Wellington Photographic Society

Previous events

Getting your photos on the web – Keith Miller

Tuesday, 11 November, The Arts Centre, 61-69 Abel Smith Street, 7.30pm

Keith Miller (our WPS webmaster) will talk about how to get your photos onto the internet. His talk will cover how to resize your images so that they will display well on the web as well as some of the tools you can use to have your photos on a website.

Keith has been working as a web developer in Wellington for the past 4 years.

NB Note that this is a replacement for the originally advertised programme for this night.


Selection of images for WPS exhibition

Tuesday, 28 October, The Arts Centre, 61-69 Abel Smith Street, 7.30pm

NB Change from usual date as the Monday is Labour Day

The WPS Annual Exhibition is the opportunity WPS provides each year to members to display their work to the public. The exhibition will be at the St James Theatre, 77-87 Courtenay Place, first floor gallery, from
24 November to 8 December. This year’s selector will be Bruce Girdwood.


Travel photography – Chris Coad

Tuesday, 14 October, The Arts Centre, 61-69 Abel Smith Street, 7.30pm

Chris is a Wellington-based commercial and advertising photographer with special interests in landscape and marine photography. In April 2006, he was named Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the Year and was a runner-up in the 2007 and 2008 awards.

Come along to the talk tonight to see some stunning travel photography from China and the Australian outback and to pick up some hints and tips on how to make the most of your travel photography.


Night shoot

Monday, 22 September, The Arts Centre, 61-69 Abel Smith Street, 7.30pm

Come along to this year’s night shoot for an evening of fun and mixing with other members. The meeting will begin at the Arts Centre at 7.30pm where you will be split into teams and allocated a theme.

Teams will then disperse into the city to take photographs based on their theme. Each team will be asked to choose the top three images from the shoot for show at the next WPS meeting.


AGM & Panorama Photography – Clayton Tume

Tuesday, 9 September, The Arts Centre, 61-69 Abel Smith Street, 7.30pm

Clayton specialises in black and white panoramas, large group shots and 200 to 360 degree views, using scanning rotating cameras. Come along to the meeting to see some spectacular Wellington images taken on 12-15 inch negatives.

Clayton will also talk us through the equipment he uses and how his motorised cameras work. Not a meeting to be missed.

Before the guest speaker, we will have our AGM.