Summer, sun, snaps - Christchurch Photographic Society
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Summer, sun, snaps - Christchurch Photographic Society
DECEMBER 2010 : Issue Ten Summer, sun, snaps We are nearly at the end of another year for the club and I wish to thank you all – the committee, all the secretaries, the lighting and sound support, web support and expecially the members for supporting the whole programme. And despite the earthquake and the vicissitudes of life, we are very fortunate when we consider what is going on in the world. I trust you enjoyed Final Night and brought your friends and family along to see what we have acomplished this year, and to encourage and inspire each other. We will have a great programme for next year. The new Committee has slashed the budget and will review the Constitution early in the new year.The next Viewfinder in Feb 2011 will be in a different format and sent out as an email. The weekly email will continue so if you have anything exciting for photographers interest over Dec/Jan, send an email to Anita at [email protected] We wish you all a very Happy Christmas Season and will meet again on Jan 26th for pizza and catch-up before the 8pm meeting on Opening Night. Cheers, Diana Viewfinder is the official publication of the Christchurch Photographic Society PO Box 1789 Christchurch Mail Centre Christchurch 8140 Viewfinder is just one of the ways we spread the word about CPS. If you are interested in finding out more about CPS, you are welcome to attend our weekly meetings held on Wednesday nights at 8:00pm at the Riccarton Community Church, 44 Elizabeth Street, Riccarton, Christchurch. Articles by 20th month to: [email protected] A complete list of Officers of CPS is available on the website but here are two important ones for you! Diana Andrews [email protected] Iain Anderson [email protected] For more information see our website: cpsnz.com You can also download previous issues of Viewfinder in PDF format from the website. Top left: the Corporate Tent – Champion Photojournalism Print by Ian Walls APSNZ Top right: Over together – B Grade Champion Print by Peter Saunders Middle left: Zoom zoom – Champion Colour Print and A Grade Champion Print by Georgie McKie FPSNZ Bottom right: Black.napped Monarch (male) – Champion Natural History Projected Image by Graeme Guy APSNZ Bottom left: Brown Violotear – Champion Natural History Print by Graeme Guy APSNZ Frank Green APSNZ Life Membership Top: Sisterly Love – Champion of Champions Print for 2010 and C Grade Champion Print 2010 by Pip Hannah Middle: Misty Walkway – Champion Monochrome Print by Oswald Mungwazi APSNZ Bottom: Lake Tekapo – B & C Landscape Print by Pip Hannah Frank joined CPS in January 1991 so has been a member for just under 20 years. In that time he has shown himself to be a very versatile and competent photographer. He gained his APSNZ in 1996. A respected judge often used at CPS, he has been a member of the PSNZ judges panel for some years and served on our own Selection & Grading Committee for the last ten years. As well as being an active photographer Frank has made a significant contribution to the administration of this club at all levels. Within two years of joining the club, he was treasurer of CPS and has served eight years in this position. He was Vice President for six years and President in 2005 and 2006. In this time Frank also served as MC for many years, a regular workshop tutor and has been on the Winter School committee for the last 12 years. He was PJ competition secretary for 6 years and was PI secretary for 2010. Typically Frank has been the man who volunteered when something needed to be done, so has assisted with the many club surveys, created the systems to collate competition points, arranged special meetings for new members, assisted with projection, locked up the hall and assisted with Final Night arrangements for many years. When CPS took on outside commitments Frank put up his hand. He was MC for the 1999 PSNZ convention in Christchurch and Vice Chairman for the 2006 convention. It has to be mentioned that Frank has been well supported by Carolyn in whatever tasks he has taken on for CPS but by the same token he has been supporting Carolyn in the continues next page Nigel Kerby Nigel Kerby As I have just passed my first anniversary at CPS, it was suggested I should let you know something about me. My picture shows me posing with my first camera, a late 1940’s Ensign Ful-Vue my father once used and one I started using on my first exotic holiday – a trip around the North Island when I was around 10. On our frequent holidays “abroad” (up north) my mother always had her trusty Agfa 35mm at hand, and this was the basis of the family slide shows we enjoyed, though usually they featured images from my mother’s overseas travels in the 1950s. All this must have piqued my interest as I remember a few darkroom sessions at school and putting myself through a short photography course at Polytech in my mid-teens. For my eighteenth birthday I was given a sum of money that was quickly turned into my first SLR – a Ricoh KR10. This was a great introduction to real photography and served me well until it as replaced by a Nikon F601, primarily as a means to record holidays when I lived overseas. My photography then went through the doldrums. My camera spent most of its life in a drawer apart from taking pictures of my children. Eventually it stayed in that drawer permanently until a final visit to Photo and Video as a trade in. Its replacement, a compact digital, reignited my interest – along with a couple of overseas holidays to motivate me. With my partner Vicki also having a keen interest it was easy to “invest” in a digital SLR between us - and then to get another one so we could stop fighting! We then joined CPS which we have both found wonderful, not only for the learning but also the interest the other members provide. I particularly enjoy the field trips, though I seem to be enjoying the scenery rather than taking many photographs. CPS has challenged me to take a greater range of images and taught me how to improve them, but I have learnt that my real interest is just in taking better travel images as a record of where I have been. continues from previous page Frank Green APSNZ Life Membership many activities she has done for the society. Frank is a good thinker who has made a valuable contribution on all the committees and sub committees he has been a part of, but at the same time is a very practical person and one of the first to roll up his sleeves when there is a job to be done. Although he has now stepped down from committee typically Frank has already offered to carry on a number of jobs including print secretary for 2011. Outside of the club, Frank has also been active being involved with and contributing to three exhibitions at Our City Otautahi, organising the Festival of Flowers competition for three years resulting in donations of around $4500 to CPS, other exhibitions at the Arts Centre, photography for Woolston School and mentor to Mt Pleasant photography group. His volunteering is not restricted to photography being involved with Rotary, Jaycees, school PTA and board of trustees, Commonwealth Games, World Deaf Games. Optomist Dinghy training, scouts and the list goes on. Wherever a hand is needed Frank appears. We are very fortunate to have had his willing service for so many years. The committee is pleased to confer the award of life membership to Frank Green.