Black and white

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Black and White – Meetup

Join us for an opportunity to shoot in black and white in a relaxed environment.

Starting at the Te Papa Museum ground floor cafe, we will have a chat, set our cameras to black and white together and then set off to capture some images. Returning to the cafe afterwards we will then hand our cameras around to show and discuss what we each captured.

This is a fun, relaxed shoot suitable for any level of experience.
Equipment: Camera with a blank SD card (a phone with a monochrome setting would also work).
Saturday, 20th July, 10am to Lunchtime, Te Papa Museum Cafe
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Why’s and How’s of Creative Black and White Photography

This presentation will have three sections

  • Why Black and White, and some How’s – Mark Berger
  • Black and White – from Camera, to process, to print – Glen Wheatley
  • Low Key Black and White Photography – Rick Spencer

The presentations will include:

  • Why black and white photography is relevant
  • What makes a strong black and white image?
  • How to set up your camera
  • Quality of light and how to respond
  • Visualising the scene
  • Use of software for Black and White conversion and enhancement
  • Images from Mark, Glen, and Rick.
  • Other Resources
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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.

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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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Competition: 12-hour photo competition

Join us for our first competition of the year – a B+W themed, 12-hour photo competition.

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 5 images to represent that theme.

Themes will be released at 10am on 22nd February, with images to be submitted by 10pm 22nd February (same day).

This photo competition is open to anyone in the wider Wellington region.

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Black and white photography – Sean Aickin

Sean Aickin from Splendid, a small analogue photo shop in Newtown, will give us his take on black and white photography.

With a photographic father, who had his own photo shop, there was little doubt Sean would end up in the photographic industry. Starting out in the late 90s, Sean has worked in various photo stores in New Zealand and Australia before spending 15 years at Wellington Photographic Supplies. As a steadfast analogue fan, he thought it would be a good idea to open an analogue-focused photo shop and, in September 2018, he realised this dream.

Splendid photographic shop is the analogue photographer’s dream shop, stocking film from all over the world and making film photography that much easier in New Zealand. As well as starting Splendid, Sean has been an active photographer within the music industry, photographing bands from all over the world, and he also loves a good street photograph.

Doors open at 7:00pm, meeting starts at 7:30pm

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February photo topic – Black and white

This year, we are going to have a monthly photo topic and invite members to take images to the theme during the month. This is an opportunity to share our work on an informal basis. This month’s theme is “Black and white”. Send your favourite three images to wpsimpact@gmail.com by the last day of the month. All submissions will be included in a short presentation of images at the first club meeting of the following month.

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