Welcome to Tauranga Photographic Society
Evening meetings
Meetings are held at 177 Elizabeth Street in Tauranga on the first and third Thursdays of the month from February to November with one meeting in December. The meetings start at 07.30pm and it is a good idea to arrive 15 minutes early so that you can view prints (on print nights, the second meeting of the month) and chat with fellow members.
We have a good mixture of local photographers speaking about their brand of photography together with out of town speakers and club members sharing things with a photographic interest.
The meetings end at about 09.30pm with the opportunity to meet and talk to speakers, judges and members over a cup of tea or coffee with biscuits. There is a door charge of $2.00 to cover supper and cleaning etc.
Logging into the website
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If you have any issues to do with the website, contact Jenny Whitcombe, email: jennywhitco@gmail.com, ph 0274 353 669
How to upload images for evaluation
If you have any issues uploading images please contact Jenny Whitcombe, email: jennywhitco@gmail.com, ph 0274 353 669
Evaluation feedback
Each month there is the opportunity for club members to submit images for evaluation. The evaluation of Prints is carried out by a panel of three judges who are chosen from in house ‘A’ grade members, and a PSNZ (Photographic society of New Zealand) accredited judge is used for the evaluation of digital images.
A list of set subjects is available along with some guidelines to help with your selection.
Entries are carried out on line using the following link. (You must be logged in to access these items) /Competitions/SubmitImageToCompetition.aspx#no-back-button
You may submit up to four images per month, two prints and two digital images. One of the two prints must be the set subject and one of the two digital images must also be a set subject.
The club calendar shows club events, workshops, GOYA meetings and subjects for that month.
A copy of the set subjects can be downloaded from the ‘Resources’ tab on the website.
Workshops
Workshops are open to all financial members. There are usually one or two workshops per year.
GOYA (get outta your armchair)
A fun and social event held monthly at the Raft Café in Chapel Street. Members meet up of coffee and a chat, and have the option to take and submit an image for a fun competition. Full details can be found here
Digital Audio Visual Group
TPS also run an AV group who make audio visuals from their still images and add soundtracks or speech. The groups hold an international AV competition once a year. The last competition saw 81 entries in four different categories.
Club Salon (Annual club championships)
Every year the club hold a salon which is a competition for all members. Outside judges will mark each image and the best in each category will win trophies and certificates.
Submitting Prints into club for evaluation
In order to submit a print for evaluation the print is required to be mounted (or matted) on a piece of suitable board (800 x 1000mm). Sheets of black or white mat board is available for purchase from TPS. Ask a committee member.
a) Print and Mat Sizing. Images submitted must meet the following requirements:
- Have a minimum print size of 200 mm on the long side, excluding surrounding mat.
- Have a maximum overall size of 510 mm x 410 mm including surrounding mat.
- Have a maximum total thickness of the matted print of 12.5 m
- Prints must not be under glass or framed.
b) Each print entry shall have on the back in the top right-hand corner a label supplied by the Competition Secretary (labels are available on the TPS website) showing the author’s membership number and title (state no title if this is the case). Titles must not exceed 35 characters include spaces.
c) Any composite print entry on one mount (montages etc.) will be assessed as a single image.
More details of image sizing etc can be found in the TPS Bylaws on the website under ‘Resources’.
Digital Submissions
a) Images may be digitally manipulated but digital manipulation must have been done by the author and have originated from a photograph, either film or digital, captured by the author.
b) Digital images submitted for evaluation should be saved as a JPEG file with the size for:
- Landscape Digital Images being up to a maximum size of 1920px on the horizontal width
and 1200px on the vertical side, at 72dpi.
- Portrait Digital Images being up to a maximum size of 1200px on the vertical side at 72dpi.
c) sRGB colour space and a black background will be used to display images.
d) Images must be titled e.g. Hairy Dog, (state Untitled, if this is the case). Titles must not generally exceed 35 characters include spaces. Nature and scientific names can exceed the 35 characters.
If you need help ask a member of the committee (yellow badges) or anyone else or via the TPS Facebook page.
Admin
Just a final note which will help us with contact tracing and general contact. Would you like to log into the website and update your contact details? Log into ‘My Account’, My Account Settings, update address and also update personal information for phone numbers etc.