Focus Groups

All members welcome

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Just a reminder that there is a lot of activity going on in the focus groups each month, and all members are welcome to join any/all the groups whenever they would like.

You don’t have to be able to make every meeting, but if you would like to join at any point, all the details are below.

In addition to these meetings there are fieldtrips, photowalks and meetups planned. These will be advertised to all members and you are welcome to join any/all – you don’t have to be a member of the specific group.

  • NATMAT Group (Natural history, Macro, Astro, Timelapse)
    • Every Sunday at 7.30pm on Zoom – just use the regular DPS Zoom meeting link
  • Affinity Group (Affinity is photo editing software)
    • Every Thursday at 7.30pm on Zoom – just use the regular DPS Zoom meeting link
  • Projects Group (Focus on working towards photographic project of some description)
    • 3rd Monday of month at 7.30 on Zoom – just use the regular DPS Zoom meeting link
  • Honours Group (Working towards PSNZ honours)
    • 3rd Monday of month at 7.30 on Zoom – just use the regular DPS Zoom meeting link
  • Street/Urban Group (Out and about with cameras)

– Melanie

Street/urban focus group

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The latest focus group to be established within the club is the Street/urban group. We have a broad focus, encompassing everything from photographing people in the streets, to the buildings of our city. Our idea is to circulate links about a photographer of interest each month, so that we can have a look at their work and discuss when we meet.

The first meeting was held on Thursday 22nd July at Dog with two Tails. We had 8 members attend (plus a mini associate) which got the group off to a great start. Mark McGuire had shared links to the first photographer for discussion – Peter Black. Peter is a Wellington-based street photographer who has photographed social landscapes all over the world.

Brisbane 1973. Peter Black’s first photograph. Source: https://www.peterblackphotos.com/about.html

You can find Peter online via the following links:

Photos can have the magical ability to stop time and thus allow us to examine the world, but in the end the best of them become art – yet they remain as mysterious as a dream.

Peter Black

After a good discussion around Peter’s work and the direction of our new group, it just remained for us all to grab our cameras and hit the streets ourselves.

  • Simon Parsons
  • Kathleen Lane – taken in Auckland
  • Liz Greenwood
  • Liz Greenwood
  • Mark McGuire
  • Melanie Dick
  • Melanie Dick
  • Melanie Dick
  • Rebecca Dick
  • Kate Burton
  • Kate Burton
  • Kate Burton
  • Kate Burton
  • Tony Pomfret
  • Melanie Dick
  • Rebecca Dick
  • Craig McKenzie

The next meeting will be 11am Thursday 19th August at Dog With Two Tails, and all are welcome. The photographer of focus this month is Vivian Maier. If you would like to join the mailing list to receive links and updates, please email Melanie.