WAIKATO/BAY OF PLENTY
Š JAY DREW
The Waibop crew came together in Cambridge for our October event to congratulate our Regional Photographer of the Year, Justin Aitken. We were also fortunate to hear from our other local award winners, Geoff Ridder, and Jay Drew. Justin did it again! We congratulate him for being such a legend and for consistently producing outstandingly creative images to win the Waikato & Bay of Plenty Regional Photographer of the Year. Justin graciously shared some of his winning images with us from the Iris Awards this year. Along with the photographs that he retained for the award of 2020 Wedding in Camera Photographer of the Year, Justin shared some of his travel and documentary images from Ethiopia. It was fascinating to hear about his experiences and challenges that he faced in putting himself in some uncomfortable situations. The images were raw, creatively composed, beautifully captured and processed. We were also fortunate to hear from Geoff Ridder, winner of the James White Memorial Award for Highest First Time Entrant and Finalist in the Commercial Category. As a long-time member who has been supportive in his role at WINTEC, it is really exciting for us that Geoff took the opportunity to enter this year and win such an amazing award. Shooting mainly car rally and circuit events, Geoff puts himself right in the midst of the action to capture some really interesting and slightly alarming images. He shared for us his processes, gear and where he places himself and his gear for his shots. He has an outstanding portfolio of commercial images and we look forward to seeing more from him.
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As the winner of the Highest Scoring Image in the Portrait category, we invited Jay Drew to come along and share her amazing image of a family in a lockdown bubble. She very humbly described how she went about capturing each member of the family, their likes and interests, their frustrations and little quirks. Jay’s image exemplifies for all of us how interesting life has been during Covid-19! Thank you for being brave in speaking with us, for demonstrating your editing workflow and for where your head was at creatively! Greg Webb from CR Kennedy also joined us to talk about colour management and getting colours to match from input to output. He explained how a camera captures true colours, a monitor displays them accurately and then a printer produces a photo that will match what you see on screen with a combination of targets and camera calibration software. Check out the link in the article below for more information. https://www.crkennedy.co.nz/blogs Along with our legendary Christmas Party coming up on the 1 December, we are looking forward to seeing each other more in person next year with workshops and social events. Have a safe and happy break over summer! Marama Shearer Thrive Photography Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regional Representative
