MEETING NIGHT
Tuesday 4 August 2026
7.30pm
We meet at the Masonic Hall, 224 Maunu Road – west of Whangarei Hospital on the opposite side of the road. Plenty of parking.
New members are most welcome.
CLUB COMPETITIONS
Upload your images
by midnight on the due date.
The following representative images must be uploaded to the website by 4 August.
Nautical Trophy
Open
WORKSHOP NIGHT
Tuesday 18 August
7.30pm
Workshop nights are about trying new techniques so bring your camera.
The club holds monthly competitions to encourage members to use their cameras and be creative.
Here are some recent image entries which gained high points.
All images are copyright to their authors. Permission required for use.
Photojournalism and Minimalism Honours
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- Speedgolf Master. Salon. HONOURS. This image fits the specs for photojournalism, showing the emotion and utter exhaustion of this champion speedgolfer. You don’t have to know anything about the sport to know this is what the photo is about.
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- Shearing Trials. Salon. HONOURS. All of the components tell a great story. The clock is ticking and the tense spectators add drama. Shearing photos are very difficult to capture, so you have done really well here.
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- Peter Hickman Cemetery Circuit. Salon. HONOURS. You’ve got speed, drama, and a crisply captured rider. Great sports image with that tricky panning technique well handled. Congratulations. A possible front page shot.
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- Needs To Be Removed. Salon. HONOURS. The hero of the image is front and centre, making it obvious what the story is about. Great details showing the boat’s sorry state, including open hatches and broken guardrails. In my view, the yachts in the background support the story. I would happily put this on my front page.
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- Jane Mander Study. Novice. HONOURS I really ike the compact composition of this image, telling the story of author Jane Mander’s working area with the creeping vine adding to the story of time passing. A great effort.
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- Teaching Ancient Kyrgztan Craft. Salon HONOURS. This image is wonderful, with the rich patterns in the craftwork in the foreground and the fabulous tiles behind. I really enjoy this image and would happily put this as my lead photo in my travel section.
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- Messy Lunch. Novice. HONOURS. A gorgeous photo of a tui gorging itself on flax pollen. Could I use it with a story on tui or native birdlife? Absolutely.
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- Tideline. Salon. HONOURS The first impression I felt when I saw this image was that it was a piece of marble floor tile or wall. Lovely lines created by the retreating tide with a strong leading line coming in from the bottom left and across the frame, and the other lines converging onto it. The focus is slightly soft at the top of the image but this does not detract from the overall strength. I had a meaningful debate with myself as to whether the green seaweed was a distraction or a strength but I think overall the image is strengthened by having that small pop of colour. The vignette is possibly slightly stronger than it has to be but still a useful effect. A great minimalist image.
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- Buddies. Salon. HONOURS. A captivating photo with a story to be told. The buddies huddled in the corner looking out of frame evokes a sadness of isolation and entrapment The negative space adds to the mood strongly. I played with changing the crop but the square treatment could be seen as the cage their lives are held in. The difficult lighting or processing to the black background has made the edges of the buddies a little undefined but does this really matter? I didn’t think so. Beautiful capture.
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- Between The Lines. Novice. HONOURS. You can’t not react when you see this image. It Pops! I really like the strong colours and graphic nature with the two colours and repeated white forms working really well, with the variation in spacing and size creating a tension. A very good eye for minimalist balance.
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- Solitary Soar in Pressureless Sky. Salon. HONOURS. This is definitely a wow image. Look at the beautiful details with every feather defined, a clear eye, and even the shadow of the foot is clear. Good use of clear, negative space. Whilst not effecting the grade given, to move this from Fabulous wildlife photography to even better Minimalism try even more open space above the bird and maybe a tilt to the frame so the bird can truly soar diagonally and further in the pressureless sky. Still Fabulous.
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- Pine Seed. Novice. HONOURS. A well seen and beautifully constructed Image with the strength in the repeating shapes of the scales of the cone. Even with the number of elements the repetitive shapes maintains the Minimal brief. Well handled lighting creating a strong graphic image. Monochrome is a great choice.
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- Reed Reflections. Novice. HONOURS I love how you have edited this image to reduce any competition with the reeds. Though they fill the frame with their reflection they are delicate enough to remain minimal. A great use of high key editing. On my computer screen I couldn’t see where the image began and ended. A striking image.
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- Scungy Window. Salon. HONOURS I do wish all scungy windows were as beautiful as this one. You have cleverly positioned the window on the red background with a repeated ratio between the window and the overall image. The texture on the wall adds to the story whilst maintaining a reduced pallet. The graduated vignette increases the sense of neglect over time. Beautifully seen
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- Order Me Another One. Intermediate. HONOURS I love this image, with the restricted colour palette and lighting. The bright highlights add another strong element to the image, and the cups appear to be floating on a beam of coloured light. Clever. It is a fabulous image. Definitely fits the minimalism category. A definite Honours [ A picky improvement could be a small crop off the top and the right to shift the cups less centrally. Tell me what you think. ]
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- Flight into White. Salon. HONOURS I created this image to tell a story of the battle for survival in harsh, heavy conditions. I like the work in the wings of the hawk, needed to fly into the heavy sky. The shrouded, snow touched mountains add to the weight and gloom, anchoring the image and giving some perspective to the small sihouette of the hawk. I deliberately placed it off the 1/3 to increase tension. There is plenty of uninterrupted sky for it to venture into. On reflection it may be even stronger with a bit less weight of mountain.
