Audio-Visual News

By Trish McAuslan FPSNZ AV-AAPS EFIAP/b FAPS PSNZ Audio-Visuals Coordinator

Tauranga Audio-Visual Salon

Once again we had a great weekend, enjoying AVs from around the world. This year seventy audio-visuals were entered from nine different countries.

Congratulations to the following PSNZ members:

Bob McCree FPSNZ was the most successful NZ entrant, gaining acceptances for two of his sequences:

• An Ode to White Island was an ode to White Island and all the people who died there in December 2019.

• Art Deco-ed Out was a tribute to all those people who enter into the spirit of the annual Napier Art Deco weekend.

Gail Stent gained an acceptance with Library Point: Past and Present, about the History of Library Point, where Gail takes her dog every day. Kurien Yohannan (Koshy) gained an acceptance for Hatupatu, a memoir of a wildlife photographer who was allowed into the life and love(s) of an adult male New Zealand Falcon (Kārearea). Karen Lawton gained an acceptance for Sojourn. In the midst of intense personal upheaval, Karen was offered an escape – Muriwai Beach mid-winter, with all the wind, waves and solitude that implies. Trish McAuslan gained an acceptance for The Commander Islands which is about a small group of islands in the Bering Sea, off the east coast of Russia.

A YouTube programme featuring these successful AVs is available in August. This programme is unlisted, so you will need the link sent to PSNZ members earlier this month. It’s also available by contacting Trish McAuslan (mcauslanav@gmail.com). Please respect the authors of these AVs and do not post the link on a social media platform.

Jack Sprosen Memorial Trophy Competition

Firstly a little history. The competition started in 2007 with a February closing date. However, February was a very busy month for photographers, with the National Exhibition and PSNZ Honours closing as well. It wasn’t long before we decided to shift the Jack Sprosen Memorial Trophy Competition to the end of the previous year, with the trophy and awards presented at the next National Convention.

This means that we have already held the JSMT competition for this year. With the next convention not until October 2023, it makes no sense to hold the next JSMT in October this year and then wait a year before presenting the awards. It is taking time to sort out the competition timetable for next year which, for us, includes the timing of both the Tauranga AV Salon and the JSMT. However, I do expect the next JSMT to be held sometime in 2023.

Instead, I am encouraging everyone to create an AV to enter into the South African Theme Competition which is free to enter. This AV could also be entered into the next JSMT, so that makes it even more worthwhile.

South Africa 2022 Theme Competition: Glass Entry into the competition is free. You are limited to entering one AV into this salon. Entries close on 29 October 2022. Here is publicity information for this competition.

Photographers are encouraged to explore the photographic medium and to use it to communicate their personal vision, incorporating feeling, senses and imagination, to the viewer. The photography is not restricted in any way, neither in subject matter nor in manipulation during the taking or reproduction stages of the photography, provided that it addresses the theme of Glass in some way.

Irish Photographic Federation’s Open International Competition

This competition is being held as an online competition at the same time as their national competition and is open to anyone. Entries close on Friday, 23 September 2022.

Here are the main rules:

1. All entries must be in mp4 format. 2. It is expected that the sequence production will be the original work of the entrant(s), author(s) and collaborators. 3. The maximum length is set to 12 minutes. 4. The entry fee is €10.00. Only one entry is allowed.

If you would like more information, contact: Trish McAuslan (mcauslanav@gmail.com) or Lillian Webb (ipfavgroup@gmail.com)