Karori Camera Club

All Woman – A Modern Portrait of New Zealand Women

Photography by Bev Short

Bev Short who used to be a member at Karori, has an exhibition on at the New Zealand Portrait
Gallery. See http://www.portraitgallery.nzl.org/archive/awb.html

Bev has kindly organised a viewing for us. Details are as follows:

Again this is an opportunity not to be missed. Both because of the
images on display and because Bev will be there as well.

This will replace the meeting that was to have been on the
Wednesday.

As we will be starting earlier, I am sure there will be an opportunity
to adjourn somewhere nearby afterwards.

As always, if you need to contact one of us, numbers are

Mark Berger 021-535-835
Heuchan Hobbs 027-327-5453

Guest Presenter: Camus Wyatt

This week Camus Wyatt will be presenting to. Not only is Camus a very
capable photographer in his own right, but his understanding and
knowledge of the craft of photoography are really impressive.

Once again we are in for an educating and thoughtful evening,
one not to be missed.

Start time is 7:30 p.m.
Karori Arts and Crafts Centre (Newman Centre)
7 Beauchamp Street, Karori

Google Map

Unfortunately I am going to miss the meeting as I will be in Melbourne.
So Bill Leask will be acting as host for the evening with support from
Heuchan.

A reminder about this week's meeting. First and foremost there is a
change to our regular schedule as Anzac Day occurs this week. So the
meeting is on

TUESDAY 24th

at the usual time of 19:30 at the Arts and Crafts Centre.

Secondly, this is our second challenge of the year. This time the topic
is Hands. To recap, Each member provides six images. The rest of the
group choose the best three, which are then used for the end of year
presentation.

A couple of requests.

Can people please size images to 1024px on the longest side?

Can people please name images as follows?
* category_firstname_lastname_anything.jpg e.g.
* hands_mark_berger_sinews.jpg

Finally, I will be down in Invercargill for the PSNZ National
Convention. So Hugh Davies has kindly been volunteered to conduct
proceedings :-)

Guest Presenter: Jordyn O’Keefe

This week we are privileged to have Jordyn presenting to us. We are in
for an educating and thoughtful evening, one not to be missed.

Start time is 7:30 p.m.
Karori Arts and Crafts Centre (Newman Centre)
7 Beauchamp Street, Karori

Google Map

This is the second outing of the year. And this time we are going to do
the Railway station. I suggest that we meet at 6:30 pm - that way we
might be able to catch some light and the tail end of the commuters.

Where: Wellington Railway Station, meet at the front
When: Wed 28th March, 18:30 (note the earlier start time)

We will shoot for about an hour and a half or so and then convene back
at the front of the station.

As always, if you need to contact one of us, numbers are

Mark Berger 021-535-835
Heuchan Hobbs 027-327-5453

And the good news is that if the weather turns to custard, we can still
use this venue.

A reminder about this week's meeting on Wed 14th – a special day indeed!
Lollipops to all who can tell me why.

Anyway, on to the main topic. It is the first challenge of the year - Bokeh

Each member provides six images. The rest of the group choose the best
three, which are then used for the end of year presentation.

A couple of requests.

Can people please size images to 1024px on the longest side?

Can people please name images as follows?
* category_firstname_lastname_anything.jpg e.g.
* bokeh_mark_berger_like_butter.jpg

We had a good turnout for the Cuba Street outing two weeks ago.

At this week's meeting we would like to see the results. So if you could
please bring along your images from the outing, we will take a look.

Can people please size images to 1024px on the longest side?

And can people please name images as follows?

    cuba_firstname_lastname_anything.jpg e.g.
    cuba_mark_berger_red_door.jpg

We will also kick off the challenges for the year. We will also be
showing the presentation of last year's challenge.

And last but not least, this is the time of the year that we have to
pay our membershiop dues. So Heuchan will be collecting them at this
meeting.

There are two components:

* the Karori Arts and Crafts membership ($25 per person or $40 per
couple)
* the Camera Club contribution to help cover speakers' costs and provide
for projector wear and tear. ($10).

Well the first meeting is on us. As has been the norm for the past few
years, the first meeting is an outing.

This year we are going to do the top end of Cuba St and its environs. So the
plan is to meet as follows and take it from there.

Where: The Thistle Hall Community Centre, 293 Cuba Street
When: Wed 8th February, 19:00 (note the slightly earlier time)

We will shoot for an hour and a half or so and then convene back at the Hall.
From there we will find somewhere to go for a catchup.

As always, if you need to contact one of us, numbers are

Mark Berger 021-535-835
Heuchan Hobbs 027-327-5453

P.S If the weather turns to custard, then we have a Plan B, which is at the
Railway Station.

This is the final meeting of the year. A rather social meeting where we
reflect on the past year and where we plan for the next.

I suggest that we have a nibble or two. I will bring along cheese and
biccies. Maybe someone else can bring along a bottle of wine or a
plate/packet of something. I don't think we need a lot.

We will be working on the calendar for next year. So bring along ideas
for challenges, outings and speakers.

There will be a selection of magazines/books to peruse.

Hope to see you all there.

It is the final challenge of the year - Construct a Composite image.

Construct Composite Image

The idea here is based on the talk that Margaret Hobbs gave in June.
Create a new image using a number of images. This requires visualisation
of the final image and then finding images that can be used in the
construction.

This is slightly different to the regular challenges. Here each member
provides a single constructed image. Then a short discussion should
ensue about the whys and the hows.. It would be handy to see each of the
images that make up the construction.

Other Challenges

I am not too sure how many are going to rise to this challenge. So if
you have images for any of the other challenges during the year, but
didn't present them on the night of the challenge, you can bring them
along for consideration.

For this Can people please size images to 1024px on the longest side?

Can people please name images as follows?
* category_firstname_lastname_anything.jpg e.g.
* weathered_mark_berger_old_thing.jpg

Images from Wright's Hill Outing

Finally, if you have some images from last week's outing to the top
of Wright's Hill, can you please self select 5 and bring those along.