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FEBRUARY 2015
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Puzzled Mind - by Jill Jackson
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New Brighton Photographic Club
P O Box 18-546
New Brighton
Christchurch
www.newbrightonphotoclub.org.nz
Meets 1st, 2nd & 3rd Tuesday
Of every month at 7:30pm
Ascot Community Centre
12 Ascot Avenue
Parklands
Contacts
President: John Stewart ph (03) 3884110
Secretary: Carolyn Collins ph.(03) 3824212.
Email [email protected]
Shutter Flutters Jo Aldridge
Committee Meets
4th Wednesday of the month
New Members and Visitors
Are Very welcome
January Wednesday 28 First Committee Meeting for the year
February
Tuesday 3 Opening BBQ
Tuesday 10 Tutorial - Back to basics
Deadline - Entries for 1st Open
Tuesday 17 Evening Photo Walk, Scarborough - Sumner
Wednesday 25 Committee Meeting
March Tuesday 3 Judging of the 1st Open with Frank Green APSNZ
Special general meeting to approve financials
Tuesday 10 Talk by Scott Fowler
Tuesday 17 Why and how we took this photo
Results of the first “a round shape” competition
Sunday 22 Car Rally - meet at clubrooms just before 2pm
Wednesday 25 Committee meeting
PROGRAMME
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Excerpts from John Stewart’s News Letter 31 January 2015 Brief Committee report The full committee met on Wednesday night 28 January to get the year underway, and the first item was to elect a new Vice-President John Stewart had stepped up from V-P to P with Wendy Gibb’s resignation at the end of 2014. Guy Wright put his hand up for the job. Anique Holm has recently upgraded the web site and there are now more pages and more options. If you haven’t visited for while check it out at www.newbrightonphotoclub.org.nz
File Name Criteria for the Monthly Competitions
Digital This year the file name data is 42015xn_Image Title_Author’s Name
All digital images start with a “4”. After judging those awards are renamed with a “1” for honours/gold, “2” for accepted/silver and a “3” for highly commended/bronze. Not awarded stays as a “4”. 2015 is the current year. x and n are variables where x is your grade (A, B,or C) and n is the competition number (1 for 1st open, 2 fir 1st set subject, 3 for 2nd open etc) Please ensure that you have capitals for place names etc and your author’s name, as this year what you have in the image file name will replicate through to the web page (if your image gets awarded and is eligible for the web). Examples 42015A1_Fun in the sun_John Stewart good 2015A1-Fun in the sun-john stewart bad (no “4”, dashes, no underscores, no caps for author’s name) 42015D9_Fun in the sun_John Stewart bad (no D grade, no competition “9”) 42015B2_Holiday Activity_Peter Posa good 42015B2_HOLIDAY ACTIVITY_PETER bad (all caps, no surname) Prints If you want to see your awarded prints in Shutter Flutters or on the web WE MUST have a digital copy, so when you enter prints can you please email in a file to Guy, but as we don’t need to renumber the file (and we need to know it is a print) use the following P2015xn_Image Title_Author;s Name Exactly the same as for the digital file apart from “P” replacing the “4”.
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The Cross
Nocturnal Analysis Branch Out
Put out to Pasture The Deer Hunter
Bluff at Daybreak Lavender Fields
The jetty
Diving White Fronted Tern
Furrows in the sky
Stop to smell the flowers
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COMPETITION RESULTS
1st Open - Judge : Frank Green APSNZ
Projected Images
Put out to Pasture Geoff Tutty Gold
Saving a Soul Katrina Michie Gold
Puzzled Mind Puzzled Mind Gold
Nocturnal Analysis Al Stewart Gold
Lily Anique Holm Silver
Rigging Up John Stewart Silver
Window Box Peter Warren Silver
Bluff at Daybreak Rondi Teisen Silver
The Dragon Gill Williams Silver
Vietnamese Temple Gill Williams Silver
We Will Remember Gill Williams Silver
The center of attention Brian Clark Silver
Blue Lakes Lesley Te Kanawa Silver
Branch Out Katrina Michie Bronze
The Cross Carolyn Collins Bronze
The jetty Carolyn Collins Bronze
Diving White Fronted Tern Doris Tutty Bronze
Sun Beams John Stewart Bronze
Lavender Fields Paul Koster Bronze
Stop to smell the flowers Rondi Teisen Bronze
Metal Praying Mantises Scott Rait Bronze
Spiral stairs John Hoeben Bronze
Purple Jill Kackson Bronze
The Deer Hunter Lyonal Williams Bronze
Furrows in the sky Lesley Te Kanawa Bronze
Frog Rock Al Stewart Bronze
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Blue Lakes We Will Remember
The Dragon
Lily
Spiral Stairs
Frog Rock
Sun Beams
Saving a Soul
Vietnames Temple
Metal Praying Mantises
The center of attention
Purple Window box Rigging Up
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COMPETITION RESULTS: 1st Open - Prints
Tern Feeding Chicks Geoff Tutty Gold
On An African Farm John Hoeben Gold
Dawn Light Paul Koster Silver
Dalmation Alley John Hoeben Silver
Pearly Shells Clair Haslett Silver
Mt Algydus Paul Koster Bronze
Aussie Beauty Clair Haslett Bronze
Beach Canter Clair Haslett Bronze
My Ice Cream Dave Dunick Bronze
NEW COMPETITION
With the Photographic Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) changing nearly
all the interclub competitions to “themed sets” we can no longer just look
for our six best digitals or six best prints and enter these. We need images
with a common theme.
The committee has decided to run an extra, digital only competition, con-
currently with the normal eight monthly competitions following a specific
set subject – yes we have our four set subjects during the year, but this
extra one will feature the one subject to run for the year.
Committee members put forward ten options and these were numbered 1
to 10, and the Powerball number in last Saturday’s Lotto draw selected the
subject for the year, which is “round shape”. So, get your thinking caps on
and shoot some round objects (balls, plates, wheels, some flowers, the
sun, full moon, etc etc).
We are going to run this competition as a merger between our old
President’s Challenge and what Christchurch Photographic Society do in
their Monthly Digital Challenge.
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NEW COMPETION - THE RULES
1. Image(s) must relate to the subject of “round shape”.
2. Maximum of two images per month.
3. Image(s) can be new or old work.
4. Image(s) can have won an award in previous club competitions or
be new work.
5. Image(s) can be entered in same or future standard monthly
competitions, but if entering in the same month the image must be
entered twice with the two respective file names.
6. The competition is ungraded, much like the President’s Challenge
and the Highland Trophy.
7. There will be a prize each month (from a chocolate fish to a bottle
of wine).
8. Top ten images each month will be awarded points
(1st = 10, 2nd = 9 etc).
9. Top points scorer at end of year will be awarded a trophy or other
prize.
10. Any image entered into this competition is automatically eligible
to represent the club in PSNZ interclub competitions (and possibly
other interclub competitions), be it digital or print (the club will
ask authors for a larger file to print).
11. File name is 42015Sn_Image title_Author name,
where “n” is the normal competition number (1 thru 8).
The “S” replaces your grade.
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12. File size maximum dimensions are 1400 x 1050
13. Maximum number of prints/images a member can enter in any
one month is:
3 x prints in the monthly open or set subject competition
3 x digital in the monthly open or set subject competition
2 x digital in the monthly “round shape” competition
With the first open closing this Tuesday there is a delayed close off for
the first “round shape” competition of 24th February, so please get us
your two entries in!!
From then on it will close on the same night as the monthly competitions.
Here are some examples of how to name the round shape images
42015S3_Sharpening Wheel_Jo Aldridge
42015S2_Not quite round_Jo Aldridge
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Selection for Kelso Scotland and Johannesburg / NBPC Competition Peaceful Sleep Rosemary Simpson Split Vision Katrina Michie The Vietnamese Temple Gill Williams Puzzled Mind Jill Jackson Ariki Falls Peter Warren Digging In Andy Rae Saving a Soul Katrina Michie Melk Allyway Peter Warren Chef Reflecting Guy Wright Rigging Up John Stewart Morton Bay Fig Tree Peter Seymour Monarch Feeding Andy Rae Hands of Hope Gill Williams Cicada Geoff Tutty Guy Fawkes Night Display Anique Holme The Light House Darren Stephenson Tui Paul Koster Sumner Surfer Paul Koster Ancient Totora Carol Bremner Alien Jelly Andy Rae Selection for Battle of Projected Images NBPC Competition
Peaceful Sleep Rosemary Simpson Split Vision Katrina Michie The Vietnamese Temple Gill Williams Puzzled Mind Jill Jackson Ariki Falls Peter Warren Digging In Andy Rae Saving a Soul Katrina Michie Melk Alleyway Peter Warren Chef Reflecting Guy Wright Rigging Up John Stewart Morton Bay Fig Tree Peter Seymour Monarch Feeding Andy Rae Hands of Hope Gill Williams Cicada Geoff Tutty
Guy Fawkes Night Display Anique Holm
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CLUB COMPETITIONS ENTRY DEADLINES
Competition 1 - 1st Open Tuesday 10th February
Competition 2 - Set Subject: Holiday Photos Tuesday 10th March
Competition 3 - 2nd Open Tuesday 14 April
Competition 4 - Set Subject: Black & White Tuesday 12 May
Competition 5 - 3rd Open Tuesday 9 June
Competition 6 - Set Subject: Beatles Song Title Tuesday 14 July
National Photo Journalism Friday 31 July
Competition 7 - 4th Open Tuesday 11 August
Competition 8 - Set Subject: Hot Stuff Tuesday 8 September
Highland Trophy Tuesday 15 September
Final Night Tuesday 13 October
Upcoming event in Christchurch
Christchurch Art Gallery Presents
Three Of The Best
Photography
6pm Wednesday 15 April
First Floor, 209 Tuam Street
Free - No Bookings Required
Richard Robinson: Beneath The Lens
Photojournalist Richard Robinson, formerly of the New Zealand Herald and the
2014 Canon Press Photographer of the Year, talks about capturing the country’s biggest
news and sports events.
Away from the pressures of deadlines, he combines his love of photography with his
passion for our oceans and is known for his unique and haunting images of life below
the waterline.
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The Photographer’s Dream
A photographer dreamed
Of a telephoto lens
Capturing light waves
From beginning to end.
Since time unleashed
When the Big Bang leaped
And particles began life’s history
In swirling clouds he wondered how
He might picture a piece of the mystery.
Through polished glass converging past
Planets, stars and seas
Of swirling waves that danced and swayed
No less than windswept trees.
As he focused his dream glass
Where present meets past
And depth of field is wide;
Where the image is clear and light streaks steer,
Far away from the photographer’s eye.
With shutter speed set like a fast speed jet
Blazing through the blue-white wispy above
Turning his wings on the bird that sings
And a girl who once stole his love.
Racing through time while continuing to climb
Higher through the prism of light
His finger feathers the button below
Capturing the moment in flight.
Lingering there in pure mid-air
Like a magic carpet in the wind;
Until jolted by the sun on its morning run
While still dreaming of that telephoto lens.
Maybe today, perhaps tomorrow,
He’ll capture the illusive the beast;
The athlete who strives for the best inside
Or the homeless sleeping in the streets.
He’ll stop small birds he’s seen and heard
With their colorful feathers, breast and crown;
And children playing in autumn leaves
Scattered on the ground.
Weddings and rings, flowers in spring,
Butterflies, wistful and bright;
Pollinating bees and hives in the trees
Or a harvest moon late at night.
Meadows and mountains, free flowing fountains
Ancient temples in faraway places;
Fireworks up high on the 4th July
Olympics and fast car races.
But now fully awakened he knows he’s mistaken
About the focal length in his dream glass;
Lens lust is a photographer’s must
But this too, he knows, must pass.
Like water flowing in the river
And wind passing through thin air;
The world he sees through his own eyes
Is a wonder beyond compare.
By Terrell Martin
http://www.poetrysoup.com