Club Outings

Field trips with car-pooling are organised during the year. The Committee welcomes ideas for places to visit, whether locally or regionally, for day or weekend trips.
Field trips a fantastic way to get "on the job" tuition from more experienced club members.

Small Prints Board at Manawatu Camera Club

The Small Print Board, a Kiwi institution, is used at the Manawatu Camera Club as a vehicle for members to display some of their recent photos. Members show some of their work which may be modified later as prints to enter in the monthly competitions; others submit witty reminders of club outings; others show work that has interesting points but is perhaps deficient in other respects.

At Manawatu Camera Club, it was realised that one important aspect not covered as well as it could be was that of giving feedback on each print. This is of particular importance for newer members in the club.

A new approach is to notify members that if they would like such feedback to modify their picture or to assist in future photos, they should leave their print on the board at the end of the meeting. These prints are subsequently scanned. At a future meeting, usually a workshop evening, the images are displayed on a screen and members, including the author of the print, are asked to critique the image with the emphasis being on positive guidance.

What about those who are launching into digital photography and who may not print out each image? In future, these members can supply a computer file of a print or email it to the club member responsible for the Small Prints Board.

A further innovation is for a knowledgeable club member to give assistance with digital enhancement of these images.

Photographic Conventions

Groups from the Club enjoy attending regional conventions. These are held every year, usually in Spring, in one of the following club areas:

• Foxton or Levin
• Gisborne
• Hastings
• Hawera
• Napier
• New Plymouth
• Palmerston North
• Stratford
• Wanganui

Club members are also encouraged to attend the annual three-day Photographic Society National Convention. Excellent national and international speakers attend, along with camera club members from throughout New Zealand .

Join PSNZ!

Check out the web site of the Photographic Society of New Zealand on www.photography.org.nz
Joining a camera club is usually the first step in photography development to experience welcome critique and learn the art of seeing. Joining PSNZ gives access to a higher level of inspiration and the opportunity to meet the best photographers from other clubs in New Zealand . But wait - there's more ....

You will receive the bi-monthly magazine Cameratalk.

You will be encouraged to attend regional conventions.

You will have access to the PSNZ resources of helpful tapes and videos.

You will be encouraged to attend the superb annual convention of PSNZ and attend workshops by international photographers.

 

Official Documents

Manawatu Camera Club Rules