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Apologies for the phone pics, but I wanted to show off the amazing landscape that Anastasia took us to recently, and to thank her for organising such a great trip to Wanaka and Mou Waho. If you haven’t been there before, you must! And if you haven’t been away on a DPS trip, I can’t promise such perfect surrounds and weather every time, but we usually find something interesting, so watch this space for details of the the next trip. Until then, here’s this:
Date
Activity
Details
Location
7:30pm, Monday 5 April
(no View Finder for Easter Monday)
2pm, Saturday 10 April
Huriawa Pa/Karitane photo walk
Meet at 2pm in railway station car park
Karitane and Huriawa Pa
7:30pm, Monday 12 April
Club meeting: speaker exchange with Greymouth Photography Club, featuring Nicki Mora, Elizabeth Passuello and others
Print Of The Month: Open
Mornington Presbyterian Community Centre, 16 Maryhill Tce
11:59pm, Saturday 24 April
Closing date for Projected Image Exhibition submissions
Welcome to autumn! After a small Level 2 blip in February, and another one running currently, it’s important to remind everyone that we don’t run our club meetings unless we are at Level 1, just to be on the safe side. Any club meetings that are scheduled during Level 2 or above will be moved to Zoom. There’s a link to the programme underneath the table below. We try to keep this updated as much as possible, but sometimes the changes happen a bit too quickly, so please keep our ‘club meetings at Level 1 only’ protocol in mind, and keep an eye on your emails for any meeting changes.
Date
Activity
Details
Location
7:30pm, Monday 1 March
View Finder #8: Georgina Steytler, The Art of Bird Photography
Zoom
7:30pm, Monday 8 March
Club meeting: Izumi Schmidt – Reality of photography in the digital era
Print Of The Month: Open
Mornington Presbyterian Community Centre, 16 Maryhill Tce
Welcome back to DPS! Our first talk with Daniel Wong was a great opener to set the tone for 2021, and seemed to be well enjoyed by everyone there (give or take a few minor technical hitches 😮). Please see below for our February plans.
Date
Activity
Details
Location
7:30pm, Monday 1 February
View Finder #7: Petra Leary – Aerial Photography
Zoom
Monday 8 February
(no meeting for Waitangi Day)
7:30pm, Monday 15 February
Focus group meetings
Zoom and various (confirm with group)
7:30pm, Monday 22 February
Club meeting: Gail Stent – My journey into underwater photography
Print of the Month: Open Appraiser:
Mornington Presbyterian Community Centre, 16 Maryhill Tce
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 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
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.
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)