From our trusty PSNZ Liaison, Judith:
JULY UPDATES
Nelson National Triptych Salon 2023
Closes: 15th July
There is still time to create your unique triptych entry. You may submit up to six entries.
There are three special awards:
Best “The Meeting”
Best Work
Best Monochrome
Please visit Nelson Camera Club 2023 National Triptych Salon Information
National Photojournalism Competition
Closes: 31st July
Time again for the 32nd Annual New Zealand Photojournalism Competition. You are invited to present your best PJ images and compete for the prestigious Ted Walker Trophy (Sport and/or action) and Maree Turner Trophy (Street Photography and/or Social Commentary) section.
Entry is open to all New Zealand photographers and PSNZ members who reside outside of New Zealand.
Rules and entry forms: New Brighton Photographic Club website and submit your entry to nbpcpj@gmail.com before the closing date.
Remember the competition is open to anyone in New Zealand. Tell your friends and family and anyone you know that loves to take PJ style photos.
PSNZ Honours
Closing date: 31st July
A PSNZ Honours distinction is an internationally recognised award, confirming a level of photographic competence demonstrated through a portfolio presentation of a member’s work. There are three levels of distinctions – Licentiate, Associateship, and Fellowship. For the Licentiate level you do not have to be a member of PSNZ.
Submissions opened: 16th June
More information about Honours is on the PSNZ Website – Honours.
Nominations for Service Medals
Closing date: 31st July
Nominations for Service Medals need to be submitted to the Honours Board by 31st July.
PSNZ presents several Service Awards to members who have made a significant contribution to the Society. Members can be nominated for any of the following Service Awards:
An Honorary Fellowship is the highest service award granted by PSNZ. This is made to a member who has made unique contributions of significant importance to the Society.
An Honorary Life Membership is awarded for outstanding service to photography particularly through organisational work.
A PSNZ Service Medal is awarded for service alone, of an outstanding nature.
The Emma and William McPherson Award is made to a club or individuals who have helped to foster the interest of amateur photography over the previous 12 months.
Further information please go to the PSNZ Website – Service Awards
AUGUST CLOSING DATES
Creative Focus
Closing: 6th August
Creative Focus is celebrating 10 Years of outstanding, imaginative and artful photography!
Our milestone birthday is in September this year, and we are going to be celebrating in style. We will be showcasing all the inspirational and successful images from this year’s competition, with an award-winning prize giving, at our local Arts and Cultural Centre in Pukekohe. Along with wine, cheese, music, banter, rosettes, certificates and trophies, there will also be a digital show of the colourful and imaginative winning images. The award-winning images from each section will also be printed and displayed in our exhibition.
September 23rd is the party date … come and enjoy the magical world from behind the lens.
More information on the Creative Focus website
The National Interclub Salons Open
Close: 30th August
- Wiltshire Cup Interclub Salon,
- George Chance Landscape Interclub Salon,
- Bledisloe Cup Interclub Salon,
- Bowron Digital Landscape Interclub Salon.
All open on: 1st August
Details: Interclub Salons
69th National Convention and PSNZ Sony National Exhibition
20-22 October – Lower Hutt
Registrations for convention open: 1st August
National Exhibition entries open: 1st August and close: 30th August
Details: PSNZ National Convention and PSNZ Sony National Exhibition
Speakers were highlighted in last month’s update, this month it’s the pre-convention field trips:
Wainuiomata Beach
A special and spectacular place to visit. You quickly feel a sense of awe from the continually moving environment and nature all around you. The roar of thundering waves along a rugged rocky shore bounces off steep weathered hills rising high up out of the coastline. It’s name means the headland (rae) where the mountains come down (turaki) to the sea – and is home to some rare plants, seals wintering over and earthquake-raised beaches.
The reserve is also home to banded dotterels, caspian terns, and variable oystercatchers plus skinks and geckos. Wainuiomata
Zealandia
Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne is the world’s first fully-fenced urban ecosanctuary, with an extraordinary 500-year vision to restore a Wellington valley’s forest and freshwater ecosystems as closely as possible to their pre-human state. The 225 hectare (500+ acre) ecosanctuary is a ground breaking conservation project that has reintroduced 18 species of native wildlife back into the area, some of which were previously absent from mainland New Zealand for over 100 years. Set around a picturesque reservoir, Zealandia is home to some of New Zealand’s most rare and extraordinary wildlife – all thriving wild in a world-first protected sanctuary. Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne is about the most biodiversity-rich square mile of mainland New Zealand in terms of the species living wild here. Over forty different species of native birds have been recorded in our sanctuary valley, twenty-four of them endemic (found in no other country). Dozens of reptile species, hundreds of plant species and thousands of kinds of invertebrates have made Zealandia their home. Many of the animals and plants you will see at Zealandia are highly endangered, and some are practically extinct in areas not protected or managed like Zealandia. Zealandia
Cable Car Museum, Botanical Gardens, Lady Norwood Rose Gardens and Waterfront
Ride the cable car and alight at the Lady Norwood Rose Gardens station or travel to the top, enter the Cable Car Museum or walk a short distance to the top entrance of the Botanical Gardens. Wherever you want to start first. Admire the great views over the harbour from the Cable car or walk the waterfront first and soak in the atmosphere of Wellington before venturing up the Cable car. There are so many places to choose to have your lunch. Nothing can beat Wellington on a great day. Wellington Gardens and Wellington Cable Car
PSNZ is now on Instagram
Keep on eye on activities and see some amazing images by following: “PhotographicSocietyofNZ”
Scan the QR code and open the PSNZ Instagram page.
Look out for the public Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/PSNZgroup/members/. If you or anyone you know is interested in knowing more about or joining the Photographic Society of New Zealand, you’ll find a lot of information on the public Facebook page or on the PSNZ website.
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