The Official MIPP Newsletter
August 2014
FOCALPOINT
Issue No. 42
www.mipp-malta.com
EDITORIAL
With so many opportunities
to travel, I bet you guys have all gone to some destination or other and shot endless images! I would like to invite you to share your stories here with us just to keep us sane this month due to the prediction of the upcoming heatwave!
If you want your photos featured on the newsletter’s front page just send the images to newsletter@mippmalta.com. Your contributions are always welcome!
Apart from travel, Malta is full of events in summer, so whether it is some pictures from the beer fest or from your local village feast we want to see them and share them with our members. Meanwhile mid August, I should be somewhere on this island next to the beach trying to get some colour and relax. Hope you all have a great Summer! Assistant Editor Kerstin Arnemann
Therese & Kerstin!
Newsletter Team Editor: Therese Debono Assistant Editor: Kerstin Arnemann Design: Therese Debono Article Vetting: Vince DeBono Articles: Various contributors Editorial Advice: Kevin Casha
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President’s viewpoint Mipp featured member News Sponsors Sponsors Competition News Out & About Feature MIPP Events Calendar Members’ gallery
CONTENTS The End of the Print Portfolio Romana Wyllie Flying the Flag in Lituania MIPP Committee hosted by Attard & Co Avantech’s WFD Competition Winners of Photoimages Competition August Events around Malta & Gozo Beer Festival Snaps Judging Seminar Mark your diaries! Images from International Online Comp
Duncan Cauchi
“The most challenging water image I’ve ever made is the image I named “My World”. To describe it in few words, this is an image of a drop with the refection of the map of the world in it. Every time I look at this image I feel fulfilled as this was the most technically difficult shoot I’ve ever shot so far, as I could not get the reflection of the world right and at the same time eliminate the reflections of the flash strobes on the water droplet. Sadly enough everyone who sees this image thinks that the map was added later in post processing.”
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The End of the Print Portfolio I was recently sorting out my old darkroom,
Kevin Casha
preparing it for an overdue repainting and a restructuring, when I came across my old 12x16 inch print portfolio. Leafing through it, after leaving it inactive for quite some years, I started reflecting on another change which the Digital revolution has brought upon us. Today, very few photographers, (and models or actors), still use print portfolios. Most clients require only digital files, both to review or to see samples of photographic work and they are also more often than not to require digital files as a final product. How times change - yet, I think, that in this matter, it is for the better.
Producing Digital portfolios costs so little as one does not need really to print photographs anymore. Previously, it was very costly to update portfolios but now, through using digital media, it is actually cost free. This has not been good news for photographic laboratories, but now, one can update work in step with one’s progress and improvement. The portfolios of anyone who uses them are today much more up to the minute and thus reflect the portfolio owner’s current levels and standards. It is also a faster process to diffuse and advertise one’s work. Most viewers of portfolios are not interested in print quality at all, but in the actual content. Seeing this content on screen instead of in print does not adversely affect them. Today’s photographers need to consider their output based on different media than previously. There are so many more options. Still, one argument does persist - and I daresay will continue to persist - and that is that many people do still enjoy and relate with images more in depth if they are printed. This could stem from the fact that when viewing physical images or a book, one tends to concentrate more on the process than when viewing imagery
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Viewpoint
on a screen. Our impatience usually makes us fly through imagery on screens. Photography book sales have not really decreased and the relatively recent option of printing custom books in any amount of copies, even one copy, keeps increasing. In fact, I believe this latter option perhaps is not exploited enough by photographers and other users of portfolios. A custom book can keep promoting one’s work indefinitely, particularly if placed in the right place. Leaving a book inside a drawer does not serve its purpose, but making sure it is visible and easily picked up by
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visitors to your studio, office or home, diffuses and promotes your work with little effort. Naturally, it is also important to have your name proudly displayed on the front cover of any book containing your work. This constantly evolving paradigm should also make photographers think more about online ways of promoting their work. With high quality video available in most DSLR cameras, one has the tools to produce little clips or tutorials so that these can be put up on online media and again show your work all over the globe. Producing custom books is relatively cheap and getting cheaper, whilst diffusing one’s work on online media is usually free. It is also rather puzzling that Maltese photographers, in my opinion, are not really exploiting this media as much as they should. One does not see too many PDF portfolios produced by local photographers. I wonder why this is so when, again, this is so cheap and easy. PDF portfolios, if produced in the right manner and in a reasonable size that is easily manageable by email, can again boost the work and promote many photographers. Although on this island we seem to pride ourselves with being very up to date with modern technology, I have a feeling that most photographers seem to resist or not realize the full potential of this evolving technology and the many ways that they can utilize it. Or are we too busy to explore new methods and ways of moving forward or are we just too lazy or engrossed in our day to day chores to open up our eyes to all these benefits? I hope this makes most of you reflect and take action before the whole world passes us by!
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the EOS 5D Mark lll joins the rental family! ... now available for rent.
for full details and conditions visit www.avantech.com.mt or call on 2148 88 00 Avantech Building St Julian’s Road San Gwann SGN 2805
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PHOTOGRAPHY MY WAY Romana Wyllie For this month’s edition of ‘Featured Member’ we caught up with Romana Wyllie, who was really happy to oblige and prepare a great article to share with you. Read on to find out how Romana tackles photography and editing, and grasp a few tips about her work!
‘How did you get into photography?’ In Czech Republic, even in Communism when I was growing up, we had cameras. My father is an engineer and an inventor and would convert our little bathroom into a darkroom when I was small. I remember working on the prints as they were developing in chemicals and the magic of the pictures appearing on the paper. So that memory of photographs being magical creations has always stayed with me. ‘How did you end up in Gozo?’ I came to Malta to via SWPP – I had seen Kevin Casha and Christopher Azzopardi work and wanted to get some tuition from them. It was a great experience. Then in 2013 I became seriously ill and we decided to leave the Czech Republic and fell in love with Gozo where we now live. Joining MIPP has been wonderful; in Czech the main photographic topic appears to be ‘artistic nudes’ which do not inspire me too much. Finding photographers who want to shoot a wide variety of topics has been great. ‘You have been working a lot on Steampunk; what inspired you?’ I started learning photography online and through workshops and had a small ‘white studio’ for family photographs in Czech alongside a full time job. We had the idea it might be a business to fall back on if we got fired, but soon discovered that photography is more of a hobby than a cash generator! But I started to develop my Photoshop skills and got inspired by seeing the surreal styles of photographs
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featured member
‘Dreaming of Prague’ This is a composite of the Prague Horologue clock and a young girl day dreaming. Studio lighting and composite background. Shot with Canon 1D-iV and my favorite model, my daughter Tereza.
on Facebook forums and in photography magazines. So I bought some steampunk clothes from ebay and started to plan out ideas for shoots. Then I found a friend via Facebook who shared my passion and we met up in Czech and shot together one summer and I carried on from there.
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‘How do you get your backgrounds?’ As you can tell, many of my pictures are composites so I shoot lots of backgrounds whenever I see an interesting building or shape or landscape. Often a shape of a door or structure will catch my eye. Then in Photoshop I can crop, darken and adjust the background to fit a concept. We have been taking pictures of old cars recently for some new ideas which I am planning to develop. But I until I sit at the computer and start to weave it all together I am never certain about the final concept. That is definitely a challenge I have to work on and learn to plan for specific ideas and emotions. ‘What is the most useful thing you have learned?’ For a themed shoot you have to plan, plan, plan. You need a good makeup-artist or a model who can do makeup and hair. You have to look at all the little details of the clothing before you start shooting. You have to pose the model and talk to them to get some motivation and action in their expressions. You can fix a lot in Photoshop, but you cannot fix the expression of fear, anger, excitement on their face and the subtle angle ofthe direction of the models limbs and what that does to the feeling of the picture is not fixable.
Above: ‘Defending the Fortress’ Many people ask me how I do composites: this is a quick example: In studio with main and fill on the subject plus a backlight for separation. The model poses and we try to encourage emotions that fit the concept. The background is the Cross Club in Prague, which was not the right color pallet. The combination of the two adds depth to the image and gives me the action/strong female personality I am looking for across my Steampunk series. Shot with Canon 1DiV and Tereza again. Opposite Page: ‘In Pursuit’ A steampunk special agent in hot pursuit of a criminal – getting the running effect and the wind in the hat was a fun challenge. Shot with Canon 1DiV
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How do you light your pictures? It depends: we used to have a studio in our basement with 5 Bowens lights. After my illness I wanted to drop photography completely but my husband fortunately kept 2 canon flashes, two Elinchrom Ranger flashes and 2 Lupos. My husband Mark loves playing with technical gadgets, so lighting and flash gear and how it all connects together are all his area. We are pretty good at sticking cardboard and polystyrene together to make reflectors and modifiers. We spend a lot of time talking together about whether a portrait is backlit or frontlit, which shadow comes from where and whether the lighting is soft or hard. Then we practice together in our spare bedroom, where we have a roll down grey paper and sort out the lighting before we involve any models. This Page: ‘Oiling the Boiler’. This is shot as one photograph on set in the Old Sewerage Museum in Prague. The orange light is a gel on a second Canon 580EXII, the main is a Canon 580EXII with an Ezyboxsoftbox. Both triggered by Pocket Wizard Flex. Shot with a Canon 1DiV Opposite Page: ‘In the office’ Shot at the ‘Curious Science’ set in London, these are my stepson and stepdaughter dressed as a not so traditional pair of secret agents in my steampunk series. Shot with Canon 1D-X
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‘Where did you learn Photoshop’ Lots and lots of online courses, a few workshops and hours of practice. I am still learning every day. ‘How do you get inspiration’ I look at magazines, online images and often try to recreate an image I like. It always comes out differently than the inspiration picture; different lighting, models and background. I would say do not be scared to try and recreate images that you find online. You will learn a huge amount each time you try and end up creating your own image.
The Guiding Light. This is a self portrait with Mark and me using a Lupolux continuous light. Using a timer and self portraits requires a lot of patience. The light in the globe was added in from Photoshop along with the night sky. Shot with Fuji X-Pro 1
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‘How long does each picture take?’ Days usually if composite work is involved. My quickest pictures are usually landscapes which I love too. But portraits are always more fun. Sometimes simple pictures do just work – but often the hours go into the preparation of the lighting and clothing and hairstyles and thinking about the exact composition I want. And Photoshop work with composites, selections and adjusting lighting is very time consuming. ‘How do you feel about competitions?’ I have a love/hate relationship with competitions. Of course, we all love winning! Competitions in MIPP are always interesting as you hear the feedback directly and get the chance to ask questions. Not only on your pictures but on other photographers, rules, composition thoughts, color toning, shadows etc. I am enjoying working on the MIPP competitions, though the judges sometimes frustrate me as some want just documentary style, some want more competitive pictures, some want simple and safe, some no composites. I always enjoy the feedback; sometimes it is hard to have pictures rejected but I need to hear it to improve. Competitions are very useful for me; I cannot live in a vacuum. ‘What camera do you use?’ When I was trying to be a ‘professional’ photographer I used to have a full set of Canon L lens and a 1D-X. Then I moved to a Fuji X-Pro 1 but could never get comfortable with the focus and menus. Fantastic image quality for landscape work though. But now I use an Olympus OMD-EM5 and 3 good quality lenses. I can’t hold a full weight DSLR in my hands any more in any case. I find that the right lighting and composition is far more important than my sensor for the work that I like to create. ‘What are you working on now?’ I am finishing off my Associate portfolio; probably submitting at this years’ MIPP convention. I feel I am moving away from the strict steampunk (Victorian clothing in a steam-industrial alternate era) at present; as my Photoshop skills improve I find I want to do more conceptual work, combining reality and fantasy without necessarily being tied to a specific genre. I am currently drawn to the work of Dali and Magritte, so I will see where that takes me.
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Flying the flag ... in Lithuania! M
y vision of Maltese photography has always been to constantly expand beyond our shores. In the past years, this vision has become much more doable, due to technology such as internet, digital photography, Skype coupled with the facility and relatively lower price and frequency of air travel. These circumstances have been ideal in empowering me to visit different places and societies in order to teach photography. If there is an international art medium which ideally places the practitioner in contact with other artists, surely this is photography. I recently had the pleasure to run my Fast Track photography course in Lithuania - an opportunity not only to work in the sphere I enjoy most, but to also learn and challenge myself from the different perspective of my talented foreign students. The intensive three day course covered aspects of studio, street, low light and fashion photography as well as post processing and photographic concept generation. The hospitality I was shown was second to none, and this made the experience so much more enjoyable.
Left: Jonas Staselis, Chairman Lithuanian Photographers Association, presenting MIPP President Kevin Casha with Lithuanian photographic publications
The Lithuanian weather, although in summer, was a challenge as on the first day the temperature went down to 12 degrees - and there I was with no jackets and only short sleeves! It was indeed a challenge to start off the course with a low light workshop in the business centre of Vilnius accompanied by a steady sprinkling of rain! Here, my experience in London weather during the yearly Societies convention came in handy. Both myself and the students rose to the challenge and
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we still managed to produce some useful images in rather adverse conditions. The next day, we spent the day inside a very well equipped commercial studio in an industrial area of Vilnius. I had the luxury to work with all the necessary equipment needed in a studio and also with two delightful girls from Vilnius, Olga and Jurate, who patiently modeled for me throughout the workshops. The industrial area, complete with an old railway track, made an ideal venue for location photography when it stopped raining and temperatures went significantly up. I made sure to base my course on hands on practice, giving the participants a lot to do throughout the three days and naturally ended the sessions with a ‘no holds barred’ assessment of their work. The workshops were possible thanks to the help of my Lithuanian contact, friend and photographer, Renata Apanaviciene who, together with her husband Darius, went out of their way not only to organize the course, but also to make my stay as pleasant and varied as possible. As always, when abroad, the MIPP is still very much in my mind, and through the help of Valdas Bogdanos, the Fuji regional manager for East Europe, I managed to make contact with the Chairman of the Lithuanian Photographers Association, the hard working Jonas Staselis. It was a really pleasant and fruitful meeting as the Association is more or less the same size as our MIPP one, thus a lot of common ground is shared. Yet, hearing how other people manage their Association, is always a fount of information and stimulates fresh ideas. The Association runs its own little premises and gallery in Vilnius - although it is not their property, the place is given to them by the local government and they run it through a council. The authorities also give the Association some funding which enables them to not only manage the day to day running, but also print some beautiful photography books as well as organize a very important international photographic convention every year. Their grant is nothing great and it’s still not easy, but much more than we ever got from our governments - I wonder when local authorities will ever wake up and treat us photographers in the same way as other entities - maybe the time is ripe for a petition!! I have come back from Lithuania refreshed, enthusiastic and greatly enriched with the friendship of many people I met over there. I will surely be visiting Lithuania again and, why not, look forward to collaborating with the Lithuanian Photographers Association in the near future.
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MIPP Committee hosted by Attard & Co Attard & Company Limited are no newcomers to MIPP members. Those of
us who where in at the beginning of the formation of the Institute, cannot but recall with pride the first Convention held at Corinthia San Gorg, in 1996. This convention, which firmly planted the seeds of the MIPP, was sponsored and backed up by Agfa, then a subsidiary of Attard & Co. The convention had seen the start of a very fruitful partnership between the MIPP and Attard & Co. After recent talks with the company, it was decided to renew collaboration on various ideas and projects that would mutually benefit both parties, particularly, our members. So it was with pleasure that the Committee accepted the kind invitation to visit Attard & Co’s superb premises at Canter House, in Marsa. The occasion was a wine tasting session inside the brand new, climatically controlled wine section at Canter House. Peter Martin, director of Oval Brands Limited, together with other staff members, hosted the Committee as well as subcommittee members, to a very pleasant and informative session of not only on the various renowned international wine labels that Oval Brands locally distributes and markets but, naturally, to a very welcome sampling. The session rounded off a pleasant evening in which both sides discussed possible ways of cooperation and the further strengthening of existing ties.
Matthew Naudi, of Sistina Wines, with Attard & Co staff and the MIPP committee during the recent wine tasting session.
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World Photography Day Competition by Avantech With the Competition’s title ‘Happiness’ am sure you would find this of interest and participate in the Annual World Photography Day organised by Avantech! Read the Terms & Conditions below to avoid being disappointed! GOOD LUCK! TERMS & CONDITIONS - Please Read before you enter! 1. The subject for the World Photography Day Competition is ‘Happiness’. 2. The competition is open to an unlimited number of participants. 3. Only one photo allowed per entrant. 4. Photo requirements. The chosen image should: a) Relate to the competition’s theme b) Be available in jpeg format in a good quality, high resolution. c) Be taken with a compact camera or a DSLR of any brand. Mobile phone photography is not allowed. Any photo submitted using a mobile phone can and will be disqualified at any stage of the competition. a) Be borderless b) Not have a watermark or caption. c) Be the original work of the entrant and must not infringe the rights of any other party. The entrants must be the sole owner of copyright in all photographs entered. Furthermore, entrants must not have breached any laws when taking their photographs. c) not have been offered for sale, been the source of any income or entered into any other competition. 5. To apply, one must: a) log onto our facebook page (www.facebook.com/canonmalta) b) click on the ‘World Photography Day’ tab beneath the cover photo c) Enter details and follow the steps required 6. The entries will be uploaded onto the tab ‘World Photography Day’. They can be viewed by clicking on ‘vote’. 7. The top 50 will be selected automatically by online voting running from Thursday 24th July until Monday 4th August at noon. 8. Our panel of judges will then judge the top 50 semi-finalists, from which the 30 finalists will be chosen. 9. The finalists will be contacted by email on Thursday 7th August. It is the responsibility of the entrants to check their email on this date and proceed with the given instructions. 10. We require the photos to be printed (A3 size) from Photocity, where we have arranged a special price for conformity. The price is 13 Euros for the printing and the mounting. Photocity: 27, South Street, Valletta. 21236723 - http://www.photocitymalta.com/. 11. Photos should be taken on a CD or pendrive in person between Friday 8th and Thursday 14th August. Payment should be settled. The prints will then be picked up by Avantech Ltd. 12. The competition is open to Maltese Islands residents only. Employees of Avantech Ltd., as well as their immediate families are not eligible to enter. 13. The final event will take place on Tuedsay the 19th of August at 7:30pm at the Avantech premises. 14. Photographs will be exhibited and will be judged by a panel of judges. They will consider a range of factors including composition, technical ability, originality, and the commercial appeal of the photographs. 15. The first place receive a prize of 1,000 Euro voucher, the first runner up will receive a 500 Euro voucher, and the second runner up a 250 Euro voucher. All vouchers are redeemable against hardware products from Avantech Ltd. 16. Prizes are as stated and cannot be sold or transferred. 17. The printed finalists photos are property of Avantech Ltd and will be used for decoration and promotion at the Avantech building in San Gwann. 18. Entrants will retain copyright in the photographs that they submit to Avantech Ltd. By entering the competition all entrants grant to Avantech Ltd. the right to publish and exhibit their photographs on Facebook, the Avantech website, CanonMalta.com blog, CanonMalta.com webpage, and any other medium seen fit to promote the competition and event. 19. By entering, entrants will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by these rules and Avantech Ltd. reserves the right to exclude any entry from the competition at any time and at its absolute discretion if Avantech has reason to believe that an entrant has breached these rules. 20. Avantech Ltd. reserves the right to cancel this competition or alter any of the rules at any stage, if deemed necessary in its opinion, or if the circumstances arise outside of its control.
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Winners of Photoimages Competition During the recent seminar on judging held at Canter House, the entries in
the competition, sponsored by Photoimages, were judged. The panel of judges consisted of Kevin Casha, Charles Calleja and Alan Falzon. We congratulate the winners and thank all the participants. The winner of the competition was Duncan Cauchi with a striking monochrome landscape. The three runners up where Kerstin Arnemann, Joseph Lungaro and Martin Agius. All the prints were produced by Photoimages and the prizes were sponsored by Photoimages and the MIPP. The MIPP thanks Photoimages and Matthew Briffa for their kind sponsorship. The winning images.
First Prize: Duncan Cauchi
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Joseph Lungaro
Kersin Arnemann
Martin Agius
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OUT AND ABOUT
August Events
Since art is not only about photography, Kerstin came up with the brilliant idea of selecting a few monthly events and pointing them out to our members so that you visit these interesting exhibitions/installations/book launches and be inspired! Enjoy! WASHES Venue: The Zabbar Sanctuary Museum Dates: 25th July till 10th August The Watercolour Art Malta Group was set up by Miriam Borg whose intention was to bring together watercolour artists who are connected in some way through their work or personally to Malta. This group consists of approximately 320 self-taught and/or fine arts professionals, of all ages. A group of 15 Watercolour Art Malta members will show a number of original Watercolour paintings in a collective exhibition called Washes.
Artists: Anne Ringland Jaqueline Agius Josette Casha Fran Cella Joseph Casapinta Monique Mallia Paul Caruana Anne Lewis
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Tony Bugeja Godwin Cassar Peter Seychell Costin Benescu Paul Fenech Miriam Borg Dean Borg Myatt
Rosella Schembri at Villa Bologna Venue: Villa Bologna Date: 2nd - 30th August ‘It’s the journey that counts.’ I find that clay gives me the space, variety and challenge to keep me on the neverending path of discovery and experimentation. When I first started dabbling in clay, I had no ambition to reach any level of fame and still don’t. However I would like to see my pots featured at various levels of exhibition. My pots reflect my fascination with simple decoration and individualism. As a studio potter, all my pots are one-off simply because each one is designed, made and decorated individually with no effort to copy or make identical ones. This keeps me searching for the perfect mug, dish, bowl and wall hanging. The other aspect that I look forward to is the tactile and texture feel when the pot has been glazed and fired. This enables me to investigate the usage of a number of natural tools which are impressed or embedded and allowed to have their own ‘say’ in the finished pot. Clay gives me the freedom to stretch both the material and my imagination to the limit and this has led, many a time, to discovering avenues which would not have been encouraged in classroom settings. I believe that it is important to learn the techniques required and this would help in avoiding many disappointments following the multiple firing processes. However, I also believe that there is no ‘good or bad’ method of making a pot, only whether the finished pot is aesthetically pleasing and successful in carrying out the function it is meant for. May I never reach the end of the journey and always be able to embrace ‘new ways of working’ with clay.
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THE BIEGANSKI ART FESTIVAL The Bieganski Foundation will be holding the first Bieganski Art Festival from the 1st - 31st August 2014. It will be a month-long festival at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, commemorating 100 years from the outbreak of WWI and celebrating art in all its forms. The festival will feature: 75 local and foreign artists with paintings depicting WWI 47 local and foreign artists, exhibiting their works 120 paintings from the Bieganski collection Master Artist Ray Pitre 9x7 ft collection 120 sketches and paintings from French trench artist Gaston Pierre Galey The Bieganski Art Festival, will be the largest event of its kind, ever to be held on the Maltese Islands. The planned events are as follows: • Opening Night (by invitation) • 10 Academic Talks - Attendance 350 - 500 pax Presidents Emerita • 3 Concerts (Unplugged) Kantilena, Airport Impressions and the New Victorians • Fashion show by Gaffiero Productions and Pearl Haber • Maltese/Gozitan Night with Ta’ Mena and Aurora Folk Group • The Art of wine tasting by Marsovin • Bieganski Banquet under the patronage of H.E. the President of Malta • Grand Finale - including the participation of the Malta Police Force and ending with Fireworks from the roof of the Malta Experience
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ART EXHIBITION BY JENI CARUANA Dates: 5th June 2013 to 14th August 2013 http://www.visitmalta.com/en/event-details/2014-06/art-exhibition-by-jeni-caruana-7676 “There’s nothing more exhilarating than painting something that’s happening right in front of me”. Jeni Caruana is fascinated by the way musicians become fused with music through to their instruments, and dancers who go beyond the limits of their physical bodies. She loves to capture what is going on by painting. When she is painting, Jeni Caruana feels like she is in her models; a connection is created, as if she is moving in the same way. Music painting, is an impressionistic response to the stimuli of sound. Every year Malta offers several festivals like the Jazz Festival, the Arts Festival, and Ghanafest Festival. For Jeni Caruana it is the opportunity to immerse herself in the colors, the movements and the atmosphere. She points out that she doesn’t produce photographic paintings, her paintings are more ‘impressionistic responses’. In fact, to keep the spontaneity of the moment and to “the music still plays in the paintings”, Jeni Caruana tries not to work too much on them. Dance and movement, an interesting human form of the moving in the space. Thanks to her studies and her work, Jeni Caruana is able to take a mental snapshot of the form in space. Her painting practice allows her to feel the what her subjects are feeling. In this way she is able to recreate what she sees as fast as she can, so her work doesn’t allow her to paint all the body details. Her challenge is to capture precious moments in time by using as many senses as possible. As she recaps: “my paintings are prayers to the amazingness of our human bodies and to the sheer love of being alive!”
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BEER FESTIVAL SNAPS Words and Images by Vince DeBono
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t all started when I decided to go to the Beer Festival to watch an old school buddy play. I had heard the Rifffs before and knew that they had an animated act - so I took the camera along. I liked it and next day went for more - plus I decided that I should challenge myself to get some more images. Unfortunately, although all musicians were good (so far) some played competently but without feeling, which does not show up well. Luckily I met a fellow MIPP member with vastly more experience who shared with me tips, great access and the odd drink too. My favourites are the musicians who move lots - especially drummers. My pet grouse is the lighting that on one hand gives an interesting feel and mood and yet causes me to reject so many images. Meaning I have to go back for more!
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This Page: Firelight on stage and musicians
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Top Left: Drummer for Pink Fl Main Image: Fiona Cauchi one
oyd act; Firelight members; Riffs on stage. e of the backing vocals for Pink Floyd act
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Judging Seminar On Saturday 26th July, MIPP held a very interesting seminar for members inter-
ested in the judging procedure during competitions and qualifications.
The seminar was a success with alot of interaction and participation by members. It was hosted at Attard & Co premises in Marsa.
Above: President Kevin Casha during his presentation at the seminar
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Above: Members who participated during this seminar Below: During the presentations.
CALENDAR 12th August International Online Judging 19:30hrs, Le Meridien
19th August WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY Details to be confirmed soon
16th September International Online Judging 19:30hrs, Le Meridien
23rd September Tackling Media & Journalism 19:30hrs, Le Meridien
7th October PTYA Judging Session 19:30hrs, Le Meridien
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International Online Competition - Round 3
MEMBERS’ GALLERY
Above: Gold Award for Romana Wylie with this image called ‘Love’
Above: Silver Award for Duncan Cauchi with this image called ‘Rough’
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Above: Gold Award for Kerstin Arnemann
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Above: Silver Award for David Sammut
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