NZIPP PRO Report August 2016 by NZIPP NZ Institute of Professional Photography

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NOT A MEMBER OF THE NZIPP YET? As an accredited member of the NZIPP you have the support, networking opportunities and camaraderie of your peers within your industry. It also adds credibility for your clients that you are a professional photographer. Belonging to an institute that represents all areas of professional photography in New Zealand, and through our focus on education, advice, and a wide range of membership benefits we will help you improve the success and vitality of your business. Your accredited member benefits will include: · · · · · · ·

Epson NZIPP Iris Awards (member rates) Infocus Conference (member rates) Meeting and Networking opportunities Professional Development Membership Discounts PRO Report eMagazine Scholarships

Come along to your next regional meeting to check out what becoming a member is all about! Contact info@nzipp.org.nz

MISSION STATEMENT To champion, embrace and communicate excellence and professionalism in photography.

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International Photographer of the Year 2016

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CONTENTS Executive Updates 05 Presidents Report 06

Honours Council Report

Directors Report

NZIPP News 10 NZIPP Regional POY and World Photographic Cup 11

Accreditation Programme

Infocus Photos

Infocus -James Simmons Live Shoot Highlight

Regional Updates 20

Auckland / Northland Region

Wellington Region

Waikato / BOP Region

Canterbury / Westland Region

Member Profile 30

Jenna Young MNZIPP

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s In My Bag...? 38 Kate Groundwater MNZIPP Events & useful links 42

Get Clicking

Regional and National Sponsors 43

Thanks to our Regional and National Sponsors

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EXECUTIVE UPDATE

Presidents Report Katherine Williams FNZIPP IV and AAIPP

Grit. Watching a little of the Olympics highlights this evening it struck me, that there is one common dominant attribute that must exist within each and every competitor. It’s easy once someone has mastered something to such a skillful and refined level to use the word talent as a descriptive as I’m sure these sportspeople are often exemplified to be. I’m not saying that talent does not exist, but it is grit that has taken them from having potential talents possessed by many, to becoming a master of their chosen field. And it is grit that has seen them stand up again and again and again in strength and resilience to the adversities they encounter. In essence they are the authors of their talents through great fortitude and hard work allowing them to pursue their passions – talent is the outcome. Three months ago I had the pleasure of attending Anie and Yervants Symposium in Melbourne and an outstanding photographer, who clearly possesses significant grit and an ethic for hard work blew attendees away with his talk. Roberto Valenzuela commenced his impressive presentation with a display of the less than impressive - his early career wedding shots. Those photographs did not exhibit that so called talent that people may flippantly attribute to being the foundation for success. Instead, what they lacked served as a catalyst – one that pushed Roberto to get better, and that he did – now a Canon USA explorer of light and author of 2 best selling books and a highly successful international wedding and fashion photographer. As an observer and participant, I see on our professional photography landscape a just a handful of those who demonstrate seemingly unwavering grit. Defining what success means to them, and with an absolute resolve to pursue that success. Utilizing this key characteristic towards both technical craftsmanship and business prowess creates the ultimate, the creative master who may enjoy the fullest career doing what they love, and be paid appropriately for it. These people, like all of us will encounter failure. And not only do they allow their failures to educate them, they use those failures as

leverage to rise – they have learnt the absolute of what to not repeat. The professional photography community has faced and continues to face challenges to ensure it remains a viable career path for more than just the handful who possess that absolute grit as a fundamental strength of character. Is grit when applied to a career that different to grit that is applied to an unpaid passion? Not necessarily. In the Olympics we see professional sports people, those who have obtained sponsorship, those who have crowdfunded and those who may combine a day job with their grueling training program. And yet they all compete with each other in shared inclinations of their chosen passion, and skill levels are certainly close. In photography there exists a some commonality amongst both the professional and amateur alike that sees many show fleeting tendencies of grit, but we the professional have more time to apply and dedicate ourselves providing the opportunity - should we chose to run with it - for strategic advantage. The need for a great separation exists not just in becoming a great technician and perhaps an artist but essentially without applying at least equal grit to your business acumen it is all too easy to find oneself falling closer to the category of the amateur. Toughness of spirit in your business practice is equally important – and within this learn from your failures and then let go of them, be brave, try to avoid expending mental energy on worry, and celebrate awesomeness – both your own and other peoples, it’s infectious! Grit serves as the foundation. Training, up-skilling, and consistent use of best practice in technical and business matters refines. Experimentation reignites fires of creativity and gives freedom to your inner artist. Passion reminds you everyday of why you stay. As a professional industry, it has never been more pertinent to constantly standout as professionals in all that we offer in order to remain sustainable. Lets see your grit.

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EXECUTIVE UPDATE

Honours Council Report Kaye Davis GMNZIPP, MAIPP II, MCGD - Chair of the NZIPP Honours Council On behalf of the Honours Council Team; Blair Quax, FNZIPP, Accredited Wedding Photographer Esther Bunning, GMNZIPP, Accredited Wedding and Portrait Photographer Paul Daly, FNZIPP, Accredited Commercial Photographer.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to start by expressing a big thanks from the Honours Team, and all members of the NZIPP, to Esther Bunning. Esther has recently resigned from Honours and I would like to acknowledge and thank her for the contribution she has made to the team over the past few years. With the awards over for another year we are now able to take the opportunity to sit back and reflect. A big part of being on Honours is the responsibility we have for upholding the integrity of the awards. We do this in a number of ways. Firstly, through setting the rules that are intended to create an even playing field for entrants. Secondly, through the judging process, and lastly through systems we put in place to ensure entrants meet all the requirements of the rules. This year, taking a leaf from the AIPP process, we initiated an additional step towards ensuring entries placed in front of the judges do so on equal terms. We did this through the online entry registration vetting process. While the process added extra workload for us we did in fact pick up a few anomalies. So, for us the process was worthwhile. The vetting process identified areas we need to tighten up or provide greater clarity around certain rules, so that

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any interpretation of these falls within the intent of the awards. In addition, it highlighted that entrants are not always reading the rules. Now we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be responsible for ensuring people read the Call for Entries document, but we can ensure the rules are clearer for those that do. So, in the coming months we will again be reviewing the document and many of the rules. In the meantime, if you (or you know of someone) who is interested in getting involved and contributing to our organisation through the Honours Council, please get in touch.

SEEKING EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

HONOURS DO YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR THE NZIPP?

ARE YOU READY FOR A REWARDING NEW CHALLENGE AS A MEMBER OF THE HONOURS TEAM? As a volunteer your contribution: • Will help build organisational strength

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Enthusiastic & passionate about the Iris Awards, NZIPP & photography in general

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Help sustain the future of our industry

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Knowledge of the Iris Awards

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Will provide support to maintain integrity within the Iris Awards system

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Effective communication skills

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Pro-active / able to take initiative

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Highly organised

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Able to work calmly under pressure

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Ideally a NZIPP Master or Fellow

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Has vision that supports taking the Iris Awards into the future

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Able to commit to a 2-5 year term

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EXECUTIVE UPDATE

Directors Report Gino Demeer FNZIPP

Recently the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has commissioned a study of the role of copyright and designs in the creative sector. The purpose behind this study is aimed at ensuring that the New Zealand economy makes the most of innovation. Within this the objective is to gain a deeper understanding of the role of copyright in the creative sector. It’s also a way of getting updated information on a rapidly evolving sector in particular with technology which is creating new opportunities as well as challenges. The study is looking at the impact of the Internet on how creative works are created, produced and disseminated, the contractual rules that govern their distribution and usage. And finally the creative sectors potential to contribute to the growth of the digital economy. The scope of the study is far and wide and doesn’t just relate to photography it also includes the music industry, film and television, gaming, software, writer and print content, product design, visual and performing arts. The study will go through various stages of gathering information and talking directly with industry representatives. Last week NZIPP along with the AIPA attended a creative sector workshop to meet with other industry representatives to discuss the role of copyright within our own sector. One of the areas that we feel

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strongly about is our current commissioning laws and we will be working hard to have our voices heard. What we have seen so far there is that there are other creative sectors who encounter similar issues to what we see in the photographic industry. So what can we expect over the next few months: There are 2 key things happening in the upcoming months which should be interesting to all of us. The MBIE have released a survey http://www.surveygizmo.com/ s3/2962105/Copyright-in-New-Zealand. This is to put some numbers in behind the information they’ve been gathering. With all surveys the more that participate the better, so we have forwarded this survey onto all our members, and we encourage each and everyone of you complete it. It’s an important step into getting our voices heard. From this information a report will be released in October/November which will discuss the role of copyright and will be based on the interviews, workshops and surveys that have been conducted this year. This information will then be used to see if law changes are needed or required, and if so it will the go into a parliamentary process. Which will give us further opportunities to contribute.

So just to finish up, one of the things that stood out to me when attending these workshops was that the people that seemed to have a very clear understanding of copyright law seem to be the commissioners and the distributers of creative products. The creators themselves seem to be the most vulnerable and have the least recourses available to them in terms of education to get a better understanding of the Copyright Act. This is especially true if the creative doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t belong to an industry association.

lation%40deemedreg_copyright+(infringing+file+shari ng)_resel_25_a&p=1 Copyright FAQ, check out the questions on Ownership http://www.copyright.org.nz/faq.php Article by Clendons relating to copyright and commissioning http://www.clendons.co.nz/resources/backgroundpapers/copyright-and-commissioned-works/

This is also a reminder to use terms and conditions, so if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use terms already please log in to NZIPP.org.nz and download the terms and conditions and start using them. Below are some other links to the Copyright Act and some other useful links pertaining to copyright and the commissioning rule. MBIE Survey http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2962105/Copyright-inNew-Zealand Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2008/0027/ latest/DLM1122502.html?search=ts_act%40bill%40regu

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AWARDS & COMPETITIONS

REGIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

REGIONAL POY

WORLD PHOTOGRAPHIC CUP

About the Award

New Zealand NZIPP Submission

We are pleased to announce the 2016 NZIPP Regional Photographer of the Year Award. This award is given to the top photographer from each of the seven regions across New Zealand: Auckland/Northland, Waikato/ BOP, Central Districts, Wellington, Nelson/Marlborough, Canterbury/Westland and Otago/Southland.

An image you entered into the 2016 Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards is a prospective entry in the New Zealand team for the World Photographic Cup in 2017. If you are a fully financial Accredited Member of the NZIPP – then this could be you!

The award is determined by the highest scoring photographer within the region at the annual Iris Professional Photography Awards. Calculation is based on the accumulated final score of an entrant’s top four scoring prints, across any of the “Open” categories (excludes the Student Category). This offers a more even platform than selection based on specific categories. In September, each region will be announcing their Regional Photographer of the Year at a regional meeting. The winner receives a trophy, certificate and $250 prize money and following the announcement will appear on social media and PRO Report. Imagine being the NZIPP Regional Photographer of the Year. It could be you so make sure not to miss your next regional meeting!

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The 4th World Photographic Cup 2017 is about to open. Which country will take over the top spot from team Portugal? Russua, Solvakia (2nd and 3rd place finishers in 2016) or one of the other 25 participating countries from 4 continents. Categories for 2017 include Portrait, Wedding, Commercial, Reportage/Photojournalism, Illustration-Digital Art and Nature (landscape/wildlife). The NZIPP Honours team will be contacting prospective entrants and if you choose to not participate or don’t respond to the invitation in the specified timeframe, the next highest scoring eligible image will be given the opportunity. For more information see www.worldphotographiccup. org

NZIPP ACCREDITATION

Accreditation Programme Sarah Beaufoy MNZIPP and Mel Waite FNZIPP Accreditation Coordinators

Becoming an NZIPP Accredited Professional Photographer sets our members apart from other photographers, ensuring that our members are professional in the true sense of the word. NZIPP Accredited Professional Photographers are entitled to use the NZIPP Accredited logo on business cards, advertising, signage, vehicles, websites, and company stationery. To be eligible to earn NZIPP distinctions (Associate, Master, Fellow, GrandMaster); be eligible for internal NZIPP awards i.e. Regional Photographer of the Year; be eligible to represent NZIPP in the World Photographic Cup; be eligible to enter Iris Awards at a discounted rate, you must be Accredited.

Our next accreditation round is 3rd November 2016 After the August round there will be some changes to the submission requirements. We are endeavouring to have this finalised and detailed in an expanded Accreditation Programme booklet ready for the following assessment date of 3 November 2016. If you have any questions or issues, in the first instance visit the NZIPP Accreditation Q&A Facebook group, of which you should already be member. Alternatively, contact nzipp.accreditation@gmail.com

We encourage you to gain your Accreditation in one or more of our our divisions: Commercial, Portrait, Wedding, covering 30 specialities.

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NZIPP Distinctions:

Associate

Bar to Master

Bar to Fellow

Myra Bayly

Claire Birks

Kevin Bone

Craig Bullock

Moira Clark

Catherine Cattanach x 2 bars

Anil Dumasia

Dawn Dutton

Janyne Fletcher

Cassie Emmett

Colleen Kiddie

Harry Janssen x 2 bars

Leah Kennedy (AIPP member)

Sarah McGregor

Mark McKeown x 2 bars

James Simmons (AIPP member)

Helen Wilkin

Albert Ng Lisa Saad x 2 bars (AIPP member)

Warren Williams NZIPP Master of Photography Maria Buhrkuhl Jess Burges

Bob Tulloch Susannah Blatchford

Juliette Capaldi

Andrew Campbell (AIPP member)

Keri-Anne Dilworth

Jo Frances-Moore

Simone Jackson

Steve Hussey

Aliah Jan

Rachel Jordan

Tina McGregor

William Long (AIPP member)

Kelly Newland

Mandi Lynn

Ian Poole (AIPP member)

Anna Munro

Jenny Siaosi

Jane Nelson

Jonathan Suckling

Olivia Spencer-Bower

Michael Watson

Melissa Waite

Jenna Young

Ilan Wittenberg

Olivia Spencer-Bower

NZIPP Fellow

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Donna-Marie Stark Roger Wandless Nicola Wilhelmsen x 2 bars Katherine Williams x 2 bars Ilan Wittenberg x 2 bars Mandi Lynn x 2 bars NZIPP Grand Master of Photography Kelvin Gilbert Mike Hollman Jason Naylor Bar to Grand Master of Photography Jackie Ranken

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INFOCUS - LIVE SHOOT HIGHLIGHT

James Simmons

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Wedding and Fine Art Landscape Photographer

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“If your fiance was a kitchen appliance, what would she be and why?” is how the live night shoot with James Simmonds began. It got a giggle out of more than just the couple being photographed and set the scene for a fun and relaxed shoot.

Feathery drizzle softly touched our cheeks as we watched James in action on Wellington’s waterfront. Combined with the city lights across the harbour, it provided a dazzling backdrop as he gave us some tips on using multiple Speedlites both on and off-camera. Our first stop was the Water Whirler Fountain (without the water) which looked like a runway receding into the night sky. James played with ISO, back lighting, ambient light, shutter speed and aperture to give different effects and happily shared his ideas with us. Following this, we moved along the boardwalk to an alcove where a number of us became assistants trying out the new Lume Cubes. Wow those little things pack some punch! After playing with composition, negative space and movement we set off to find the group that had gone with Jonathan Suckling. We met at the Albatross Fountain and the entertainment immediately fired up! James and Jono have some serious man love going on and they are hilarious together. We watched Jono literally dance around the couple he was photographing. His energy was infectious - a fine act between acrobatics, comedy and mad photography skills. All too soon it was time to head back to the warmth of Shed 6 to learn a few culling and editing tricks. The opportunity to be involved in such a power-packed adventure left me buzzing with new ideas. So thanks J&J for your shenanigans. It was a blast! - Marama Shearer

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In tricky situations, the thought that always drives me is, do what you can with what you have got. My portrait shoots and weddings are usually quite minimalist in regard to the level of production. I don’t use a makeup artist or stylist or even a studio or lighting crew. My goal is to tell a story about real people in real situations and focusing on the the things I can control or anticipate. Light, location and personality are drivers and my main source of inspiration for my domestic photography. The night shoot at the Infocus conference was an opportunity to demonstrate some simple go to techniques that can work most the time and excite your clients. - James Simmons - 2016 Infocus Speaker

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REGIONAL UPDATES

Auckland / Northland Region Words by Chris Traill FNZIPP

What an incredible month June has been if photography is your profession and passion. In Auckland we had the Auckland Festival of Photography with a feast of exhibitions, talks and seminars, which are still continuing well into July, with the famous and often shocking World Press Photography Awards Exhibition showing right now. The committee have been talking about plans for an extended presence at next years Auckland festival of photography to showcase Auckland NZIPP photographers in a different and more creative way. The touring exhibition will continue as is, in it’s display style at Atrium but we’d like to bring something more stylish into a gallery for next year. So feel free to share ideas and express your interest if you’d like to be involved with that. It doesn’t need to be for Auckland members alone necessarily. I personally think The festival is a great opportunity to showcase NZIPP in a stronger way than we have been up till now and as one of the signature events we need to, and should, up our game. INFOCUS of course has just wound up and what an incredible event that was. To those of you who were lucky enough to be there and take in, all it had to offer, I’m sure your business and creative brain has prospered from the experience. The companionship and friendships formed also make this event what NZIPP is all about. Congrats to the honours and national board and the Wellington region for putting on such a great event. To our Auckland award winners once again a huge congrats. At our last meeting all Auckland region award winners were invited to bring their images to share and what a sweet treat that was to see that stunning artistry just as the judges saw them. Also on this rainy old winters night in Auckland we were

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treated to two fine presentations by very well established and successful lady photographers, Emma Hughes and Hannah Richardson. These girls shared their journeys so far, their wisdom and we witnessed a showcase of some of the finest people photography you’ll ever see. Beauty, love, happiness and character in abundance. Thank you ladies and of course a big shout out to Charles Howells of White studios for hosting us at his place. Great to see Richard Linton at our meeting. Sorry about the rain Richard. Though at least everything stays upright. ;) We always welcome other members from out of town. So don’t be a stranger.

Chris Traill (FNZIPP. Auckland Chair)

Images Â© Keri-Anne Dilworth

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Wellington Region Words by Catherine Cattanach FNZIPP II

New member Karolina Stus, who blew the socks off the Iris judges with her creative self-portrait below (who gets a Gold Distinction as a first-time entrant in the Iris Awards? Seriously?!), has written up a few words about our region’s annual pre-Iris “mock print judging”. We were lucky enough to lure none other than Honours Council chair Kaye Davis down from Palmerston North to help judge the event (thank you, Kaye!) which was kindly hosted by Mel Waite at her lovely studio in Porirua (thank you, Mel!). This year was a bit different in that we decided the judges wouldn’t give numerical scores, but instead would indicate roughly how they felt each print might perform and what could be done to improve its chances. The afternoon was also a really good opportunity to get a steer on the all-important decision of which category was the best fit. Over to Karolina…. This year was such a milestone in my photography career. I decided to join the NZIPP and my photographic journey stepped up another level. It was all very close to the Iris Awards and I wanted to enter. I wanted to try myself. I got an invitation for the mock print judging held at Mel Waite’s studio. I said to myself: Why not try that? It is hard for me to explain with words what an exciting and amazing experience it was for me.

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For the first time I could see how judges work, how they look at the prints and how perfect all my work needs to be to reach the award level. Each print was perfectly judged, commented on each way, each detail or print quality wasn’t missed. The judges were reading our meaning, or finding even another beautiful story for our work. Sometimes they argued or laughed. You could feel they were giving their heart to it. It was amazing to listen to comments about other photographers’ work, but listening to comments to my own work made me cry from excitement. I could look at my work through the eyes of another person, a person who loves photography as much as I do and who knows about that love more than me. The event was professionally created with a friendly and so positive atmosphere. I was there for the first time; I didn’t know many people there but I could feel I’m not an outsider, that I’m part of that group. I felt like a little child who got the best and most dreamed-of gift of all.

Images © Nick Servian

Image © Karolina Stus

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Waikato / BOP Region Words by Kim Howells, MNZIPP

Team Wai-BOP had a great meeting this month, with our speaker being world famous Marama Shearer, AKA IRIS Awards Creative Portrait Photographer of the Year, AKA winner of the James White Memorial Award for the highest scoring first time entrant! Congratulations Marama, we are all so proud of you. Marama’s presentation was fantastic, and entertaining, with stories about her husband Craig’s company “car” (his helicopter), and Marama’s teacher who told her she couldn’t take photos (well, she sure showed him!). Congratulations too to all the other award winners this year. This month’s Creative Photography Competition results ….. The top score for this month was shared by Myra Bayly and myself with 79, with Claire Birks only half a point behind, and Marama Shearer on her toes at 75. There is much excitement coming up with the Wai-BOP Team, with an amazing two day glamping photography retreat at Solscape, Raglan. We are looking forward to hearing our guest speaker Johannes Van Kan, along with workshops and shooting in the Raglan area. That’s us for this month!

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Raglan Glamping Photography Retreat Saturday 03 - Sunday 04 September 2016 SOLSCAPE - 611 Wainui Rd, Manu Bay Raglan

Our retreat will be a special and inspiring experience in an ecologically conscious setting and beautiful natural environment. Solscape is a ten acre property, set at the foot of Mt Karioi with sweeping sea views of the Tasman Sea, offers a stunning backdrop and a place of rejuvenation and invigoration. This retreat is intended to be relaxed and informal and not structured like a normal conference. There are sessions each day, along with time to unwind. Our guest speaker presenting over this inspirational weekend is multi-award winning photographer extraordinaire

JOHANNES VAN KAN ~ Mindful ~ Meaningful ~ Masterful “I am a philosopher, and, a story teller.  Once I was a scientist, and now I am a father” Johannes presentation is about beginning or restarting, Then the importance of pausing and also an in depth consideration of things he has spoken about before. Its not revolutionary, its thoughtful. Its not a lecture, its a discussion. Its not about him its about you, but he will use himself and his experiences as the examples, and then we make it about you. "Johannes is one of New Zealand’s ﬁnest, a photo-sensitive man who will generously pass on his knowledge. His images resonate beautiful lighting, creative composition and love. He has a very distinctive way of seeing. His album designing is a work of art, Queensberry often use him as an ambassador. An event, not to be missed" Bob Tulloch

Images by Johannes van Kan

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Raglan Glamping Photography Retreat Saturday 03 - Sunday 04 September 2016 SOLSCAPE - 611 Wainui Rd, Manu Bay Raglan Accommodation is booked in authentic NZ Railway Cabooses upcycled into cosy accommodation. In true glamping style - your stay is based on sharing accommodation and bathrooms. Beds are made up with quality linen, duvet and pillows. You will need to bring your own towel. Should you prefer your own room, there is a limited number of cabooses available on a single/couple basis (by payment of the single supplement or partner rate). Partners are welcome if they would like to come along and chillax during the days and are invited to join in with us Saturday night. The partner rate includes the accommodation in your own caboose and meals only - if your partner also wants to attend the photography presentations/workshops, then the photographer rate will apply.  Saturday 03 September 10am start To Sunday 04 September 12.30pm ﬁnish Your retreat package includes • glamping accommodation in a caboose (sharing accommodation/bathrooms) • glamping cuisine (lunch, dinner, breakfast) • invaluable presentations from Johannes • practical workshops on location at stunning Raglan. $195 - NZIPP member

$255 - non member

$95 - partner rate

$55 - single supplement surcharge

Please advise Alana weddings@alanadresner.com if you have any special dietary requirements.  HURRY! There is only a limited number that will be able to attend our Raglan retreat. Your place is ONLY conﬁrmed once FULL payment made. Booking deadline is Friday 19 August (unless sold out prior).

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for the NZIPP Waikato/BOP Photography Glamping Retreat

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Canterbury / Westland Region Words by Juliette Capaldi MNZIPP

What is one way of getting over the fact that Iris and Conference is over for the year? Relive some of it! Our July meeting was comprised of talking about the experiences of 4 of our regions members in this years Iris Awards, along with a presentation by the very down to earth and inspiring Jason Naylor(FNZIPP). Paul Willyams (ANZIPP) started the evening with a focus on colour and light. His gorgeous image from Shanghai has done well at awards, and has also been sold at a local Art Exhibition. Paul had a range of Silver and Bronze award wining images to talk about, all with stunning colours. Juliette Capaldi (MNZIPP) was up next (oh...that’s me writing this!!), and I talked about my personal project, photographing people in beautiful old buildings that have been damaged in the Christchurch Earthquakes. One house I visited, I managed a sliver award for an image of the owner (who was very reluctant to be in the photographs) walking down the stairs in beautiful light, and then a bronze for a set of 9 images where his dog went on to show me around the house. By the way, I added the ANZIPP and MNZIPP’s etc in because I just achieved my MNZIPP...and so it was fun to type it! Shannon Sylvester (a student from Ara) talked about her self portrait, in which she is a beautiful alien like creature. It was great to hear details of how tricky it was to photograph herself, the range of images she took to get the one she went on to gain a Silver award with, and her inspirations in creating creating it. Beth Adam (also a student from Ara) talked about her two images that gained Bronzes. One was how she created the image with the bride, cake and clock, and how it evolved to include the baby in an apple and the beautiful poem about hope. I really enjoyed her second image, that in which her husband “volunteered” to be covered in flour. It was great to see the images from which she gained her inspiration from, and the end piece was very striking. Then Jason Naylor - “not your grandmothers photographer”.

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We were really lucky to have Jason down from Wellington for the evening. Jason started with how he did not feel like he deserved to be up here talking to us any more than any of the audience. And he was humble and inspiring the whole evening. His theme was “Finding Authenticity and Fighting Burnout” It was great to hear some of what Jason identifies himself with and what he doesn’t! He talked about his preparation, creative itch, loving change, inspiration from music videos, loving to create, having a job, fun, seeing in colour, gimmicks, patience, moving and awards. Some of things he doesn’t identify himself with included facebook, looking at other wedding photographs, double headers, styled shoots, tenderness in images, landscapes and being everywhere. One of the big takeaways for me is why people are photographers. I suppose I assumed everyone was in it for the same reasons as me....but there are a huge range of reasons why someone is a photographer. Because of the love of photography, because of the love of being creative (whatever the form), because of the love of being a business person....and others. Isn’t it great that we are all coming from different loves, and ending up it the same industry. Maybe that is way we all create such a range of work. I loved how Jason had the goal last year of creating one really unique image per wedding....and that is something we could all do, whatever the genre. One really unique image per session. He is aiming to create something awesome each time, while still serving his clients. Be Authentic: Show up and be real. Thank you again for your time Jason, we really appreciated and valued it.

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MEMBER PROFILE

Jenna Young MNZIPP www.jennayoung.co.nz

First off, can you tell us about yourself and how you got started in photography? Firstly, this is so cool to be part of - thank you. I am a family photographer who has recently relocated to just north of Christchurch.

So without being morbid, that’s the type of images I aim to get for families, images of them interacting and having a laugh and sometimes if I’m really lucky, classic portraits where I see just a little glimpse of their soul.

I am married with 3 kids and have been photographing families for ten years now.

What are some ways you balance your photography business with your family life?

I always loved art and planned on studying photography after high school, until a good looking design teacher told me it was quite hard to find a job as a photographer and he thought i was more suited to design anyway. So I did a few years at design school before the photography bug bit me again and I set up my stall at the Riccarton Markets in Christchurch featuring the most awful landscape prints and colour selection butterflies.

Okay now that I’ve stopped laughing I can answer - I can’t believe you asked ME that..I’m a happy mess, but I’m okay with it. A few things have helped though, I no longer shoot weddings - while I love the wedding day and meeting the couples, the workload completely and utterly sucked all the life out of me. It’s a huge weight off my shoulders knowing I have ZERO wedding bookings. We also took the kiddos out of school and daycare 2.5 years ago. Most people think that it would be super hard to home educate and work but for us it’s been great and gives me so much flexibility and gives my kids the freedom to explore their own interests everyday. I really would recommend to people who feel like their children are growing too fast and the years are getting away on them. Sadly though we have however finished moving all over the country and my kiddos have asked to go to school to make some friends in our new area, so that will be a big change! I am secretly I’m hoping they have an amazing time making friends and then decide to come back home.

I was there for weeks, never sold a print - but I did get a lot of portrait bookings, that’s when I really fell hard for photography - photographing kids especially. What is it about families that makes you love photographing them so much? I don’t always, some days I still wake up and think, wow this shoot might be a little full-on today! But my heart of hearts tells me that family photography is what I’m supposed to do. Almost ten years ago I lost my sister in an accident, I became obsessed with trying to find our perfect family photo - but it didn’t exist as the last time we had our portraits taken was 12 years earlier. Thankfully my parents took a lot of photos, but there were none of us all connecting and having a laugh. I really found a lot of peace in some of the photos, especially the images I took before she died, where she is looking right into the back of the camera, it reminds me of what it felt like to have her eyes looking into mine.

Where do you get the inspiration for your work? I’m inspired a lot by the season and spend a huge amount of time finding locations with beautiful light that that make me feel good.

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If you had to choose one lens which one would it be and why? 135mm 2.0…The first time I used this lens I was outside my house with my two kiddos, the grass was super long with loads of wild daisy’s. I looked through the camera and FINALLY my images looked like how they were in my head. I fell in love and really have to be strict with myself and make sure I don’t shoot the entire session on it. How important is Photoshop in your final images? I love playing… I have to be careful I’m not too unproductive in there. Making my own actions is also still strangely satisfying, pushing a button and then it does all these things that I’ve asked it too..I still get a kick out of that. I have recently started watching more online

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editing tutorials on YouTube, I’ve found it so interesting having pretty much invested no time in the last few years in brushing up my skill set, I was quite surprised at a few of the little tricks I had been missing out on. What type of session do you look forward to the most vs what type of session you most often do? I don’t really have a favourite type of session, more a favourite type of client. Sometimes someone will just ring to book in and you just know that you are completely on the same page - that excites me. Especially people that open up and tell you their entire life story straight away, you become instant friends, there is no awkwardness in there you can just get started making pretty pictures - I love that.

Of all the images you’ve made so far in your career, do you have any clear favourites and why?

exact right mood to cull a session other wise its pointless and they get a gallery of a million images.

I did a session last year for a little boy who wasn’t going to make it. We had a lovely but heartbreaking afternoon and made some really special shots of him and his little sister.

The second thing I find hard is every now and then I will get a dad who is not into having his portraits taken and it’s pretty obvious that he does not want to be there and is finding the whole ordeal rather stressful. I do quite like the challenge of trying to get him on my side though. Interestingly though, these are often the sales sessions that I enjoy most, something clicks in them when they watch their slideshow and see how their kids look up to them and they realise why this session was so important to their wife..so cool.

I tried to take the images from his little sisters perspective looking back at her brother so that she can remember what it felt like to look at his gorgeous face - these are my favourites. The hardest part of your job?….and the easiest part of your job?

Easiest part - pushing the button and taking the shot.

Hardest part..I have two..CULLING, I have to be in the PRO Report / Magazine of the NZIPP

What has been your most memorable assignment and why? Shoots with Susi Liddington. I have the most amazing friend in Kerikeri where I used to live, she would spend all day and night baking, every single delicious thing you could possibly think of and set up a giant tea party for my tiny clients in her amazing garden. We had one little girl in particular who had overcome a lot health wise but was left with a lot of allergies, Susi spent so much time creating all these amazing treats that this little girl would have normally been able to eat at a party.. Later that night the little girl told her mum that it was the best day of her life.

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What projects are you working on now? Do you have any upcoming, exciting plans that you would like to share with us? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m all obsessed with Iris at the moment, but my husband and business partner is full on with working out all the finer details of our new home, which includes a photography studio, small gallery, printing and framing are on our piece of land in Swannanoa, North Canterbury. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be so great to have a studio again, and have all the framing set out nicely on the wall for clients, rather than packing up the car and driving all over Christchurch for each sales session. We are hoping to be in and open Mid August, at which point I will start working on planting a magical forest to photograph in, all going Image ÂŠ Ross Clayton

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well it should be ready in 20 years or so.

pressure of needing to make an income straight away was great. Oh and having lots of babies to practice on helps too - not smiling for the camera is non-negotiable!

If not a photographer you would have been? Graphic Designer What would be one piece of advice you would offer up to others finding their way in the world of photography? Question if you really are ready to quit your day job. I think it takes a long time to find your style and the kind of photographer you would like to be (it took 4 years for me). Being able to take my time with that, without the

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Sometimes someone will just ring to book in and you just know that you are completely on the same page - that excites me. - Jenna Young

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WHAT’S IN MY BAG

Kate Groundwater MNZIPP www.stillwatersphotographynz.com

Haha oh crickey... what IS in my bag? Writing this is going to give me the kick up the bum that I need to tidy out my bag from the end of the wedding season, and also to restock all my supplies. At the moment I mainly shoot a pretty even split of wedding and portrait work. I started out shooting wedding 6 years ago with a Canon 550D and those trusty kit lenses, but can safely say I have now upgraded my camera and invested in some beautiful glass. I’ve also fallen into the trap of investing in gear that doesn’t suit my style/needs just because it was the latest must have, or because everyone else had it/ was raving about it. So not long ago I had a clean out and below is what I was left with. So... In my main camera bag (made by Epiphanie and in bright purple) you will always find my main camera body, which is the very trusty Canon 5Dmk3. And attached to this body 90% of the time will be the Sigma 85mm 1.4 lens. I really reeeeeally struggle to take the 85mm off my camera and will shoot entire family sessions with

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it, and always have it on one of my camera bodies during weddings. Along with the Sigma I also have the Canon 24-105 in my bag along with a Yongnuo YN560 Speedlight. I very rarely use flash, but if I have to this baby seems to do the trick. I also have a Gary Fong light diffuser that I pop on the top of it so the flash looks a little more natural. In the side pockets you will find lens cloths, hair pins, lens caps (if I haven’t left them on location somewhere), chewy breath mints, and a massive collection of CF and SD memory cards stored in water and dust proof cases. I’ve also got a second bag that comes with me to every shoot. This bag isn’t as pretty, so it has to hang out in the car most of the time. It’s just a standard (as in I cant remember the make) black backpack style camera bag with multiple slots for the plethora of other goodies that I have bought, promised myself I would use, but never really do. In here you will find a Canon 16-35L, and a wee nifty 50 1.8. There’s also a video light with filters and

a ring light that I don’t think I have used in the 4 years that I have had them. Though this bag is also home to my backup body, a Canon 5D, when it’s not hanging out on my BlackRapid YETI Strap. This second bag is also a storage space for all my other bits and bobs. There’s a sewing kit, sticking plasters, Panadol, backup camera strap, energy bars, chocolate (well there was until you made me check my bag and I ate it), a bit of spare cash, spare batteries for my camera and flash. Oh and a spare memory card and batteries for guests...Cool huh. How awesome would it be to be the one to save the day and offer a guest who forgot their card, or ran out of batteries, exactly what they needed. Service with a smile around here. I kind of consider my car part of my bag too, so for weddings you will also find about 20 umbrellas (not really but close to it), spray on sunscreen, insect repellent, a picnic blanket, and a pair of jandles... because I only shoot the ceremony and reception in heels while the rest

of the time I cam be found in said jandles or bare feet. At home I also have some studio lights, backgrounds, and mountains of newborn props that I never use. Non material things that can be found in my bag are a Psychology degree (which is awesome for dealing with crazy wedding guests), 5 years of experience raising babies (which is also awesome for dealing with drunk wedding parties), the odd dirty joke (which is also more awesome for winning over those groomsmen who hate the camera), and the very best thing in my bag...my NZIPP membership and accreditation. This past year alone it has without a doubt paid for itself over and over again with the fantastic people that I have met, the awesome advice I have been offered in sometimes sticky situations, and also the never ending encouragement and support that I have received. Joining was one of the best things I have ever done for my career.

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