NZIPP Pro Report June 2014

MEMBER MAGAZINE JUNE 2014 / V.46

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Executive Updates 05

Presidents Report

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Commercial Directors Report

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Wedding Directors Report

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Honours Council Report

Infocus 2014 10 Registration Cover Image: © Sara Orme Invited Speaker - Infocus 2014

11 Masterclasses 13 Sponsors

NZIPP News

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

CONTACT NZ Institute of Professional Photography (NZIPP) PO Box 76176 Christchurch 8548 New Zealand W: www.nzipp.org.nz E: info@nzipp.org.nz M: +64 27 522 5570 We welcome your feedback and thoughts. If you have something to say, send it through to: info@nzipp.org.nz

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NZIPP AGM 2014 - Timeline

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Iris Award Books

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WWII War Veterans Project Update

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Contents Regional Updates 18

Auckland/Northland Region

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Waikato/BOP Region

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Canterbury/Westland Region

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Otago/Southland Region

Industry News 24

Loyalty Schemes

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Photography Masters Cup

Corporate Members 27

Thanks to our Corporate Members

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Presidents Report

Executive Updates

As the snow starts to fall outside my window here in Queenstown, I’m quickly reminded that we are only two months away from the start our ‘Iris Awards’ print judging and ‘Infocus’ Conference in Rotorua.

How did this all come around so quickly? I ask myself in disbelief. It feels like it was within a blink of an eye, but at the same time I know it is the result of many months of work both by the Honours committee and the Board to make these things ‘just happen’. Already the Board are working a year ahead so that the 2015 event is in place and secure even before this years has happened. As a Board we have to be proactive as opposed to reactive in order to ensure that the future of the institute is in line and on time.

On another note, it always comes as a surprise and disappointment to me to see members resigning as the call for subs goes out and we are told that we don’t offer enough to justify their membership. As a result, I’m caused to reflect on why I have continued renewing my own membership over the past thirty years, and why I will continue to do so long into the future. For me the answer is simple: I love the family of photography and everything it offers. It has given me many of my best friends, it has introduced me to my heroes and allowed me to learn from them. It has taught me to be humble and proud at the same time. It has taught me to learn from my mistakes and to share that knowledge with my peers. It has taught me that to be actively involved means I get back even more from being a member.

Simply paying your subs and calling yourself a member just doesn’t cut it. You need to be actively engaged in order to gain the most out of it. It comes back to that old saying ‘The more you give, the more you receive’.

Sadly, in the time between my writing this report and it going to print, we have had news of the passing of John Rykenburg (1928 – 2014) and Rodney Ellmore (1940 – 2014). These two men were both highly valued and long-time members of the NZIPP. Their active involvement in different capacities, over many years, provides a timely reminder of what being a member of the NZIPP is all about.

Unfortunately, given the timing of this sad news, we will include their obituaries in the next ProReport.

Sincerely,

Mike Langford - NZIPP President (on behalf of the Board) Hon FNZIPP, GMNZIPP, Hon F AIPP, MAIPP

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Commercial Directors Report

JUNE 2014

My apologies for my absence in ProReport for the last two issues, I have been busy in and on my business and there always seems to be other board work to do. Enough of the excuses.

I had a call from Craig Robertson, past-president of the institute. Craig is concerned that with significant increases in Wedding and Portrait members that there’s a perception NZIPP is becoming less relevant to commercial photographers, as there are less and less commercial photographers to share ideas/concerns with at meetings.

I think this is fair comment, so I have been asking myself the questions, “what can we do? what would they like? and how do I find out?”

I guess my take on this in the past has been that the majority of our commercial membership shoot a mix of commercial, retail (Wedding and Portrait) and that the NZIPP is a good fit (as opposed to the AIPA who are hard out commercial) I do not have the stats to determine if these (resigning) commercial photographers are leaving the NZIPP and joining the AIPA, and if they are of mixed genre or purely commercial.

One of the institute’s strengths is support amongst peers and most of us embrace that well, and this I believe gives us an edge as an organization.

The adage “ask not what we can do for you but what you can do for us” can be modified to “ask not what we can do for you but what we can do for each other” This is a great “adage” for the NZIPP. Pretty well without exception those that resign do so without first voicing their concerns or reasons, and presumably feel not enough is being provided for them. OK let’s turn it around, why do any of us bother to run a (volunteer) organisation such as ours?

The answer to those that contribute is very simple “To Champion, embrace and communicate excellence and professionalism in photography”, (where have you seen that before) or put simply we want to see our industry survive and for those in it to be the best they can, but that’s not achievable unless there is unified spirit of support, one would hope that members pay their annual sub with this in mind rather than wanting the financial outlay to be matched entirely by benefits.

Getting back to the question of why are we losing commercial photographers, Craig suggested that we have a meeting to discuss this at conference in Rotorua, a great idea and I will keep you posted on that.

Talking of the conference nominations are open for Board positions, if you are interested get in there and get yourself nominated, the correct forms are on our website.

Terry Wreford Hann NZIPP Commercial Director

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Wedding Directors Report

Executive Updates

Being able to present a great consultation with prospective wedding clients will win you more clients and establish a winning relationship with them right from the outset.

What a wonderful opportunity at your fingertips, an hour or so with a captive audience to talk about their needs and what you can offer them to fulfil these.

Aim to grow the prospects vision of what their photography could be and educate them on the value you as a professional photographer bring. Ignite their senses - let them touch your products, make them a great coffee, wow them with beautiful photography and create a mood with music. Make them feel special.

Listen at least as much as you talk, however you still need to drive the consultation and keep it flowing. Be careful about the jargon you may be using (by that I mean the common place photography terms – depth of field, exposure, resolution, prime lenses), never assume everyone is technically savvy, and if they don’t know they may feel confused and not want to ask. Essentially most of the jargon are relating to features, and you just want to sell them on the benefits – that’s what they going to be interested in.

Creating trust is paramount, trust is an emotional response that people will establish depending on your body language, eye contact your wording and many other subtleties. It’s so important to be open and honest and try to ensure you have an answer for everything – if it’s early days for your business spend some time trying to think of every question you might get asked and come up with your answer for it so you don’t get caught out. Your samples should honestly depict what you will provide for the couple on their wedding day. Albums that are examples of past client complete weddings are far more fitting than “best of” albums or just showing award prints alone. Down the track when if they become your clients if you have represented your work honestly from the outset, you’ll have happy clients and then the referrals will come flooding in. Then on the flipside of that should you have represented yourself with work that is not typical of your shooting and production style then your success is likely to be short lived.

During an initial consult you have your first opportunity to sow the seed that they will probably want to spend more money over and above their core package. Without planting the idea of additional purchasing early on barriers are harder to break down. Careful use of positive terminology makes a big difference, for example “an opportunity to upgrade” is preferable to “you can buy more”. You don’t want to cap your earning potential with the clients, never assume what they will spend. Over the years sometimes it’s been those we’ve least expected with the highest of spends, we’ve seen clients start with a starting tier package and finish spending 4-5 times that figure. Create products they can’t live without, and make sure you tell them about everything you offer – don’t presume they know everything you offer if you haven’t told them – and ideally shown them.

Professionalism should always take precedence, and because wedding photography is so personal a little extra friendliness goes a long way to clicking with your prospects and have them secure their booking with you.

Katherine Williams NZIPP Wedding Director PRO REPORT Member Magazine of the NZIPP

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Honours Council Report

JUNE 2014

The countdown is now certainly on for this years annual Epson / Iris Professional Photography Awards. Hopefully entries are now firmly on people’s radar, though it’s not too late if your radar has been on the blink!!

This is a celebration of all NZ photography, and not just a NZIPP member event. If you know anyone who is a professional photographer, please encourage their participation.

Every year the NZIPP Honours Council try very hard to deliver the best possible award platform. This year is no different, and as always, we have tweaked our processes.

Despite how many times we may try and tell people, there will always be some folk who we just can’t seem to reach, and they miss out on crucial information. On behalf of Honours can I please stress that all entrants need to refer to the 2014 Call for Entry document as the definitive guide for a full outline of the entry process, rules and entry criteria. We have made changes for 2014, with the key points summarised on Page Two of the 2014 Call for Entry document.

Read it here: http://goo.gl/C75zn8 Crucially this year, our minimum print size has changed, and is now:

26 cm This is the minimum size of the visible print as viewed by the judges effectively the matt window.

(There is an exception noted for Polaroid prints). Please note, if your print is to include a border, then your matt window needs to be bigger again, with the visible print no less than 26cm.

To allow for matting, you will need a few extra mm’s when anchoring your print, so effectively you will need to print on paper stock no smaller than ~27cm. To be safe, you are best to print on an 8x12” sheet (or A4 if ink jet based media). 8x10” paper is likely to be problematic!

I know some people may be resistant to this change. Like most things there always are pro’s and cons. Please be assured that Honours has not made this change lightly. We have had record entries every year for the last three years, subsequently our judging timetable is bursting. We have restrictions on the affordability of hotel hire, and need to balance this with the commitment of so many volunteers. So Honours and the NZIPP Board we have to work smarter. A longer Awards period, or more judging rooms just isn’t an option for us.

A key way of getting through the volume of entries without compromising judging quality, is to overcome the necessity for judges to leave their seats for every print. It may only be 30 seconds per print that judges are up & walking, but over three days that adds up hugely. Note, judges can still get up and view prints - we haven’t taken that right away, just the expectation that has crept in that they need to for every print.

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Seating judges closer to bigger prints will hopefully avoid late sessions such as that experienced last year (in the wedding category especially). We trust entrants understand the change, and see the benefits this will bring.

Matt board size, while not as crucial, has also been adapted to now measure 40x50cm. This is a full conversion to metric, and despite only a slight change to measurements, does provide a crucial level of efficiency in the cutting of master matt sheets. This may have some cost benefit to you when purchasing, as you can now get 4 full award sized boards from one master sheet.

One of the biggest mistakes people can make, is to assume the ‘same old’, and just do what they have always done in previous years. It is virtually guaranteed this has the potential for grief. Honours want to be as proactive as we can in preventing issues before they arrive.

Kind Regards

Tony Stewart - FNZIPP On behalf of the Honours Council, including: Ollie Dale, Blair Quax, Tony Stewart and Esther Bunning.

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Infocus 2014 Conference Early Bird Registration closes on Friday 27 June.

Don’t miss out your chance to register at the Early Bird rate and save yourself $100.

NZIPP member registration is $445 per person.

It is your chance; to listen, learn and share knowledge with international and national speakers, see the latest products and services available, and catch up with those working in the same industry.

NZIPP members and non members welcome.

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Masterclasses Masterclasses are being held post conference on tuesday 05 August. this is your opportunity to have extensive learning time, with two individual speakers, dan o’day and Peter Eastway.

Masterclass #1 Philosophies of dan o’day

Masterclass #2 The finances of landscape photography

dan o’day

Peter eastway

9.00AM – 1.00PM, tuEsdAy 05 August

2.00 – 6.00PM, tuEsdAy 05 August

• Mindset of shooting

what do you need to do to make a living out of

• Communicating with clients

landscape photography?

• live shoot

Peter Eastway will run through the essential skills and

• Breaking rules

equipment needed for making high quality landscape photographs, plus explain the numbers behind the

• Workflow (from ingesting files, through to final output)

businesses - fine art prints, book publishing and stock

• Processing

Can you make it work? Is it what you really want to do?

• general chit chat about anything anyone

Come along and find out!

wants to generally chit chat about…..

Masterclasses will be held at the Millennium hotel. $145 PEr PErson, For onE MAstErClAss or $245 PEr PErson, to AttEnd Both MAstErClAssEs. tickets Masterclass tickets may be purchased via the Infocus registration process. Please note, there are a limited number of tickets available for these Masterclasses.

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Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards

Infocus Conference

31 July – 02 auguSt

the premier professional photography conference, which includes two days of international and local speakers, industry exhibition, practical workshops, iris awards gallery, social functions, masterclasses and gala awards dinner.

the annual iris awards celebrate the creative excellence of professional photographers in new Zealand. this is your best opportunity in 2014 to gain wide spread exposure by becoming an award-winning photographer.

Entry is open to all professional photographers, with judging held in an open forum over three days.

03 – 04 auguSt

Public Open Afternoon 1.00 - 5.00Pm Saturday 02 auguSt

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Sponsors new Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers would like to extend their gratitude to the following organisations for their generous contributions to Infocus 2014: Principal sponsor

gold sponsors

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NZIPP News New Members mbers.....

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Q Submission Dates 2014 For those who aren’t qualified yet it’s time to start planning for your Q submissions in 2014. Once successful your member profile will appear in the Find a Photographer function on the NZIPP website, and you’ll be able to work towards NZIPP Accreditation.

Q submission dates for 2014 are...

July 1st, 2014 November 4th, 2014 For more info see the Q Programme under Quick Links on the NZIPP website.

AGM Timeline 2014 Monday 2 June 2014 – Notice of Meeting sent out to all Members.

Monday 23 June 2014 – Close for Board Nominations, Remits, Notices of Motion.

Wednesday 2 July 2014 – NZIPP Coordinator to circulate NZIPP Board Nominations, Remits, Notices of Motion to Regional Chairs and Regional Secretaries. NB: Regional Meetings to discuss & vote on nominations should be scheduled AFTER this date.

Friday 25 July 2014 – Regions to advise NZIPP Coordinator of their Regional Delegates names. Additional Agenda Items and Board & Regional Chair Reports to also be forwarded for inclusion in the final Agenda, to be circulated to the Board, Regional Chairs and Regional Secretaries prior to the AGM. Regional Reports to include reporting on annual financial accounts.

Friday 1 August 2014 – AGM (Friday of Infocus).

Held at the Energy Events Centre, Rotorua at 7.00pm - room to be advised

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IRIS PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2009 - 2013 BOOKS

Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards 2012

Iris Award books are produced annually by the NZIPP from the award winning entries submitted every year. The books showcase all the major award winners, as well as all the Gold, Silver, and Bronze winning images from each year. The books have been published in conjunction with BLURB and ISSUU and are available in three different formats: •

hardcopy/print - available via Blurb’s print on demand service. The book is a 20 X 25cm landscape format, with a hardcover & dust jacket, printed on Premium Lustre finish paper. Each book can be purchased via Blurb’s print on demand service. Prices vary depending on the book size.

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eBook on iPad - available via Blurb’s ebook service for downloading to an iPad. eBook’s can be purchased for $24.99 USD via Blurb’s eBook download service.

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online book/magazine - a low resolution version is available to view online for free via Issuu’s digital publishing platform .

Jackie Ranken - NZ Photographer of the Year 2012

Principal Sponsor

Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards 2009

Paul Gummer - NZ Photographer of the Year 2009

Go to the NZIPP website (www.nzipp.org.nz, and click on the Iris Awards tab followed by Iris Awards Books) for more information and download links for each of the three options.

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NZIPP News WWII War Veterans Project Update What a fantastic job participating members and their assistants have done, and are still doing, on this project. I have only seen a small slice of the results and they are outstanding.

You will all be aware of the monumental effort that Anthony McKee has put into making this project a reality and we owe him a huge vote of thanks.

Anthony has finished his part in the project and the next phase of project coordination has fallen into my lap.

So where are we at?

There is still a bit of a mop up going on by various members, but it’s time to start reeling in all those beautiful portraits you have sitting on your hard drives.

Our goal is to present the collection to the NZRSA at our awards dinner in August. However, before then we will be presenting every veteran with a presentation print (with a big thanks to our sponsors, Queensberry for the printing, and Seldex for the presentation folders).

The presentation print will be accompanied with a personalised letter from NZIPP and on behalf of the photographer wishing them well and advising them of how they can order further copies, should they wish to. As you can imagine this is going to take a fair amount of coordination. We have a plan in place to achieve our goals but need your help in getting there.

The following are the 2014 deadlines we must meet to achieve these goals: •

Thursday 3rd July - last day for photographing WWII veterans

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Friday 11th July - last day for uploading digital files to your drop box.

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Wednesday 23rd July - NZIPP workgroup to coordinate the mail out of presentation prints to all the regional RSA’s

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Monday 4th August - presentation of all portraits to the NZRSA, at our awards dinner.

Participating members will have received an email detailing how to submit their files. If you did not receive this information please email web@nzipp. org.nz and we will send it out to you. If you have any techical questions on sending your veterans photos in, please email Stephen Goodenough who is handling the project post production. his email is info@stephengoodenough. co.nz.

If we all follow through on this we will have achieved a wonderful thing. When you have the opportunity to look at this collection on mass in the future you will realise, when your heart does a little flop like mine did when I look at the small collection I have seen, what a great achievement this has been. Well done all of you. More info very soon …

Terry Wreford Hann NZIPP Commercial Director

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02 NZIPP AGM 2014 - Notice of Meeting 03 Otago/Southland Regional AGM & Meeting with Tony Stewart 03 Canterbury/Westland Q Workshop - Contact Katherine WIlliams for more info 10 Waikato/BOP Regional Meeting - PechaKucha 11 Auckland/Northland Regional Meeting & Mock Print Judging 11 Nelson/Marlborough Region - Q Workshop 11 Nelson/Marlborough Region - NZIPP Presentation 16 Southern Sub Branch Meeting 23 NZIPP AGM 2014 - Close for Board Nominations, Remits & Notices

July 2014

01 Q Submission - Closing Date 02 Auckland/Northland Regional Meeting - Chris Mclennan + Meet the Neighbours 02 NZIPP AGM 2014 - Distribution of Board Nominations, Remits & Notices 25 NZIPP AGM 2014 - Notification of Reg. Delegates, Agenda Items & Board/Regional Rpts 31-02 Epson/NZIPP iris Awards 2014 - Rotorua

August 2014

01 NZIPP AGM 2014 - Rotorua 03-05 Infocus 2014 - Rotorua 11 Southern Sub Branch 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.

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Regional Updates Upcoming Meeting…

Auckland/Northland Regional Meeting - Mock Judging Night & Topic Rentals Venue: Squid Row, 224 Symonds St, Auckland Date: June 11th, 2014 Time: 5:15pm Dinner & Drinks 7pm - Meeting - Level 2 Digital and print submissions accepted Members: $10 Non-members $20.00

Auckland/Northland Region Over the last few months we have been looking at ways of strengthening the Auckland region both in terms of meeting attendance and participation, as well as looking at increasing membership across the region. As a region we now have a few new initiatives in place, for example pre meeting dinner and drinks, a small door charge and additional meetings and events over and above our regular monthly meetings. With the extra revenue that this will generate we will be able to look outside our region to bring in guest speakers as well as having presenters from other industries. Not only will this strengthen the Auckland region, it also brings us in line with what other regions are doing.

So here are some of the things we have coming up: June - Iris Awards exhibition (Vero Centre, Shortland St Auckland City) June 3 – Festival Tuesday Auckland Festival of Photography walk June 11 – Iris Awards mock judging night July 2 – Chris McLennan + Meet the Neighbours

Cheers,

Gino Demeer Auckland/Northland - Regional Chairperson

Ian Poole - Visual Literacy Seminar - Auckland

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Upcoming Meetings…

Waikato/BOP Regional Meeting PechaKucha Evening Date: June 10th, 2014 Time: TBC Venue: TBC, Tauranga

Regional Updates

Waikato/BOP Region Waikato BOP regional meeting was held in Rotorua this month. Our meeting was a kick start for Iris Awards (which is creeping up pretty quick!). It was our pleasure to host Sean Dick from Auckland’s “Evoke studio”. Sean covered everything you need to know about the print process.

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How big can a print be?

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Checking size in Photoshop and resizing without losing data.

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16bit or 8bit? Why use one or the other.

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Looking at sample papers. Which ones to use?

Thanks Sean for your time & expertise, ……… let the Games Begin!

We are still making progress with the Anzac / RSA project, with many members visiting rest homes, RSA’s or private homes. We have planned an open day for the 7th June at Bob Tulloch’s Studio – Mt Maunganui & may also set up again in Tauranga RSA. The Touring Exhibition was received well at Tauranga Airport, it will be back down in the BOP at Rotorua Airport for the Build up to Iris / Infocus.

Our next meeting will be back in Tauranga – June 10th PechaKucha time again! This is a great way to introduce our members to each other & get over some of those public speaking fears.

“Pechakucha” 20 x 20 (20 slides up for 20 seconds each) Which equals a presentation of just over 6 minutes per person.

PechaKucha Nights are informal and fun gatherings where creative people get together and share their ideas, works, thoughts and images.

PechaKucha presentations are the ones that uncover the unexpected. They tell great stories about a project or a trip. Some are incredibly personal, some are incredibly funny, but all are very different.

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Regional Updates Canterbury/Westland Region In the project handbook for the RSA Veterans Portrait Project I recall reading to get the subject of your portrait to look knowingly into the camera. I have normally been able to catch a few images like that, but the majority of the time my subjects have been smiling, laughing, and sometimes been acting just down right cheeky! (I photographed another group of veterans in Christchurch yesterday at the Papanui RSA. It was down the road from my 74 year old Grandmothers house, so I had her meet me there to watch me take some photos and then have lunch. Have you ever seen 90+ year olds flirt with a 74 year old?!? It’s very weird! Anyway ...)

These veterans that we are capturing at the moment are a humble lot. Most of the phone calls or emails that I receive about the project are from people requesting that a member of their family be photographed. It’s not very often I hear directly from a veteran. The majority of the veterans that I have photographed for the project have been photographed in their own homes or the home of a fellow veteran. All of them have been very trusting and have welcomed me into their homes without question. Some have been extremely accommodating, feeding me tea and chocolate biscuits too!

While capturing their Veteran Portrait, I have taken the opportunity to photograph any veterans with their partners or any other family members as well, if they are about. For the huge sacrifice that these men and women made in order for us to enjoy the freedoms that we do today, taking part in this project and giving something back is the least that I can do. I have found this project to be really enjoyable. It has also forced a bit of perspective on me. ANZAC day has always meant a lot to me, however it will now always mean a lot more.

I have learnt so much from these veterans. Listening to their stories of the war has helped me to understand a lot, including my grandfather who I never had the chance to meet. I listened to them tell me stories about the war, about returning home, but by far most of the stories have been of life since then. Tales of more public service outside of the armed services, raising a family, getting back into work after returning from the war, remembrance tree planting ceremonies, school committees, community fundraising, attending years of dawn services, having grandchildren, retiring, learning how to use a computer, growing an amazing vegetable garden, and in general absolutely living each day to its fullest and relishing everything that they fought for.

By photographing these veterans we are showing them that we know how important they are and that we don’t ever want to forget them.

Meanwhile in Christchurch on the 17th of May, Richard Linton opened his studio for veterans to drop in and get their portrait taken. The team managed to power through 72 veterans in three hours, which is saying something considering that the average age on the day was 96 years old!

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Many thanks to Richard Linton for the use of his studio, Janine Ross-Johnston and Paul Willyams for stepping up and helping out, Kate Christie for some awesome organising, Maria Buhrkuhl who was chief crowd controller and Heather Richardson who was in charge of sweet talking and cheek kissing which got the veterans eyes sparkling.

A big thank you needs to go out to all of the Christchurch members who have taken part in capturing these portraits. With such a huge geographic area to cover there has been a fair bit of tiki-touring around the countryside going on. With emails and phones calls still trickling in I am sure that there are still a few kilometres to cover yet. Keep up the good work people!

May’s Canterbury Westland meeting was a priceless meeting for anyone who wants to call themselves a professional photographer. We were very lucky to have with us guest speaker Belinda Canton to discuss and demystify the scary world of, (cue Jaws theme music) ACCOUNTING! Belinda is an accountant at Moore Stephens Markhams who are the NZIPP national accountants. Belinda discussed with us what makes us professionals, the skills and standards that that implies we have. What is expected of you by your accountant and what you should expect from your own. The harsh realities that come with running a business and the importance of using an accountant and utilising their skills. This meeting was again well attended, including quite a few students from both the Christchurch and the Aoraki polytechnic.

Next months meeting is our regional print judging event in perpetration for the Iris awards. This year is moving very fast, so hold on everyone and enjoy the ride.

Rebecca Watson Canterbury/Westland - Regional Secretary

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Regional Updates Upcoming Meetings…

Otago/Southland Regional AGM & Meeting with Speaker Tony Stewart Venue: The Front Room, Fluid Design,10 Memorial Street Queenstown.

Date: June 3rd, 2014 - 5:30pm RSVP by 1st June to photography@ emilyadamson.com

Otago/Southland Sub Region Meeting Venue: TBC, Invercargill.

Date: June 16th, 2014 Email megan@mgphoto.co.nz for details.

Fortnightly Dunedin coffee meetings are still going ahead regularly please contact Alan: alan@ dovephotography.co.nz for details.

Otago/Southland Region Those in Otago Southland who attended the Southland Catlins trip away are still buzzing after having a very inspiring, positive trip.

Thanks to Rochelle Dillon for putting it all together, and all those who gave their time and shared their expertise.

Rochelle gave this report of the trip: “The Southern Sub Branch overnighter to the River Ridge Retreat in the Catlins was a great success. We had 12 photographers attend and from the moment we arrived the place was alive with discussions of all things photography. We talked about pricing and products before heading off to the beach to photograph a bride and groom. It was freezing but our models were amazing. As the sun was setting we packed up and headed to another spot where the focus was on off camera lighting. After dinner we had a play with some fireworks and sparklers before more wine and chatter into the early hours.

The openness and sharing from all those who came was amazing. I think we all left refreshed after a long summer of hard work and this is definitely something we will look to do again.”

Some pics attached from Rochelle Dillon, Jackie Gay and Rachael Kelly and Shelley Povey.

Our May meeting was a small gathering held in Queenstown and was an image critique night, where members shared images and lots of laughs. Mike Langford gave a report on the good media coverage that the Veterans Portrait Project received and once again gave thanks to all those who have been involved. Members are continuing to volunteer and we are working on a plan to complete the portraits, including sending out another press release to let Veterans and their families know the end date of the project, so that if they are not active members of an RSA they may still hear about it and make contact.

Jackie Gay had some colourful stories from her Anzac day Portrait shoot as well as sharing a problem with Veterans who wore glasses.

Coming up in June We are holding our AGM on the 3rd in Queenstown, where we are looking for nominations to fill a number of rolls in the region. The AGM will be followed by much anticipated guest speaker Tony Stewart www.photoshots. co.nz giving his presentation “Copyright and Those Funny Forms - I’m More Than Just A Bit Confused!”

Where: The Front Room, Fluid Design.

10 Memorial Street Queenstown.

When: AGM begins at 5.30-6.30

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Following the AGM is Guest speaker Tony Stewart from 6.30.

Please RSVP to photography@emilyadamson.com for both events and with any suggestions, nominations or questions by 1st June.

Iris print judging is fast approaching and we are very lucky to have Jackie Ranken offering a workshop day to prepare! Take advantage of her expertise and experience with image selection, printing and matting on Wednesday 11th June.

Please contact Jackie on jackieranken@xtra.co.nz for pricing, information and to book in! Space and time is limited!

Also in June, we have the Southland Meeting in Invercargill on the 16th June.

Please email megan@mgphoto.co.nz for details.

Don’t forget to like our fb page to stay up to date: https://www.facebook. com/nzippos Fortnightly Dunedin coffee meetings are still going ahead regularly please contact Alan: alan@dovephotography.co.nz for details.

Thanks very much!!!!!!!!

Emily Adamson Otago/Southland - Regional Co Chairperson

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Industry News

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Industry News Loyalty Schemes - Unitended GST Consequences Over the past few years there has been a rapid increase in voucher/gift card schemes based on “reward points” or similar. Unfortunately all too often such schemes are not properly thought through prior to their implementation.

The GST rules regarding vouchers are not perfect – in fact the term voucher is not even defined.

This leads to questions as to whether discount coupons or even “loyalty points” are within the scope of the voucher rules in place. With such uncertainty regarding these rules coupled with little to no case law in New Zealand it is best advised to proceed with caution when considering implementing such a scheme.

At the heart of the problem is the fact that vouchers usually involve two supplies; one on issue and another on redemption. The existing rules are designed to eliminate one of these two supplies. This also means that if you don’t fit into the existing rules there is plenty of room for double taxation to occur.

Let’s look at a simple example – a business gives away a “voucher” which entitles the bearer to a discount off the price of goods. Because it was issued for “no consideration” the current rules do not apply. So the question arises – does the retailer have to account for GST on the “net of discount” cash received after the voucher is redeemed or is the voucher itself non-monetary consideration meaning that GST must be accounted for on the full “prediscount” price of the goods purchased? This is the type of scenario where an unintended adverse GST outcome could arise.

Loyalty schemes are generally the accumulation of “points” where once a stipulated number have accrued the customer becomes entitled to goods or services of a defined value. At the time the points are redeemed, the question arises whether those points are deemed “consideration” for the goods and services purchased. If this is the case, there will be a GST liability but no cash received to fund the liability.

The Inland Revenue has taken a view that “loyalty points” in certain cases can be “vouchers” under the voucher rules.

There are a number of issues to consider when looking at implementing any form of loyalty scheme – the message to remember is to think carefully before adopting any such scheme to ensure that the GST impacts are properly considered when assessing the cost of such a scheme to the business.

Belinda Canton Director - Moore Stephens Markhams Christchurch Ltd

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Photography Masters Cup Honours Photographer Nick Servian From New Zealand LOS ANGELES 5/20/2014 Professional photographer Nick Servian of New Zealand was presented with five 7th Annual Photography Masters Cup Nominee titles in the categories of Architecture, Fine Art, People & Silhouette at a prestigious Nomination & Winners Photoshow webcast Saturday, May 3, 2014.

The live online gala was attended by photography fans around the globe who logged on to see the climax of the industry's most important event for color photography.

7th Annual Jury members included captains of the industry from Contrasto, Rome; Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam; Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal; Barbara Frigerio Contemporary Art, Milan; Clair Galerie, Munich; & Ingrid Deuss Gallery, Belgium who honored Color Masters with 274 coveted title awards in 18 categories.

"It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 7,416 entries we received this year," said Basil O'Brien, the awards Creative Director.

"Nick Servian's exceptional images entered in the Architecture, Fine Art, People & Silhouette categories, represent contemporary color photography at its finest, & we're pleased to present him with the title of Nominee."

INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS, PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP is the leading international award honoring excellence in color photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and amateur photographers worldwide and honors the finest images with the highest achievements in color photography. http://www.thecolorawards.com/gallery Congraulations also goes to the following NZIPP members who also achieved Nominee Titles or higher at the 7th Annual Photographer Masters Cup: •

Adrian Barrett - 1 Nominee Title

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Martin Bentey Smith - 1 Nominee Title

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Esther Bunning - 3 Nominee Titles

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Jo Elliott - 2 Nominee Titles

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Fredrik Larsen - 2 Nominee Titles

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Mandi Lynn - 3 Nominee Titles

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Tracey Robinson - 3 Nominee Titles & 1 Honorable Mention

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Jan Maree Vodanovich - 2 Nominee Titles & 1 Honorable Mention& 1 Honorable Mention

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Richard Wood - 1 Nominee Title

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Andy Woods - 1 Nominee Title

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Corporate Members

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

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