334

What to bring: Camera, wide-angle lens, sturdy tripod, trigger (if you don’t have a trigger then your camera’s timer will do fine) lots of warm clothes, and a head torch with red light

A red light helps with night vision. If you don’t have a head torch with a red light then some red cellophane over the torch or clear tape with red marker pen works also. Check out youtube for more ideas

Cancellation: if for some reason we do need to cancel again (weather not right) this will be posted on the website and an email will be sent on the day

RPS Exhibition - Winter Festival TBC
2020-07-24

Photojournalism closes
2020-07-22 23:30

Club Night - B&W Judging
2020-07-21 19:00 - 21:30 | McAlpines Pavilion, 291/319 Coldstream Rd, Rangiora, Canterbury, 7473, New Zealand
The judge this evening will be Simon Forsyth.
For those not able to attend, you can watch the livestream on Facebook using this link.
The live video will be uploaded to YouTube following the event.

Club night
2020-07-15 19:00 - 21:00
Camera craft – AV
