Honours Council Update: A warm welcome to the new Honours Council Team

On behalf of the NZIPP Board and Community we wish to welcome Tracey Scott who has stepped into the role of Honours Council Chairperson along with Sharisse Eberlein, Ian Rotherham, Rochelle Dillon and Lizzie Gilmour as the new Honours Council team members. We look forward to working with you in the future!!!

Tracey Scott - Honours Council Chariperson

I have been a full time Professional Photographer since 1987. For the first 20 years I was a news photographer and in later years I have run a small Commercial and Portrait business.

Born and bred in Rotorua, I have lived and worked here as well as many other cities including Dunedin, London, Wellington and Beijing.

In 2007 I joined the PSNZ, where I currently hold the Honours Distinction of Fellow of the PSNZ and have served on the PSNZ Honours Board for the past 6 years.

In 2009 I joined NZIPP of which I am an Accredited member and hold the NZIPP Distinction of Master of Photography (with Distinction) with three bars.

I joined the NZIPP Honours Council at the end of 2017 and look forward to the challenge of leading the New Honours Council team.

Sharisse Eberlein - Honours Council

Based in Wairarapa, I have been working as a photographer since 2003. Taking on a diverse range of clients, my shoots include work for local businesses, weddings, family portraits, children and babies of all ages.

Originally from Cornwall, UK, I now live in the small Wairarapa town of Featherston with my kiwi husband and our two teenage boys. After completing a HND in Photography at Plymouth College of Art and Design in 2002, I began my career working as a second photographer at weddings across Devon & Cornwall. In 2003 I immigrated to New Zealand and established my wedding photography business in Martinborough. Shortly after, in 2005, I joined NZIPP and started entering the Iris awards and coming along to the yearly conference. I haven’t looked back since - the NZIPP has been a huge part of my professional development.

Lizzie Gilmour - Honours Council

Growing up rural, farming in the King Country, my photography journey started in high school where I excelled in the Arts. I photographed a lot of Equestrian events and a fine art degree was to be the next move. But life sent me to Europe to live and travel, It wasn’t until I returned here to New Plymouth, where I opened my photography studio and started my professional photography career. All while growing my family. I have four kids, from 6 months to 8 years old. Life is busy being a business owner and stay at home mum. But I wouldn’t have it any other way.

I am currently focusing on Fine Art Portraits, newborn and families and also weddings in the summer. I also enjoy teaching, with online and in person mentoring and workshops nationwide.

I am very much looking forward to being a more involved member of the NZIPP, and bringing together my fellow photographers into a community where they can grow and flourish as artists.

Ian Rotherham - Honours Council

I started working as a photographer at Woolfs’ Studio in Wellington in 1988 where I shot everything from weddings and portraits to PR and advertising. After a few years, I started my own commercial studio, again doing similar work. A back injury in the mid-nineties slowed things down a bit before moving to Hamilton where I was a staff photographer at Waikato University.

Former NZIPP President, Joe Sing ‘encouraged’ me to move to UCOL where I have been a senior lecturer at UCOL for nearly twenty years. This opened up the opportunity to work behind the scenes at the Iris awards, something we have done for over fifteen years.

For six years I was an AIPA member and have been a NZIPP member for about 4 years. I am Portrait accredited, have achieved Master with Distinction, have been a Silver Spool Award recipient, and been involved in the production of three books as gaining academic qualifications. Currently, I Iive in Wellington and travel up to UCOL in Palmerston North through the week.

As a lecturer I’m fortunate to be constantly learning for my students. My main interests are photographing people, creative portrait and documentary. Still shoot and exhibit frequently. Regarding equipment, I am a bit of gear geek and am not phased by most tech stuff, having shot every format of film as well as feeding a strong addiction to Polaroid. I have been shooting digital since the late nineties.

I enjoy working in a team and have been around long enough to know numerous parts of our industry and who’s who, etc. If anyone knows me, the only thing I take seriously is photography and coffee of course; everything else should be fun.

Rochelle Dillon - Honours Council

I’m Rochelle Dillon and I hail from the south, near a little town called Balfour (an hour south of Queenstown) where I live on our 2000 acre cropping farm with my husband Chris and our three children Fergus (12), Claudia (10) and Annie (8). I became involved with NZIPP around 2013 becoming a qualified portrait photographer in 2014. I primarily photograph newborns and family portraits with newborns being photographed in the studio I have here on the farm. All my portraitwork is done outdoors either somewhere on our property or I travel to locations throughout Southland.