Meet at the Awapuni clubrooms at 7:00pm for a series of presentations on the following topics:

• Architectural abstracts - Mike Gannaway and Kelly Taylor Gannaway

• PSNZ honours - the club members who were successful in this year’s PSNZ honours round will show their sets

• Nature photography and the Trenna Packer Salver nature photography competition - Chris Tuffley

Architectural abstracts is a set subject coming up later in the year, with submissions due in May.

The Trenna Packer Salver is a nature photography competition for a set of six images submitted by a club, illustrating the diversity of the natural world in New Zealand. The goal of the presentation is to help members understand what goes into putting together a set, with the aim of increasing the pool of images submitted for the club’s entry.

The meeting will also be Zoomed - use the assessment meeting details in the club newsletter.

** Note new start time of 19:00 **

Come along and see the images submitted to the March competition (set subject: best friends), and hear the feedback from the assessor.

Images for the April competition (set subject: nature in the city) are due on this date. Print images can be brought to the meeting; digital images should be uploaded to the entry form by midnight.

Join us on Zoom for our monthly online photographic show and tell evening. Zoom details are the same each month, and can be found in the club newsletter.

See the Xhibit page for more information.

Meet at the clock tower in The Square with your camera to get some ideas for the Nature in the city set subject. You may wish to bring a tripod if you have one.

Venue: our new clubrooms, the Awapuni Community Centre, Newbury Street

To celebrate the change of venue and the start of the new year for the club, you and your family are all invited to join us for the evening. We kick off from 6:30pm with a BYO dinner (tea and coffee will be available) and after a bit of chatting and the formal talking, there will be a photographic scavenger hunt so bring your camera.

Entries for the March competition (set subject: best friends) are due today. Print entries can be brought to the meeting, and digital entries should be uploaded through the entry form by midnight.

Club competitions are held each month with an intention to help encourage, support and growth our members photography skills and talents.
Club compeition nights are always keenly attended and give us an opportunity to view each others work across the grades held within the club, and to hear feedback from independant judges.

The monthly competitions run from March to December, with images for each month’s competition due on competition night the previous month. Points from the March to November competitions accumulate to decide the winner for the year in each grade, and progression from one grade to the next.

Images can be submitted as either print or digital, and entered as either Set Subject or Open. The monthly topics for the Set Subject category are listed below; images submitted as Set Subject must meet the brief for the month’s topic. Any image may be entered as Open. The set subjects often challenge us to try something new, so are worth more points towards your total for the year.

Each club member may submit a maximum of TWO images each month, except for the December competition, which runs a little differently. These can be your choice of two Set Subject, two Open, or one Set Subject and one Open.

Club competitions are held each month with an intention to help encourage, support and growth our members photography skills and talents.
Club compeition nights are always keenly attended and give us an opportunity to view each others work across the grades held within the club, and to hear feedback from independant judges.

The monthly competitions run from March to December, with images for each month’s competition due on competition night the previous month. Points from the March to November competitions accumulate to decide the winner for the year in each grade, and progression from one grade to the next.

Images can be submitted as either print or digital, and entered as either Set Subject or Open. The monthly topics for the Set Subject category are listed below; images submitted as Set Subject must meet the brief for the month’s topic. Any image may be entered as Open. The set subjects often challenge us to try something new, so are worth more points towards your total for the year.

Each club member may submit a maximum of TWO images each month, except for the December competition, which runs a little differently. These can be your choice of two Set Subject, two Open, or one Set Subject and one Open.

Please join us for an Xhibit evening online.

Xhibit is an online passion project where photographers send a maximum of 2 images in to the group administrators and these are shared at an online exhibition. The photographer gets to speak for a few minutes about their image and if comfortable receives comments and commentary on their image from the group.

You don’t have to share images to join us - you are welcome just to come and view work by other photographers.

To learn more about Xhibit - visit us https://www.manawatucamera.net.nz/xhibitsig

Images are to be with the administrators by November 3rd, submitted to photoxhibit@gmail.com

Club competitions are held each month with an intention to help encourage, support and growth our members photography skills and talents.
Club compeition nights are always keenly attended and give us an opportunity to view each others work across the grades held within the club, and to hear feedback from independant judges.

The monthly competitions run from March to December, with images for each month’s competition due on competition night the previous month. Points from the March to November competitions accumulate to decide the winner for the year in each grade, and progression from one grade to the next.

Images can be submitted as either print or digital, and entered as either Set Subject or Open. The monthly topics for the Set Subject category are listed below; images submitted as Set Subject must meet the brief for the month’s topic. Any image may be entered as Open. The set subjects often challenge us to try something new, so are worth more points towards your total for the year.

Each club member may submit a maximum of TWO images each month, except for the December competition, which runs a little differently. These can be your choice of two Set Subject, two Open, or one Set Subject and one Open.

Please join us for an Xhibit evening online.

Xhibit is an online passion project where photographers send a maximum of 2 images in to the group administrators and these are shared at an online exhibition. The photographer gets to speak for a few minutes about their image and if comfortable receives comments and commentary on their image from the group.

You don’t have to share images to join us - you are welcome just to come and view work by other photographers.

To learn more about Xhibit - visit us https://www.manawatucamera.net.nz/xhibitsig

Images are to be with the administrators by November 3rd, submitted to photoxhibit@gmail.com

Club competitions are held each month with an intention to help encourage, support and growth our members photography skills and talents.
Club compeition nights are always keenly attended and give us an opportunity to view each others work across the grades held within the club, and to hear feedback from independant judges.

The monthly competitions run from March to December, with images for each month’s competition due on competition night the previous month. Points from the March to November competitions accumulate to decide the winner for the year in each grade, and progression from one grade to the next.

Images can be submitted as either print or digital, and entered as either Set Subject or Open. The monthly topics for the Set Subject category are listed below; images submitted as Set Subject must meet the brief for the month’s topic. Any image may be entered as Open. The set subjects often challenge us to try something new, so are worth more points towards your total for the year.

Each club member may submit a maximum of TWO images each month, except for the December competition, which runs a little differently. These can be your choice of two Set Subject, two Open, or one Set Subject and one Open.

Please join us for an Xhibit evening online.

Xhibit is an online passion project where photographers send a maximum of 2 images in to the group administrators and these are shared at an online exhibition. The photographer gets to speak for a few minutes about their image and if comfortable receives comments and commentary on their image from the group.

You don’t have to share images to join us - you are welcome just to come and view work by other photographers.

To learn more about Xhibit - visit us https://www.manawatucamera.net.nz/xhibitsig

Images are to be with the administrators by November 3rd, submitted to photoxhibit@gmail.com

Club competitions are held each month with an intention to help encourage, support and growth our members photography skills and talents.
Club compeition nights are always keenly attended and give us an opportunity to view each others work across the grades held within the club, and to hear feedback from independant judges.

The monthly competitions run from March to December, with images for each month’s competition due on competition night the previous month. Points from the March to November competitions accumulate to decide the winner for the year in each grade, and progression from one grade to the next.

Images can be submitted as either print or digital, and entered as either Set Subject or Open. The monthly topics for the Set Subject category are listed below; images submitted as Set Subject must meet the brief for the month’s topic. Any image may be entered as Open. The set subjects often challenge us to try something new, so are worth more points towards your total for the year.

Each club member may submit a maximum of TWO images each month, except for the December competition, which runs a little differently. These can be your choice of two Set Subject, two Open, or one Set Subject and one Open.

Please join us for an Xhibit evening online.

Xhibit is an online passion project where photographers send a maximum of 2 images in to the group administrators and these are shared at an online exhibition. The photographer gets to speak for a few minutes about their image and if comfortable receives comments and commentary on their image from the group.

You don’t have to share images to join us - you are welcome just to come and view work by other photographers.

To learn more about Xhibit - visit us https://www.manawatucamera.net.nz/xhibitsig

Images are to be with the administrators by November 3rd, submitted to photoxhibit@gmail.com

Club competitions are held each month with an intention to help encourage, support and growth our members photography skills and talents.
Club compeition nights are always keenly attended and give us an opportunity to view each others work across the grades held within the club, and to hear feedback from independant judges.

The monthly competitions run from March to December, with images for each month’s competition due on competition night the previous month. Points from the March to November competitions accumulate to decide the winner for the year in each grade, and progression from one grade to the next.

Images can be submitted as either print or digital, and entered as either Set Subject or Open. The monthly topics for the Set Subject category are listed below; images submitted as Set Subject must meet the brief for the month’s topic. Any image may be entered as Open. The set subjects often challenge us to try something new, so are worth more points towards your total for the year.

Each club member may submit a maximum of TWO images each month, except for the December competition, which runs a little differently. These can be your choice of two Set Subject, two Open, or one Set Subject and one Open.

Please join us for an Xhibit evening online.

Xhibit is an online passion project where photographers send a maximum of 2 images in to the group administrators and these are shared at an online exhibition. The photographer gets to speak for a few minutes about their image and if comfortable receives comments and commentary on their image from the group.

You don’t have to share images to join us - you are welcome just to come and view work by other photographers.

To learn more about Xhibit - visit us https://www.manawatucamera.net.nz/xhibitsig

Images are to be with the administrators by November 3rd, submitted to photoxhibit@gmail.com

Club competitions are held each month with an intention to help encourage, support and growth our members photography skills and talents.
Club compeition nights are always keenly attended and give us an opportunity to view each others work across the grades held within the club, and to hear feedback from independant judges.

The monthly competitions run from March to December, with images for each month’s competition due on competition night the previous month. Points from the March to November competitions accumulate to decide the winner for the year in each grade, and progression from one grade to the next.

Images can be submitted as either print or digital, and entered as either Set Subject or Open. The monthly topics for the Set Subject category are listed below; images submitted as Set Subject must meet the brief for the month’s topic. Any image may be entered as Open. The set subjects often challenge us to try something new, so are worth more points towards your total for the year.

Each club member may submit a maximum of TWO images each month, except for the December competition, which runs a little differently. These can be your choice of two Set Subject, two Open, or one Set Subject and one Open.

Please join us for an Xhibit evening online.

Xhibit is an online passion project where photographers send a maximum of 2 images in to the group administrators and these are shared at an online exhibition. The photographer gets to speak for a few minutes about their image and if comfortable receives comments and commentary on their image from the group.

You don’t have to share images to join us - you are welcome just to come and view work by other photographers.

To learn more about Xhibit - visit us https://www.manawatucamera.net.nz/xhibitsig

Images are to be with the administrators by November 3rd, submitted to photoxhibit@gmail.com

Please join us for an evening working with light . We will be joined by special guests the Palmerston North Lightsaber Guild who will be generously providing the entertainment and action for us to photograph.
We will be meeting at the Bunnythorpe Community Center from 7pm where we will learn some tips and tricks before we head out into the field or around the community to take what we think will be spectacular photos and get the community facebook page for Bunnythorpe talking.
Gear to bring: Your camera, tripod, any of your own portable ‘fun’ lights think pois, light sticks, glow sticks, torches and a playful attitude! Warm gear is likely to be a MUST given the time of year and we anticipate working later into the evening.

Club competitions are held each month with an intention to help encourage, support and growth our members photography skills and talents.
Club compeition nights are always keenly attended and give us an opportunity to view each others work across the grades held within the club, and to hear feedback from independant judges.

The monthly competitions run from March to December, with images for each month’s competition due on competition night the previous month. Points from the March to November competitions accumulate to decide the winner for the year in each grade, and progression from one grade to the next.

Images can be submitted as either print or digital, and entered as either Set Subject or Open. The monthly topics for the Set Subject category are listed below; images submitted as Set Subject must meet the brief for the month’s topic. Any image may be entered as Open. The set subjects often challenge us to try something new, so are worth more points towards your total for the year.

Each club member may submit a maximum of TWO images each month, except for the December competition, which runs a little differently. These can be your choice of two Set Subject, two Open, or one Set Subject and one Open.

Please join us for an Xhibit evening online.

Xhibit is an online passion project where photographers send a maximum of 2 images in to the group administrators and these are shared at an online exhibition. The photographer gets to speak for a few minutes about their image and if comfortable receives comments and commentary on their image from the group.

You don’t have to share images to join us - you are welcome just to come and view work by other photographers.

To learn more about Xhibit - visit us https://www.manawatucamera.net.nz/xhibitsig

Images are to be with the administrators by November 3rd, submitted to photoxhibit@gmail.com

Please join us at our club rooms for an evening with Kim Sargent learning how to style and photograph food.
This is a camera in hand session, and is advisable that you bring a flash, tripod and a variety of lenses to try on the evening.
More details to follow on this Practical Evening!

Club competitions are held each month with an intention to help encourage, support and growth our members photography skills and talents.
Club compeition nights are always keenly attended and give us an opportunity to view each others work across the grades held within the club, and to hear feedback from independant judges.

The monthly competitions run from March to December, with images for each month’s competition due on competition night the previous month. Points from the March to November competitions accumulate to decide the winner for the year in each grade, and progression from one grade to the next.

Images can be submitted as either print or digital, and entered as either Set Subject or Open. The monthly topics for the Set Subject category are listed below; images submitted as Set Subject must meet the brief for the month’s topic. Any image may be entered as Open. The set subjects often challenge us to try something new, so are worth more points towards your total for the year.

Each club member may submit a maximum of TWO images each month, except for the December competition, which runs a little differently. These can be your choice of two Set Subject, two Open, or one Set Subject and one Open.

Please join us for an Xhibit evening online.

Xhibit is an online passion project where photographers send a maximum of 2 images in to the group administrators and these are shared at an online exhibition. The photographer gets to speak for a few minutes about their image and if comfortable receives comments and commentary on their image from the group.

You don’t have to share images to join us - you are welcome just to come and view work by other photographers.

To learn more about Xhibit - visit us https://www.manawatucamera.net.nz/xhibitsig

Images are to be with the administrators by November 3rd, submitted to photoxhibit@gmail.com

Witness the Magic of Macro with Chris Helliwell.  Get ready to be inspired as Chris, a celebrated wildlife and macro photographer, with over 13 years experience capturing stunning images of NZ wildlife and macro subjects.  Chris is a two time New Zealand Photographer of the year winner with copious Gold, Bronze and Silver awards under his belt.

During his talk, Chris will not only inspire you with his stunning wildlife and maco images but he will also show you first hand how he sets up his shots, chooses his settings and works with his subjects to get the perfect image.  Chris will also cover the equipment he uses from lens to lighting.

After his talk we will then head to the esplanade with cameras in hand to put into practice what has been learnt with Chris’ watchful eye and availability to answer any questions. 

Club competitions are held each month with an intention to help encourage, support and growth our members photography skills and talents.
Club compeition nights are always keenly attended and give us an opportunity to view each others work across the grades held within the club, and to hear feedback from independant judges.

The monthly competitions run from March to December, with images for each month’s competition due on competition night the previous month. Points from the March to November competitions accumulate to decide the winner for the year in each grade, and progression from one grade to the next.

Images can be submitted as either print or digital, and entered as either Set Subject or Open. The monthly topics for the Set Subject category are listed below; images submitted as Set Subject must meet the brief for the month’s topic. Any image may be entered as Open. The set subjects often challenge us to try something new, so are worth more points towards your total for the year.

Each club member may submit a maximum of TWO images each month, except for the December competition, which runs a little differently. These can be your choice of two Set Subject, two Open, or one Set Subject and one Open.

Please join us for an Xhibit evening online.

Xhibit is an online passion project where photographers send a maximum of 2 images in to the group administrators and these are shared at an online exhibition. The photographer gets to speak for a few minutes about their image and if comfortable receives comments and commentary on their image from the group.

You don’t have to share images to join us - you are welcome just to come and view work by other photographers.

To learn more about Xhibit - visit us https://www.manawatucamera.net.nz/xhibitsig

Images are to be with the administrators by November 3rd, submitted to photoxhibit@gmail.com

Join us for an Evening with Ian Rotherham for an interactive session on how the lens changes the aesthetic and communication in regards to a range of different types of portrait.
There will be a wide range of canon lenses for peopel to try out.

This is a feel free to bring your own camera and lense along if you would like to know more about the lenses that you have.

Ian is a Senior Photography lecturer at Palmerston North Ucol.  He has an Advanced Certificate in Adult Teaching as well as Advanced Diploma in Professional Photography, and a Bachelor of Computer Graphic Design (Photography) with Honours. Ian has also had over a decade of experience working at and entering in the NZIPP Iris Awards as well as experience in commercial photography including weddings, portrait, advertising, product, corporate & scientific photography.