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Wellington Photographic Society - Mobile Competition 2021
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Mobile Photography Competition 2021

For 2021 we are once again looking to celebrate new and emerging forms of photography with a Mobile Photography Competition. This competition aims to give more opportunities to photographers on the go. We are looking for new and different approaches to photography and images showing the vision possible with a modern smartphone. With this competition running during February, it’s our chance to help celebrate the New Zealand Summer and our Beautiful city with the camera you always have with you, your smartphone!

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Welcome to 2021

A warm welcome to 2021 from all of us at The Wellington Photographic Society. We trust you all had a relaxing break after a very eventful year.

Carlucciland Meetup

2021 promises to be a very exciting year for our society with a great variety of events and activities planned. We kick off in a relaxed social manner a barbecue this Saturday at Carlucciland (see link below for details)

https://www.facebook.com/events/264233811912344

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Impact Magazine: Jan 2021
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Impact Magazine: January 2021

Happy New Year! It’s a new year and that means its time for a new issue!

Inside this issue, you’ll find articles on Artificial intelligence & Photography, an exploration on why you should avoid the hype on new gear, a look at DxO’s Silver Efex Pro, a guide on why you should join a camera club or society and a review of the vintage Braun Super Paxette among other great articles.

We hope you enjoy this month’s magazine and are making the most of NZ’s summer!

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Christmas Social: 10th Dec 2020

You’re invited to join us on Thursday, 10 December, at 7:00pm for our final meeting of the year at the Tararua Tramping Club. This will be a fun meeting with some festive frivolities such as a festive photography quiz and a short awards ceremony.

Swap Meet:
If you have a closet full of photography stuff that never gets used? Then this might be your opportunity to get rid of those items and make a few bucks. All you have to do is bring along your gear and name a price.

Drinks will be provided and we ask that you bring a plate of food to share. Doors open from 7:00pm
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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.

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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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