NZIPP Pro Report - June 2010

member magazine JUNE 2010 / V.03

Contents

JUNE 2010

Executive Updates 04

Letter From the Editors

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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

NZIPP News 12 Cover Image: © Helen Joy Wilkin Silver - People Category Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards 2009

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Q Submission Dates

12 Membership Benefits • Vodafone • Adobe Photographers Directory • Web Profiles for Qualified Members 12 Successful Q’s 12

Welcome to New Members

Obituaries 13

Dinesh Parmar

13 Ian Hawthorn

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Canterbury / Westland Region

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Waikato / Bay of Plenty Region

15 Auckland / Northland Region 16

Welcome to Kate Watkins & Skye Quax

Events 17 Touring Print 17 Infocus 2010

Infocus 2010 18 Infocus Update

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Contents

Contents Member Profile 20

Karen Flett

Ilford Diary 22

Diary Dates for 2010

Education 23

Adobe Hint of the Month

Special Offers 24

TPM Online

24 Base Rate Calculator 24 Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards Books 24

The Lighting Workshop

Photo Competitions 25 EYEcon Photographic Competition 25 Black & White Spider Awards 25 Meaning of Light

Industry News 26 Eyecon Mentors 26 EOS Masters 26

Hard on the Heels Exhibition

Classified Corporate Members 27

Thanks to our Corporate Members

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Letter from the Editors

Letter from the Editors

JUNE 2010

I’m hoping you all have survived the recent ‘weather bombs’, looks like we are well and truly into winter.

We have just spent the last two days with the NZIPP Board and Regional Chairs at Policy and Planning. It was great to meet all the Regional Chairs, and get an understanding of the important issues for them. I know we went away with some great ideas and things we will be working on to continue the development of NZIPP.

“As the saying goes.....

Just do it.... Book travel for Infocus now!”

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The Policy & Planning team hard at work......

Image by Richard Linton

With just over three months to the Infocus conference. Now is the perfect time to look into booking flights and accommodation in Queenstown. If Professional Development in your business is important, you don’t want to miss this years Infocus event! Infocus conference registrations will open in June As the saying goes…Just do it..... Book travel for Infocus now!

Kind regards

Arna Wahl Davies & Nerida Ramsay NZIPP Marketing & Development

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Presidents Report

Executive Updates

If I ever hear a photographer question what NZIPP offers them they’ll be shot down very quickly with this reply: “There are over 70 education and business development opportunities offered Nationwide ever year by the NZIPP – so there is no excuse to get off your butt and get involved!”

I’ve just returned from our annual NZIPP Policy and Planning meeting with all the Regional Chairpeople, NZIPP staff, and the NZIPP Board. I’m really impressed with the level of activity most region’s are now offering. With guest speaker’s at most regional meetings, Infocus, and several major Regional events like Tonic, there’s plenty on offer to keep members creatively inspired and up with the very latest in best practice.

“There are over 70 education & business development opportunities offered Nationwide ever year by the NZIPP – so there is no excuse to get off your butt and get involved.”

Registrations for Infocus will open in June. I’ve heard a few murmurs about Queenstown being expensive to get to and accommodation prices. If you’re thinking this, have you actually had a look at airfares and accommodation options? Or is that just the perception you have in your head - because really that IS all it is - a perception. Airfares from Auckland at the moment are only about $100 one way; from Wellington are $110, and from Christchurch are as low as $60! Forward thinking members have already booked holiday homes – often quite luxurious - between several of them, and accommodation is working out to be as low as $50 per night. We’ve even managed to keep Early Bird registration costs as low as last year with a major international speaker coming!

We’ve worked hard to provide you with a programme that offer’s more than just “show and tell” presentations. With interactive sessions and off site workshops making the most of the stunning Queenstown location, plus a mix of business and art.

The NZIPP Board and staff work extremely hard to make Infocus and the Iris Awards a great event (and it’s a major financial undertaking), so we’re hoping you will all enthusiastically support it. Make it a priority for your professional development budget this year. You’ll have a great time – of course, and there’s that added bonus of spring skiing this year too.

You will notice there have been more changes on the NZIPP Board this month with a farewell from Gary Hewlett, so he can dedicate time to his business interests and avoid any conflict of interest between Image College and NZIPP education activities. Auckland portrait photographer and long standing NZIPP member Russell Hamlet has taken on the role in “caretaker” position until the NZIPP AGM in September.

Nicola Inglis has been busy getting NZIPP’s “social media” face online with Facebook. Check it out and become a fan – well click that “like” button anyway - and keep in touch with all the latest news as it happens.

Until next month…

Regards

Craig Robertson NZIPP President

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Executive Updates

Commercial Directors Report

JUNE 2010

I’m writing this report while sitting on a plane heading home after a couple of busy days of the annual NZIPP Policy & Planning Meeting, NZIPP Board Meeting, and Commercial Q assessments. A full on couple of days, but well worth it. This was the sixth consecutive P&P meeting I had attended as either a Regional Chair or NZIPP Director. I must say that the tone on conversation, level of participation by attendees, and general “vibe” just keeps getting better and better.

One comment made by an attendee (who attributed it to Shelley AmerioHiggins) that struck home with me, was that membership of an organisation such as the NZIPP is like gym membership. You can’t simply pay your subs and expect results.

So stop for moment and think about this statement. When the meaning sinks in read on......

Too many people do just pay their subs and expect miracles. It doesn’t work like that, certainly not on this planet. If you get involved and active in Institute activities you will see the results. Did you know that last year there were something in the order of 60-70 separate meetings, seminars and events held by the NZIPP nationwide. If you can’t see at least a few that are relevant and beneficial to you, or are still asking what’s in it for me, I suggest you look in the mirror.

“Membership of an organisation such as the NZIPP is like a gym membership.

You can’t simply pay your subs and expect results.”

Around the time you are reading this, the Australian’s will be holding the annual PMA show and APPA awards. Here’s hoping to see a few Kiwi’s do well. June also sees the AIPA run the Image Nation seminar over two days in Auckland, this may be of interest to commercial members. NZIPP members get the benefit of registration at discounted rates. For further information see www.imagenation.co.nz Don’t forget Infocus in Queenstown in September. New Zealand’s longest running, and largest annual event for professional photographers. There are still heaps of very good airfares available so don’t use the excuse of travel costs to stop you from attending. The programme has been designed to have content that will appeal to wide a range of photographer’s abilities and specialties, with something for everyone. Of particular note will be keynote speaker Michael Grecco. I’ve seen Michael speak in New York City.

Trust me you won’t be disappointed. Check out his new website at www. michaelgrecco.com, while there have a look at the behind the scenes time lapse videos of his shoots. He’ll also be holding a Masterclass the day after the Gala Awards dinner, spaces will be strictly limited and likely to sell out quickly. The Masterclass will be a case of first in first served, so don’t procrastinate when Infocus registrations open later this month.

If you are considering entering the Iris Awards this year which are being judged during Infocus, be aware of several changes that affect some categories. The Commercial category now requires that images have been commissioned, intended for and resulting from commercial/corporate applications. You are also required provide a title that describes the intended usage of the image. This is to help judges put the image in context with the intended use.

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In addition the Editorial/Photojournalism category requires that images must have been commissioned and/or published, and intended for media use in books, magazines, newspaper, or web. Images must not be composites. If you do want to enter highly post-produced images consider the Illustrative or Creative categories.

There is also a new Travel category for images illustrating a destination or culture. The rules don’t state that the images need to have been taken overseas and I think there is a wonderful opportunity to push boundaries here and provoke the judges.

Finally the government is changing the GST rate to 15% from 1 October.

This may be a good time to make a review of your pricing and accounting systems. Hopefully you are all GST registered, and if you are turning over more than $60,000 p.a. you must be registered. If you are turning over less than this maybe you should consider other career options. During the Pricing and Best Practice Workshops run recently by Craig Robertson and myself, it is clear that a photographer running a very modest business wanting an average income needs to turnover around $100,000 p.a. to make it viable.

Now back to GST, most photographers dealing with the general public charge prices that include GST. It is normal practice for commercial photographers dealing business to business to provide estimates that exclude GST. As you can claim back all the GST you pay when buying products and services for your business, in theory the GST rate increase (and associated price changes) should have a net effect of zero on your business. For those that include GST in their pricing may however desire to keep invoice totals that include GST below certain price points. For example a job for a commercial client charged at $1,775 + GST today is $1,996.88 including GST. After 1 October it would need to be $2041.25 including GST, which may psychologically be a lot more as it breaks the $2k barrier. Whatever you do don’t let your commercial clients talk you down with the “it’s costing us more now” argument, just like you they can claim 100% of the GST they pay. The only figure that really matters for business is the GST exclusive price.

Have a great month and remember to join the NZIPP Facebook page for your regular fix of professional photography news.

Richard Linton NZIPP Commercial Director

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Executive Updates

Portrait Directors Report

JUNE 2010

Most of you will, by now, have heard of The Image College, my photography training business. One if the biggest decisions I had to make when it was being conceived was whether I could manage three roles at the same time running Love Images (my photography business), The Image College, and as national Portrait Director for you guys.

After a lot of soul-searching I decided that you all deserve someone who can more fully commit to the position that I have been honoured and humbled to fill. So at the same time as announcing the launch of The Image College in early April I also tendered my resignation as NZIPP Portrait Director.

Craig asked me to stay on in a caretaker role until the position was filled, and as that has now been achieved I am standing down, with Russell Hamlet taking up the reigns.

I want to thank you all for the support and encouragement I received during my tenure, and also to those of you who are supporting The Image College by attending the two education events announced so far.

I have been proud to serve photographers in New Zealand with the NZIPP, and will continue to do so as I bring more and more high profile speakers to our beautiful little corner of the world to educate and entertain you.

Thank you, and keep warm and safe over the coming winter months.

Gary Hewlett NZIPP Portrait Director - Retired

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New Portrait Directors Report

Executive Updates

For those of you who don’t know me I have been a member of the NZIPP for 17 years or so, and enjoyed every moment and every person .I have benefited hugely in my business through associations made, have been saved by the gear lent, intellectually stimulated by judging and visiting mentors, and above all learnt so much through the ups and downs of making a living in this great industry of ours.

As I gave a presentation the other night to Auckland members it struck home to me again what lucky buggers we are really. We get the opportunity to make a great living creating, capturing and selling memories. Our only inventory is a bit of ink and paper that are leveraged well beyond their actual worth.

The power, and hence the value is the love your clients have for each other.

No images no memories. When you walk from that sitting knowing that they got all you had to give .Our professionalism and the result, combined with the emotional content for them, is a recipe for joy on all sides. I am always fascinated by how many of our members relate to pricing, how many suffer angst over it and eventually undervalue themselves.

“Cheap things aren’t good, and good things aren’t cheap. If your work is crap then it’s not worth much.”

We are in this game because we are people lovers and generally speaking givers by nature. This can be a problem for some of us (not me I can tell you) when it comes to pricing and selling your work. Look at operators who are successful. They don’t give themselves away.

It saddens me that a lot of photographers who deserve more don’t make the kind of living they dream of making. Any of us can make as much as we want. A mistake often made is relating to your own prices and making them what you yourself could afford. It’s a standing joke amongst me and my mates that none of us can afford each other. Of my peer group (developers, retailers, professionals etc etc) a common thread exists of having the confidence to back ourselves.

As I said in my presentation if you went to a surgeon, you want to meet a confident and self assured person. And you know they won’t be cheap. With due diligence your clients have come to you. Clients who let us into their lives want just that from us. They have trusted us with the most intimate of responsibilities.

“Cheap things aren’t good, and good things aren’t cheap”. If your work is crap then it’s not worth much. You can learn fast from fellow members and all the opportunities this institute offers. I suspect though that this is not the case for most. I am in awe of the work that many of you produce. Ask yourself then if you are earning at the level you would like. And if not why not?.

If you do beautiful work for your clients and sell it any price (as Mahlon Burch made a great point), six months later if you offered to buy it back at 5 x the amount would they sell it back to you. I doubt it!

Russell Hamlet NZIPP Portrait Director

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Executive Updates

Wedding Directors Report

JUNE 2010

This month I’m excited about the number of Q submissions. There were so many it has taken us a little longer than usual to convene the panels to assess them. Thanks for your patience!

Why so many? Well, I’m chalking it up to the power of Facebook. I got my wedding Q ages ago, and I’ve been meaning to get around to submitting my portrait Q for almost as long and every time I would let the deadline go past and think ‘next time’.

So this time I started a Facebook group to push me, and all the other people who were promising themselves ‘next time’. We called ourselves the ‘Q Tryhards’ and we have supported each other, asked the questions we all had, and roped in some experts to answer them. The group will continue to exist as long as people want it, so if you let this last deadline go past and you’re still muttering vaguely about ‘next time’...do yourself a favour and mark August 4th in your diary now, then email me or message me on FB about joining the ‘Q try-hards’!

We know Facebook is great at connecting people (including the dorky kid from High School you don’t really want to connect with). So we have started our own NZIPP Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/NZIPP The primary aim of the NZIPP Facebook page is to connect NZIPPers and other interested photographers to each other, and to the latest interesting happenings. You know how it works, hit the link and ‘like’ us :-) And we’re going to be blogging soon too...watch this space!

“The annual Iris Awards are an important link in the chain of making your personal work actually contribute to the success of your core business .”

Meanwhile...Iris Awards are on my mind. David Oliver had a lot to say at his recent Palmerston North seminar about the importance of personal work. I know Gerald Wilson talked about this too when he spoke to a recent regional meeting in Tauranga. Your personal work keeps you honest, it keeps your creative fires stoked and it’s essential. Us wedding photographers have it good because we have our busy season and our personal work season.

The annual Iris Awards are an important link in the chain of making your personal work actually contribute to the success of our core business...they allow you to demonstrate to your clients your creativity and versatility.

Click here (http://www.nzipp.org.nz/NzippWeb/Default.aspx?tabid=230) to read the Iris Awards category guidelines, and see how your personal work could perhaps fit into the Creative, Illustrative, Travel or Landscape categories. And stoke those creative fires!

Nicola Inglis NZIPP Wedding Director

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Honours Council Report

It appears that members are already starting to think about entering the Iris Awards this year. I’ve been receiving many enquiries from members wishing to know where they stand in terms of award levels, and wanting to know how many points or awards they need to become an NZIPP Associate, Master, Fellow or in a couple of cases Grand Master.

To do this yourself you need to do the following: •

Go to the NZIPP web site www.nzipp.org.nz, and login to the NZIPP Members area using your membership number and password.

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If you can’t remember your membership number or password then email web@nzipp.org.nz, & our Web Administrator will get in contact with you.

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Upon gaining access to the NZIPP Members area click on the Member Profile menu option, then click on the tab titled AWARDS

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Here you will find out what awards you currently have. At the top is your Honours summary i.e. Associate, Master, Fellow + Bars

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Followed by your Awards Summary. You’ll notice that there is a 4 year activity> 10 points: Yes or No information. What this indicates is whether or not you have gained the necessary 10 points in the last 4 years in order to be valid to achieve another award this year.

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At this point you’ll need to do your own calculations to work out exactly what awards you need in terms of Gold, Silver and Bronze awards to achieve your next level. Details of exactly what you need can be found by clicking on the Help button on the top right hand side of the screen.

Detailed below is a chart of what is needed for each level. From 2009 the following points and conditions are required to achieve the various Distinctions/Honours. To move to the next level of distinction, all conditions in that row must be satisfied:

Get thinking about your images now. Remember you have ten chances of becoming an award-winning photographer at this year’s Iris Awards in Queenstown.

It’s only three months away now!!!!!

Mike Langford Chairman NZIPP Honours Council which includes: Bryan Isbister Shelly Amerio-Higgins, Stuart Riddell and Malcolm Somerville.

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NZIPP News

JUNE 2010

NZIPP News Q Submission Dates

For those who aren’t qualified yet it’s time to start planning a Q submission for 2010. Once successful you’ll be able to advertise your NZIPP qualification, & your profile will appear in the Find a Photographer function on the NZIPP website.

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

Wednesday 04 August 2010 Wednesday 10 November 2010 For more info see the Q Programme Details under Quick Links on the NZIPP website.

Membership Benefits Vodafone NZIPP is in discussions with Vodafone to see if we can get a group discount/ benefit for all members. For this to work, Vodafone needs to correctly establish NZIPP members calling (both fixed & mobile), broadband patterns.

We would appreciate if all members could take three minutes to click on the link below and complete the survey. The survey is completely anonymous. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5HTQPK8

Adobe Photographers Directory for Qualified Members As a membership benefit, NZIPP Qualified members are entitled to be profiled on the Adobe Photographers Directory (www.photographersdirectory.adobe.com). To take up this opportunity, email Fiona (info@nzipp.org.nz), NZIPP Administration Officer for an individual password

Web Profiles for Qualified Members As a membership benefit, NZIPP Qualified members are entitled to a profile & gallery listing in the Find a Photographer function on the NZIPP website.

Potential clients using the Find a Photographer function will first search by region, then by qualification (Commercial, Wedding, Portrait – remember you’re only listed in categories in which you have a Q). If 10 listings come up, & only two have galleries loaded to grab that buyer’s attention, guess who’s going to get the job! In addition those that have galleries loaded will appear at the top of the results list, & those who don’t have galleries will appear at the bottom - so loading your profile and gallery is really worth the effort.

Don’t delay – login to the NZIPP membership system using your member ID & password, & go to the Q Profile tab of your membership record. Check out the Help pages for guidelines on how to use the new system, & don’t forget to save & submit your new profile. Once submitted your profile is queued & will be available online once approved. This is not an automated task so can take up to 24 hours.

Members Welcome to New mbers for June:

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Obituaries

Obituaries Dinesh Parmar - NZIPP Auckland Dinesh Parmar was primarily a Wedding and Portrait Photographer based here in Auckland. He shot a lot of Indian weddings, and for those of you who have attended such events realise what a daunting task it is. He was outstanding at it, and quickly built up a reputation as someone who produced beautiful creative images. He was always generous with his time and advice, and even in the last few days never lost his sense of humour, he will be sadly missed by all those who knew him. Dinesh was 45 and leaves a wife and two young children.

Tony Brownjohn Auckland / Northland Region Dinesh Parmar

Ian Hawthorn - Geelong, Australia Ian was hugely influential to myself and many other photographers in the late 70’s. Around 1978 he conducted a two-day workshop in Wellington and demonstrated studio portrait posing, lighting for individuals and groups, and to do low light church interior portraits of the bride and groom.

Quite frankly he was just what I needed then for putting together family groups that looked relaxed and symmetrically posed. He was a keen observer of human behaviour, and made the interaction between people look natural in his portraits.

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Ian Hawthorn

Shooting a wedding couple at one-second exposure was not what most Kiwis were doing at the time. He showed a whole new style that had atmosphere and sensitivity. From then on “altar” wedding photographs surfaced at Print Judging. I also had the pleasure of enjoying Ian’s talent again at the Hamilton NZIPP convention. He was very philosophical and lost a few people at that time.

Ian had a bad car accident and pretty much retired from photography, but he slowly recovered and took up painting, having several exhibitions. Lena and I were lucky enough to visit Ian and Marleen at their home a few years ago. I expected to see the photographer turned painter doing landscapes, not terribly well. How mistaken was I ! His paintings were mostly abstract nudes and in vivid colours. They were bold and different.

I left with a copy of his book that celebrated the lives of well-known local identities. He used a wide angle technique that had the subject in context. All superbly lit, and arranged. This book “One Man’s Eye” has been considered some of Australia’s finest portrait photography. Ian was honoured by the AIPP, if I remember rightly, as one of the first Fellows.

At 85 he must have packed a lot into his time. He was simply inspirational.

Bob Tulloch Waikato / Bay of Plenty Regional Chair

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Regional Updates

JUNE 2010

Regional Updates Canterbury / Westland Region Eli Reed -Christchurch Art Gallery - 17 May 2010 It only took one week and the word was out. Eli Reed, Magnum Photographer, is in town. Keen photographers – professionals and amateurs filled the auditorium at the Christchurch Art Gallery and they knew they were onto something special.

Eli Reed generously shared his work with us for over an hour. Slideshows of the Lost Boys of Sudan, Black America, the Middle East, Barack Obama before and after becoming President, stills photography for the movie industry, and much more. Image after image flicked past, too fast to really soak them up, but it gave us a good indication of the work he has been doing over the years. He said he believes in photographing the world as it is, not how we would like it to be.

Eli Reed - Magnum Photographer Image by Lucy Gardner

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He was asked about the ethics of publishing photos of people in public places. He said that as an artist in the public eye, he believes his work is important for the overall good. He can’t use his images in advertising without a model release, but otherwise he believes his work can’t be stopped by thinking about having someone’s permission to use their photo in his work.

He added that photographers have to watch that they are respectful and not making fun of someone in their public images. He also discussed traumatic images such as the 9/11 image of a man falling from the tower. He said that it is a very uncomfortable image, but that was not a normal event.

He said he has seen a lot of blood but it doesn’t bother him, but you can’t step aside and say “I shouldn’t do this” because it’s part of history. When asked if he ever let his own anger come into it, he said there is no such thing as being objective. He only gets bothered if they try to touch him but he’s good at martial arts. He doesn’t usually get mad, he just gets reasonable, and it’s better if he stays calm and documents what is going on.

Eli was asked what being a Magnum photographer means to him. He said that Magnum is a good group of people, beavers, serious about photography. It is inspiring and it raises the bar. It’s a collective of likeminded people, not an agency and they get nervous if they make a profit!

He was asked if he had any regrets. He said yes, being involved in a really bad movie called Belly.

He spoke of how he is now doing 50/50 still/videography work and he believes the demand for video is growing. He enjoys it and his last 5 jobs have involved still and videography.

Linda O’Reilly Canterbury/Westland Regional Secretary

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Regional Updates

Waikato / BOP Region We were very fortunate to have Ollie Dale (Auckland Region Chairperson) speak at our last meeting and sharing “all his pies”.

Ollie is the proud dad of two, and shared some fantastic photos taken of his kids - a very special moment where big bro meets little sis - all shot on video and then edited to selected stills so as not to miss a single important frame.

Ollie Dale at the Waikato/BOP Meeting Image by Chris Parker

Ollie has a very vivacious mind and is always coming up with new and innovative ideas. He has been photographing a lot lately with his tilt shift and getting fascinating candid portraiture results. It’s all about having fun and Ollie’s work reflects this.

Ollie is not only is a successful photographer, he is also editor for e-magazine “NZ Photographer”.

Thanks Ollie - was great to have you there!

Special thanks to this months print judge Chris Traill. This month’s highest print scores were Sasha Kahaki (88) and Kelly Comins (84).

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Alan Dresner Waikato / Bay of Plenty Regional Secretary

Auckland / Northland Region Our monthly meeting for May was held at Russell Hamlet’s country studio, out in Coatesville, north of Auckland. Russell is one of Auckland’s most established portrait photographers, and not only opened up his home and studio for the Auckland members to visit but also spent the evening educating the members about how he does what he does so successfully.

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Hamlet’s Hamlet Image by Ollie Dale

Touted by some as “one of the best meetings in ages”, Russell presented a candid look into how he approaches portraiture photography, the importance of the processes he goes through, and some best practises for portrait and wedding photographers alike.

Without giving away too many of his personal business secrets, we were all treated to a rare look behind the scenes of a successful photographer, and most people who braved the first rain (torrential at times) to land on Russell’s property in 8 months left with either pages of notes of ideas for their own business, or a better understanding of what’s made Russell’s business so successful.

Ollie Dale Auckland Region Chair

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Regional Updates

JUNE 2010

Regional Updates Welcome to Kate Watkins Hi All, Kate Rhiannon Murphy Watkins (Kate Watkins) arrived on the 27th May 2010. She’s really strong and healthy, weighing in at 3.8 kg / 8.5 pounds.

Peta’s doing really well – she was able to rest prior to the birth, and the operation was quick and without problems, and Kate’s has started feeding well.

Cheers, David, Peta, Alexander, and Kate Peta & Kate Image by David Watkins

Welcome to Skye Quax Blair and I welcomed our beautiful little girl Skye Grace into the world on her due day 10th of April. She had her first official photoshoot at 1 week old where mum and dad fought over the camera to photograph her.

We are all doing really well, she is a dream baby, very relaxed and we are loving our new role as mum and dad.

She’s looking forward to her first big trip to Queenstown in September!

Thanks, Lauretta, Blair and Skye

Skye Quax Image by Lauretta & Blair

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Events

Events Who’s the best of the best?

What images are NZ’s top professional photographers producing?

© ImagE by INfocUS kEyNoTE mIchaEl grEcco

Be inspired by award-winning photography from around the country....

Steve Sharp - Gold - Iris Awards 2009

EPSON/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards an exhibition of the award winning prints of 2009

12th - 13th September 2010 QuEENstowN, NEw ZEAlANd PrINcIPal SPoNSor:

Opening night - Wed 9th June, 7:00pm Vero Centre, 48 Shortland Street Auckland City

The premier event for New Zealand photography professionals featuring renowned US celebrity portrait photographer Michael Grecco.

Everything that the professional photographer will ever need to keep their creative, business and professional batteries fully charged.

Infocus conference is preceded by the Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards.

For more information on the NZIPP visit www.nzipp.org.nz

register online from early June www.nzipp.org.nz New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography

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Infocus 2010

JUNE 2010

Infocus 2010 Millennium Hotel Cnr Frankton Rd & Stanley St Queenstown

timetable

EVENT

Thursday 9 September

Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards PRINT Judging - Day one

Friday 10 September

Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards PRINT Judging - Day two

Saturday 11 September

Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards PRINT Judging - Day three

Principal Sponsor

Happy Hour in the evening

Sunday 12 September

Infocus Conference - Day one I/2 page advert Welcome Reception in the evening

MONDAY 13 SEPTEMBER

Infocus Conference - Day two Gala Awards Dinner in the evening

Tuesday 14 September

The Iris Awards 2010 Entry Information and Conditions are now online at www.nzipp.org.nz under the Infocus tab & Iris Awards menu items

The NZIPP would like to extend their gratitude to the following organisations for their generous support of Infocus 2010: Principal Sponsor

Platinum Sponsor

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsor

Bronze Sponsor

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Infocus 2010

Infocus Speakers 2010 Along with Michael Grecco as keynote speaker, we are delighted to have a range of speakers for Infocus 2010. This month we are profiling financial expert Michelle Malcolm below. We have asked her to present a business seminar, and as business owners there is always more you can learn to improve your bottom line.

Michelle Malcolm Associate Principal BBS, CA Michelle has been a valued member of WHK (formerly Gosling Chapman Chartered Accountants) since 1993.

Michelle has worked with various businesses over the years, from start-up businesses to large Corporate’s.

Michelle set-up the Tauranga WHK office in 2000, and has been involved in driving its growth in the Tauranga / Bay of Plenty region. Michelle’s industry experience includes: property development and construction, printing, professional service organisations, manufacture and wholesale and export.

Michelle has a focus on using financial information to help clients drive increased profitability, and takes a proactive and innovative approach in achieving this.

And the Winner is......

Winner of the Michael Grecco book Lighting & the Dramatic Portrait is Emma Hughes from Auckland/ Northland.

The question was: Name one celebrity, which Michael has taken a photo of.

Michelle is married with two children and enjoys fishing, photography and wakeboarding in her spare time.

Business Session: The Story Behind the Numbers Your financials are trying to tell you a story. How the story ends depends on your ability to make sense of the numbers.

Delivered in plain English, this session will help you understand what all those financial reports mean and how decisions translate into dollars and cents.

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Understand the story behind your numbers

A few of the answers we had were:

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Learn which numbers matter most

Penelope Cruz, Ben Affleck, Mel Brooks, Will Ferrell, Steve Martin, Martin Scorsese, Lucy Liu, Joaquin Phoenix, Stevie Wonder, and Hugh Hefner

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Fiction or Non-Fiction: How accurate are your financials?

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Tools to help ensure you don’t lose the plot

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Payback – Securing your happily ever after

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Member Profile

JUNE 2010

Member Profile Name: Karen Flett Your Website www.karynflett.co.nz Camera and Accessories brands: Nikon D700 and my beloved, well-used 50mm 1.4 is what you will find 99.9% of the time cosied up together What type of photos do you take?

Things that make you go awwwwwwwww What do you love about the professional photographic industry?

The sharing and caring and the support I have gotten from people within the industry. There are some fantastic supportive people in my NZIPP region (you know who you are!). And to really cement it, last year after the Iris Awards I got emails from people I had never met who wanted to tell me they really liked what I do – it’s just something really awesome to receive especially when you can really doubt the path your on at times.

Karen Flett

Something that makes you grumpy?

Having a vision in my head and not being able to make it work! And I’d also have to say that the work that goes into newborn shots is very underestimated.

It can be extremely challenging to get the shot you want.

Website or blog site that you enjoy?

I just adore Tara Whitneys work and her ability to capture the amazing connections of the families she photographs. www.tarawhitney.com - if I ever win lotto I’m flying her out to photograph my family for sure.

Are you a collector of anything?

Anything that I can put a baby in that doesn’t look to ‘proppy’ Name one thing not many people know about you: This was a really hard one to answer. I’m such an open book I’m not really sure what people wouldn’t know about me. Hmmm but maybe that I was a complete JPEGer, never even considered shooting RAW till about 6 weeks ago. Now I have to admit I should have tried it years ago!

Name one thing you miss about being a kid: Having someone else cook for me.

List five things you would need to survive, if left alone on a deserted island.

Hmmm sunblock – I’m way too fair skinned to be out in the sun that long with no protection! Sunglasses, Facebook,, coffee, and my family – I know that my 4 kids count as more than one thing and technically I’m not alone. But I really couldn’t live without them and their craziness. Without them I’d be building a raft made of palm trees and flax faster than Tom Hanks in Castaway!

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Member Profile

All Images Š Karen Flett

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Ilford Diary

JUNE 2010

Ilford Diary June 2010

July 2010

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Waikato/BOP Regional Meeting

Kindly sponsored by

October 2010

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Waikato/BOP Regional Meeting

13 Auckland Regional Meeting

09 Auckland Regional Meeting

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Canty/Westland Regional Meeting

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Wellington Regional Meeting

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Wellington Regional Meeting

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Canty/Westland Regional Meeting with Linda Holman on Colour Mgmt (note new date)

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Waikato/BOP Regional Meeting

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Waikato/BOP Regional Meeting

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Canterbury/Westland Regional Meeting & Regional Print Judging

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Wellington Regional Meeting

November 2010

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Canty / Westland Regional Meeting

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Wellington Regional Meeting

Late Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards Online Entries open

August 2010

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Waikato/BOP Regional Meeting

11 Auckland Regional Meeting

September 2010

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Canty/Westland Regional Meeting

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Closing date for Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards Print Judging

09-11 Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards - Print Judging 10 NZIPP AGM, Millennium Hotel, Queenstown 12-14 Infocus 2010 Conference, Millennium Hotel, Queenstown 20

Canty / Westland 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.

Click on A DIARY ENTRY for more information.

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Adobe Hint of the Month

Adobe Hint of the Month

By John Doogan

Photoshop CS5

Content Aware Fill This is one automated feature that saves me a lot of retouching time. I’m usually sceptical of completely automatic approaches becuase I can always find some images to confuse them. That said, it seems to work on about 85% of what I throw at it and as it can get the job done in a fraction of the time I use it often.

The technology is incorporated into the Edit:Fill menu item and also the Spot Healing Brush.

Here’s what I’ve found it useful for:

Filling in corners and gaps created when using Photomerge.

I use Photomerge often to get views I can’t get with a single shot. In the past I would be faced with cropping the image to eliminate the blank corners or cloning and stretching the corners to fill in the blanks.

Edges filled in automatically. A few simple steps need to be followed for it to work well, click on the following link to veiw a tutorial on the basics: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/photoshopcs5-feature-tour/content-aware-fill-part-1

Removal of wires, objects, intrusions.

The Spot Healing brush tool now has a ‘content aware’ option. By running it across something like the wire in this picture, it will remove the wire but keep intact any existing hard lines such as the edges of the building, shadows etc.

This new feature does make the older clone tool look clumsy by comparison.

There is a good demonstration of the feature in the following video tutorial: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/cs5-design-premium-feature-tour/ contentaware-fill For a quick overview of this and other new features, or to access a trial version go to: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/cs5-design-premiumfeature-tour/contentaware-fill

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Special Offers

JUNE 2010

Special Offers TPM Online If you are not currently receiving the The Photographers Mail (TPM) / D-Photo e-newsletter, go to www. dphoto.co.nz and scroll halfway down on the right and add in your email address.

Epson / NZIPP Iris Awards Books Momento Photobooks has printed a small number of the Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards 2007 and 2008 for sale to members.

Supplies are limited of these books.

Special Price to NZIPP Members: $195.00 each (includes GST, postage & handling)

Base Rate Calculator Further on from the Best Practice and Pricing Seminars, the Base Rate Calculator is now on the NZIPP website, under Members / Resources tab along with NZIPP license agreements and standard T&Cs.

To order a copy please contact Momento Photobooks directly to arrange payment and delivery: Jackie Harris Momento Photobooks P: (04) 801 8820 E: jackie@momento.co.nz

Click here for the NZIPP Base rate Calculator.

The Lighting Workshop

By Richard Poole For anyone interested in photographic lighting this book written by the late Richard Poole is a must have.

Richard was a talented & passionate photographer. He supported the NZIPP over the years as Commercial Director, Honours Chair, & NZIPP Gold Award recipient. This book is the cumulation of many years experience with photographic lighting.

The NZIPP have acquired a few of these books for sale to members. The books supplied by his estate, are from the last batch printed, & once sold there will be no more available.

Special Price to Members $65 (includes GST and Postage & Handling) Contact Veronica with your credit card details, or send a cheque to: Veronica Boa NZIPP Treasurers Office P O Box 27277, Christchurch P: (03) 960 9801 E: vee@boa-ca.co.nz

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Photo Competitions

Photo Competitions

The NZIPP does not endorse any of the following competitions. Anyone interested in entering these or any other competitions should read the rules of entry carefully to ensure that the moral rights of the photographer are not being undermined in anyway. If you do come across any competitions where the copyright is demanded by the organisers, please send details to: marketing@nzipp.org.nz

EYEcon Photographic Competition Canon EYEcon Photographic Competition Registration Closes: 1 September 2010

The search is on for New Zealand’s most talented budding photographers in the 2010 Canon EYEcon photographic competition. Canon EYEcon 2010 will give tertiary photography students and apprentice photographers the chance to win an enviable prize package of Canon product and cash as well as the unique opportunity to gain experience, insight and inspiration by spending a day with each of the country’s four top photographers, to be announced later in 2010. For more details visit: www.canon.co.nz/EYEcon

6th Annual Black & White Spider Awards Entries Close: 15 July 2010

Celebrating its sixth year, Black & White Spider Awards is the leading international award honoring black & white photography. This event shines a spotlight on the best professional & amateur photographers in a prestigious annual competition and globally webcast event, reaching photo fans in over 154 countries. Click here for more information.

For more information go to ... http://www.photoworkshop.com/lighting.

Entries close 15th June 2010

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Industry News

JUNE 2010

Industry News EYECON Mentors Canon New Zealand has unveiled the first two mentors for the EYEcon 2010 photographic competition, NZIPP member Lauretta Goode and Peter Meecham.

NZIPP member Lauretta Goode graduated with a bachelor of media arts majoring in photography and after working at the Waikato Times as a photographer she launched her own company to enter the world of weddings. Now a qualified master photographer of the NZIPP Lauretta is excited to be involved both as a judge and a mentor of EYEcon and thinks that an experience like this will leave a lasting impression on an aspiring photographer.

Lauretta Goode

EOS Masters

Chris McLennan

Canon New Zealand and Australia has announced two more EOS Masters - Chris McLennan and Stephen Dupont. Chris and Stephen will join the other Canon EOS Masters, inspiring and challenging photographers of all experience levels to grow their creative photography capability.

“Having been a professional travel photographer for over twenty years, my Canon EOS cameras and lenses have become an essential part of my everyday life and almost feel like they are a part of me,” said Chris McLennan, Travel, Adventure and Tourism photographer.

Stephen Dupont

“Having an insatiable passion for photography and travel I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to explore the many destinations, cultures and wildlife of the world through my work. It is a true honour to be awarded the prestigious title of Canon EOS Master and I look forward to sharing my images and experiences in the hope that it may inspire others on their photographic journey,” concluded McLennan.

“Photography is capturing the soul of life. It’s my eyes on the world, an addiction through the windows of humanity and inhumanity,” said Stephen Dupont, Photojournalist and Filmmaker.

“It is a lifetime respect to my subjects and audience, a legacy to honour the truth and spirit of those who crossed my lens. More an extended limb to my body the Canon EOS 5D Mk II allows me to create the magic of what photography is. Being a Canon EOS Master will give me the opportunity to inspire future generations of photographers,” continued Dupont.

Hard on the Heels of All Black Heritage Canon New Zealand has partnered with legendary kiwi photographer Peter Bush to support his exhibition, ‘Hard on the Heels’ - a tribute to Peter’s career capturing over six decades of the All Blacks.

Mike Johnston & Peter Bush

Image © Peter Bush

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The exhibition, which will tour 13 venues across the country over the next two years, features more than 100 of Peter’s most memorable All Black shots and is testament to his photographic skill and passion for the game.

Taken over 60 years there is a mix of personal favorites and great moments in history; alongside the controversial, contentious and humorous behind-the-scenes shots of teams on tour and relaxing post-game.

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Corporate Members

Corporate Situations Vacant, Classifieds, Buy/Sell Members Gallery for Sale In 2003 I established a gallery featuring my own work mostly portrayng landscapes and aerials of Mount Maunganui and the Bay of Plenty. I relocated my studio a few years later to an adjoining building.

With the majority of my business now relating to portrait photography, photo-workshops, and some publishing. I have decided to concentrate on those areas and sell my gallery, but retain the studio.

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

I’m hoping a good keen person with a flair for retail will take on the gallery, continue to sell my decor work, and augment the business with associated photo related products and services, perhaps including wedding work. I am celebrating being a superannuitant, and realise I can’t be everywhere at once. It is time to move on as they say.

I believe my branding is second to none in the greater Tauranga area. Over a 36-year period we have created five businesses, including two Prolabs, a studio, a retail shop and a gallery. Add to that three books, several calendars, about 18 pro seminars, workshops for amateurs, 15 trips to Aussie AIPP conferences, NZIPP involvements etc. The Tulloch name is therefore well known and respected.

Although I will retain my name, the Tulloch brand will be on the gallery images.

Our gallery is in the heart of the Downtown Mount.

It is a nice modern shop at street level with large windows. Our clientelle are predominantly locals buying for their business premises, apartments or as gifts. We regularly sell to kiwis who live overseas and are home visiting family. My work is in such farflung places as Egypt, New York, London, Sweden and Australia. Add to this 50 Cruise ships visiting Mt Maunganui next year, and the potential is excellent.

Further details are available at bobtulloch@xtra.co.nz

If you have anything you wish to buy, sell or advertise, let us know, by emailing marketing@nzipp.org.nz

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