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Regional Interclub Battle

Hosted by the Whanganui Camera Club on 12 October at their clubrooms in 2 Handley St from midday

The Wellington Interclub Print Battle is an annual competition between several photographic clubs in the lower North Island.

Wellington and Manawatu Club members are invited to come for either a 2 day weekend or just the Sunday afternoon Print Battle: Information Guide

The clubs participating in the 2025 competition are:

  • Kapiti Coast Photographic Society
  • Wellington Photographic Society
  • Whanganui Camera Club
  • Johnsonville Camera Club
  • Porirua Photography Club
  • Manawatu Camera Club
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Regional Interclub Battle 2025

Hosted by the Whanganui Camera Club on 12 October at their clubrooms in 2 Handley St from midday

The Wellington Interclub Print Battle is an annual competition between several photographic clubs in the lower North Island.

Wellington and Manawatu Club members are invited to come for either a 2 day weekend or just the Sunday afternoon Print Battle: Information Guide

The clubs participating in the 2025 competition are:

  • Kapiti Coast Photographic Society
  • Wellington Photographic Society
  • Whanganui Camera Club
  • Johnsonville Camera Club
  • Porirua Photography Club
  • Manawatu Camera Club
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Projected Image Competition 2025

Entry

  • Category: Open
  • Entries Close: 30th of June
  • Each member can submit up to three images.
  • Entries should be sent to comms@wps.org.nz by midnight, 30th of June.
  • File Specs: Full resolution under 5MB
  • File naming: Number, First name, Last Name, Title (if any)
  • Colour Mode: RGB colour mode (not Grayscale)
  • Bit Depth: 8 bits/Channel
  • Colour Space: SRGB
  • JPEG Format: Baseline (“Standard”)
  • Your membership (Member Fees) must be current to enter this or any other WPS competitions.
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Adam Art Gallery Exhibition Tour

Evening exhibition tour: 
A Different Light and Things are, they do not happen

We have a extra special meeting for everyone this week, an outing to Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Sophie Thorn, Curator Collections at the gallery, will open the gallery for us for an evening tour of two photo exhibitions currently on at the gallery: A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa, which presents a selection of some of the earliest photographs produced in Aotearoa, dating from the 1850s to 1900, and Things are, they do not happen, featuring the work of Adrienne Martyn and Sam Norton.

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Phil Greig – Cinema, Colour Grading & Digitisation

Phil was born in Nelson, New Zealand. Initially involved in arts, music, electronics and large scale stage productions he began his career in the Cinema Industry as a projectionist and technician. He moved on to work as a technical manager for some of New Zealands’ largest cinema chains before moving into the Film production industry in the late 1990’s.

Phil had a number of years working for Oscar-winning Director/ Producer, Peter Jackson as a Post Production film lab Technician, Digital Intermediate specialist and projectionist before getting inspired to develop his own projects. Phil went on to develop R&D digital strategies, working at the NZ film Archive. He now works full time as a producer, film restorer/ editor and specialist audio and video digital technician, in New Zealand’s vibrant film and entertainment industry.

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Astrophotography for beginners with Keith Molloy

We’re hosting a tutorial on astrophotography. This will be run by the local astrophotographer Keith Molloy.

The cost will be $80 for members of the general public and $60 for Wellington Photographic Society members. Numbers are limited to 35 so get in quick.

The format for the day will be an indoor tutorial run by Keith followed by a practical session on the south coast that evening. The level will be targeted at both beginners and those looking to improve their skills. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about astrophotography.

Date: May 3 @ 2:00 pm – 11:30 pm Venue: Tararua Tramping Club, 4 Moncrieff St

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Trenna Packer Salver nature competition

Trenna Packer Salver nature competition 

Call for submissions for WPS’s entry 

Now is the time to start submitting images to be considered for selection in WPS’s entry for the Trenna Packer Salver nature competition, which is a competition for a set of six nature digital images and is run by the Nature Photography Society of New Zealand. 

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Trenna Packer Salver nature competition

Trenna Packer Salver nature competition

Planning ahead for a WPS entry

Following on from entering the Photographic Society of New Zealand’s Wiltshire Cup and Bowron Landscape Trophy interclub competitions, the next competition we’d like to enter as a club is the Trenna Packer Salver competition. This is a competition for a set of six nature projected images and is run by the Nature Photography Society of New Zealand.

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