NZIPP Pro Report - July 2013

MEMBER MAGAZINE JULY 2013 / V.37

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JULY 2013

Executive Updates

Cover Image: © Trey Ratcliff Invited Speaker - Infocus 2013

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Presidents Report

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Commercial Directors Report

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Portrait Directors Report

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Wedding Directors Report

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Honours Council Report

Infocus 2013 12

Conference Programme

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Infocus Info

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Infocus Sponsors

NZIPP News

Contact NZ Institute of Professional Photography (NZIPP) PO Box 76176 Christchurch 8548 New Zealand W: www.nzipp.org.nz E: info@nzipp.org.nz M: +64 27 522 5570 We welcome your feedback and thoughts. If you have something to say, send it through to: marketing@nzipp.org.nz

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Q Dates for 2013

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Welcome to New Members

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New Accredited Members

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NZIPP on Facebook

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Iris Award Books

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Ilford Diary

NZIPP AGM 2013 19

AGM Information

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Board Nominations

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Contents Regional Updates 22

Auckland/Northland Region

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Waikato/BOP Region

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Central Districts Region

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Wellington Region

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Otago/Southland Region

The Missing Link 27

July Report

Photo Competitions 28

Pano Awards

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Photography Masters Cup

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Canon EYEcon Awards

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NZ Geographic

Industry News 30

Changing Face of NZ Photography

Obituary 31

Bert Stern

Corporate Members 31

Thanks to our Corporate Members

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TOP LEFT & ABOVE 2 Images by Rachael Hale McKenna © TOP RIGHT & ABOVE 4 Images by Trey Ratcliff © ABOVE 1,3,5 Images by Greg Heisler ©

Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards 01­03 AUGUST PRINCIPAL SPONSOR:

The annual Iris Awards celebrate the creative excellence of professional photographers in New Zealand.

This is your best opportunity in 2012 to gain wide spread exposure by becoming an award­winning photographer.

Entry is open to all professional photographers, with judging held in an open forum over three days.

Public Open Day

Infocus Conference

SATURDAY 03 AUGUST

04­05 AUGUST

An Industry Exhibition, with leading photographic suppliers all in the one room, it is the perfect opportunity to see new products and services.

The premier professional photography conference, which includes two days of international and local speakers, industry exhibition, practical workshops, Iris Awards gallery, social functions, Masterclass and Gala Awards dinner.

This is a unique opportunity, to view judging, award winning images and an industry exhibition all under the one roof.

INFOCUS 2013 VENUE Pullman Auckland Cnr Princes Street and Waterloo Quadrant Auckland

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Presidents Report

Executive Updates

Here we are already, just six weeks out from the biggest events of the NZIPP calendar year, being held this year at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland: First up we have the ‘Iris Awards”, starting on Thursday the 1st of August and ending on Saturday the 3rd of August. Here you can watch and listen to the top judges in Australasia express what they consider makes an award winning image. The debates are the best photographic education available.

Saturday is also Industry day, with the doors being open to the general public to the largest photography trade show around. Don’t miss this if you are interested in keeping up with the latest photographic gizmos and gadgets. A recommendation would be to make a full day of it, booking in to the evening public seminar, by Internationally renowned New Zealand photographer Rachael Hale McKenna. Rachael will be presenting her stunning photographs and telling you the stories behind them. With Rachael also presenting at the Infocus Conference, which starts the following day, only consider this if you aren’t attending the conference.

If you are after more, then register and attend the ‘Infocus Conference’ starting on Sunday the 4th of August and plug into a feast of photography presented by some of the worlds leading photographers. Please view the NZIPP web site for details (www.nzipp.org.nz).

The extended programme we have on offer this year is because the NZIPP is turning 75 and on the Sunday evening we have our Jubilee night to celebrate it this. Again see the website for details. Finally, to end all the celebrations, on the Monday evening we have our Gala Award night dinner when all the awards are announced and everyone can celebrate their successes.

Either way you just have to be there.

Just one small word of

WARNING.

Book early or you may miss out as this is going to be big!

Mike Langford - NZIPP President Hon F NZIPP, GMNZIPP, Hon F AIPP, MAIPP

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Executive Updates

Commercial Directors Report

JULY 2013

The New Darkroom Its that time of the year when I trawl through folders looking for some imagery that I have shot that could have some merit for our upcoming awards. I hope that you are doing better than me in that regard. Last year we had a record number of entries in commercial category and I hope that it will be the same again this year.

Last year I was lucky enough to find most of the imagery from jobs that I had shot. Not sure about this year though, may have to be a bit more creative.

Have just downloaded Photoshop CC, maybe that will inspire me to get on to it.

If you are anything like me you have odd folders marked “interesting stuff” and ”useful textures” I also have one called “inspiration” and it is this one that contains images by other photographers that on one hand make me feel like giving up (can I produce anything that good) and on the other motivate me to try.

Once upon a time we had out own special place, the dark room, and the creations that we made in the darkroom were the result of special skills. Not so any more Photoshop is the new darkroom and the tools in it are available to every man and his dog.

So it is hardly surprising that most agencies and design companies just want the raw file! How bloody boring is that, as a profession we have lost many of the tools of our trade. So when you produce a masterpiece through painstaking clear cutting and layering multiple images to create something original and win an award for it be proud, you have taken back some of the tools of your trade.

Now go for it and good luck.

Shoot well and prosper

Terry Wreford Hann NZIPP Commercial Director

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Portrait Directors Report

This is the time of the year when many, many photographers are head down emerged in Iris Awards preparation. You hear a constant chatter online about shoots planned, images to be edited, feelings of excitement and despair, its all part of the journey.

With this also comes the comments from others who don’t see the value in entering, some don’t believe their clients care whether they’ve won or entered awards or not so why enter? My answer to this is really? Are you sure your clients don’t care or maybe you just haven’t sold them on it and enticed them to become invested in the process. And maybe this is a missed opportunity to grow your business.

I was chatting to a fellow photographer about this over coffee (of course) and I was sharing how my clients become so invested in it, they wait for updates of how I’ve done, they cant wait to see what images I’ve entered and they always talk about them when they come into the studio and see them on the wall, not to mention the Facebook craziness if an image featuring a client wins an award! My fellow photographer shared how her experience is the same, her clients are excited for her and her clients are also invested in the process. Because again, shes sold them on it.

So how do you sell them on it? Pretty easy really. Talk about it. Talk about the excitement of it all, the challenge to push yourself, the personal and professional growth that comes from having your work judged. The feeling you get when you take something from concept through to an award winning image. When I look back on my Facebook stats for my business page, one of the highest peaks last year was in the week of the awards, the interest it created caused a huge spike in traffic to my page. When I was a blogger, it was also one of the busiest times for hits on my blog. So clearly…. they do care, they are interested and they love to see the results.

Its all part of the story of us as business owners, the story of what we do and who we are and many a successful company will tell you that success is built on story telling and everyone wants to be part of the story. My story is shared with all the likers on my Facebook page leading up to, during and after the awards and only positive things come from it. If I help them see the value in it, they become invested in the story and they come on that ride with me…. and what a ride it is. See you there.

Karyn Flett Acting NZIPP Portrait Director

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Executive Updates

Wedding Directors Report

JULY 2013

Last chance…

This is my last Proreport wedding directors report so I thought I seize my last chance to talk about some Q stuff. It seems no matter how much we put out there and how many Q workshops we run there are always lots and lots of questions about the Q process. So here goes…my last chance to answer some of them…

What do I need to do to pass?

Basically you need to convince the panel that they could confidently recommend you to a good friend or family member. That’s the short answer; the longer answer is you need to score a ‘professional standard’ on most of the judging criteria.

Does it need to be any particular type of album?

No, but it does need to be an album of a professional standard. The printing and colour management both need to be of professional quality.

Is it worth the effort?

The answer to this is very personal. For me it was about being confident in my ability and pricing. For others it’s about measuring themselves against the industry standard…and for some it’s about adding one more proof to their clients that they are worth it. In the end it’s up to you to do it for your own reasons. But I do know that everyone who does it says they learned so much from the process of examining and critiquing their own work that it was worth it…even if they didn’t pass the first time.

And that’s really the main point…to quote Jason Mraz…you win some, you learn some. At the end of the day it’s a chance to push yourself, to expand your boundaries and to test yourself and see where you can continue to improve. And that’s got to be a good thing right?

Nicola Inglis NZIPP Wedding Director

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Executive Updates

Honours Council Report

Just Do It! It is hard to believe that in just four weeks judging will be starting for this year’s Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards, and if you are having a little panic about it all be assured that you are not alone in feeling like this.

With Online Registrations open for another few weeks, there is still time to select, prepare and fine tune your entries.

It would also seem we will likely see a higher number of first time entrants this year, and it has been great watching, and at times commenting, on some of the social media feeds. With so much interest being shown I think the Honours Team have every right to think this year will be the biggest and best awards yet, and wouldn’t that be the icing on the cake as the NZIPP celebrates its 75th anniversary.

For those who are new to the process here are a few little tips: •

Ensure you read through the Call for Entries document fully, it does have everything you need to know

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Read each category criteria carefully to make sure you enter your prints into the appropriate category

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Check your image size meets the requirement of being “no smaller than 18cm on the longest side”

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Have your prints mounted professionally to ensure they are secure within the window mount

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Attach the relevant metadata to the digital file

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Check the file size and format is correct

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Remember your own profile image

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Register your entries online by the specified deadline - there is NO extension to the final 24 July deadline.

It does take courage to put your work up in front of a group of “experts” for critique and assessment, but be assured that prints are judged anonymously.

While not all prints will receive a comment or an award, the process you have undertaken to get to that point will have been very educational and worthwhile. It will provide you with knowledge and insight to move forward in your business with a little more confidence and a few more skills.

I want to include here a comment made by Rachael Kelly on a Facebook feed. Her comments are very appropriate for those considering entering for the first time: “… if you really want to enter something then just do it!! I am entering this year. Regardless of the outcome I am looking at this process as a way to make myself learn about fine art papers, printing and taking a close constructive look at both my photos and my editing. So even if I get nothing in the way of awards I will still take away an extra set of skills I didn’t have before hand.” (thanks Rachael) This report is the last one before this year’s awards, with the Honour’s Team about to head into what is our busiest time. We hope to see and encourage you to join us at the Pullman, between 1–3 August, for the award’s judging listening and learning.

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Executive Update

Honours Council Report Continued

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Finally, if you get the chance, be sure to come and say hi to us. We may be busy but it’s always great to put a face to the names we see on the entries.

In the meantime, best of luck to all those entering the Iris Awards this year, with the only thing left to say being - bring it on!

Kind Regards

Kaye Davis - FNZIPP, AAIPP, MCGD Chair of the NZIPP Honours Council On behalf of the NZIPP Honours Council Team including: Ollie Dale, Blair Quax and Tony Stewart.

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Ilford Diary

Images by Rachael Hale McKenna ©

Public Open Day Saturday 03 auguSt, 9.00am – 7.00pm

Rachael Hale McKenna, From Then to Now!

Pullman auckland Hotel

Saturday 03 auguSt, 7.00pm – 8.30pm

An Industry Exhibition, with leading photographic suppliers all in the one room, it is the perfect opportunity to see new products and services.

There is no cost to attend the Public Open Day.

Pullman auckland Hotel

this is a unique opportunity to view judging, award winning images and an industry exhibition all under the one roof.

NZIPP presents a public seminar with kiwi born photographer Rachael Hale McKenna.

Showcasing her journey from New Zealand to France, and the 14 books published along the way. $45.00 per person For more inFormation

and to purchase tickets for Rachael Hale McKenna function, visit:

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Executive Updates

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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME SATURDAY 03 AUGUST 2013 TIME

EVENT

9.00AM

INDUSTRY EXHIBITION - PUBLIC OPEN DAY

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PUBLIC SEMINAR - FROM THEN TO NOW! - RACHAEL HALE MCKENNA (TICKET REQUIRED FOR ENTRY)

SUNDAY 04 AUGUST 2013 TIME

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NZIPP PRESIDENT’S WELCOME

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THE EVOCATIVE PORTRAIT & THE LANGUAGE OF LIGHT - GREGORY HEISLER

10.45AM

MORNING TEA AMONGST THE INDUSTRY EXHIBITION

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THE NOW & FUTURE OF PHOTOGRAPHY WITH THE INTERNET - TREY RATCLIFF

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LUNCH AMONGST THE INDUSTRY EXHIBITION

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A DIGITAL DILEMMA - PANEL DISCUSSION WITH ALAN DOVE, KARYN FLETT, LESTER DE VERE & RICHARD LINTON

3.15PM

AFTERNOON TEA AMONGST THE INDUSTRY EXHIBITION

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SIMPLICITY - THE ART OF KEEPING IT SIMPLE - KARYN FLETT

5.00PM

INFOCUS RECEPTION FOLLOWED BY THE 75TH JUBILEE REUNION FUNCTION

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Infocus 2013

MONDAY 05 AUGUST 2013

INFOCUS INFORMATION VENUE: Pullman Auckland Hotel Cnr Waterloo Quadrant & Princes St Auckland DATES: Iris Awards: Thursday 01 - Saturday 03 August Conference: Sunday 04 – Monday 05 August Masterclasses: Tuesday 06 August

NZIPP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Date: Friday 02 August 2013

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EVENT

8.00AM

REGISTRATION AND PRE-SESSION TEA AND COFFEE. INDUSTRY EXHIBITION OPEN

8.30AM

WHY ANIMALS! WHY BABIES! AND THE TWO TOGETHER!!!

- RACHAEL HALE MCKENNA

10.30AM

MORNING TEA AMONGST THE INDUSTRY EXHIBITION

11.15AM

7 WAYS TO MAKE YOUR BUSINESS MORE PROFITABLE - JENNIFER MYERS

12.15PM

LUNCH AMONGST THE INDUSTRY EXHIBITION

1.30PM

INFOCUS SHOOT OUT - WITH RACHAEL HALE MCKENNA, RUSSELL HAMLET & JACKIE RANKEN

Attendees: NZIPP Members only

3.00PM

AFTERNOON TEA AMONGST THE INDUSTRY EXHIBITION

INDUSTRY EXHIBITION

3.30PM

LOOKING FROM THE INSIDE OUT - TONY HEWITT

4.45PM

SUMMING UP - MIKE LANGFORD

7.00PM

GALA DINNER - IRIS AWARDS 2013

Time: On completion of Iris Awards Print Judging on Friday - estimated to be 6.30pm

In addition to the Infocus Conference programme there will be an Industry Exhibition for all conference delegates to view the latest products and services for professional photographers.

TUESDAY 06 AUGUST 2013 TIME

EVENT (TICKET REQUIRED FOR ENTRY)

9.00AM - 1.00PM

MASTERCLASS - ARNOLD NEWMAN & THE ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT - GREGORY HEISLER

2.00PM - 6.00PM

MASTERCLASS - THE USE OF ARTIFICE IN YOUR CRAFT IS VIRTUOUS - TREY RATCLIFF

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INFOCUS SPONSORS A special thank you to all our Infocus 2013 sponsors. Please support and buy from them. They can only support us, if

we support them!

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR Epson offers an extensive array of award winning image capture and image output products for the consumer, business, photography and graphic arts markets, and is also a leading supplier of value-added point-of-sale (POS) solutions for the retail market. Epson is the market leader worldwide in sales of data projectors [DTC Consulting Limited figures]. Epson’s products meet consumer and business customer needs for superior quality colour image reproduction (printers), projection (projectors) and capture (scanners) devices with high-level functionality, compactness, systems integration and energy efficiency.

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GOLD SPONSORS Bride & Groom magazine is New Zealand’s number one wedding magazine and the essential guide to getting married. Launched in 1987, it has been the go-to title for wedding inspiration, advice and the hottest trends. The quarterly magazine is complemented by the annual Bride & Groom Show (the largest wedding show in New Zealand) and the comprehensive website. Bride & Groom magazine is published by The Fusion Group Limited, a New Zealand family owned and operated company.

W: www.brideandgroom.co.nz Independent Photographic Supplies (IPS) is Gold Level Sponsor of NZIPP & AIPP and Official ANZ Distributor for Kodak Professional & Consumer Photographic Products, including all Kodak Professional Media’s - Endura Premier, Metallic, Brilliance, Duratrans, & Kodak Professional Inkjet Paper, Canvas, Prolab Equipment including Noritsu, ZBE Chromira and Colenta.

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MEDIA PARTNERS New Zealand’s leading photography publication, D-Photo is packed with vibrant artist profiles, advice from the country’s leading professionals, extensive tutorials and in-depth reviews of the latest equipment to hit the shelves. D-Photo’s mission is to connect, educate and inspire New Zealand’s diverse community of photographic enthusiasts and pros. www.dphoto.co.nz Made in New Zealand, for a global readership of photographers and aficionados, f11 is a free online magazine presented in a page flip format, and as a PDF. Published 11 times each year, the magazine attracts over 50,000 readers and focuses on images, image makers, and their inspiration.

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SILVER SPONSORS With offices nationwide, and employing over 80 staff, Aarque Group is a leading supplier of digital print technology, supplies and service to the graphics communication industries. As Epson’s Pro Graphics distribution partner, we’re extremely proud to be associated with INFOCUS 2013, and trust that you’ll enjoy the event.

W: www.aarquegroup.co.nz As a digital Imaging leader we actively inspire with imaginative ideas that enable people to connect, communicate and achieve more than they thought possible. This is why we have a dedicated team supporting our Canon Professional Community, which encompasses our in house service team and program called Canon Professional Services (CPS), workshops, product and sponsorship such as our active involvement with NZIPP. W: www.canon.co.nz, facebook.com/canonnewzealand, twitter.com/canonnz C.R. Kennedy is Australasians foremost authorised importer and distributor of Photographic, CCTV, Medical and Survey imaging products. With offices throughout Australia, 3 in Asia and one in New Zealand. C.R. Kennedy represents Photographic brands like HASSELBLAD, BOWENS, SIGMA, TAMRAC, METZ, ZEISS and VANGUARD to name a few. The New Zealand office is totally New Zealand run with the added advantage of over $30 million dollars of stock it can call on from its head warehouse in Melbourne. Gerard, Mark and Greg are once again proud to back the NZIPP for another outstanding year and will be available to answer any questions you may have and look forward to you visiting their stand. C.R. Kennedy is now online to offer you competitive pricing and local support. There now is now no reason to buy from overseas.

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NZIPP News Q Submission Dates 2013 For those who aren’t qualified yet it’s time to start planning for the Q submissions in 2013. Once successful your member profile will appear in the Find a Photographer function on the NZIPP website, and you’ll be able to work towards NZIPP Accreditation.

Mark the Q submission date in your diaries & start planning now!

New Members mbers for July.....

me Welcome to our new al Southland – Provision o/ ag Paula Brown – Ot visional land/Northland – Pro Sarah Clayton – Auck ional o/Southland – Provis Rochelle Dillon – Otag ional d/Northland – Provis Alice Doig – Aucklan llington – Student Meghann Russell – We nd – Provisional – Canterbury/Westla Olivia Spencer-Bower visional land/Northland – Pro Bavnesh Soni – Auck

September 3rd, 2013 November 5th, 2013 For more info see the Q Programme under Quick Links on the NZIPP website.

bers Accredited Mem ers..... w Accredited Memb r ne Congratulations to ou to/BOP Kim Howells - Waika

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Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards 2012

IRIS PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2009 - 2012 BOOKS Jackie Ranken - NZ Photographer of the Year 2012

Principal Sponsor

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Iris Award books are produced annually by the NZIPP from the award winning entries submitted every year. The books showcase all the major award winners, as well as all the Gold, Silver, and Bronze winning images from each year. The books have been published in conjunction with BLURB and ISSUU and are available in three different formats: •

hardcopy/print - available via Blurb’s print on demand service. The book is a 20 X 25cm landscape format, with a hardcover & dust jacket, printed on Premium Lustre finish paper. Each book can be purchased via Blurb’s print on demand service. Prices vary depending on the book size.

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Paul Gummer - NZ Photographer of the Year 2009

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Canterbury/Westland Regional Meeting

TBC Otago/Southland Regional Meeting TBC Wellington Regional Meeting Don’t forget, if you are travelling around New Zealand, as an NZIPP member you can go to any NZIPP Regional Meeting. If you are in the area, take the opportunity to participate in a regional meeting outside your own region.

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NZIPP AGM & Board Nominations

NZIPP AGM The 75th Annual General Meeting of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography Inc. will be held on Friday 2 August 2013 at 6.30pm (or 30 minutes after the conclusion of print judging should it run over time), at: Pullman Auckland Hotel Corner Waterloo Quadrant & Princes Street Auckland Board Nominations are as follows: •

Mike Langford - President

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Terry Wreford Hann - Commercial Director

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Katherine Williams - Wedding Director

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Karyn Flett - Portrait Director

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Russell Hamlet - Portrait Director

Board Nominations Terry Wreford Hann FNZIPP

Russell Hamlet MNZIPP

I have been in business as a commercial photographer for 24 years and a member of the NZIPP for as I have fulfilled the roll as Wellington regional chairman for three years, and in August I will have completed one year as the commercial director. As a member of the NZIPP board I feel that I contributed well and am happy to stand for commercial director for one more year.

My philosophy is to encourage as many people as possible who are earning an income from photography to be a part of the NZIPP in order to maintain a level of quality, education and sensible pricing. In the commercial area I would like to explore the role of the commercial photographer in today’s highly competitive market and look at ways that our members can stay on top of their game. At his point in time there are no other contenders for this role on the board and would encourage others to seriously consider taking on the roll in the future.

Back for a second stint, being older & wiser. I’ve been an NZIPP member for 25 years, of what is now our 75th year, the urge to share & help is still within me. The challenges for all of us never go away, but together we can make them easier to tackle.

In my time as a member, the main ingredient I see missing in most people’s businesses is a lack of confidence. This confidence differs amongst individuals, but often revolves around pricing, presentation & marketing aggressively. This is hardly surprising as many of you are hard working one-person operations with no one to bounce off day to day. Well now you can bounce off me, if you wish! Anyone who has been to any of my presentations over the years will tell you I pull no punches & I share all I have learnt and happy to listen.

If elected as Portrait Director you can have the confidence to know that I am involved in photography boots & all. My studio is operating better than it ever has & we strive always to utilise best business practices. As always I will do my very best to add value to the board, all the while moving us all forward to a place of profit, in what we all love to do.

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Board Nominations Continued...

Karyn Flett MNZIPP

As my time as Acting Portrait Director comes to an end, I am armed & ready to put into action all the ideas & plans I have had over the last couple of months if given the opportunity.

I’ve been passionate about NZIPP since I went to my first meeting & firmly believe in everything it stands for as a Photographer & what it means to our clients. Its imperative to offer a welcoming hand to new photographers & those who wish to join in the future, had a warm welcoming hand not be extended to me I am pretty sure I wouldn’t be the photographer I have grown to be & will continue to grow into.

As care taker of the role, Ive had a couple of months to identify several areas that I see as needing some fine tuning, care & attention, with the Q submission process being high on the list. My goal is to make the process more transparent giving people a more clearly defined understanding of what is required & combining this with more assistance to those wishing to submit & planning to submit in the future. The more Qualified NZIPP Photographers the better & it’s a huge goal of mine to promote, enhance & clarify this process.

There’s no denying there is some concern at the amount of new photographers to the industry who are ill equipped or lack knowledge of what it takes & what is needed to have a successful business while maintaining industry standards. I believe the key to protecting the industry & maintaining standards is education & assistance for new photographers. I was once a Mother who got a camera & decided to go into business, yes ill equipped but with a passion & a dream & I learnt a few things a long the way – some of them simple things that I wish I had known sooner, some things were more complex but I had no where to turn, no one to ask. I wanted a career that gave me something more than Motherhood (as much as I love them) so I threw myself into it, stumbling plenty of times along the way, sometimes on little bumps in the road, sometimes on big road blocks! I wont forget what that was like & how beneficial it would have been had there been someone to help me see a better way of getting there & helping me understand the boxes that I should have ticked along the way.

As much as I am dedicated to every person in the Portrait industry, a big part of what I want to achieve as Portrait Director is to encourage industry standards for those new to the industry, I do see that a large portion of the industry who are struggling are new photographers & many walking a road I have travelled. If we can get people off on the right foot, it is hugely beneficial for the industry & will help maintain or promote some industry standards. At the end of the day the goal of everyone on the Board is to promote the industry, grow membership with a view to making this a better place for all & I am excited about continuing to be part of what we are all striving for.

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Katherine Williams MNZIPP

NZIPP AGM & Board Nominations

Late last year I was reminded just how long ago it was I started shooting weddings. I’d just done an engagement shoot for my clients Steve and Dana and I was dropping off the canvas they’d purchased when Steve dropped a bombshell on me… “ I think you photographed my first wedding” he said.

“No, couldn’t have been” I quickly replied.

Steve continued “ I am so sure it was you, it was 1995 and you were fresh out of Polytech, we’d booked a guy but he’d accidentally double booked so he put you onto us at the last minute” Then the penny dropped, I had flashbacks of the shoot, the bride was wearing a dress with giant sleeves and Madonna-esque lace gloves, I had photographed them sitting in a little dinghy on the pond. I cringed as I imagined what I might have shot back then.

I photographed Dana and Steve’s wedding in February, and Steve keeps promising to bring round the album from his first wedding… I have to say I’m partly curious, it will be fun to see just how much my shooting has changed since all those years ago.

It’s always been photography for me. Hooked from the age of 15 when I spent many hours in the darkroom. I traveled the world for all of my twenties working on cruise ships as a photographer and then in the management team. It was great fun, but a far stretch from being creative photography. The weddings shoots we had on board were not much over an hour to cover the ceremony, group photos and location….. Some days we’d shoot 3 or 4 in a row so it was a real factory line. It sure made me a speedy shooter though! Occasionally we’d get shore side weddings and I got the opportunity to shoot weddings in Barbados and Maui. Working on cruise ships we were immersed in an industry hell bent on providing excellent service and we learnt so much of what we have been to apply to our own business over the last few years. I am really passionate about providing outstanding service to our clients.

I met my husband (and business partner), Neil whilst working on ships and we finally moved back to Christchurch in 2005. After a summer of drinking cocktails and enjoying our freedom we set up Tandem Photography in 2006. We also joined NZIPP pretty much as soon as we started the business and have learnt so much from our peers over this time.

Weddings have been the core of our business right from the start. The last decade or so has seen such an amazing transition with wedding photography, I think we’re lucky to be part of that.

Our clients (mostly) respect and enjoy creativity so there is always drive to push yourself, which personally I thrive on.

We run our business from our home office out in the country where we keep company with a couple of cows, Jasper the cat…. and our two children Olivia and Arabella. We also have recently renovated our second studio which is in our local Town, Rangiora.

Well, why did I agree to be nominated for the role of wedding director?…. Over my time with NZIPP I’ve come to realize how imperative the role of the board, the chairs, the committees, all those volunteers who help make things tick is. As photographers we’re a very small industry and having a professional body is vital to the overall success of the industry we all love.

It just feels like the right time to put my hand up and play my part in making things happen.

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Regional Updates

JULY 2013

Regional Updates Upcoming Meeting…

Auckland/Northland Reg. Meeting Venue: TBC, Auckland Date: July 10th, 2013

Auckland/Northland Region June has proven to be a big month for Auckland with the opening of our flagship event the Iris Awards exhibition as part of Auckland Festival of Photography. Arguably the biggest festival of it’s kind in New Zealand helps us promote the NZIPP to prospective members, cements relationships with sponsors and of course get’s the NZIPP brand out to thousands of photography enthusiasts and the general public. On behalf of the Auckland region we want to thank the regions that contributed it’s greatly appreciated.

With the rapid approach of the Iris Awards, we also hosted what has now become an annual event “Mock Judging”. Our members bring along prints to have them judged by experienced judges in preparation for the Iris Awards. This year our judges Chris Traill and Harry Jansen offered opinions and feedback on over 50 images.

For our July meeting we plan to get a bit technical with Photoshop as well as an update on the wonderful world of Fusion.

Gino Demeer Auckland/Northland - Regional Chairperson

Images by Carmen Bird

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Waikato/BOP Region

Upcoming Meeting…

Waikato/BOP Regional Meeting

At our June meeting...

Venue: Pig & Whistle, 1182 Tutanekai Street Rotorua

Greg Webb talked about great lighting techniques he has experimented with over the years & on looking out for the unordinary in an often-ordinary assignment in the world of commercial photography. Greg works for CRK but has also had 25 years experience as a commercial photographer. He’s kindly offered to share his knowledge with photographers. Greg showed us an AV of some of his images, many thanks Greg!

Date: 8th July, 2013 - 7pm

Greg Webb

Jake Thomas

Image of crowd Images by Mike Hill

Jake Thomas (NZIPP Creative Wedding Photographer of the Year 2012) gave a very animated & entertaining talk on his passion for wedding photography, it’s clear here is a guy who loves his job! Jake shared his journey of assisting his uncle photographing weddings in NSW & then going out on his own & all the lessons he learnt - including having a budget! Jake moved to NZ with his family to peruse a career making ice-cream. Lucky for everyone that wasn’t to be & Jake Thomas is 110% committed to being a photographer & ensures he has balance to include his family in his plan. Jake realises in this current ‘want everything now’ world, that clients just can’t wait 3 weeks to see their images. So within 1 week of their wedding, Jake presents his clients a slideshow of the wedding day highlights. Jake then showed us one of these from a wedding photographed the week before & we all went “Ohhh Aaah”. Well done Jake!

We are very excited about our upcoming guest speaker for our July meeting (Monday 8 July, Rotorua) we have the one & only Jackie Ranken, NZ Photographer of the Year 2012!

“My presentation will be about me, Jackie Ranken, I will share my photographic story & discuss how to I use & abuse the rules of composition in my work. I celebrate life by making photographs. After thirty years of dedicating myself to the discipline of photography I now feel I have earned the right to be ‘an artist’. I make photographs of ‘real things in real places’.

My objective is to respond to the physical world in a way that is authentic & expressive. Though my art practice I am concerned with making images that transport a viewer to another time, place or experience.”

All NZIPP members are welcome to come along to our July meeting.

Image by Louise Banks

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Regional Updates

Regional Updates Upcoming Meeting…

Central Districts Reg. Meetings Venue: Cooperage, 723 Main St, Palmerston Nth Date/Time: 11th July 2013 11 am Venue: Shar Hays Studio, Taradale Date/Time: 25th July 2013

Central Districts Region This month – 10th July 11am will see the Central Districts AGM in Palmerston North at the Cooperage, 723 Main St. Refreshments and lunch will be provided.

I encourage you all to be there to have your say. At the end of the official meeting there will be a talk by myself, re what to be thinking about when entering all types of awards programs. There will also be an introduction on a couple of book projects I have underway to raise money towards charity. “A Letter to My Daughter” and “Petticoat” Another reminder to sign yourselves up to the Central Districts group facebook page. This is a great way to close the gap between three areas within the extensive CD region. https://www.facebook.com/groups/nzipp. central

Hawkes Bay Hawkes Bay members saw a close to full turn out minus a couple of members, but an interested extra to a casual lunch meet at Mr D’s restaurant in Napier.

Our next meet will be at Shar Hays Studio in Taradale on the 25th where we will be studying and critiquing possible Iris Award entries.

Richard Wood Central Districts - Regional Chairperson

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Wellington Region Wow, what a day that became two days.

As lead through to Iris Awards at end of July, Wellington have traditionally held a print judging that sort of sets the scene to how the process works, lets images be critiqued before final ‘performance’, also to revisit previous entries.

This year as well as seasoned Award judges we had several locals who tested themselves in this new experience plus two special award winners who bought a different vision.

Mike Hill and Jake Thomas were here as guests to add value to our print judging and talk about themselves at the evening meeting.

This then rolled through to the following day when a group accompanied them to the Wellington City Gallery to look over the fantastic Gregory Crewdson exhibition. Then a coast walk at Makara.

The Mike Hill and Jake Thomas presentations were frank and honest telling of two fascinating ‘back stories’ that gave each of them a perspective and a passion which carries through to explain their creative strengths and also drives their ‘life-control’. Each has achieved a life balance and position that enable them to select their clients, their volumes of business and locations.

Each has hit a ‘sweet spot’ that balances family, business and creative intent.

A well attended event held in a private function room at the Southern Cross in Te Aro .... the same venue we use for our Friday Cafe gatherings.

Malcolm Somerville Wellington - Regional Committee Images by Jason Naylor

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Regional Updates

JULY 2013

Regional Updates Upcoming Meeting…

Otago/Southland Regional Meeting with Dean Fitzpatrick Venue: The Front Room, Queenstown Date/Time: 10 July, 2013 - 6 - 8pm Fortnightly cafe meetings continue in Dunedin. For details email alan@ dovephotography.co.nz.

Fortnightly cafe meetings in Queenstown, have also began. For details email matthew.hawke@gmail. com.

Otago/Southland Region This month we held our AGM in Gore at The Thomas Green Public House and were lucky enough to have Jackie Ranken be our guest speaker. Jackie gave a very inspirational talk and showed us both prints and slideshows of her work. One of my favourite things that Jackie said in regards to landscapes was “You think things are going to stay the same forever, but they change, so you have to shoot them.”

We had quite a few people from the Southland area attend for the first time and we had Mike Langford give us all some great information about the process of becoming accredited.

Attached are some images from the print critiquing, Jackies talk and our screen showing our google plus hangout.

Unfortunately the much anticipated Q workshop due to be held this month has been postponed until further plans can be confirmed.

Our next meeting will be: Speaker:

Dean Fitzpatrick from http://www.wildlightsafaris.com/

Date:

Wednesday 10th July

Time:

6.00 – 8.00 pm

Venue:

The Front Room, Queenstown

Online Q workshop with Karyn Flett and Nicola Inglis via Google Plus - within next two weeks. Date TBC Please contact photography@emilyadamson.com or see our fb page: https://www.facebook.com/nzippos for details for either event.

Emily Adamson Otago/Southland - Regional Co Chair

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The Missing Link

The Missing Link Written by Malcolm Somerville

One month from now many of you will be in Auckland for Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards, Infocus Conference and the 75th Anniversary celebrations. I will be back in Sydney on family matters.

Others will be online: Face-booking, Tweeting and Skyping as the enthusiasm and results peek.

What great tools we now have to enquire, talk to each other, broadcast to friends, clients ..... and countrymen.

Underneath all that chat (or is it over the top), a lot of arithmetic is happening very fast. Just as your tiny, thin, inexpensive compact camera or smartphone has very clever algorithms, making ‘light-speed’ calculations to determine exposure, face recognition, focus, light value, red-eye reduction, adding location, time and date plus plus plus. As well storing stuff called metadata - lens, aperture, shutter speed, did the flash fire ... and all the other details.

When I began writing the ‘Missing Link’ columns my intention was to illuminate what is not normally noticed, to draw conclusions and make a few summaries of trends. Even to point people to some of the interesting sites I visit and a few books worth reading.

But change happens, the ability of anyone to do the searches, to take advise and read assessments from a number of blogs, from on-line friends, Facebook friends, suppliers, clients.

For all the reasons that GCSB, N.S.A., PRISM, can easily and mostly legally ‘read’ and evaluate our activity, so too can we at a simpler but in a no less elegant way hunt out, drill down, classify and make use of the legal tools available to us. From that we gain better insight, make better decisions; and we do it a lot faster.

That is why my purpose is mostly redundant now and new generations of photographers are better-equipped and better able to respond to their world.

So from time to time I will continue to contribute but less regularly in future.

What I would like to see is an open ‘Missing Link’ forum where a variety of members can point the rest of us at things of interest. I will throw something in from time to time too.

So, signing off with a TVC that just gained a Gold for Saatchi and Saatchi, Sao Paulo, Brazil in last weeks Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

It features the Leica M. http://tinyurl.com/nr8fmhg

Malcolm

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Photo Competitions

JULY 2013

Photo Competitions

Earlybird Entries Close: 14th July 2013

Late Entries Close: 21st July 2013

The Epson International Pano Awards showcases the work of panoramic photographers worldwide and is the largest competition for panoramic photography. The 2013 competition is now open for all professional and amateur photographers with a record combined prize pool of approximately US $35,000 in cash and prizes!

Enter now at www.thepanoawards.com

Entries Close: 9th August 2013 Celebrating its 7th year, Photography Masters Cup is the leading international award honoring color photography.

This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and amateur photographers in a prestigious annual contest and globally webcast event.

With a collective Jury of the world’s most recognized experts from National Geographic Channel to Hasted Hunt Kraeutler in New York, the Masters Cup is the industry’s most authoritative and important photographic event for color photography and brings to light the best work of the year as nominated by members of the esteemed international panel.

Click here for more information and entry details.

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Photo Competitions

EYEcon Photographic Competition Register Interest by: 1st October 2013

Final Submission Deadline: 4th November 2013

Registrations for the 2013 Canon EYECON competition are now open, starting the search to find New Zealand’s top creative talent throughout the country. Following the success of the last four years, the renowned competition is expanding further for 2013; and for the first time ever will be calling for both film and photography entries, as well as opening up photography submissions to high school students in years 12 & 13 throughout New Zealand.

Click here for more information.

NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES Win $6,000 in cash prizes, subscriptions to New Zealand Geographic, a berth aboard a Heritage Expeditions voyage, plus much more To find out more, and to enter go to:

www.nzgeographic.co.nz/photocomp C AT E G O R

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Industry News

JULY 2013

Industry News The Changing Face of the New Zealand Professional Photography Industry: A Financial Perspective It is timely to add more value to your NZIPP membership. This year we will conduct a major survey because we all need to answer some pressing questions concerning our industry. Questions like...

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What are the current benchmarks on prices, revenue, profits and return on assets? How does this compare to similar industries and to five years ago before the recession (2007)?

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Are we spending too much on new equipment too often?

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What is the effect of the internet, social media and other marketing techniques?

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Has the effects of social media been positive or negative financially to the professional photography industry.

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What are the methods, perceptions, status, beliefs and intentions of industry participants?

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What have been the effects of the digital age on photography business performance?

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Do awards and NZIPP event participation effect revenues?

Thank you for your attention. I am Andrew Whyte and I am an active NZIPP Wedding Photographer. To complete a Waikato University Degree I need to complete an investigation study that can bring real value to an organisation at no cost. I need your help.

We all have our own views to the questions above so let’s all contribute to the survey to be conducted in the next few months. A report will be published alongside the Pro-Report in November. The Questions have been formulated by selected senior NZIPP members.

The survey will be done anonymously online and will take only half an hour of your time. Please start thinking about those questions above and finds some numbers from your 2007 and/or 2012 records that might relate to them.

Your business would benefit from a report like this so please contribute to the sample. Click the link to the left to complete the survey.

Thank you.

Andrew Whyte. NZDipBus. NZIPP

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Corporate Members

Obituary Photographer Bert Stern Dies at 83 Photo District News - June 26 2013 Bert Stern, the celebrity, fashion and advertising photographer best known for the 1962 photo shoot with Marilyn Monroe known as “The Last Sitting,� died at home in New York City on June 25, The New York Times reports. He was 83.

Born in New York City in 1929, Stern went to work in 1946 at Look magazine as an assistant to art director Hershel Bramson. While at Look, he became friends with Stanley Kubrick, who was then a photographer at the magazine.

From 1949 to 1951, Stern was the art director of Mayfair magazine. He then went to work at the ad agency LC Gumbiner. In an interview with T: The New York Times Style Magazine published in April, Stern explained that he was art directing ad campaigns when he first began shooting photos. He opened his own photo studio in 1954.

Click here to see the full PDN article....

Also click here to view the trailer for an award winning documentary on the life of Bert Stern

Corporate Members A special thank you to our Corporate Members for their continuing support:

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