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Waikato Photographic Society Inc.
Hamilton’s Camera Club
HAMILTON
www.waikatophotosoc.org.nz
COMMITTEE
President: Kay Goosen-Cooper FPSNZ
HonPSNZ
Immediate Past President: Jacqui Stokes
Secretary: Margaret Liddell
Treasurer: Andre Mutavdzic
Competition Secretary: Val Fabling
Aperture: Margi Parton
Field trips Hans Hockey
Meet and Greet: Kay and Hartmut Joschonek
Facebook Admin: Hans Hockey
Co-opted for webpage: Julie Salisbury
Val McArthur, Lorne Guilding
International Exchange & Judging Training: Julie Salisbury and Lynda Mowat
MEETINGS PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS NIGHT
7.30pm 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month 7.30pm 3rd Tuesday of the month
Methodist Church Hall, 6 Bader Street, Melville 22 Kensington Place, Chartwell
COMPETITION ENTRIES
Due on the 2nd Tuesday of the month
Either Bring to the meeting for prints and projected images on memory stick or email to
(Subject, then your name) competition@waikatophotosoc.org.nz
The theme for the February
Competition was ‘Upside Down’.
Right: Confusion by Val McArthur
April 2021
Acknowledgement: To our previous president, Jacqui Stokes, and secretary, Lynda
Mowat. They have both done excellent work for the club and we thank them very much.
Jacqui has instigated some new ideas, and has worked with online new members,
bringing them up to date. She has shown enthusiasm and willingness to continue with her
Skills nights.
Lynda has been a really good secretary for the last 4 years. She has an attention to
detail, and we have been very appreciative of her exceptional work.
Congratulations:
Firstly, to our new president, Kay Goosen-Cooper and secretary, Margaret Liddell, voted in
at the AGM.
Secondly to Val Fabling, who has achieved her LPSNZ.
LPSNZ (Licentiate of the Photographic Society of NZ) is an Honours distinction which
confirms a level of photographic competence demonstrated through a portfolio
presentation of a member’s work.
Thirdly, the club came third for the Wiltshire Digital Image Cup. This cup was first donated
in 1947 as a memorial to Ernest Edward Wiltshire of the Christchurch Photographic
Society. It requires a set of four digital images from each club. Our entry is below.
Top left: Chinese Scholars Garden Top Right: Grey Go Away Bird
Val Fabling Lynda Mowat
Bottom Left: Gannets Muriwai Bottom Right: It’s Time
Julie Salisbury Willem Delport
April 2021
Photo Opportunities
Hamilton Lake Parkrun Innes Common Sat 10 April 2021 8:00am – 9:00am
The Great NZ Muster
Sat 10th Apr 10am – 3pm.
Te Kuiti Domain
The Hamilton Motorcycle Club celebrates 100 years with over 50 motorcycles and related
Club memorabilia. Finishes Sun April 11th. 11 Railside Pl, Juke Box Cafe and Museum.
Teddy Bears Picnic Sat 17th Apr. 11am – 1pm Garden Place.
Princess Pyjama Party Glenview Community Centre, Cnr Tomin Rd and Glenview
Tce Sat 17 April 10:30am – 11:30am
Steampunk the Thames 22nd - 24th April. Sat 24th: Parade at 10.30. Markets open till
4pm, Tea Pot obstacle and drag racing:1.30pm.
Anzac Day Papercrafts Sun 25th Apr 11am – 2pm Waikato Museum
The Great NZ Food Show May 1st - 2nd Claudelands Event Centre.
And don’t forget: Hamilton Gardens, Taitua Arboretum, Victoria Street Museum, Zoo, Lake
Domain, Parana Park, Claudelands Park, Blastacars Drift Carts (82 Duke street), A J
Seeley Gully Reserve, (33 Whyte Street).
The committee have agreed to having a
favourite photo put into Aperture each
month.
Left: A favourite of Hartmut Joschonek’s
April 2021
TOPIC NOTES
April: Geometry
Think of photographing shapes; triangles, squares, rectangles, parallelograms, circles,
rhombus’ etc. There should be at least one in your photograph, and it / they should be the
focus of your picture.
A clearly defined geometrical shape, like a building is considered hard geometry. These
sorts of geometrical shapes will mostly be manmade, because of the hard edges. They’re
also easy to spot once you start looking for geometrical shapes.
Soft geometry is a roughly defined geometrical shape, like a trimmed hedge. The edges
aren’t as stark as hard geometrical shapes. So, of course, you’ll find more soft geometry
for photography in nature. Because the shapes aren’t as obvious, you have to look more
carefully, until you get used to thinking in shapes rather than objects.
For example, start seeing
mountain peaks and the converging edges of roads as triangles
or doorways, arches and an alley between buildings as a rectangle to frame a
subject
A positive shape is what we think of first when we think of a shape. A positive shape is the
shape made by an object. A negative space is the space leftover — or where the objects
in the photo aren’t. A negative space is the crack in a canyon wall, for example, or a shape
created from the outline of two positive spaces.
Middle Earth – Mary Lorier Penguin Pool – Val Fabling
April 2021
May: Colour on Colour
‘Black on black’ or ’white on white’ themes are common types of photograph but this set subject allows
‘red on red’, ‘blue on blue’, etc. For example ‘green on green’ if you have photographed fern fronds in
front of each other or grass. So it is the lighting and shading rather than different colours which make
the photograph. The colour must be original, which disallows tinting or conversion from colour to black
and white. Any colour other than the main colour is discouraged but may be incidental, for example, a
black dog on black background may have brown eyes.
April 27th: Drewery Cup Photojournalism Award
1.NUMBERS and THEME: The cup will be awarded for the best image, or for
a set of not less than three (3) or more than six (6) images in the same
media. Sets must illustrate a specific theme.
2.SIZE: Prints may be of any size, and may be attached collectively to a single
mount of any shape, but not exceeding 40cm x 50cm (16” x 20”). The mount may
be arranged so as to fold.
3.DIGITAL IMAGES: Digital images must conform to the WPS specifications i.e.
maximum width 1620 pixels , maximum height 1080 pixels
4.CAPTIONS: Each set must be clearly captioned, indicating its theme.
5.STANDARD: Entries will be judged to a high standard and no award will be
made in any year if, in the opinion of the judge, a sufficient standard has not been
reached.
6.REPETITION: If two images in a set are so similar as to be considered by the
judge as repetition inconsistent with the theme, the second image shall be
disregarded when assessing the set.
Newly emerged – Val Fabling Loren – Hans Hockey
April 2021
PROGRAMME FOR APRIL AND MAY
Apr 6 Committee Meeting
Apr 13 Competition Judging Night. Topic: ‘Street Photography
Bring along entries for ‘Geometry’.
Also bring entries for the Photojournalism competition, if you are ready.
NOTE!! There will be a talk about Photojournalism with some
examples, and there is an extension of a fortnight for the entries to be
handed in.
Apr 20 Skills night. Dodging and Burning. Held at 22 Kensington Place.
Apr 24 Steam Punk in Thames. Field trip leaving at 8.30am.
Apr 27 Creative Photo Workshop; working on ‘Colour on Colour’. Bring camera
and tripod. Held at the Methodist Church Hall.
Last day for handing in Photojournalism entries
May 4 Committee meeting.
Reflected Beauty – Lynda Mowat Drink Time – Lynda Mowat
April 2021
Month: FEBRUARY 2021
Set Subject: UPSIDE DOWN
Judge: JANET MUNNINGS LPSNZ LRPS
PRINTS
NOVICE
Colour ~ Open
Subject
Commended Lorne Guilding Evening squabbles
INTERMEDIATE
Colour ~ Open
Subject
Honours Amanda Marshall Lovebirds
Highly Commended Natallie + Bankwood
Hans Hockey
Superette
Amanda Marshall Toy soldier
A GRADE
Mono – Set Subject
Commended Jacqui Stokes Photographer in the Wild
Accepted Lynda Mowat Do not disturb
Colour ~ Open
April 2021
Subject
Highly Commended Hartmut Joschonek Are you shure
Julie Salisbury White Piwakawaka
Colour ~ Set Subject
Honours Val Fabling LPSNZ Penguin pool reflections
Lynda Mowat LPSNZ Reflected Beauty
Highly Commended Val Fabling LPSNZ Which way is up?
Warwick Kellaway Inverted Cross of St Peter
Jacqui Stokes Autumn Lake
Commended Hartmut Joschonek It’s still fun
Warwick Kellaway Table Lantern
DIGITAL
NOVICE
Mono ~ Open
Subject
Are We There Yet? +
Accepted Marty Brown
Grilled
Colour ~ Open
Subject
Highly Commended Wiehan Vosloo Treacherous activity
Commended Manfred Vogel Coromandel Coast +
April 2021
Exploring a Sea Cave
Accepted Wiehan Vosloo Approaching Gumbo
Colour ~ Set
Subject
Highly Commended Max Watson Preying you won’t touch me
Commended Max Watson Let me feed
Accepted Ram Manoharan Kids Diving +
Swans Upside Down
A Quiet Night at the Harbour
Kristof Hongsermeier
+
Downtown in the Up-country
INTERMEDIATE
Mono ~ Open
Subject
Highly Commended Amanda Marshall Splashing about
Mono ~ set Subject
Honours Hans Hockey Loren
Colour = Open
Subject
Highly Commended Shirley Warner Mellow Yellow
April 2021
Commended Amanda Marshall Comforting arms
Mike Lorier Forest Floor
Accepted Shirley Warner Lily The Pink
Colour ~ Set
Subject
Commended Willem Delport I can fly
Mike Lorier Lisa Lottie
Accepted Hans Hockey Mr White
Willem Delport Head over heels
A GRADE
Mono ~ Open
Subject
Highly Commended Hartmut Joschonek Not much business today
Mono ~ set Subject
Accepted Lynda Mowat LPSNZ Which way up?
Colour ~ Open
Subject
Honours Mary Lorier Middle Earth
Highly Commended Chris Hague Nandina
Doug Stewart Scratchy
Commended Andre Mutavdzic Pink Water Lily
April 2021Colour ~ Set
Subject
Honours Val McArthur Confusion
Lynda Mowat LPSNZ Drink time
Val Fabling LPSNZ Newly emerged
Highly Commended Doug Stewart Been To A Party
Julie Salisbury Yawn
Val McArthur Tolaga Bay Wharf
Commended Julie Salisbury The Fall
Accepted Val Fabling LPSNZ Reflective tiles
Andre Mutavdzic Floral Blue
Chris Hague Bottoms up
Jacqui Stokes The World in my Hand +
Looking Down
Kaylene Helliwell Play + Walk About
Margi Parton Book of Cats
Mary Lorier Inside upside down
April 2021April 2021
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