Hello everyone.
Now that we are in level 1 we are getting back to normal. The committee met last night and it was really nice to start reconnecting.
We have looked at July calendar and have next month nearly sorted. The programme that has been planned for the rest of the year is going to be looked at and some things maybe juggled around a bit. Keep an eye on the calendar and we will keep you posted. We hope to run a few more local field trips over the next couple of months.
Here are some important dates for you:
Tuesday 16th – Portrait judging 7pm start
It is all go for us to use the club rooms now. There will be hand sanitiser at the door. This evening we have Scott Fowler as our judge. Looking forward to hearing his feedback. Hot drinks will be available and bring your dollars as the raffle is back up and running. We will also have the suitcase challenge.
We are looking for people to volunteer to help out in the kitchen on club nights. Julie will be getting things ready so you don’t have to come early. There will be rubber gloves for serving drinks and food etc and collecting cups after the supper. If you can help there will be a sheet at the meeting where you can put your name, contact details and which evenings you can help on.
For those who are not ready to come out to a meeting the evening will be live streamed and you can find the link to where to watch on the calendar of the RPS website.
Wednesday 17th – Black and White closes
Get those entries in!
Tuesday 30 – online challenge and lockdown lens close
Entries in the online challenge close – prompt was “confined”
We have also extended “lockdown lens” entries, so you still have time to get your best lockdown shot in
July events:
Tuesday 7th – Club meeting -Guest speaker (TBC)
7pm at club rooms. This evening we will be full of catch ups and featuring a guest speaker(s) we are hoping to get someone to talk about AV’s
We will also be feedback on C grade confidence builder, online challenge, lock-down lens, and we will be handing out awards for all previous graded competitions, chocolate fish and more
Wednesday 15th – Camera craft – creating AV’s
This evening will start at 7pm in the club rooms. Will be running an evening on creating AV’s. More information will be sent out prior to the night.
Tuesday 21st – Club meeting – Black and White judging
7pm at club rooms. Looking forward to seeing all the amazing images this evening. We plan on live streaming this evening. Link will be on RPS website calendar
Wednesday 22nd – Photojournalism closes
4.9 Photojournalism and Sports Photojournalism
Images that could be in a magazine or newspaper, i.e. informative content and/or emotional impact. Suitable subjects might be news events, sports, or celebrities, for example.
BASIC EDITING ONLY permitted.
a) The Photojournalism (PJ) competition contains two categories, each with their own Champion award – PJ and Sports PJ. The club may choose to run these competitions separately, or combined, and this decision will be made by Committee when setting the annual programme. Where the competition is combined, it will be the member’s choice to enter either two PJ images, or two Sports images, or one of each.
b) Set up situations are not permitted. Integrity is paramount in this section. Changing the context of the shot by posing or editing is not allowed.
c) Colour or greyscale are acceptable.
d) To allow the author to put the image in to context with what was happening in the scene, on the entry form a box is provided to write a short caption or description. Use of the caption box is optional and limited to 100 characters.
Other news
Mid-winter field trip to Twizel has been cancelled.
RPS Exhibition – Winter Festival. W are not sure what is happening here at this stage but will keep you updated as we find out more.
| PSNZ news – We have just published the June/July issue of CameraTalk to Issuu. In addition to a number of regular articles Lindsay Stockbridge LPSNZ has written a thought-provoking piece on how we view images. We have also continued to display a small selection of the images that were entered in the PSNZ Isolation Challenge. Also, throughout the issue look out for notices on the various salons that are currently open. You can find it at https://issuu.com/photographicsocietyofnewzealand/docs/cameratalk_june_2020 |
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