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Projected Image of the Month 2: Reflections, November 2021

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Thanks to Stephanie Forrester for her appraisal of our images this week, and congratulations to Kate Burton, Trevor Douglas and Simon Parsons!

1st place: The Demise of an Icon by Kate Burton
2nd place: A mirror on the beach by Trevor Douglas
3rd place: Really by Simon Parsons

Standings

Nicola

PSNZ Update – November 2021

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As mentioned in the recent Camera Talk, the PSNZ Council has recently created a Councillor for Clubs Liaison role, designed specifically to be the go-to person for affiliated clubs to communicate with, about PSNZ affairs. They’ve asked for each club to nominate a member to be the contact for that club, and we’re very lucky that Judith Swan has agreed to take on this role. Her first update is as follows:

Upcoming PSNZ events and dates to note

22 November 2021: CameraTalk
Articles for the next CameraTalk are due. Email to michamberlain@icloud.com CameraTalk can be read at: https://photography.org.nz/events-and-publications/cameratalk/

16 January 2022: Honours submissions
Submissions open and must be received by 5pm on 28 February 2022. Information about the PSNZ Honours can be found here: https://photography.org.nz/honours/

January 2022: PSNZ Sony National Exhibition
Entries open. Categories are Nature and Open. The competition is open to all NZ residents. More information here: https://photography.org.nz/salons-galleries/psnz-sony-exhibition/

1 March 2022: PSNZ Interclub Salons
Entries for these salons close. More information about these competitions is here: https://photography.org.nz/interclub-salons/

April 2022: PSNZ National Convention
REGISTRATIONS OPEN. The convention next year is in Rotorua and you can learn about the event here: https://national.photography.org.nz/

Projected Image of the Month: Open, November 2021

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Thanks to Kate Burton for her appraisal of our images this week, and congratulations to Clive Copeman, Gary McClintock and Gordon Speed!

1st place: 4 hour maximum stay by Clive Copeman
2nd place: Twisted Trees by Gary McClintock
3rd place: Silvereye by Gordon Speed

Standings

Nicola

Photo walks and field trips

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Field trips and photo walks are a great way for us all to stay in contact with each other, so while we’re still under some Covid restrictions, we’ll try to make sure we plan these regularly. Hopefully all members have received my recent email with details of our upcoming trip out to the lovely Maple Glen gardens this month, as well as our annual photo scavenger hunt in December. Try to get along to one or both of these if you’re missing DPS contact 🙂

We had a really good turn out for photo walk around the wharf area last weekend – here’s the slideshow in case anyone missed the meeting.

Nicola

What’s On: November and December 2021

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Looking through Chiharu Shiota’s ‘The Web of Time’ – Nicola Pye

It was decided at our last Council meeting that we’ll keep using Zoom for our meetings for the rest of the year, regardless of any possible Covid level changes. The underlying reason for this decision is to protect the health of all members, and the issue of vaccination requirements is key. While the Council strongly supports vaccination, any decision around vaccination requirements will likely need to come first from the government and from the Maryhill church where we meet. In the meantime, we’ll carry on as we have been, with meetings over Zoom, and field trips or photo walks in areas where we can socially distance as needed (at least as long as we’re at level 2 or better). Fingers crossed things will be closer to normal when we return next year!

Date	Activity	Details	Location
7:30pm, Monday 1 November	View Finder #14: Tony Carter – Another World, portraits from Ōhura		Zoom
7:30pm, Monday 8 November	Club meeting: Speaker TBC	Projected Image Of The Month: Open	Zoom
7:30pm, Monday 15 November	Focus group meetings		Zoom and various
9:00am Saturday 20 November	Field trip: Maple Glen	Meet at Bayfield Park carpark for carpooling at 9am, to reach Maple Glen about 11:30am. Bring lunch and a cash donation to enter the gardens.	Wyndham and surrounding areas, possibly Invercargill?
7:30pm, Monday 22 November	Club meeting: Ferg Campbell and The Projects Group	Projected Image Of The Month: Reflections	Zoom
10:00am Sunday 5 December	Photo walk: Annual Photo Scavenger Hunt	Meet at the main gate to the Gardens, at the corner of Great King St and Opoho Rd, finish with coffee/lunch at Croque-o-dile café.	Botanic Gardens and surrounding areas
7:30pm, Monday 6 December	View Finder #15: Judy Stokes – The art of painting with your camera		Zoom
7:30pm, Monday 13 December	Club Meeting: President’s Evening	Final meeting of the year	Zoom

Nicola

Projected Image of the Month: Multi-exposure, October 2021

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Many thanks to Noelle Bennett for her appraisals this month, and congratulations to Trevor Douglas, Kate Burton and Gordon Speed.

1st place: Blossom Photographer by Trevor Douglas
2nd place: Lower Rattray St by Kate Burton
3rd place: Dunedin Railway Station, a different view by Gordon Speed

Standings

Nicola

Projected Image of the Month 2: Open, September 2021

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The poor old Prints of the Month have had a very scarce year, but the Projected Images are flourishing! Thanks very much to Gary McClintock for his recent appraisals, and congratulations to Judith Swan, Stephanie Forrester and Trevor Douglas.

1st place: Barcode Trees by Judith Swan
2nd place: Reaching Skyward by Stephanie Forrester
3rd place: Peninsula Sunset by Trevor Douglas

Standings

Nicola

DPS on YouTube

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As most of our members will know, after we’ve run an exhibition, a field trip, a photo walk, or a big trip away, we usually gather images from those who participated to make a slideshow. Although we haven’t had many trips over the last year or two, we’re still collecting the slideshows, and you can view them any time, along with our seasonal and Festival exhibitions on our YouTube channel. For those who missed our slideshow of Arthur’s Pass, here you go!

Nicola

Projected Image of the Month: Edges, September 2021

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Thanks to Glenn Symon for his appraisal this month, and congratulations to Judith Swan, Barbara Newton and Noelle Bennett! #girlpower

1st place: Waiting on the edge by Judith Swan
2nd place: The Lindis Gateway by Barbara Newton
3rd place: Floral frilliness by Noelle Bennett

Standings

Nicola

Focus Groups: Projects and Sets Photo-a-day challenge

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Earlier this month, the Projects and Sets focus group ran a 15 day ‘Photo a day challenge’, which was fantastic practice for the current lockdown 😲 The only criteria was that the photo should be taken on the day it was posted – no other limits. About 11 people took part, and it’s certainly spurred many of us on to keep creating. Thanks very much to David Steer for running it all, and Ferg Campbell for being star commenter! Here are some of our highlights: