Shuttertalk March 2016

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1 c Shuttertalk March 2016 Est Basement Howick Bridge Club, Pakuranga Rd, Pakuranga, Auckland. Meetings are 1 st, 3 rd and 4 th Mondays at 7.45pm March has had to be our busiest month in some time starting with the 60 th Anniversary celebrations. The Red Hat Ladies were a great hit (P7) and the Anniversary Dinner was very enjoyable with speakers, slide shows, dancers, good food and of course, good company (P6). The workshop taken by Judy Stokes at Muriwai the following day was also extremely well received (P8). Pacifika and the Cultural Festival were also on during March. P2 P8 Important What s On Special competitions Although we will mention them as they come up, there will be a list of special internal competitions at the back of every newsletter. This will help you prepare images well in advance if you wish. These competitions have a habit of sneaking up and people either panic at the last minute or don t enter at all. Hopefully this will help to boost the numbers of entries. The Maslen, McCree and Chambers Cups are due first Monday in May. A few congratulations are in order. First, our club won the Bowron Landscape Cup this year. In the Natex Competition several members got acceptances - Liz Robertson, Chris Wong, Bob McCree and Michael Yu each received one and Shona Kebble got three acceptances. Shona also received a gold medal and a silver medal and Bob received an. We have a new committee and our April Ramble is by our new President Les Motion. Thank you Sheryl for all the hard work you put in as President over the last two years and of course for all your interesting Rambles in the newsletter. I would like to ask members to please let me know of anything interesting photography wise, such as photo opportunities, images and stories you would like to share etc. Also, if you have any successes outside the club, don t be shy, we would love to know about them. Lindsay P.S. Don t forget to renew your membership by the end of April Cultural Festival Bob McCree Cultural Festival - Lindsay

2 What s on in April IN CLUB 4 th April 17 th April 18 th April 25 th April External Comps Opens 14 th April Opens 22 nd April Print Competition Zoo Trip Digital Competition Workshop Tauranga Audio Visual Competition North Shore Salon Judge Shona Kebble Meet inside gates at 9.30am Judge TBA You be the Judge Places to Go 2 nd April 3 rd April 9 th April Town & Country Day Howick Historical Village Devonport Dog Parade The Very Vintage Day Out 9am 1pm Love photographing animals? Be there! Alexandra Park Committee 2016 President Immediate Past President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Committee Les Motion Sheryl Williams Jenny Dowling Mary-Anne Lenny Dorothy Walker Lindsay Murray John Clare Bob McCree Jeff Smith Colin Tyler 2

3 Images of the Night March My Heart s Delight Lisa Monk Print C Grade Celebration of Joy Shona Kebble Print A Grade Our Mobile Phone Selfie Society Michael Yu Print B Grade Sadness Shona Kebble Digital A Grade The Shambles Jessica Budd Digital Junior Robin Cornelia Schulz Digital B Grade Bag Lady Lisa Monk Digital C Grade 3

4 Competition Results - March Print Judge Brian - Eastwood Image of the Night A Grade Shona Kebble B Grade M Yu C Grade L Monk Junior Digital Judge Colin Tyler Image of the Night A Grade Shona Kebble B Grade Cornelia Schulz C Grade Lisa Monk Junior Jessica Budd A Grade Print Open Set G Hamblin J Dowling, S Kebble, S Williams, C Wong B Jones J Dowling, B Jones, S Kebble C Wong, S Williams B Grade Print Open Set B Grade T Haack C Schulz, L Cropp, L Motion, M Yu L Cropp, M Yu C Schulz, L Motion C Grade & Junior Print Open Set L Monk A Liu L Monk, A Liu O Pinto A Grade Digital Open Set Acceptance J Smith, S Williams M Lucas, B McCree M Martin, J Clare, C Wong, C Bolt, L Robertson, L Murray J Clare, S Kebble D Spender, J McCree M Martin, J Dowling, S Williams, C Bolt, L Robertson, S Kebble M Lucas, L murray, J McCree J Dowling, J Smith, D Spender, B McCree J Clare B Grade Digital Open Set Acceptance P Bhakta, M Yu, C Schulz M-A Lenny, S Lucas T Nielsen, G Hamblin J Lloyd T Nielsen P Bhakta, S Lucas, M Yu, C Schulz S Lucas J Lloyd C Grade & Junior Digital Open Set J Budd (jnr) L Monk, D Mitchell, G Perry, L Cropp A Topp, M Wong, D Saunders, G Stevens, A Liu L Monk, G Perry, L Cropp G Stevens, D Mitchell M Wong, A Liu Acceptance A Topp, D Saunders 4

5 President s Ramble Firstly let me thank all members for their support and confidence given to me, to be your President as we enter the 61 st year of the Club. I only hope to continue the leadership that was started by the Inaugural President Doug Webster, back in 1956 to the best of my ability. I know the newly elected committee will keep me on my toes. Congratulations must be given to Frank Ciochetto on being awarded a Life Membership. A more willing person for the unsung work he does around the Club is hard to find. By the time you read this issue of Shutter Talk, our 60 th Anniversary of the club will have been celebrated. Great appreciation must be given to Colin Tyler, who has driven this project from Start through to finish. Nothing has been plain sailing, but in the end we enjoyed a great night. Listening to our Guest Speaker, Arno Gasteiger who has been doing assignments for National Geographic Magazine, showed us just what sort of images were possible, if we just waited for that right moment (as well as being in the right place, at the right time. It was great to have Bob McCree and John Clare give us an insight into some of the history of the club and how we got on in those early years. PSNZ President Murry Cave gave us encouragement to go for our and gave us the example on how he got his FPSNZ dedication to a subject and follow it through, use a story book. Coupled with the Anniversary Dinner, was the opportunity to get some great experience with Portrait and Modelling, given by the Red Hat Ladies Saturday morning, at the Botanical Gardens. I fell over trying to climb on a raised garden wall, making a complete spectacle of myself, but I saved the camera!. Good job no one took a photo. Sunday,10 of us headed up to Murawai to attend a workshop ran by Judy Stokes on Impressionism. I look forward to this year 2016 and know that the Committee are working hard to ensure that all members have a great year, socially, competitive and learning new techniques. Les Edward Streichen b 1879 d 1975 Aerial photographer WW1 & 2, Fashion, Social Realism, Portraiture of the famous No photographer is as good as the simplest camera Edward Steichen 5

6 Howick Camera Club 50 th Anniversary Cameron Gale Sheryl Williams 6

7 Nathan Kavumbura I must admit I was a bit of a sceptic when this was announced but I was proved way wrong as it became a lot more fun than I could have imagined. The Red Hat ladies are full of energy and were quite obliging to do anything you asked. I spent most of the time with one particular lady who said to me that she would be quite happy to climb a tree and have her photo taken. In the end we didn't find a tree suitable so that didn't happen. True to their motto "adventure before dementia" these ladies were a blast to photograph and I really enjoyed the morning. - Nathan Torben Nielsen Sheryl Williams Liz Robertson Torben Nielsen It was a great day out with some dynamic ladies with heaps of attitude. I thoroughly enjoyed their company. Doug Mitchell 7

8 Judy Stokes Workshop The Judy Stokes Workshop was just brilliant. Gaining an understanding of Judy s work flow, editing processes and creativity was very insightful and inspiring. Having the opportunity to shoot freely in an abstract manner for the day was fantastic. I took 1200 shots. I have had a quick look at them and had a play with a few of the images. I got so much out of the course and will spend hours playing and learning with the images I took. Thank you so much to the Howick Camera club organisers and to Judy and her husband for putting on such a brilliant workshop. Lisa Lisa Cropp Les Motion Michael Yu Jeff Smith Last Sunday we attended a workshop run by Judy Stokes at her Muriwai home. There were many highlights during the day, which included being being inspired by Judy's artistic approach to photography. After a delicious lunch we departed in two 4WD vehicles for a stimulating "photographic safari" along Muriwai beach, for over 50 kilometres, all the way to the South Kaipara Heads, with many photographic opportunities on the way there and back. It was a great day - Jeff 8

9 Special Competitions for the Howick Camera Club Overview (see rule book for details) Competition Closing Date Format Topic No. of images Chambers Landscape Trophy Monochrome Print Landscape or seascape 1 or 2 NO McCree Landscape Cup Projected Image Landscape or 1 or 2 YES First meeting seascape in May Maslen Portrait Trophy 2016: Print Portrait of a 1 or 2 NO person above waist Digital Slide Show competition Open 1 or 2 NO Print Portfolio Set Competition First meeting in July AV/digital slide show No more than 7minutes 6 images in a set: monochrome or colour Colour Print Theme/colour/ tell a story Stonex Natural History Trophy NZ natural history see rule Kelly Natural History Cup First meeting in August Projected image 27 A NZ natural history see rule 27 A Simcock Rose Bowl 4 prints Landscape/Seasc Percival Trophy First meeting in November 4 Projected Images Note: Must be no more than 2 year s old Must not have been entered in other competitions. Must not be entered again in any future special competition Must conform to general competition rules All competitions are non-graded ape Human Interest/Portrait Contre Jour Pattern/Texture Must be take n in NZ 1 set of 6 NO Up to 3 Up to 3 YES YES 1 set of 4 NO 1 set of 4 NO Print Competitions Prints must be labeled correctly on the back. Put your grade, whether set or open, a title if you have one, and your name, It is preferable to have a matt frame and a firm backing so they don t bend. *FOR SPECIAL COMPETITIONS REFER TO THE CLUB RULES Digital competitions Digital images must be sent by 6pm on the Thursday before the Monday night digital comp. Send to Follow monthy competitions link Image size: Maximum 1620 pixels wide x 1080 pixels high. This is also the size for PSNZ Comps. Please name this way Example: B Grade_set_ocean waves_joe Bloggs (if you don t have a title just put no title) *FOR SPECIAL COMPETITIONS REFER TO CLUB HANDBOOK Important addresses Monthly Digital Competitions Go to monthly competitions and follow the instructions. (Make sure your images are the correct size first) Special Comps These are for our special club competitions hccspecialcomps@gmail.com Newsletter Send images, news items, queries etc. editorhowickcameraclub@gmail.com Website Club rules, gallery, workshops, calendar, Back-dated newsletters and much more. 9

10 { FEBRUARY On the Street 1 Print Competition Talk on set subjects 15 Digital Comp: 21 Field Trip: Tawharanui 22 Workshop: Kaimanawa Horses (Mary-Anne and Colin) 29Speaker Janu Lao MARCH Emotion 7 Print Competition AGM 19 Photoshoot with Red Hat Ladies 19 Saturday-60 th Anniversary 21 Digital Comp: Talk on Abstract etc: 28 Workshop Macro APRIL Abstract 4 Print Competition 17Field Trip: Zoo 18 Digital Comp: 25 Workshop: You be the Judge MAY Night Time 2 Print Competition JUNE Motion Blur 6 Print Competition JULY Glass 4 Print Competition 16 Digital Comp: 22 Field trip: 23 Landscape/Portrait comp Digital Comp: 26 Field trip: Fungi at Hunua 27 Workshop 18 Digital Comp: 25 Set of 6 and AV comps AUGUST Photo Art 1 Print Competition 15 Digital Comp: 22 Natural History Comps 29 TBA SEPTEMBER White 4 Print Competition 19 Digital comp 26 Workshop: OCTOBER Food 3 Print Competition 16 Field Trip: 17 Digital comp: 24 Workshop: 31 NOVEMBER Season of Winter 7 Print Competition 21 Digital Comp: 28 Simcock/Percival Comps December 5 Christmas Party End of year comps SUBSCRIPTIONS Full $55 Family $80 Junior $20 CLUB DIRECTORY Digital Selections Bob McCree FPSNZ Mary-Anne Lenny APSNZ Webmaster/Speakers Colin Tyler LPSNZ Front of House Heather Arthur APSNZ Special Comps Points Jenny Dowling Judges Colin Tyler Workshops John Clare APSNZ Field trips Jeff Smith Catering Supplies Dorothy Walker Newsletter Lindsay Murray Digital Comps Sheryl Williams End of Yea trophies Sheryl Williams PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT PAST PRESIDENT TREASURER SECRETARY COMMITTEE Les Motion Jenny Dowling Sheryl Williams Mary-Anne Lenny Dorothy Walker Lindsay Murray John Clare Bob McCree Jeff Smith Colin Tyler 10