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The annual Iris

awards and

Infocus Conference

were held in Wellington

from 19-24 august and

I was lucky enough to

take time out and fly

down to Welly with

the family for a few

days. The Iris awards

are the Professional Photography awards of the year, run

by the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography

(NZIPP). It has to be the most inspiring five days of the year,

with three days of judging around 1200 images, followed by

two days of conference and trade show that includes amazing

speakers (both local and international) and some of the newest

technology in cameras and printers to hit the market. Students,

professionals and the odd amateur all mix and mingle and

learn from each other. I’d say every single person leaves with

renewed energy to go out into the world and take great photos.

as long as we professionals share what we’ve learned, then the

whole photographic industry benefits! If you want some serious

inspiration, or if you’re considering entering into the world

of professional photography, then start saving your pennies

for next year’s event – to be held in Queenstown from 9-13

September. In the meantime, have a look at this year’s winning

entries on the NZIPP website – www.nzipp.org.nz

On a personal note, I managed to win two silver and two

bronze awards for four images I entered, so I’m now an associate

of the NZIPP. It’s

great to get good

feedback from other

professionals.

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leTTerS Dear NZP,I’m absolutely loving the NZ Photographer issues so far, keep up the great work. as an avid photographer myself I’m keeping a keen eye on your mag. There’s some great tips for beginners, and some good tips for the experienced too.One quick thing to note is that I don’t think I can see any way to check out back issues of the mag. It’d be good if you could link to previous issues in the new issue mail out, just in case anyone’s missed anything from the past issues.Keep up the great work! Cheers,rick mcQuinlanEd: Thanks Rick. When you initially sign up you should receive an email with links to the previous issues of NZ Photographer, but I agree that there should be somewhere you

can go to download previous issues. We’re working on several updates to the website www.nzphotographer.co.nz, and included in those changes is somewhere to go for downloading previous issues. Watch this space!

Dear NZP,I am amazed and thrilled at your rapid response to the letter from eddie van den Hurk (Issue 3). So many people have compact cameras and even folk with Slrs often carry only a compact in everyday situations. I prefer to travel light – that new D10 looks most inviting... so does the Nikon... ooh, I want a gorillapod…Thanks for another great issue. Cheers, JoEd: So do I, Jo! :-)

aBOuT Whether you’re an enthusiastic weekend snapper or a beginner who wants to learn more, NZ Photographer is the fun e-magazine for all Kiwi camera owners – and it’s free!

eDITOr Ollie Dale, aNZIPP editor@nzphotographer.co.nzgrOuP eDITOr Trudi CaffellarT DIreCTOr Jodi OlssonaDVerTISINg eNQuIrIeS Phone richard on 09 523 4112 or

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NZ Photographer is an espire media publication

recently the www.aatravel.co.nz/capture aa Travel website

hosted a competition for photography students currently

studying at tertiary institutions around NZ, called aa

Capture New Zealand.

The website said: “The aa is passionate about inspiring you

to see and enjoy New Zealand. Inspiring photographs are

motivational. This is your opportunity to share your motivational

photographs with others and be rewarded for it.”

With almost 1200 entries across five categories, finding

finalists was painstaking. The aa asked me to judge the finalists

of the five different categories, plus find an overall winner, and

it was great to see some really well executed photos by some

talented emerging photographers.

Congratulations to eugene Polkan, from auckland university,

for his winning shot. Out of all the images I saw, this one

really grabbed my attention for its technical skill and simple

elegance, plus I thought it was a great image to represent New

Zealand’s beauty.

CaPTurINg NeW ZealaNDThe best photos from photography students around New Zealand

as judged by the aa Capture New Zealand competition.By Ollie Dale

“The shot was taken on the 9th of April 2009 – the first snow on Mount Taranaki. My speciality is that if I’m going to shoot a normal scene

then I wait for the perfect light to make it stand out. I do a lot of photography early in the morning.

I didn’t own a camera until I bought an SLR, and I’ve learned photography online. I started with insects and moved on to landscapes.

Now I’m a member of the Henderson Photgraphic Society.If you want to recreate this photo, go to Cape Road, about 25kms north of

Opunaki in Taranaki.”

Overall Winner: eugene Polkan, University of Auckland

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new Zealand People and Culture:

richard Burson,

Christchurch Polytechnic

Institute of Technology

new Zealand’s natural Wonders: mitchell round, University of Auckland

a Quintessential Kiwi Holiday: ella Trotter, Massey

University Wellington

Kiwis and their Cars: amos Chapple, University of Auckland

new Zealand landmarks: mike Jensen,

Open Polytechnic

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PHOTO eSSay COmP

Congratulations to all of you who sent in your images for the

“Inside, Outside, upside Down” Photo essay Competition!

It’s great to see your enthusiasm and participation. after

looking through all the images, I chose the lucky winner, Kathy Seaward.

Kathy’s shots of the daffodils were topical, with Daffodil Day a

few days ago, but also interesting. I particularly like the shot on the

cover of this issue – well done for seeing more than just a flower!

Kathy wins the fabulous NZ Photographer BBQ set, her image on

canvas thanks to www.PhotoNZ.com, and of course the glory of

being a cover image for NZ Photographer.

Winner: Kathy Seaward

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Call FOr eNTrIeS:The next essay competition theme is:

STreeT arT (read all about Street art in the article on page 12)

Next essay Call entry Deadline: 5pm, 12th October 2009.

Winner Published: Issue 6, 21st October 2009 (two issues from

now)

remember, plan your shots and send your best four to six images to

essays@nzphotographer.co.nz . If you didn’t read the article on

how to shoot photo essays in Issue 1 you can download it here. get

your image in to win:

Be the cover of Issue 6!•

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Plus, with summer just around the corner, get your greasy •

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Storming Promotions.

essay rules:you should enter four to six images per essay, and only if you 1.

are a subscriber to NZ Photographer.

Images should be sent through at full size, and can be on 2.

separate emails. The images you enter must have been taken

on or after 9 September 2009.

you as the photographer will retain all copyrights to the 3.

images. By entering your images you grant NZ Photographer

a non-exclusive license to use the images in the magazine and

on the website www.nzphotographer.co.nz.

NZ Photographer will not sell or make 4.

available the images to any third party

for any reason.

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So, you’re a street artist and a photographer?

I have been involved with photography since I was 15. Though

I majored in it at an undergraduate level, after a few ‘taster’

jobs I never pursued it commercially, preferring to use it in an

artistic context to contribute to the rest of my work. I worked as a

photography technician at auT for over five years while completing

my masters, overseeing the facilities and gear during the onset of

digital technologies. To this day photography remains the biggest

challenge of all creative mediums I have come across due to its

inherent complexity and scientific componentry. yet it has the ability

to produce amazing results from very simplistic approaches. Case

in point being the work I shot for my masters being carried out

on a five dollar, manual winding, plastic body, plastic lens film

camera, with no focus and no exposure control! Beautiful.

What exactly is street art? Is it one thing or can it be multiple

disciplines?

Street art is simply art on the street. like conventional art, it is up

to the viewer to determine exactly what they consider art is. That

road cone on top of a phone booth? That mismatched paint where

someone’s painted out graffiti? maybe someone’s drain bubbling

over from too much detergent down the plughole?

Typically however, it is now pretty easy to categorise. Stencils

(a la Banksy), and paste-ups (a la Shepard Fairey) are your most

reVOluTIONaryIDeaS

HOW TO: Photograph Street art

nZ Photographer’s editor Ollie Dale spoke with photographer and street artist ross liew, aka

TrustMe, about what street art is and how to get great photos.

The Cut Collective: (from L-R) TrustMe, Enforce 1, Flox, Component, Kool and Bo (front).

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common forms, though it commonly includes stickers, graffiti,

installations, interventions, sculpture and more. It has strong ties

to street culture and the traditions therein. Hence the frequent

subject matter of revolutionary ideas, sneakers, hip-hop etc.

It can often be something addressing the issue of ownership of

public space, or alternatively be purely aesthetic driven. Some

parts political and some parts purely visual.

In New Zealand the street art tends to be more conventional.

graffiti makes up the majority of it with stencils and paste-ups

being next most popular forms. The term graffiti applies to large

scale, letter based, spray painted designs and it should be noted

that graffiti writers typically consider graffiti separate to street art.

Who are street artists? and why do they do it?

Street artists tend to be young people with an interest in art and

design who may or may not be studying it at uni. at the same

time one of our crew is over 40 so it doesn’t pay to generalise too

much! you could say they are people with an active interest in the

shape of the environment around them who are prepared to take

personal risks to contribute to the dialogue within public space

and not leave it to be carried out solely by advertisers.

Some do it for fame, which you can get, albeit on a very

small and peer based level. It takes a huge amount of cunning,

guile, courage and consistency to get even close to the

recognition someone like Banksy has achieved.

Where can I find street art?

your best chances are in the cities; the bigger the city, the

better your chances. Though auckland’s feverish approach to

painting out graffiti and street art means you usually find more in

Wellington, Christchurch and even Dunedin.

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graffiti is easy to find, good graffiti a little more difficult. Not

surprisingly secluded industrial or semi-industrial spots appeal to

graffiti writers as do the train corridors. There are often legal walls in

the cities which are regularly painted and repainted; these are often

on the end of or behind blocks of shops in more suburban areas.

Street art is similar though usually found in more public areas,

alleyways, car parks, billboards. usually the more character-filled

sections of auckland like Karangahape rd and Cuba Street.

always keep your eyes peeled and it often pays to look up, too.

How can I photograph some street art?

always consider the context in which you find it. Street art

is often placed deliberately within a context that engages or

activates the space. If you can identify this then it should also be

present in the photo.

Having your friend pose with street art is probably not the best

way to include a human element. Better, see if you can catch a

candid passerby in the frame to give it a sense of life and scale.

my personal preference is to shoot the inner city without any

people in it, only the traces of their presence.

as street art often exists on walls it is tempting to shoot it directly

front on. experiment with angles to add a sense of depth to the

image. lower camera angles always add some drama.

Consider shooting at night relying on available street light or

long exposures and a tripod.

avoid a flash at all costs, there are usually many shiny surfaces

nearby that will flare up in the photo.

Think about composition. There are many classic compositional

devices you can use on the street. and there is a large element

of geometry in the buildings and other surrounds that can

be incorporated into the photo. This can often provide a nice

juxtaposition to the more organic nature of the street art.

you often have to be fresh on the scene to get your photo as it

will likely disappear within days if not hours. If you commute by

foot or regularly walk then always take your camera. It will pay to

make inner city walking more of a focus than coastal walks. There

is plenty to discover and admire on an intimate level within our

built up cities, so make the effort.

Street art lends itself to good photo essay material. It has its own

culture and once familiar with the art you can link works back to

individual artists. eventually you can see evidence of their travels

through the whole city and even the country.

like many subjects, early morning and early evening are great

times to shoot things on the street, the long shadows and interesting

colour of the light add something a little special.

are there any other things I need to consider when photographing

street art?

Street art is not the domain of ‘thugs’ or ‘hoods’. The graffiti

writers who paint big colourful murals are typically more mature,

respectful and friendly than the common perception of a ‘tagger’.

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approach them openly about photographing their work, even

when they’re at work, and most will oblige.

Photographing street art is not a crime. I know of a surprisingly

high number of people who have been questioned over

photographing street art by police and property owners alike.

you’re doing society a service creating an archive of something

that will be valued for its temporality in the future.

Be prepared to go out of your way. To find really good stuff you

may need step outside convention and really get exploring.

See what you can do post. That is, use whatever knowledge you

have of Photoshop, lightroom, aperture or any other software that

lets you alter contrast, saturation, colour balance or anything else.

Vignetting is pretty fashionable right now.

Check out the site of auckland graffiti writer askew to see some

post-production

work designed to

bring out the best

in the artwork.

always respect

the artist. Be mindful of the fact that there is someone risking fines

and criminal convictions for making the effort to decorate the

city. The fact that the art may not always be legal and exists in

public space, does not remove the ethical element of intellectual

property rights. The actual extent of legal constraints around the

reproduction of street art in photographic form has not been fully

tested however.

a friend of mine had a stencil of his photographed with really

tight cropping, leaving just the stencil in frame. This was then

subsequently reproduced and sold as prints on canvas, directly

competing with his own original paintings of that same stencil on

canvas. Photographing street art is fine but creating a commercial

exercise out of someone else’s work is morally wrong.

That said there would be little issue with a photograph of street

art that includes the contextual information, the wider setting and

some work and effort by the photographer to create a great photo

that is then exhibited and sold.

Once you have a body of work consider uploading it to Flickr

or another photo sharing site; it’s great to give back and let others

enjoy what you have captured. much like the ethos of the artists

making the work.

ross liew, aka Trustme, is one of the founders of the Cut Collective, New Zealand’s most prolific and high-profile street art collective, as well as a highly experienced photographer with a photography major within a Bachelor of graphic Design. He also taught

photography at both high school and tertiary level, and recently completed his masters in art & Design at auT. He also won metro magazine’s ‘young Photographer of the year’ Portraiture competition in 2007. For more go to www.cutcollective.co.nz.

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PIC OF THeBuNCH

a reminder that the next Single-Image Competition is due

in the next issue of NZ Photographer. (entries close 5pm

monday 21 September)

Tell a story in one image, taken on a compact camera, which has

a person or people as a main element. Create the most amazing

single image that you can! you have free license to be as creative

as you can be. Hint: think emotions!

as a bonus, the winning image will also be printed and stretched

onto an 8” x 12” canvas frame, thanks to PhotoNZ.com

Send your best image to competitions@nzphotographer.co.nz

and you’ll go into the draw to win this fabulous prize:

get your image published, and be the •

cover of our next issue.

Have your winning image printed on •

canvas, thanks to PhotoNZ.com

Plus, with summer just around the •

corner, get your greasy hands on this

wicked BBQ set, care of our friends at

Brand Storming Promotions.

Single-image Competition – PeopleOur NeXT THeme IS: PeOPle – COmPaCT ONly CaTegOry

Competition rules:

you should enter only one image, and only if you are a

subscriber to NZ Photographer.

The image should be emailed at full size.•

The image you enter must have been taken on or •

after august 19th 2009, and must be taken on a

compact camera.

you as the photographer will retain all copyrights to the

image. By entering your image you grant NZ

Photographer a non-exclusive license to use the

image in the magazine and on the website

www.nzphotographer.co.nz. NZ Photographer

will not sell or make available the image to any

third party for any reason. The judge’s decision

is final, and is not open for debate.

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I ’m still trialling gimp (see Issue 3), and will report

back in the issue 6, but for those of you who do have

Photoshop...

adding Text to a Path

adding text to an image can be fun, and can help you design

photo albums, web pages, Christmas cards and lots more.

Sometimes you might not want your text to be perfectly straight,

though, so here’s a simple way to get your type to do what you

want it to do.

Create a new document1.

Choose the pen tool (don’t worry if you don’t know how to 2.

use the pen tool yet!)

Click once in the left half of your new document, then let go. 3.

move your mouse across to the right half of the document,

and click again, this time holding down the mouse button.

Drag up or down, and the pen tool will create a bent line 4.

called a path. release the mouse button. (pic1)

Select the text tool, and move the pointer over the path 5.

you’ve just made. The text tool pointer will change shape as

you hover over the path. Click once. (pic2)

Now you can type whatever you like, and the text will 6. follow the shape of the path. (pic3)

mastering the pen tool will allow you to create complex paths, all

of which can have text added to them. Happy creating! (pic4)

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PHOTOgraPHIC CluBSHowick Camera Club

7.30pm. 1st, 3rd & 4th mondays each

month (excpet Dec and Jan).

We meet in the Howick Bridge Club in the

grounds of the Howick recreation Center,

on the Pakuranga Highway, just before

the intersection with

Botany road. See

www.howickcameraclub.org.nz

for more information.

Club President: Colin Tyler

North Shore Photographic Society

7:30pm. 1st, 2nd & 4th mondays

each month.

1st Wed – Workshop Night

2nd Wed – Projected Image assessment

Night

4th Wed – Print assessment Night

We meet in the memorial Hall, City

library building, The Strand, Takapuna

Club President: Kay Hook

Hutt Camera Club

7:45pm

2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month

For more information visit

www.huttcameraclub.org.nz

list your photographic club

or society here! email

clubs@nzphotographer.co.nz with details

of who you are and when and where

your next meeting is.

listing in this category is entirely free!

PSNZ Central regional Convention

Oct 30th, 31st, & Nov 1st

Silverstream retreat, upper Hutt.

great workshops, inspirational speakers, awesome field trips

- something for everyone! registrations are being accepted

online at www.get-a-grip.co.nz, so get a grip on

your camera and come along to a weekend full of fun,

learning and entertainment. everyone is welcome - you

don’t need to be a member of the PSNZ to attend.

Check out the convention blog on the website for all the

latest news!

Contact: Toya Heatley Hutt Camera Club Committee.

Jasmine Star – wedding photographer from Orange CountyWorkshop held in January – more details to come

COmINg SOON

We NeeD yOur eVeNTS!

The Howick Camera Club

are having an exhibition of

club images on the weekend of the

19,20th Sept at the Howick Historical

Village.The 20th is also the Historical

Village ‘live’ day where many

volunteers will be dressed up and as

the theme is Wedding. There will

be a Wedding on the day (Not

a real one!). There are lots of photo

opportunities in the Village. The cost

to get into the Historical Village is

$14 (adult)

http://www.fencible.org.nz/

Q I enjoyed the article on low-light photography, but do you have

any tips on taking photos of the night sky on a digital camera? after a lot of experimentation I’ve found some good exposure settings for shooting the moon, but I am having differing results shooting stars. my tip to anyone new to this is if you are in your back yard make sure any trees or buildings are out of frame - you’d be surprised just how much light they let in to the final image. apart from going to the top of the nearest hill and pointing up, any other hints for success of shooting the night sky? Phil Drummond, Wellington

agreaT question Phil! and the answer isn’t as simple as you

(or I) would hope! The moon is extremely bright, compared

to the rest of the sky, so exposures for the moon aND the stars are

very difficult to get right.

Having control over your camera is vital for stellar exposures,

because the camera is never going to accurately expose for stars

on any of its automatic modes. you need at least a manual setting

option, and on some cameras you’ll also have a Bulb setting, which

allows shutter speeds of minutes or hours (depending on how long

you hold down the shutter release button). If you don’t own an

Slr camera, then you’ll need to check your manual to see if your

camera has a mode for shooting long exposures.

For starters, there is some basic equipment that you will be lost

without – top of that list is a tripod, and a sturdy one at that. Second

is some way to remotely set off the stutter button so that you don’t

have to touch the camera – any vibration from you touching the

camera can create camera shake and ruin a long exposure shot.

Some Slr cameras will have a plug for attaching a remote

shutter release button, while other cameras come with infrared

remotes to do that job. If yours has neither, then set your camera’s

timer to take the photo – that way you can push the button and

hopefully the camera and tripod will stop moving by the time the

photo is taken (a 10-second timer is better than a 2-second timer

for this).

In Phil’s question above he suggests avoiding trees or buildings,

but I don’t necessarily agree – using non-stellar objects in your

images can really make the final image amazing – a tree, a

mountain, you with your binoculars peering at the sky, can all create

a great silhouette in the foreground, but ONly if you control the

light. The problem Phil’s having is the reflection of light off those

objects – a tree doesn’t give off its own light. There’s most likely a

street light or house light that’s giving off a very little amount of light,

but over several seconds or minutes that light becomes very bright.

make sure any objects in your frame are not lit by any other light.

Search the internet for examples of other photographers’ work,

and what their settings were, then get out there and practice.

Obviously the light pollution from cities is huge, so your best

results will be out in the countryside. If you’re not in the country,

you can avoid some of the light pollution by pointing your camera

straight up, but over longer exposures you’ll still get light reflected

by the atmosphere bouncing back into your lens.

What your exposure settings should be depends on lots of things:

What part of the sky you’re shooting – some parts are •

brighter than others

How much light pollution is around – shorter exposures •

minimise this, but obviously will affect how bright your stars

appear in the final image

How much control you have over your camera•

How grainy or noisy you want your image to be – I •

recommend using a film speed or ISO setting of between

100 and 400 – any higher and you won’t know what’s a

star and what’s just noise

aSK THe eXPerTSyour Photographic Questions answered

Do you have a question about photography that you want answered? Send your question to editor@nzphotographer.co.nz and we’ll find an expert to answer it for you.

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SaNyO Cg11

Sanyo’s range of Xacti camcorders may be as

wide as the Sargasso Sea, but nowadays even

its entry-level shooters pimp some pretty

advanced features. The Cg11 is a case in point,

coming with a 10 megapixel CmOS sensor

capable of 720p recording, integrated eyeFi

and mini-HDmI connectivity options, and the

usual gunslinger aesthetic. Storage of the

H.264-encoded mPeg-4 output is handled by

SDHC media, and there’s also 5x optical zoom,

anti-shake and a stereo mic for getting things just

right. Folks in Japan will be able to buy one from

September 11 for ¥30,000 (NZ$470).

Source: engadget

COOl STuFF

SONy a850

Sony’s really hitting two sweet spots with its

new (or, newly confirmed) full-frame a850

(pictured) and mid-range a550 and a500

DSlr additions to the alpha family. The rumours

were basically dead on, with the a850 offering a

slight reduction to the a900’s skill set while keeping

the exact same 24.6 megapixel sensor. The a550

and a500, meanwhile, fill in any perceived gaps

in the alpha line with 14.2 and 12.3 megapixel

sensors, respectively. They also both have tilt-out

lCDs akin to the a380, with the a550 sporting a

much higher resolution screen than its sibling.

look out for a detailed report of the a850 in Issue 5’s

gear review section.

Source: engadget

NZ Photographer

Sept

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IN THe NeXT ISSue OF NZ PHOTOgraPHer…Sony alpha a850 review

How To: master Post Production “People” Single Image Winner your Images Critiqued The youngest Professional Photographer in NZ

Here’s a heads-up for a competition announced recently

by Canon NZ. The same competition has been held in

australia before, and by the examples of previous winners

on the official website it’s obviously not for the faint-hearted. It will

demand the very best of your creativity and post production skills.

The official word is: “Canon New Zealand has launched a

photographic challenge, eOS Photo5, which promises to be more

challenging and exciting than anything done before…

“Fostering creativity, eOS Photo5 inspires enthusiast digital Slr

photographers by challenging their way of thinking and encouraging

them to push the boundaries of photographic excellence. Based on a

creative brief centred around five objects in a box sent to registered

participants, the concept is to utilise each object in some way, shape or

form to shoot a series of imaginative images.

registration opened on 31august, so if you’re interested in

entering I’d get there right now. luckily, and because we’re such

lovely people here at NZ Photographer, we can provide you with a

link straight to the official website:

http://www1.canon.co.nz/worldofeos/photo5/

go there now, and then keep us updated on how it all goes.

Disclaimer: As is the case before every competition you

enter, you should read the rules and terms and conditions of

entry to make sure you agree with the promoters’ conditions.

While we like to encourage our readers to enter competitions,

we also want to look out for your best interests. If you find a

competition that takes ownership of images submitted, or in

any other way harms the photographers entering, please let

us know. We will not be held responsible for your entry into

such competitions.

CaNON ‘eOS PHOTO5’ COmPeTITION