At Home – April/May Photo challenge

It’s time for mini little competition for April/May in co-junction with our monthly theme ‘At Home’

With everyone spending a lot more time at home recently we thought it might be a good idea to see what everyone has been up to At Home. This April/May we’re looking for photos that demonstrate how you’ve been spending your time. Show us what you’ve been up to at home during the lockdown.

We’ll have a little prize for a random entrant Show us your favourite images by sending an email to wpsimpact@gmail.com or by using the #wpsathome by the end of May.

WPS Impact: April/May 2020

We are back from lockdown to bring you our April/May issue of Impact.

This issue is all taking opportunities available to you at home to improve your photography and resources to help you through the weeks ahead.

In this issue of Impact magazine:

  • What do when stuck inside
  • Images from our 12hr B&W Competition
  • Sports Photography 101
  • Using forced perspective to create unique images
  • Use your camera to stream/video conference
  • Free resources to educate and inspire.

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12hr B&W Competition: Images

Our first competition of the year took place on the 22nd of February. The challenge was to take a photo or series of photos representing one or more themes. Entrants had 12 hours from finding out the themes to take, edit and submit their images.

The competition was open to all photographers in the Greater Wellington Region, and images needed to be taken within this area.

The overall winner of the competition was Jack Driver who took home a brand new Canon 200D Mark II from Wellington Photographic Supplies and Canon New Zealand and a selection of other wonderful prizes from Splendid, Okko and Photography by Woolf.

Other winners included Holly Neill for the best overall set, Alison Viskov, Zuyi Woon, Holly Neill and Jack Driver for winning the best image in each theme.

We would like to once again extend a huge thank you to our wonderful sponsors – Wellington Photographic Supplies and Canon New Zealand, Okko Pro Filters, Splendid and Photography
by Woolf.

Many thanks to our competition volunteers – Glen Innes for organising sponsorship, prizes and our judge, Bruce Girdwood for judging and Donna Jennings, Raymond Cho, Shannon Doyle and Mel Keith for the work they also put in. The amount of effort put into this was immense.

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Covid 19 and our programme

In response to the latest Covid 19 updates, all meetings until further notice* are postponed
At the moment, this affects all events through March and April. *We’ll re-assess the situation at the end of April with advice taken from government agencies and update our calendar then.

That’s all for now. Stay safe, wash your hands, drink plenty and keep that social distance. Keep an eye on the government COVID19 website for safety information.

If you have ideas for online activities, resources, etc we’d love to hear them  Feel free to email us anytime at comms@wps.org.nz

Regards
Shannon Doyle
WPS President

WPS Black and white competition themes

Here are the themes for our 12hr Black and White competition:

  • People in the Community – Show us the heart of the community and what makes it special.
  • At the Coast – It is more than beaches. Show us what is happening at a beach near you.
  • Highlight the Shadows – Make the most of black and white using light and shade.
  • Man Made – A broad theme: anything that has been made by man.

You now have until 10:00pm tonight (22 February) to submit your images to be in to win some fabulous prizes courtesy of our great sponsors:

  • Wellington Photographic Supplies in association with Canon and Okko
  • Splendid Photography
  • Photography by Woolf

See full details of the competition here.

WPS 12-hour Black and White Competition

Join us for our first competition of the year – a B+W themed, 12-hour photo competition. Anyone in the Greater Wellington Region can enter.

Entrants will be able to choose from a list of themes, and will then have 12 hours to conceive, photograph, edit and submit a series of up to 5 images to represent that theme. Your images may be a set related to just one theme or they can span a number of themes. Entrants can submit a series of up to 5 images and you may enter images in more than one theme. This photo competition is open to anyone in the Greater Wellington Region.

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WPS Impact: February 2020

WPS Impact: February 2020

We’ve got a really good issue to start out 2020, this issue features articles about Black & White photography, Motion Panning, Shooting with Fuji Instax, a review of Annie Liebovitz’s book “At Work”.

This is one of our largest issues to date and we are sure you’ll find plenty to interest you!

In this issue of Impact magazine:

  • How to get started with Black & White Photography
  • Should you re-examine your work?
  • A look at our 2020 programme & our meetups
  • Using window light for your portraits
  • Plus a bunch of other great articles.

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WPS Impact: December 2019

WPS Impact: December 2019

It’s the last new issue of 2019, and we’ve got a great one! Trust us, you’ll want to grab this issue, even if it’s for something to read on Christmas Day to get away from the crazy relatives!!!

In this issue of Impact magazine:

  • How to get started with Infrared Photography.
  • Should you edit your photos or not?.
  • A look at our 2020 programme.
  • A glance at some of our best 2019 images.
  • Plus a bunch of other great articles.

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WPS Impact - November 2019

WPS Impact – November 2019

Our November issue is ready and waiting to be read!

In this issue you’ll find a profile on longtime club member Paddy Flanagan, a short guide on capturing light trails and cityspaces at night, a beginners guide to using your histogram, and several other interviews and great articles.

It’s a good issue, so hit the link below and have a read.

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