Wellington Photographic Society is partnering with Excio, NZ Photographer magazine, New Zealand Photography Workshops, Wellington Photographic Supplies, and Nikon to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Wellington Botanic Garden with a 12-month photo competition. The photo competition is open to amateur and professional photographers, including youth aged 14-18-years. The competition is split into four quarterly […]

Jordyn has been teaching adults how to be creative through the medium of photography for over thirteen years. She holds an Advanced Diploma of Photography from Massey Univerisity and teaches continuing education photography courses through Wellington High School and Victoria University. She is particularly well known for her The Creative Eye course. Jordyn's teaching also incorporates photography […]

The Spring photo walk lead by Jordyn O'Keeffe is the first in a series of photo walks being organised by WPS as part of the Botanic Gardens 150th Celebrations, alongside the Botanic Gardens 'Fresh Shoots' Photo Competition. Jordyn's photo walk will focus on Creative Photography, starting with a 45-minute tutorial in the Seminar Room at the […]

This year's annual exhibition will take place at the Green Street Gallery in Newtown from Fri 2 November through to Sun 11 November. Opening night: Fri 2 November 6:30pm -8:30pm at Green Street Gallery.  

Love travel photography? Join us for an evening with Lindsay Keats, a renowned NZ travel photographer and Fujifilm X-Photographer. Come and see Lindsay's images and hear how he captures his images and works in difficult environments, while capturing the people and their environment. To learn more about Lindsay's work you can visit his website: http://lindsaykeats.com/

Meet up at the TTC at 7pm (note the earlier start time). Bring your camera and enjoy a range of photographic challenges all within walking distance of the hall.

This month is the President's Challenge of 'At the Beach' Summer is a great time to be out and about with your camera so Glen has set the theme for January as 'At the Beach'. This is a opportunity to share images on a more informal basis and get everyone more involved in sharing images. […]

Our Summer workshop / photo walk lead by Mary Hutchinson is the second in a series of photo walks being organised by WPS as part of the Botanic Gardens 150th Celebrations and the ‘Fresh Shoots’ Photo Competition. Mary’s photo walk will focus on People and Event Photography and is being combined with the Victorian Picnic that […]

Join us for a talk with local photojournalist Catherine Adams. Catherine is going to be talking about her year long Hare Krishna project. This year long photographic documentary aimed to explore the practice of Krishna Consciousness in Wellington, New Zealand.

Whether it be in the form of disposible, 'point and shoot' automatic cameras' or the manual SLR cameras, people are embracing film photography at a rate not seen in quite a while. We have also seen quite the resurgence in the Capital with the launch of several new film based businesses in the last year. […]

The third in our series of Botanic Garden workshops will be lead by professional landscape and nature photographer, Richard Young and run in conjunction with New Zealand Photography Workshops and Excio. We have kindly been provided with the Begonia House for the workshop, an offer not normally offered to the public! During the day we […]

For details on the programme and registration go to www.hutt2019.org.nz

Time to get out and photograph the bright lights and lively bustle of the city at night. We'll be starting out from the Tararua Tramping club and heading out in groups of 4-5 people. The aim will be to capture a mix of different city locations and styles (Long Exposure, People, Light Trails etc) Ideas […]

Topics: Open Living Earth Entry Closing Date: Midnight Saturday 13 July 2019. You can bring your prints along to the meeting on 11 July 2019.   Other Requirements: Limit of three entries per topic Photographers responsible for matting and printing their own prints Once again, Wellington Photographic Supplies in Vivian Street are providing printing at […]

Post AGM activity tbc. Bring your camera.

Each year the clubs in the area submit their best prints covering ten different topics for the bragging rights of being the best overall club in the region.  The event this year is being hosted by the Kapiti Coast Camera Club and the judging will take place at the Otaihanga Boating Club Hall, 19 Makora […]

If you want to get the best results from your camera, you need to learn the fundamental skills and theory of good photography. Bring your fully manual-capable (D)SLR camera and owner's manual (if you have one) to the first session. Details are still be fully sorted, but we will update this page as they become […]