Wellington Photographic Clubs – Annual Interclub Competition

In the Wellington Region, there are six Photographic Clubs affiliated to the Photographic Society of New Zealand. Each year, there is an interclub photographic print competition.

This mini site provides information about that competition.

2012 – When, Where…

Wellington Photographic Society are the hosts for 2012.

When:	19:30, Thursday, August 23 2011
Where:	Loaves and Fishes Hall, cnr Hill & Molesworth Streets, Thorndon, Wellington
Topics:	10 topics, print only.

Topics for 2012

Panning	Arrivals
Music	Three
Urban	Hands
Animals	Red, green, blue
Time	Abstract

Rules

Having discussed this with some esteemed elders of the local clubs, the consensus is that the following are the rules for the Wellington Regional Interclub competition

1. It is a print only competition
2. It has to be held in August
3. The hosting rotates among the member clubs in the Wellington Region
4. The club hosting that year makes the rules

So for 2012, Wellington Photographic Society have set the following additional rules.

1. Prints should be a minimum of 10 inches (25.4cm) on the longest side.
2. There is no upper limit – but use discretion and keep sizes reasonable. Generally prints to fit in a 20 inch by 16 inch matte.
3. Prints should be matted, but not framed or glass/perspex covered
4. Prints may have a title on the face of the print or the mount. But please make sure that photographer's name or club name doesn't appear on the front.

Participating Clubs

1. Aotearoa Philippines Photographic Society
2. Wellington Photographic Society
3. Hutt Camera Club
4. Kapiti Coast Photographic Society
5. Kapiti Camera Club
6. Karori Camera Club

Past competitions

Year	Hosting Club	Judge	Winners
2012	Wellington Photographic Society
2011	Karori Camera Club	Bruce Girdwood	Welliington, (Karori, Kapiti Coast PS)
2010	Hutt Camera Club	Lance Lawson	Karori, Wellington, Hutt
2009	Kapiti Camera Club	Brian Seach	Wellington, Kapiti Coast PS, Hutt
2008	Kapiti Coast Photographic Society	Don Sharpe	Wellington, Karori, Kapiti Coast PS
2007	Wellington Photographic Society	Robert Kitchin	Waikanae, Wellington, Karori
2006	Karori Camera Club	Don Sharpe	Wellington, Kapiti, Karori
2005	Hutt Camera Club	Glen Howey	Hutt, (Wellington, Waikanae)
2004	Kapiti Camera club	A female judge?	Kapiti Camera Club, Wellington
2003	Waikanae
2002	Wellington Photographic Society	Simon Woolf stepped in	Kapiti Camera Club

The Evening

There are 6 clubs each with 10 images. The hosting club provides one MC, one judge and one scorer. Each club has two helpers (one to collect the image that has just been displayed, and another to bring up the next image).

There needs to be a way of displaying 6 print images so that the judge can look at all 6 images at once.

For each category, the judge ranks the 6 images, using 1 for the highest ranked image to 6 for the lowest ranked image.

The scorer keeps track of the scores and announces them at the end of each round. Ideally this is projected, so that people can see the results as the evening goes on.

Each club has a table to keep their 10 images.

There needs to be seating for about 60 to 70 people.

The Spoils

Trophy

A trophy kindly dontated by by the Kapiti Photographic Society in 2008

Stella Daniell Award

First awarded in 2011, this is in memory of Stella Daniell, a member of the Karori Camera Club and who was known to many other clubs in the region.

Wolf in the Snow Picture

Presented to the Photographic Clubs in the Wellington area by Noela Ballinger, guest speaker at the 1998 PSNZ Central Regional Convention in Upper Hutt.

After the 1998 Convention, Noela left the image in the care of Simon Woolf

At the 2002 Print Battle, at very short notice, Simon stepped in as judge. He presented the picture to the winners that year, who happend to be Wellington Photographic Society.

The next year the Print Battle was won by Kapiti Coast Camera Club. But they declined to accept the framed photo as they had nowhere to keep it safely and it remained in WPS care.

Since then until August 2008 it was forgotten about until Kapiti Coast Photographic Society donated a trophy to the winning club in the Interclub Print Battle. Patsy Williamson of Kapiti C.C. then related the above to Fred Wotton and asked him where was the donated framed picture of a wolf. Several months later Fred tracked it down in the hands of a previous WPS Competition Secretary.

Topics over the Years

2011 – Hosted by Karori Camera Club

• Chair
• Cosmopolitan
• Flora
• Impression
• Night
• Reflect
• Rhythm
• Selling
• Shadow
• Monochrome Open

2010 – Hosted by Hutt Camera Club

• Footprints
• Delicate
• Things that no longer work
• Emotion
• Before and after
• Bubbles
• Frozen
• Serenity
• Transportation
• Looking thru

2009 – Hosted by Kapiti Camera Club

• River and/or Water
• Wires and Wood
• Weather
• Friends
• Cats and/or Dogs
• Exposed
• Natural
• Oops
• Illusion
• Yummy

2008 – Hosted by Kapiti Coast Photographic Society

• Orange
• Plumbing
• Clouds
• Night
• Abandoned
• Liquid
• Glass
• Rocks
• One Tree
• Glint in the Eye
• Wide
• Interior

2007 – Hosted by Wellington Photographic Society

• Repetition
• Action
• Weathered
• Panorama
• Seashore
• Reflections
• Shadows
• Duet (two of a kind)
• Caught unawares
• Texture
• Cityscape
• Fantasy

2006 – Hosted by Karori Camera Club

• At night
• Seaside
• Triptych
• Flash
• Teeth
• Worn by time
• Fun
• Food
• Within 40 cm
• Street people

2005 – Hosted by Hutt Camera Club

• Interpret a Movie
• Fire - as in flames
• Frozed in time - as suspended in motion
• Objects of desire
• Silhouettes
• Flowers
• Seascapes
• Wrinkles
• Movement
• Bugs and critters
• Looking up
• Moonlit
• Macro shot
• High key - as in light coloured subject on light coloured background

2004 – Hosted by Kapiti Camera Club

• Kites
• Bloopers
• Native Birds
• Beach/Sea Shore
• PHoto Journalism
• Wind
• Night Light
• Neon Advertisign Lights
• Children
• Ancient
• Amusement
• Movement
• Flowers
• Shopping
• Sport