Please note that Subs for 2018 will be $75 and are due on the 1st January 2018. Notice of AGM Our AGM is to be held on Tuesday 20th March 2018 at 7:30pm. If you have any item that you would like presented at the AGM this needs to be … Continue reading →
Our First Club Night will be held on the 13th February 2018, starting at 7:30pm Our Set Subject being presented is ‘A Shallow / Narrow Depth Of Field’. Entries must have a narrow band of sharpness, blurring everything else into anonymity. Done properly this can produce some spectacular results. For … Continue reading →
Here are the “Long exposure” videos I mentioned at camera club. Scott Kelby YouTube – Scott Kelby Long Exposure Video Jason Odell YouTube – Jason Odell Long Exposure Videos The Smart Phone App for getting the correct exposure if you are using an neutral density (ND) filter can be found. … Continue reading →
Rules for submitting photo competition entries Committee has asked that we remind all Members to follow the rules when entering our competitions, especially the following: Entry Forms – All entries must be accompanied by completed entry forms. The Competition Secretary’s shouldn’t guess who you are or what category your images … Continue reading →
Stripes | Beginning with the letter K | Vanishing Point | Memorials | Wings | Symmetry | End Of Year Stripes 1. A long, straight region of a single colour. 2. A long narrow band of a different colour, composition, or texture from the surrounding surface or background 3. Pattern ~ … Continue reading →
An explanation by John Bellingham (with info borrowed from various internet sources) So, you’ve forked over at least $1000 (but probably $2000) for your first DSLR camera. You have more buttons, dials, and menus than you know what to do with, even after reading through the fat booklet that came … Continue reading →
H James Memorial Landscape Competition and Margaret Macdiarmid Memorial Landscape guide lines for competition. H Stanley James ARPS joined the Society shortly after its inception in 1937. His service to the Society and to photography in New Zealand, as exhibitor, lecturer, judge, and on committee were outstanding. He was president … Continue reading →
Gimp At the digital night we usually focus on Adobe manipulation programmes. For those of you who do not have Photoshop and maybe cannot afford to buy software there is an alternative for you and it is FREE. GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed … Continue reading →
Waikato Photographice Society Inc – Competition Rules Reviewed October 2013 Contents Print and Projected Images Competitions Annual Competition A Grade Star Awards Drewery Cup Photojournalism Award (a) HS James Memorial Landscape Competition (b) Margaret Macdiarmid Memorial Landscape Competition Rounthwaite Service Award Mike Piercy Memorial Award Print and Projected Images Competitions. … Continue reading →
SPEAKING ‘PHOTOGRAPHER’ – THE BASICS These are the terms you’ll her people using and sometimes you may not quite be sure of the proper meaning. We will include some each month in the aperture to help you speak the photographer lingo. Photography – the word photography comes from two old … Continue reading →