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Just a few more activities for the year, then we’re done! Our first meeting for 2021 will be at Mornington on 25 January, but watch this space in case we organise any photo walks or field trips before then.
Date
Activity
Details
Location
Wednesday 2 – Tuesday 8 December
Members’ Photo Exhibition
Community Gallery
7:30pm, Monday 7 December
View Finder #6: Julia Coddington, Women in Street Photography
Zoom
7:30pm, Monday 14 December
Club meeting: President’s Evening
Trophy presentations, quiz, bring a plate for shared supper
Mornington Presbyterian Community Centre, 16 Maryhill Tce
Only a few more meetings for this strange year – please remember to check the programme here for any changes, as we try to keep this as updated as possible.
Date
Activity
Details
Location
7:30pm, Monday 2 November
View Finder #5: Kevin Landwer-Johan, Cultural Sensitivity when Photographing in South East Asia
Zoom
7:30pm, Monday 9 November
Club meeting: Simone Jackson – Wedding and Family Photography Slideshow: Alphabet Challenge CDE
Projected Image Of The Month: Food and Drink and Open Appraisers: Anastasia Labudina and TBC
Mornington Presbyterian Community Centre, 16 Maryhill Tce
7:30pm, Monday 16 November
Focus group meetings
Zoom and various
7:30pm, Monday 23 November
Club meeting: Trevor Douglas – Aerial Photography 10 minute presentations by Graeme Atkinson and Ian Thompson Slideshow: Alphabet Challenge BA
Print of the Month: Open Appraiser: Melanie Dick
Mornington Presbyterian Community Centre, 16 Maryhill Tce
Now that things are looking a bit more normal back at Level 1, here are the plans for this month. As before, if we need to go back to Level 2, all face-to-face meetings will be postponed or moved to Zoom when possible. Hopefully there should be something here for everyone!
Date
Activity
Details
Location
7:30pm, Sun 4 Oct
Nature/Macro/Astro/Timelapse focus group meeting
Zoom
7:30pm, Mon 5 Oct
View Finder #4: Maarten Rots, Abstract Architecture
Zoom
7:30pm, Mon 12 Oct
Club meeting: Graeme Warman – Food Photography
Projected Image Of The Month: Sport Action and Open Appraisers: Chris Hewitt & Ken Trevathan
Mornington Presbyterian Community Centre, 16 Maryhill Tce
10am, Sun 18 Oct
Projects/Sets focus group photo walk
Street Art Challenge and Architecture
Queens Gardens
7:30pm, Mon 19 Oct
Focus group meetings
Zoom and various
7:30pm, Mon 26 Oct
Club meeting: Projected Image Exhibition, Mini workshop on reflectors, external lighting and white balance
Mornington Presbyterian Community Centre, 16 Maryhill Tce
We had an excellent turnout for our AGM earlier this week, and once again, were lucky enough to have a good, healthy Council elected. As Gary mentioned at the meeting, a very big welcome to Judith Swan who is our newest Councillor, and many thanks to the Councillors who stepped down at the AGM: Glenn Symon, Ita Daniels, Brian Treanor, Jenny Longstaff, Antonio de Souza, and Simone Jackson who finished earlier in the year.
As not everyone was able to attend the meeting, and as we’ve had a few new members join over the lockdown months, this seems like a good time to briefly introduce the newly elected Council. Without further ado, they are:
Patrons
Ian Wyllie and Phil Hollard
President (and Immediate Past Pres)
Gary McClintock
president.dpsnz@gmail.com
Vice-President
Ross McIvor
vicepresident.DPSNZ@gmail.com
Treasurer
David Steer
treasurer.DPSNZ@gmail.com
Secretary
Nicola Pye
secretary.dpsnz@gmail.com
Webmaster
Melanie Dick
webmaster.dpsnz@gmail.com
Print Secretary
Tulipa Briggs
prints.dpsnz@gmail.com
Projected Image Secretary
Melanie Dick
slides.dpsnz@gmail.com
AV Secretary
Anastasia Labudina
Field Trip Secretary
Ross McIvor
fieldtrips.DPSNZ@gmail.com
Social Media Secretary
Nicola Pye
cameracraft.dpsnz@gmail.com
Councillors
Alan Coppin, Bob Dagg, Judith Swan
If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to email the relevant person above, or talk to them at a meeting – they’re a friendly bunch, and frequently know the answers to most things!
We are meeting via Zoom until we return to COVID Alert Level 1: Link to Zoom Room: https://zoom.us/j/673661631 (password required – see your email from President)
Visitors are always welcome. While we are meeting via Zoom, please contact the Secretary for details about how to join the Zoom meeting secretary.dpsnz@gmail.com.
We have now been doing our online Zoom meetings for the last two months and have had members who live as far away as Nelson joining in meetings. While it has been a successful medium for many, I do acknowledge that Zoom has not worked for all members, so I hope this update newsletter helps fill the gap in some way.
At this stage, we do not have a date when we see our meetings at the church hall or practical sessions starting again, so Zoom meetings will continue for the next while.
Images from the Bubble
Each week members have had the opportunity to share up to 4 images taken during the week. Some weeks we have had close to 80 images with a wide range of subjects. Here is a selection of images from the 36 members who participated.
Anastasia Labudina
Barbara Newton
Bob Bungard
Bob Dagg
Brian Treanor
David Steer
Edith Leigh
Franky Malone
Gary McClintock
Ged Davis
Gordon Speed
Greg Hughson
Gretta Wallace
Ian Thomson
Ita Daniels
Jamie Ryan
Jane Ludemann
John Duckett
John Moran
Jo McLeary
Jude Mahood
Judith Swan
Karen Wardell
Laurie White
Mark McGuire
Melanie Dick
Noelle Bennett
Praveen Kumar
Raimo Kuparinen
Ross McIvor
Simon Parsons
Simone Jackson
Stephanie Forrester
Susan Davies
Suzanne Renner
Tulipa Briggs
PSNZ Sony National Exhibition 2020
Congratulations to the following members who were successful in the PSNZ Sony National Exhibition 2020.
Open Prints
Kate Burton: 4 acceptances
Ita Daniels: 2 acceptances
David Steer: 2 acceptances
Gordon Speed: 1 acceptance
Open Projected Image
Glenda Rees 1 acceptance
Nature Prints
Gary McClintock: Gold Medal and 1 acceptance
Glenda Rees: 2 acceptances
Nature Projected Image
Glenda Rees: Gold Medal and 2 acceptances
Noelle Bennett: Silver Medal
Unfortunately due to COVID 19, there was no exhibition of the images but you can view the online catalogue here.
Speakers
Nicola Wilhelmsen
Nicola has shared her knowledge with the society a number of times now. She is a professional photographer based in Dunedin. Nicola shared the development of two images that she has submitted for a fun lockdown challenge hosted by NZIPP. It was helpful seeing how she refined her concept and images, as well as seeing some of the technical issues around lighting. Nicola posts on Instagram as nicolafromthehelm
Sam Purdie
Ross met Sam one night while out photographing insects at Woodhaugh Gardens, when he stopped and offered to show Ross where he could find stick insects. They swapped details and the result of that encounter was an interesting talk by Sam where he presented a recipe for finding insects and then some tips on photographing. Sam posts on Instagram as samanimalman
Nick Beadle
Nick runs a window cleaning business in Dunedin, See Through Windows Ltd. He shared his journey from watching one of his employees taking pictures on his phone through to now dividing his time between window cleaning and a growing photography career. Nick posts on Instagram so just search for seethroughwindowsltd
Future Plans
We will look to resume face to face meetings as soon as this is possible. However, we are aware that there may be some members who will continue to manage their health risk by not attending physical meetings. We have also seen that Zoom has enabled some of our more distant members to be involved. Between now and the end of the year, Council has decided to continue with one regular Zoom meeting per month. This meeting will involve presentations by overseas speakers.
As a taster, our first overseas speaker will be this week, Monday 25 May 7.30pm – Zoom Room, Julian Elliott. He will present a talk Mongolia – From the landscape to eagle hunters: take a journey across Mongolia from the famous Steppe landscape to the eagle hunters of the Altai region in western Mongolia.
Look forward to seeing you all in the Zoom Room on Monday. Gary McClintock President, DPS
Zoom meeting on Monday 6 April will start 7.30pm. Link to join the meeting and instructions can be found in previous blog posts.
Noelle Bennett will be a speaker for the evening.
She will talk about Affinity. It’s a photo editing software with parallels to Photoshop. Noelle will speak about the basics of Affinity and how she uses the software to process her images with a creative twist.
Affinity is currently available with a 90 day trial and at $42 for a one off purchase (which is a reduction of 50%).
Link to download: https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/#buy
Also Images from Inside the Bubble will be shared by members.
Please bookmark this page (not the Zoom link) so that if we make any changes, you will have access to the latest links.
The link to connect to the meeting is at the bottom of this post.
What is Zoom?
Zoom is a free video conferencing tool that allows you to connect with others from the comfort of your home. It is similar to other apps that you may have heard of like Skype or Facetime.
It is free to use and you do not have to sign up to be able to use Zoom and participate in our meetings.
You can connect from a computer or mobile phone, and you do not need to have a camera or microphone at this point – you can participate by simply listening to the meeting.
This short video will give you an idea of how Zoom works, and also serves as a test to check that your speakers on your computer, or the sound on your cellphone is working. – you should be able to hear the lady speaking on the video. Link: https://youtu.be/-s76QHshQnY
What will the online meeting be like?
The meeting will follow a similar format to our normal face-to-face meetings, with results of the Projected Image of the Month (enter here: https://dps.org.nz/piotm), speaker, images from the Z-A challenge (participate here: https://dps.org.nz/z-a-photo-challenge/) and sharing of any other slideshows and information.
We will aim to get started at 7.30pm like we normally do, so please ensure you have tested your setup and checked you can access the meeting prior to Monday’s meeting.
What if I miss the meeting or can’t connect?
The meeting will also be recorded and a link to the video will be shared after the meeting has ended.
I need help getting set up or connected
If you need help with getting yourself set up, please email David treasurer.dpsnz@gmail.com as soon as possible.
During the meeting, if you are having trouble you can email David.
How do I join the meeting?
To connect to the meeting on Monday 23rd, click the link below and follow the onscreen prompts.
You will need a PIN which is a 6 digit code – this will be emailed to you by Gary.
Update: face-to-face meetings will resume on 13th July
The council of the Dunedin Photographic Society met tonight (17/3/20) and has decided that all face to face activities of the Dunedin Photographic Society are to be cancelled at least until the end of April 2020.
This decision applies to all activities run under the name of DPS including; meetings, practical sessions, Photoshop classes, and face to face focus group meetings.
This is a significant step and reflects the society’s concern for the well-being of members and our community as we address the challenge of COVID-19.
The council will revisit this decision and update members before the end of April.
The council is committed to continuing to offer a programme to members through an online platform. We will be working hard so that members will be able to access next Monday’s meeting via ZOOM. Information about this will be available to members via email and on this blog.
We appreciate this format may not suit everyone but we will work to assist members to access online meetings. Meetings will be recorded and made available for members to access at times outside the normal meeting times.
We hope members appreciate the gravity of the situation that has led to these decisions being made and make every effort to join and contribute to our online alternative.
We hope all members stay safe and well. Nga mihi, Gary President, Dunedin Photographic Society
Thanks to the Programme Committee, the 2020 programme is now available on the website. They have outlined an action packed year of meetings, outings, focus group events and practical workshops.
As is always the case, there are a few things that still need to be confirmed and some things may change along the way; so please make sure you keep checking the website for the most up-to-date information.
You can find the programme here: https://dps.org.nz/programme/ It is displayed as a Google calendar and is also available for download as a printable PDF.
If you use Google calendar yourself, the best thing to do is add the DPS calendar to your personal calendar – instructions below:
1. Click on the + Google Calendar button
2. (If necessary) Sign in to your Google account
3. Click the Add button to add the DPS calendar to your account
4. You will see the DPS calendar events in your calendar. You can turn the display of the events off if you want, by deselecting the checkbox next to dpsorgnz@gmail.com in the Other calendars list (left of screen)
