NZIPP Pro Report - Nov 2011

MEMBER MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2011 / V.19

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Executive Updates 04

Presidents Report

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Honours Council Report

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Portrait Directors Report

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Wedding Directors Report

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Commercial Directors Report

Ilford Diary 10

Diary Dates for 2011

NZIPP News Cover Images: © Miho Tsumakura - ANZIPP Creative Category - Silver Distinction Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards 2011

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Welcome to New Members

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Q Submission Dates

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Q Submission Criteria

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NZIPP on Facebook

Infocus 2012 12

Infocus 2012

Regional Updates

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Auckland/Northland Region

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Waikato/BOP Region

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Wellington Region

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Canterbury/Westland Region

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Contents Member Profiles 18

Stephen Goodenough

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Rachel Callander

The Missing Links 22

Malcolm Somerville

Education 23

Photoshop Masterclass

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Epson Digital Print Workshops

NEWSFLASH

Photo Competitions 26

Black & White Spider Awards

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Sony World Photography Awards

Industry News 28

Can you Photograph the Police?

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Photography in NZ

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For Sale

Corporate Members 29

Thanks to our Corporate Members

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Executive Updates

Presidents Report

NOVEMBER 2011

Last month we had the first Board meeting with me at the helm and it looks like we are heading into the future well armed. The board is unified, experienced, and excited about the tasks ahead.

The day following this meeting we held a Strategic Planning meeting in Christchurch, involving the whole of the Board, the NZIPP employees as well as the immediate past President. The idea of this meeting was to ensure that we are all on the same page as to the future direction of the institute and it’s members.

The meeting was facilitated by Adrian De la Fuente (who in his past life was a Professional Strategic planner for major companies and organisations, but now runs a very successful photographic business and is a member of the Institute) – thank you Adrian for your generosity in running this for us. It is immensely appreciated!

The outcome of that long day was that we have now identified our longterm goals and the strategies by which to achieve these. Our first and most important goal is to serve our membership and to help them succeed in their future as professional Photographers.

We confirmed that our soon to be introduced CPD programme ( Continuing Professional Development Programme) is a step in the right direction to ensure that our members are truly professional and current. By having this underpin our NZIPP brand we are then able to sell that brand to the buyers as well as sellers of photography. We plan to support this by introducing mentoring programmes as well as more educational programmes. Some of these will be via online services such as through our web site, forums, Facebook and Twitter, others through workshops and seminars.

It is our aim to return to the base level of the organisation, and reinvigorate the smaller regions as well as stimulate the larger ones.

We need to nurture the photographic family that we represent, and give the community at large a brand that is truly respected and professional – The New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography.

Mike Langford - Hon F, FNZIPP, Hon F, MAIPP NZIPP President

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Honours Council Report

The value of the Iris Professional Photography Awards for you and your business.

Winning isn’t everything, but the will to win is everything. – Vince Lombardi “What is it that motivates people to enter (photographic) competitions?”

“How can I benefit from the Iris Awards?”

The answer to these questions will be different for everyone, however, as professional photographers, we have an obligation to ourselves and our clients to continually strive to improve ourselves, and to keep pushing the bar of professional photographic standards. There are a plethora of photographers throughout history that illustrate these concepts and are the very things that the Iris Professional Photography Awards are founded on.

So, to provide a few answers to those questions, the following are some of the benefits that can be gained from entering the Awards: •

The Awards are an avenue that allow you to test yourself by pushing your creativity

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They are a platform to push photographic boundaries, interpretation and understanding

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They are contributing to the changing face of photography

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They are a forum that promotes excellence within the professional photographic industry

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They enable you to challenge yourself (the best competition is with yourself)

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They provide you with goals to work towards, and take you outside your day-to-day business

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Provide an opportunity to continuously strive to raise your own standards

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Provide an aid to gaining motivation, continued improvement and learning opportunities that you can feed into your everyday work

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They are a platform to benchmark your work with other professionals

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A forum from which you can receive feedback on your work from fellow professionals

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From next year, it will be a great way to earn points for the NZIPP Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme

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They provide promotional opportunities for your business

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Lastly, they can be fun!

Members and non-members, I encourage you – Give it a go! If you don’t, you’ll never know how it feels when one of your prints receives a Bronze or Silver, or heaven forbid a Gold. It is exciting, heart pounding, nerve-wracking, mind numbing, emotional and humbling, all at once. For me, it is also an incredible honour being at the awards and seeing the emotions; the tears (of joy), hugs, and the hard to contain excitement as people receive awards for their work. Later you can live it all again through the jubilation of family, friends and clients who will also be proud of your success.

What’s wrong with striving for, celebrating and being proud of such achievement?

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Executive Updates

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In any one year I know that not everyone will walk away with an award, and it is disappointing when you don’t do as well as you would like. But it’s not all about the winning, and in many ways, it is the desire and attempt to win that is more important (I refer to Lombardi’s quote at the top of the article).

If you aren’t fortunate enough to win, use it as part of an ongoing learning experience. Find out what is needed to lift your images to award standard, by networking with other photographers to continually learn and improve, and make contact with your Regional Chair and enquire about opportunities to get feedback on your work. If we don’t know where we are going wrong, how can we improve and lift our own photographic standards.

I would like to issue a challenge to you all to at least give it a go, even if it is one print. Support the future of photography, through creativity and innovation. Use it as a platform for learning and growing.

Make a move to getting the full value from the Iris Awards for you and your business.

The time to start planning is NOW! As always your responses and comments are welcome: k.davis@ucol.ac.nz On behalf of the Honours Council, including: Malcolm Somerville, Ollie Dale, Blair Quax and Tony Stewart.

Kind Regards

Kaye Davis - FNZIPP, MCGD Chairperson of the NZIPP Honours Council

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Portrait Directors Report

Got a call from mates at 10.30pm the Friday night before the finals to join them on the skids. I live out in the country, but thought what the hell, had a quick shower, and passed my wife shaking her head as I rocketed out the door. “It’s your body“ I could hear her say. Damn right, and sometimes I just don’t give a rats arse because now and then it’s just good to be bad!!

I didn’t get home till 4.30am and had a great time meeting and chatting to all and sundry from all over the world. Tell you what we might be Jaffas, but when that waterfront goes off it’s awesome. The more off my face I got the more cameras I took off people who would be missing from their group shots. What a buzz when they see a shot of themselves that has the edge we provide. My mates razzing me from the resulting kaleidoscope of lipstick on my cheeks at the end of it all!

Thank God we won the bloody thing, it sure makes up for when I was at the Millennium stadium in Wales last time, watching in disbelief at our demise.

Don’t know about you guys, but I am kind of emotionally drained by the whole thing (bit of a nutter really). It is time to get back into it, no distractions, and cut some of the supposed hay in the afterglow. With the election virtually a guaranteed result, stability exists, the interest rates look likely to stay low for a while and the sun is coming out. The moons could be lining up for those proactive ones to make some good wedge before Christmas.

Remember, to find your people, go where they go. Have a courage pill and introduce your fine self to those they buy from. A phone call, a meeting and hey presto you have a screened database of people you know are more likely to spend. To be honest I always feel nervous before any of these initial contacts, but they nearly always end well. These “ bosses “ are just people like you and me and are always open to a genuine approach. It is quite a lag time between them saying yes and the system taking effect for the numbers to start coming through, so don’t stuff around.

As the Pres has mentioned in his report your management team is on fire and determined to make the future for you the brightest it can be. Start to look at yourselves and think about what you can offer others no matter how big or small. We are all in this together. At the end of a long viewing day now and I’m stuffed. That’s one party over, so let’s look forward to the one you deserve next, for the good numbers you will generate in the coming couple of months.

Russell Hamlet NZIPP Portrait Director

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Wedding Directors Report

NOVEMBER 2011

Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow!

Some lovely person emails you because they’re getting married and they’re looking for a photographer. They like you and they want to book…awesome right? Send an invoice for the deposit and do the booking dance…or maybe not? Email scams are the yellow snow on the pristine white ski slopes of wedding photography…and everyone knows you shouldn’t eat the yellow snow.

The scam works like this…they send you a credit card payment but they send you extra because they’re asking you a small favour; could you please forward on the extra to their florist and their venue (or whatever), bank account details provided. So you get the payment, forward the dollars to the other accounts (really they’re the scammer’s accounts) and then they reverse the original credit card payment. You’re left out of pocket and you just made a scammer very happy.

Some warning signs that might help you spot the yellow snow of email scams: •

They can’t meet with you or even phone because they’re overseas or hearing impaired or something

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Their English is not fantastic

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They want to book but haven’t mentioned a date or a venue or even which part of the country the supposed wedding is happening in

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They ask very early on whether you take credit cards as payment

These scams do the rounds, lately there have been a couple that it seems everyone got; one from ‘Mark Pil’ and another from ‘Hope Faith’. It’s been great to see everyone making use of the NZIPP Facebook page to ‘out’ these guys and warn other photographers.

In the meantime think of it as a sign, kind of like “you know you’re a real pro when…” And for goodness sake don’t be tempted to lick the yellow snow!

Nicola Inglis NZIPP Wedding Director

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Commercial Directors Report

The War is Over.

Several wars actually. The war on terror…Osama is no more, the civil war in Libya…they have captured and killed Gaddafi, the AB’s war on the Webb Ellis Cup…over after 24 years!

Back in Photoland Canon has been first to blink and just released their next generation professional camera and contrary to most online rumours they haven’t gone down the traditional “mines bigger than yours” megapixel race. Is that war over?

A bit of history. Back in August 2007, we were at the home-away-from-home for the All Blacks, the Heritage Hotel in Auckland. It was Infocus and Nikon announced the D3. At the time it was a technological marvel. An all new full frame 12 megapixel (MP) camera (compared to the 4 & 12MP models with 1.5 crop factor of the D2 series) and featured an eye-watering sensitivity of 25 600 ISO. Canon had in February that year announced the EOS-1D Mark III. It featured only 10 MP and a top ISO of “just” 6400 ISO. Fast forward to 2011 and both manufactures offer two options in their pro models, one designed for high-speed, one for resolution. Nikon have the D3s/D3x at 12/24MP respectively, and the Canon the EOS-1D Mark IV/EOS1Ds Mark III at 16MP/21MP respectively. Everyone has been expecting new models, the current ones were all close to end-of-life (EOL) status and the geeks and gear-heads were all talking about how many megapixels the replacement models would be. Popular rumours were in the 32-36MP range.

Two weeks ago Canon released their answer, complete with an unsurprising 6 month lead-time until you can ACTUALLY get one! Canon-ites were thrilled (just like AB fans winning the final), but just like AB’s fans when the initial thrill was over they have started to question the outcome. The thing that most Canon punters didn’t count on was a single camera to replace BOTH both previous models AND that the megapixel count on the top-of-the-line model for the first time ever has decreased!

So why care? Simply put - you don’t need all those pixels. Example, my wife’s car can do 250km/h (computer limited). Have I driven it that fast? Hell no, I only got to 225 before a corner got in the way. What’s the point in having all those pixels under the hood if you don’t use them? Men have a word for this, but as this is a family show, I’ll leaving you guessing.

It’s not about how big it is, but how you use it. For image sensors that means pixel pitch (the size of each actual pixel for the technophobes). If you have a full-frame 24x36mm sensor with 6MP, each pixel is 4 times larger than the same physical sized sensor with 24MP. If you can’t do the math, most schools offer night classes. As a general rule bigger pixels (not more pixels) result in more light gathering potential and less noise (think of noise as digital grain for you who know film), less noise allows the smarts in the camera to provide higher top ISO. Unless you are a regular producer of huge images, an 18MP camera with around 3500x5250 pixels gives a 300dpi output that’s about 30x45cm.

Honestly, how often are you producing output larger than this? I personally output 98% of the images I shoot at 6MP, regardless of the camera used to shoot the image. More pixels=more memory=more time=more money.

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Back in the digital camera dark ages, which was during the first Gulf War (the sequel wasn’t nearly as good), I had a couple of Kodak DCS 520 cameras with a whopping 1.8MP each. Back then you didn’t get a choice. If you wanted single capture, 1.8MP was it. Amazingly a number of large uses were made from these images even up to billboard size. I don’t suggest we downsize to this level but maybe the megapixel war is finally over?

Whatever the future holds I can’t stop hearing the words of Rochelle Mora, Canon’s Brand Manger, ringing in my ear, “I can neither confirm nor speculate on future product”. It will be interesting to see what Nikon do. My crystal ball gazing says we’ll see a D4 in the New Year at 16-18MP, followed by a D800 at around 24MP and a D4x at 32-36MP late 2012. I bet the only reason they haven’t already made an announcement is due to the massive production disruptions following the Japan earthquake and the recent Thailand floods.

Back to work now, so I can afford my new EOS-1D X. The good news is I’ve got 6 months to find the money!

Richard Linton NZIPP Commercial Director

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Epson Seminar - Wellington

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NZIPP Q Assessment Closing Date

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Tonic - Auckland

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Canty/Westland Regional Meeting

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NZIPP News Q Submission Dates For those who aren’t qualified yet be in quick for the last Q submission for 2011. 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.

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Mark the last 2011 Q submission date in your diaries & start planning now!

Wednesday 15 November 2011 For more info see the Q Programme Details under Quick Links on the NZIPP website.

Changes to NZIPP Q Submission Criteria In order to bring the current NZIPP Q submission criteria into line with the impending rollout of the NZIPP Continuing Professional Development program, there are two changes to the Q Submission requirements which will be effective from the 15th November 2011 submission date.

For all Portrait and Commercial submissions the requirement is now for 10 of the 12 images submitted to be judged to be of a professional standard (previously it was 9 images).

For all Wedding submissions the requirement is now for two albums to be submitted. The new wedding requirement is for a digital version of a second album (different wedding) to be supplied on disc, in addition to the printed album that was previously required.

Please refer to the NZIPP Website Q Programme for full details on the Q submission requirements.

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Infocus 2012

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Infocus 2012 Diary INFOCUS 2012 now!

20 – 22 September 2012: Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards 23 – 24 September 2012: Infocus Conference and Industry Exhibition Kindly sponsored by:

Principal Sponsor To be held at The Chateau on the Park, Christchurch

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Regional Updates

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Regional Updates Auckland/Northland Region An Evening With.......

Our October meeting was an evening with three of our Qualified Auckland members who presented their work & gave us an insight into who they are as photographers.

Auckland Regional Meeting

by Jocelyn Visser

First up was Jan Maree Vodanovich. Jan Maree has scooped a number of awards this year, including four silver awards at Iris Awards, & the ‘Best Overall Image’ at the North Shore Salon. She shared how her experience as an artist has helped ignite her passion for photography. Photography is now her main creative outlet & she shared her beautiful award winning images along with some from her personal collection.

Next up was recently qualified (Commercial Q) photographer, Rory Laubscher, who told us how he went from life as a doctor in the South African army (where he was the personal doctor to Nelson Mandela at one stage) to being a photographer. He currently still practices as a doctor while running his photography business. Rory enjoys experimenting with off camera flashes & shared some of his images & knowledge in that area.

Ollie Dale (we all know who Ollie is) had an amazing opportunity to shoot at the Rugby World Cup. He shared his favourite images & highlights from the events. It was very much a family affair as both his father and brother in law were all working there at the same time.

It was great to see Michelle from Queensberry who showed off some of their gorgeous new products. Thank you to all of our wonderful speakers and to the folks at Topic Rentals who hosted the evening.

Q Workshop A big thank you to Nicola Inglis who hosted the Auckland Q Workshop along with Lisa Crandall, Russell Hamlet & Chris Traill. A very helpful & informative evening for our potential Q members.

Tonic This year we have two of Australasia’s leading photographers presenting, David Oliver & Johannes van Kan at the one-day seminar. This is our November meeting & all members are encouraged to attend.

When: November 15th 8:30 to 4:40 Where: Jubilee Hall, 545 Parnell Road, Parnell Johannes will discuss: •

Working in the face of adversity

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An important lesson on wine tasting

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10 great ideas I wish I had applied to my business but never got around to

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The ugly truth about Brides

Images © Rory Laubscher

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Regional Updates Auckland/Northland Region Continued....

David is an Epson ambassador and will talk to us about: •

Life after wedding photography

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Printing Fine Art

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The classic portrait taken on location

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Quirky landscapes

Special thanks to our sponsor Epson, represented by Aarque Graphics.

Please see our Facebook page for more details http://www.facebook.com/ NZIPP.AKL

Waikato/BOP Region The photo below shows the work of Peter Bush, Hon Fellow of the NZIPP. Through a NZ choreographer based in Australia they have duplicated his brilliant rugby photographs with ballet shots by Ian Hitchcock (seen in the photo) a Townsville photographer. This exhibition is part of the Tauranga Festival of Arts

Image by Bob Tulloch

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Wellington Region 25 October, WPS - Wellington Photographic Supplies.

Rob Lile - Photo New Zealand presents

On top of all the other events & sporting occasions & school holidays & Labour Weekend, Wellington had a big night out to look over new income streams & to examine pricing. Particularly as the post RWC economy is reshaped by world events, elections & a lot of “unknown unknowns”..... a number of extra visitors including Christchurch based Ivan Mclellan & his wife. Ivan generously gave out copies of his history of the NZIPP to the audience.

Shooting Stock As An Income Stream....

Rob Lile, managing director of Photo New Zealand, started the company in 2000 & has since created the country’s most respected stock photography library based in Christchurch. Specialising in “quality Kiwi imagery the library has an impressive line up of contributing photographers, & continues to flourish while other stock houses have struggled.

Wellington Regional meeting attendees

Rob presented an industry overview.... & it’s not good, but Photo New Zealand had outperformed the industry & year to date was ahead of last year by 20%.

He pointed out the factors that really drove success among his contributing photographers, & like anything it boiled down to continuing professional application, & continuing to supply fresh images. Individual returns reflect this. “ Pricing forum” (not to be confused with price setting which is very naughty).

As a panel for questions, answers & debate we had Rob Lile, Lindsay Keats, Adrian De La Fuente, Malcolm Somerville & Esther Bunning. These people are all seasoned business orientated photographers in a mix of Commercial, Portrait, Wedding & Stock. Please note they were not discussing what to charge, but how to price a job or product using good & logical business practice.

The Pricing Forum Images by Jason Naylor

The session was well adjudicated by Jason Naylor, & good strong discussion flowed with lots of audience participation. A number of AIPA members were present so discussion of advertising & commercial sector interests were well presented, plus pretty full exploration of the portrait & wedding business.

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Do any of you ever shoot for free? When? Why? Should you? Shouldn’t you?

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Shooting for yourself or shooting for clients?

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Part-timers & weekend warriors undercutting you?

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Industry rates?

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Charge for what?

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Client’s project budget

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Usage rights. Copyright laws & payment

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How do you know if you priced right? Formulas or pricing analysis

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Supplementary income and ideas

The evening ended with resolve to continue discussions at a later meeting.

NZIPP / Epson Digital Print Workshop This hands-on workshop, with the morning led by Epson specialist Derek Mobbs and Jo Grams in the afternoon. So clear the date and book now.

Thursday 03 November - Kingsgate Hotel, Wellington - 10.00am – 4.00pm Malcolm Somerville Wellington Regional Committee PRO REPORT Member Magazine of the NZIPP

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Regional Updates Canterbury/Westland Region Camilla Stoddart is one of New Zealand’s leading outdoor adventure sport’s and travel photographers.

Camilla brought herself a camera as a graduation present after completing her degree in Theatre Design at the prestigious St Martins Art School in London. The next day she left the bustling metropolis of London for the much (much) smaller town of Wanaka, for a winter of skiing.

During this initial trip, Camilla spent many days on the mountains with her camera, likening the mountains to a canvas and using her camera to paint.

Photography was part of her process while studying, and Camilla loved the immediate satisfaction you receive with digital photography, as opposed to the drawn out design process.

Three years ago and after fourteen back to back winters, Camilla decided to spend a summer in Wanaka and was blown away with how beautiful the town is in summer, as well as winter. Settling in NZ was a no brainer for Camilla, such natural beauty right on your doorstep, living in Wanaka surrounded by other like minded creative talent, made the choice an easy one.

Camilla’s photographic career began with her taking photos of friends, whilst out on the mountains, either skiing or mountain biking. She submitted images to magazines and slowly began to build a name for herself and get commissioned jobs. She now works with many big name clients, and is regularly published in numerous local and global outdoor & adventure magazines.

Spontaneity is what she loves about the photos she takes. But while it’s the key to her beautiful, moody shots, she often has to go to great lengths to get herself to a location to ‘capture the moment’. Hence assignments require a lot of planning to make sure everything is in place for a shoot, which can ultimately be turned completely upside down by weather.

Images by James Ball

With the amount of travel & the fact that most locations require a reasonable effort to get to, shooting mainly with natural light almost becomes a necessity. That is how Camilla prefers it, but every now and then she will take a couple of flash units with her for some off camera flash lighting.

Shooting in such a male dominated genre can be tough, but she has made her mark and is considered one of the leading ski photographers

by ESPN Action Sports. Last year she was asked to compete in the 2nd annual Scandinavian Photo Challenge by Nikon, an event where five photographers have a ‘shoot-out’ over three days and then have two days to edit a slideshow of their best shots to music. Camilla was the only female competing, and took out the competition over her male competitors.

Also last year she entered one of her images into the 2010 Red Bull Illume competitions. This competition receives thousands of entries each year, and

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out of 23 000 entries she was selected as one of the top 50. Again, she was the only female finalist.

Listening to Camilla talk about her passion and love for the outdoors is infectious, even for a very non-outdoors person. And witnessing the beautiful imagery she creates almost (almost) makes me want to done a pair of hiking boots and head off at 3 in the morning to capture that beautiful light, on the stunning landscape that is out country.

Earlier, this month we held a Q’s and new member meeting at Bryan Isbister’s Studio. It was a well attended evening with more than half the participants not currently NZIPP members.

We were fortunate to have the trio of Q’s directors in Christchurch for the evening to help talk about the Q’s process and critique images. Richard, Nicola & Russell were more than generous with their advice and critiques.

It was a great experience for all those non-members also, with a good number already applying for the NZIPP membership. And for those members looking to submit their Q’s this month, and in the future, it was an extremely constructive evening. Good luck to you all.

Kirsty Macdonald Canterbury/Westland Regional Committee

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Member Profile

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Member Profile Stephen Goodenough Your website: www.stephengoodenough.co.nz Camera and accessories brands: Nikon D3, D3X, D7000, Mamiya 7, Bowens Lighting, Pelican cases, Crumpler and Manfrotto Lino camera bags.

What type of photos do you take?

I would say commercial, to use a broad term, generally this covers Advertising, Editorial, Architectural, Food and Fashion Catalogue.

What do you love about the professional photographic industry?

All the cool gadgets you get to buy as a business expense, and the people you meet day to day on assignments.

Something that makes you grumpy?

Other people that don’t appreciate their worth and earthquakes.

Website or blog site that you enjoy?

I don’t have time to surf the internet much, but most design blogs, and I used to like using Stumbleupon which I found led me to interesting, design sites.

Are you a collector of anything?

I got a little carried away a couple of years ago and along with my kids we got (well I got) hooked on importing Mighty Mugg toys, I think we have about 20 most of them I brought from the us through ebay. I do have a good collection of old photographs from 1900-1930’s, along with all my uncle’s war medals, photos and flight logs from WW2. I also have a passion like most photographers for camera bags, but not as big a collection as Mr Linton, although I’m working on it.

Name one thing not many people know about you: My dads name is Stephen as well, yes there are two Stephen Goodenough’s (a bit sad huh). Oh and I have been an NZIPP member since some time in the late 1980’s, I had more hair back then.

Name one thing you miss about being a kid: Feeling bullet proof, and not having my body ache after a mild amount of exercise.

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

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Tom my son

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Alex my other son

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A case of Pinot Noir

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Hipstamatic for iphone

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…. and um my wife Christine (I had to say that really)

Last Note: I’m deeply indebted to Richard Linton for extending his hand of friendship and taking me in to his studio after the February earthquake. There is still no word on when I will get access back into my apartment / studio in the CBD, but we are hopeful it will be before next winter.

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Member Profile Rachel Callander Your website: www.callandergirl.co.nz Camera and accessories brands: Nikon D700 bodies and Nikon prime lenses What type of photos do you take?

Really beautiful Wedding and Portrait Photographs.

What do you love about the professional photographic industry?

The community of awesome people doing amazing work. It is great to be inspired by so many incredibly talented people from not only New Zealandbut all over the world.

Something that makes you grumpy?

Not enough sleep.

Website or blog site that you enjoy?

I love my amazing designer Thirdman Design’s website- particularly his distractions page! http://www.thirdman.co.nz/ Are you a collector of anything?

I am not a collector as such, but I do like to find treasures - teacups, pretty things, art etc- but it isn’t compulsive.

Name one thing not many people know about you: I love to dive. Favourite dive experience was doing a double flip off a waterfall into a stunning pool in Fiji.

Name one thing you miss about being a kid: The confidence I had and the ability to believe I could be so many things.

At one stage I remember wanting to be a professional gymnast, ice-skater, artist, writer and poet all at once.

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

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My handbag, full of so many essentials (is that cheating or just really smart?)

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Pillow

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Husband Sam because I really wouldn’t survive anywhere on my own without going crazy

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Film crew (like survivor styles)

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Practical footwear (of which I am notoriously short of)

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NOVEMBER 2011

The Missing Links

The Missing Links Written by Malcolm Somerville

With chariots for the gods, timing is everything!

The day after ‘we’ won the Rugby World Cup, Ford had an absolute premium opportunity to show off their just launched ute, the all new Ford Ranger.

Just imagine the behind the scenes work that stitched together availability, supply, & being demonstrated in front of a huge national TV audience as they carried the national heroes through Auckland.... & then Christchurch, & Wellington.

As official All Black sponsors they could nick in & take a dream opportunity, just as the ute market heats up with Toyota upgrading the Hilux, Volkswagen entering the sector & the Holden, Mitsubishi, Nissan, & Mazda all competitive... as well as the low priced SsangYong & Great Wall offers.

Promotion & marketing is like that. Getting all your ducks in a row, then just winning a game or two.

There is a lot of that in marketing strategy generally, but still an argument for good gut instinct, being brave enough to say, “Yes, lets do it, & do it now”.

As much as a we are heavily weighed down with data - because we can.

Data that can make decisions fail safe, as long as data interpretation is good & prompt, & recognises the people factor of emotion, relationships & values.

A recent issue of Australia’s AdNews presented some real experience & commentary on the worth of data that was being collected. One commentator, Ian Alwill, Director of Marketing & Communications of Nestle Australia believes “”.... people don’t have the right data management skills...... we are thinking of hiring historians because data is about looking at the relationships between things....”

Click here to watch the full interview.

Yes, we all can have a lot of data, we have a capability, mostly we think of numbers & trends, but data is also attitudes, intentions, & capacity. But we can easily be so swamped in the volume of data that we loose the way in interpreting the data & applying it to our own business. We can also become too global in the data we gather, & loose sight of what we need to know & understand in our own patch.

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Scale this down to your own business & look at what you really need to remain solvent, what you need for growth, and what sector may become a waste of time in pursuing.

The AdNews is a valuable read, look at it online at www.adnews.com.au or buy it in good magazine stores for $4.40 an issue.

It is Australian, but really other than local media issues, it covers universal trends. The main players are the same companies we have here, the banks, the food suppliers, the motor companies. A lot of the creative is common, a lot of the talent is kiwi!

Just think, if the huge Commonwealth Bank (owners of ASB) are moving to 30% of their marketing spend on digital, what do they know that you should know.

Where should your spend be going, what opportunities are opening for your business to supply content?

What ‘Chariot of Gods’ opportunity can you be prepared for?

Education PHOTOSHOP MASTERCLASS WITH PAUL GUMMER 19th & 20th November 2011

UCOL invites you to a Photoshop Masterclass with award winning photographer Paul Gummer. In this 2 day intensive workshop you’ll learn to use advanced Photoshop techniques to give your images that creative visual edge – essential for the NZIPP Iris Awards or for enhancing what you are able to offer your clients.

MORE IMAGES ON paulgummerphotography.com

Go to www.ucol.ac.nz/photomasterclass or email Samantha Polatsek (S.POLATSEK@UCOL.AC.NZ) for info on the workshop. Registration & workshop fee of $590 (incl GST).

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Education

NOVEMBER 2011

NZIPP / EPSON DIGITAL PRINT WORKSHOPS This hands-on workshop, with the morning led by Epson specialist Derek Mobbs, will provide expert guidance and advice on digital workflow processes that will translate into achieving high-end results with your photographic prints.

Derek will be demonstrating on the latest Epson technology, taking you through monitor calibration, lighting conditions, Photoshop set up, soft proofing, to the final print output, including Black and White imaging. You’ll also be introduced to four recent additions to the Epson paper range: the Hot and Cold Press Natural and the Hot and Cold Press Bright papers.

Jo Grams in the afternoon, will be sharing her practical knowledge of outputting photographic work for both her clients and personal work. As a practicing photographer, Jo’s insights into the digital workflow and printing processes will be invaluable. Jo will be sharing her experiences gained over the years, and also talk about how technological improvements have made the output process a whole lot easier in recent times.

Tuesday 01 November Auckland: Novotel Ellerslie 10.00am – 4.00pm

Thursday 03 November Wellington: Kingsgate Hotel 10.00am – 4.00pm

Members - $75.00 / Non-members - $135.00 Register online at www.nzipp.org.nz

Book early to ensure you don’t miss this excellent opportunity to learn a variety of techniques that will help improve your digital workflow, prints and your business.

DEREK MOBBS - Epson Australia Derek has been employed at Epson Australia for over 10 years in the roll of Professional Graphics Applications Specialist / Trainer / Sales Engineer.

Derek’s background has been varied over the years as an Adobe Photoshop trainer, photographer & photo retoucher. He has trade certificates, in Graphic Reproduction & Pre Press as well as Compositing, also a Fine Arts Degree.

Over the years Derek has been instrumental in steering Epson users towards working with colour managed workflows as well as developing techniques to obtain the best from Epson printers.

One of the greatest rewards has been working with various photographic societies both professional and amateur, to help educate members so that their workflow produces the best results possible.

As Epson progresses into new markets and directions Derek is at the forefront of making sure that users are completely satisfied with the expected results.

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NZIPP / EPSON DIGITAL PRINT WORKSHOPS JO GRAMS - NZIPP FELLOW I’ve known photography forever...as a young teenager being on the night shift at a pro lab on the Sunshine Coast, QLD. Yes, I know what film is and what a darkroom was.

As a photographer I’m not scared of heights, I’ll climb trees, I’ll stand in the middle of a busy road, I’ll get wet, I’ll run 500 meters up a gully, walk through knee deep mud, get in a helicopter, trip over rocks, destroy my favorite shoes, hang out a window on the 10th floor, ride bareback on a horse backwards, I’ll go the extra mile because as a photographer I have wings. As a photographer I have me. As a photographer I see no sense in getting just the safe shot.

I have worked for some of the best in the wedding / portrait arena in Australia. Six years ago I married Kiwi photographer Johannes van Kan and together we run Moda Fotografica in Lyttelton, Christchurch.

This year everything changed, a natural disaster does that. The one thing that has not changed is my urge to speak through my prints.

Images © Jo Grams

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Photo Competitions

NOVEMBER 2011

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

Black & White Spider Awards 2011 Entries Close: 16th December 2011 The 7th Annual Black and White Spider Awards is now accepting entries. With 132 title awards, international press, and exposure to the biggest names in photography from Sotheby’s, The Armory Show, Magnum, Fratelli Alinari, Phillips de Pury & Company to the Tate in London - it’s your opportunity to be recognized as the best in the industry.

Enter now and take advantage of early entry pricing - Save 50% off entry fees!

Enter Now at www.thespiderawards.com

Entries Close: 4th January 2012 Are you a serious photographer with a true passion for the job? Do you understand the craft of taking pictures, documenting a story, conceptualising an idea, capturing emotions and evoking a response from those who view the finished product?

Submit your best work for the chance to become the next Sony World Photography Awards, Professional Photographer of the Year and win our most coveted prize, the L’Iris d’Or, along with prize money of $25,000.

The Professional Competition has 15 diverse categories spread across 3 genres of photography: Fine Art, Commercial, Photojournalism & Documentary.

Enter now at www.worldphoto.org/competitions/sony-world-photography-awards-2012-professional-competition/

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Entries Close: 30th November 2011 As a leader in capturing our world through brilliant imagery, National Geographic sets the standard for photographic excellence. Last year, we received more than 16,000 contest entries submitted by photographers from 130 countries.

Well, it’s that time of year again—send us your winning shots in any of these three categories: people, places, and nature. Please submit images that accurately reflect the captured moment in time. In other words, keep it real.

Judged on creativity and photographic quality, one first place winner will be selected in each category by a panel of experts. From the three category winners, the grand prize winner will be selected. This year’s contest judges are National Geographic magazine photographers Tim Laman, Amy Toensing, and Peter Essick.

The Grand Prize Winner will receive $10,000 and a trip to National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C., to participate in the annual National Geographic Photography Seminar in January 2012: A behind-the-scenes experience like none other.

Enter now at http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/

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Industry News

NOVEMBER 2011

Industry News Professional Photography Can you Photograph or Video the Police in NZ? in NZ 1938 - 1992 Supplied by Tech Liberty website – www.techliberty.org.nz The book is a 110 page soft cover, abridged copy, of the original hardcopy version compiled by Ivan McLellan and published through Blurb. It contains all of the group photos and most of the other photos, but only contains half of the interviews in the original version.

Ivan has generously offered to give a copy of the book to members or ex-members of the NZPPA if they were in any conference photo before 1992 for free...... no charge!! Just send a self addressed 31cm x 28cm envelope (the size of the book) with a $4.20 stamp attached to Ivan McLellan, PO Box 17606, Sumner, Christchurch 8840.

If members fall outside this category they can still get a copy by paying $70.38.

Click on the following link for further details and conditions: www.ivan.co.nz/membersonly.html

Posted on October 3, 2011 There has been a recent spate of people being arrested in the USA and UK for taking photos and video of the police at work. We also found anecdotal evidence of police in New Zealand exceeding their legal authority when it came to people taking photos and video of them: “Taking photographs around Cuba Mall and a police officer approached and said ‘Would you like me to break that?’ indicating the camera. He was exceedingly hostile and it turned out it was because the officer thought he had been photographed by us.”

“Have to wonder why they confiscate cameras and tapes then. We were told we could pick the tapes up from the station... at which point any knowledge of the tapes was denied.”

The legal situation in New Zealand: Firstly, it is generally accepted that anyone can photograph or video anyone else as long as the subject wouldn’t have a reasonable expectation of privacy. There are a range of exceptions, but are the police one of them?

We wrote to both the Police Commissioner and the Minister of Police and asked them “Is it against the law in New Zealand to take photos of video of the police at work?”

The Police responded first: “No, not if the photos of video of police at work are taken in a public place, or with the landowner’s consent if on private property.”

Judith Collins, the Minister of Police, backed up the Police’s position in her response, going on to say that she saw no need to change the law and was not aware of any plans to do so.

Conclusion: It seems clear that in New Zealand the police can’t stop you from documenting what they are doing. They have no power to stop you, seize your camera or force you to delete images or video.

We believe that this is a good thing and is part of having a police force that is accountable to the people they serve. The police hold most of the cards when it comes to dealing with the public, and the prospect of being recorded should provide a brake on any temptation to abuse those powers.

However one concern remains. Police training does not cover this issue and it seems that some officers feel free to make up their own powers as they go. We recommend that the NZ Police should make sure that this is included in initial and continuing training.

Finally, we remind anyone taking photos of police at incidents to make sure that you do not get in their way or you could be arrested for obstruction.

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For Sale

Corporate Members

Good Morning,

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

My name is Eric Miller, a former member of NZIPP now retired.

I’m contacting you as I have some equipment, which may interest an NZIPP member starting or expanding their existing studio facilities.

I have an extensive Bowen’s HI-Glide system, which is in very good condition (some like new) which will accomodate a medium to large studio environment.

My studio in Auckland was 26 ft long by 15 ft wide (8.00m x 4.5m).

Based around two 4 metre rails, with three 3 metre cross rails the kit has 2 pantographs or light lifts, a centre of gravity bar for a large soft box, a carriage for a hair light & all the fixtures, cables & fittings required to install.

It should be noted that these systems work best with a ceiling height of around 10 feet (3.00m). Lights are not included.

The value of this kit new is over NZ$5,000 & I wondered if any of your members would be interested in acquirng this very usefull equipment to speed up their studio environment free of light stands & cables on the floor? I would like to sell for NZ$2,500 & freight or pick up would be at the purchasers cost.

I have retired to Invercargill, my old home town so any prospective buyer would need to consider freight costs, or the possibility of picking it up if they are in the South Island, as the rails would fit a roof rack & the rest would fit in an average car.

Kind Regards, Eric D. Miller.

Ph 03 217 8377 Email at ericdm@xtra.co.nz

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