TE AWAMUTU CAMERA CLUB · TE AWAMUTU CAMERA CLUB The Presidents Perspective April 2018. Page 2 TE AWAMUTU CAMERA CLUB What’s On Maungatautari Sunday April 29th 99 Tari Road, Pukeatua

Greetings fellow photographers,

Our focus is now turning to the colour changes of the season, trees are starting to set up for the Winter chill ahead causing the leaves and foliage to change colour, the light is less intense and gives a better look to your images, early or late light can help give a softer feel. The weather has certainly turned with the cooler temperatures a welcome relief for most, a good time of year to be out and about with your cameras.

I slipped away for a couple of weeks just after last months club night and was surprised to note the next club night upon us. A guided, 4 Wheel Drive, self drive tour from Blenheim to Cardrona over 7 days ended with the War Birds over Wanaka for 2 days. To say this was fun and interesting barley scratch the surface, photos and blurb further on in this edition.

Your Committee has discussed the option of Grading for members and have agreed to introduce a grading system, there will be three grades, A,B & C. All members will be classified as C grade until they achieve 2 Honours and move to B, then move to A grade when achieving a total of 4 Honours. To remain in A grade members must achieve 2 Honours in the club year or move back to B. We have backdated these gradings to the first competition month of this year.

A trip to Maungatautari is set to happen soon, so keep Sunday April 29th in the diary, details in the what’s on page. There are attachments for the PSNZ Convention later this year, some tips from our last judge and also resizing from Barry with some tips on how to send images in.

Anzac day has been and gone for another year, hope some of you were able to be out and celebrate our forefathers who served, images taken would be appreciated by the Courier if you attended, and mention of the club will be included if published, perhaps we could make it a club outing next year.

Any items or events of interest are key to keeping the club vibrant, current and connected to our members and the wider community so if you have something you would like to see here, let me know or submit an article to be added here, the more of you that do so, the more content I have to draw on and put in here, don’t be shy, give it a go or you are just going to have to put up with me rambling on. There are competitions and notifications as well attached so have a look and see what interests you. Enjoy and send me your articles going forward, or I may have to shoulder tap you instead.

Happy Snapping,

Tess Smith

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TE AWAMUTU CAMERA CLUB

The Presidents Perspective April 2018


What’s On

Maungatautari

Sunday April 29th

99 Tari Road, Pukeatua

Entry fee $20.00 Adult

$8.00 5-16 yrs

Meet at the visitors centre 10.00am or Pam’s for carpooling 9.30 am, 88 Rosehearty Place

Bird Feeding 11 am

Club Night

Next meeting is Tuesday May 15th Start time will be 7.30pm, entries go to [email protected] and need to be

sent in by midnight May 20th for set subject, Contrejoure Against the light, technique in which the camera is pointing directly towards the source of light, producing backlighting of the subject

To score well, all images should be as good a quality as possible.

Next months subject is Emphasis through framing, Framing– A technique used to bring focus to a subject. Use of the environment/light or lack of as well as structural frames when taking the actual photo.

Check out the attachments with this newsletter for more tips on im-proving your photography, and information on the Creative Focus Pho-tographic competition. www.creative-focus.co.nz

https://photography.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=26645caa8cf66932fb4999f00&id=63ea8fb1c7&e=2e9dc30626


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If you haven't yet been, I suggest you put this in the diary or on your bucket list to attend.

The bi-annual event will be on again in 2020 so there is time to plan ahead for the next

event in Wanaka. No amount of second hand feedback is as good as seeing this show

first hand. In a picturesque setting the show wows you from start to finish, then there are

the ground displays and the Warbirds Museum to explore as well. With the drop off to the

Clutha river nearby, planes used this to ‘disappear’ and reappear somewhere else, and

added to the impact of the displays as well.

This event had a potentially disastrous start as the first planes aerial display ended in

near tragedy upon landing. If you saw the news you will have seen the shaky footage of

the Russian Yak clipping a Cherry Picker on the grass runway area. As I was on hand

and shooting the unfolding incident I was able to capture the moment before and after of

the planes mishap. Luckily the Pilot was uninjured but I am told was very lucky to be able

to walk away from this.

The tower had announced that the planes were able to use either the tarmac or grass

runway, which the two Yaks did, however the grass strip used by the second plane was

not the actual one to use, it turned out to be further over away from the tarmac runway.

Once the plane was on the ground the visibility for the Pilot was such that the obstruc-

tions ahead were not visible to him, resulting in the unfortunate incident, which is still un-

der investigation today.

The runways were closed for about an hour while the wreckage was cleared and we

were entertained by the big plane of the Airforce making its appearance overhead as it

had flown in from another airport to be put through its paces for the crowd.

There were a good crowd in attendance and plenty of photographers present as well, as my camera is able to Bluetooth images to my phone through an app, I sent a few across and emailed them to TV3, one of them was published on the online news site Stuff shortly afterwards. A number of other photographers were lined up along the front fence of the grandstands, gold and silver, the gold stand being closer to the control tower than the silver, some photos follow.

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Warbirds Over Wanaka T Smith

Committee Executive, Patron: Elaine McFall, Secretary Rod Glasson, President Tess Smith 8722853

Vice President John Halliday, Treasurer, Elaine McFall, Competition Secretary, John Halliday & Barry Easton ([email protected])

Committee, Charlie Coles, Pam Thomson (events co-ordinator), Barry Easton, Andrew Coates

Correspondence -Te Awamutu Camera Club c/o 199 Burns Road RD6 Te Awamutu 3876

Yak taxying in on the grass “runway”

Immediately after impact, and, at a standstill

Pilot safely emerging much to the crowds relief.


Photos, Warbirds over Wanaka 2018 Tess Smith

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Can you name the planes?

Image resizing Digital submissions to the club convenor need to be resized correctly before emailing them through. The recommended size parameters for projected digital images are to the PSNZ standard: 1620 x 1080 Pixels and 72 to 100 dpi What does this mean? Tall side – no more than 1080 Pixels tall Wide Side - no more than 1620 Pixels wide If you are submitting an image as a ‘Portrait Orientation’ Tall side – no more than 1620 Pixels Tall Wide Side - no more than 1080 Pixels wide Depending on the software, generally you don’t try to set both height and width as this may distort your image, you should only need to set the long side of your images depending on the format of your image. The DPI is another setting in most applications that you can set and stands for dots per inch. For Projected (Digital) Images a range be-tween 72-100 DPI is fine. For Printing Images you are best to select 300 DPI Every application will have a different way to get to these settings however in general you go to your image select Export and the resizing should be on this Export page. Do not change the size or resolution of your original image. Use the Save As function or export a second copy of the image and then adjust the size and/or resolution settings on that one only!

Naming your Digital images You need to rename your now resized image before sending it to the Digital convener. Currently you need to Name it with the following: 1: The photo name 2: Set or Open 3: Grading , A, B or C 4: Month of competition being shown in : Example: Church-Open-May –C All club members submitting images are to be classified as C until having received 2 Honors before moving into B grade, then 2 more Honors to achieve A grade, to remain in A grade 2 Honors must be achieved in the club year or move back to B Grade.

Further details and examples are attached in the document supplied, with the latest updates from the last committee meeting added here.


Re-sizing and Competition Entry

Details Barry Easton

Tips For Photography Competitions Irene Callaghan. APSNZ

Making Your Image; How to improve your chances.

No - I don't mean bribe the Judge!

* Stand out from the crowd - Keep in mind the judge will be view-ing possibly hundreds of images in some competitions. Find ways to make your photos unexpected. Change your perspective by get-ting down low or climbing high. Use bright colours or an unusual composition.

* Tell a story - We all love a story. Even in the beginning we did this in cave painting and dance. The best story evokes an emotion or conveys an idea.

* Inspiration - Look at the work of others. This one of the best ways to get those creative juices flowing. Also look at previous competi-tion winners, but be sure to maintain your originality.

* Get a second opinion - It can be helpful to have someone else look at your work. They may notice something you have missed because you are too close to your subject. Ultimately it is your work so go with your instincts.

• Your Camera - You don't need the latest equipment. Learn all you can about what you have. Take your camera off automatic and try manual.

• It is more about what is going on in your head, and your will-ingness to learn and experiment.

Don't give up - If you do well then congratulations! If not, think of it as an opportunity to better your photography.

Above all have fun.

A Quote from Mary Pickford. (A silent screen actress and produc-er) " For this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down"


Preparing Your Entries

* Timing. Don't leave your entry till the last minute. Many things are missed if you are in a hurry.

* Rules. Read them, then read them again!

* Category. Enter your photo in the correct category. Be particularly careful with the difference between abstract and impressionism. If you can tell what it is, it is not abstract.

* Presentation. Look at your photo carefully. Remove any spots and marks. Go around the borders and remove any distractions. Check again! Have you cropped too tightly or perhaps not enough. Keep your subject on the third if this suits.

* Technical. Check for technical problems such as contrast and brightness. If your image is not sharp and it needs to be, then throw it out.

Digital Entries;

* Size. Make sure you have sized your entries correctly.

* Borders. Beware using a border. Particularly a large white border. This stands out and detracts from your image as they are generally viewed on a black screen. Keep borders to a fine line and only use if appropriate.

* Name. The filename must conform to the competition guidelines.


Prints Entries

* Mats. Make sure your mat is clean and tidy and can be hung without bending if your entry is accepted.

* Coloured mats can detract from your photo. Black and grey, or white and cream are easiest to reuse.

* Size. Most competitions use a maximum mat size. Check this.

* Mounting. Your photo must be secure in the mat as you don't want it to shift.

* Name on the back, in top middle, to the competition guidelines.

A Note On Judging

Remember that judges are human beings, and human beings can have vastly different opinions and different tastes. If you think your image deserves another chance then enter it in another competi-tion. Take something from the remarks of each judge and gradually your photography will improve.

Also remember that judges give freely of their time to assess your photography and regardless of whether you were awarded or not, they deserve our thanks, not criticism.

Without our judges there would be no competitions.

I have found during my years in a camera club that entering com-petitions has been my best way of improving my photography. However please respect that not everyone is interested in the com-petitive aspect of photography.

The social interaction is by far the most enjoyable part of a camera club.

Thank you,

Irene Callaghan. APSNZ


Scott Fowler Workshop Pam Thomson

David, Toni and I went to a four day workshop with Scott Fowler at Otematata in March. This was my second workshop with Scott, David’s third and Toni’s First. We all learnt heaps. I will be going back again next year for sure and would thoroughly recommend Scott’s Workshops to everyone. A few of my Images from the Workshop.

2. Low Key

1. Black Smiths Workshop

3. High Key


Scott Fowler Workshop Pam Thomson

4 Beautiful colours

5. Boys and their toys

6 Sunrise

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