09–10 August 2015 Rydges Lakeland Resort Annual Photography Conference www.NZIPP.org.nz Registration Brochure Principal Sponsor Thank you to our Sponsors New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography would like to extend their gratitude to the following organisations for their generous contributions to Infocus 2015: Principal Sponsor Gold Sponsors Silver Sponsors Media Partners Industry Exhibition We simply can’t do it without brilliant sponsors and exhibitors. Take the time to get to know them better, place a face to the name at the end of the phone or email. Learn more what’s happening in the industry, have a coffee with them, see the latest products and more. registration Brochure 2 infocus queenstown 2015 Infocus 2015 Why register for Infocus 2015? Annual Photography Conference Education, education, education – Educate yourself and your business! Where else do you get over 10 speakers, 14 sessions, over two jam-packed days? Inspire you to think outside the box, for new ways to hone your skills, develop business tools and hear what is fresh and new in the industry Connect with local suppliers of products and services you use in your business every day Speak with new photographers starting out, as well as photographers who remember the smells of developer and fix, everyone has something to learn and offer Did we mention the networking (not mentioning the hang-overs!)…. The opportunity to view, analyze and critique the Iris award entries up close, as they were printed by the photographer Your morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea is served to you daily – who doesn’t appreciate that! Learn more of about NZIPP and what it has to offer Have you read about the Hub yet? If not, we suggest you do, where else do you get the opportunity, not only to listen to the greats in our industry, but have one-on-one time with speakers? Lastly, Queenstown….. New Zealand’s very own playground. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday 06 August 07 August 08 August 09 August 10 August 11 August Infocus 2015 Conference Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Print Judging Masterclass by Corwin Hiebert Industry Exhibition Open Afternoon NZIPP AGM registration Brochure Post Print Judging Party Live Editorial Shoot 3 Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Gala Awards Dinner infocus queenstown 2015 infocus 2015 Programme Sunday 09 August 1 TIME EVENT 8.30AM Meet the speakers - Who are our speakers today? 8.45am Making a living doing what you love Managing your photography business Corwin Hiebert This presentation is a no-holds barred session for emerging and established photographers who want to remove the chaos and mystery associated with running their own career. Your talent deserves the freedom to be creative within a manageable business structure that inspires you to be the artist your clients and customers deserve. Corwin delivers the real goods on proven business-building strategies without all the mumbo jumbo. Through examples, case studies, and behind-the-scenes stories, management approaches and principles will be unpacked, helping you learn how to make your work stress free and financially rewarding. Your creative legacy is created one photograph at a time, but you vocational legacy is built one business decision at a time… so do what you love and get paid. 9.45am Art of Travel Photography - From Tibet to Antarctica Jackie Ranken Jackie will take you through her recent adventures explaining, what to photograph and where, but more importantly why to photograph and how. You should leave this presentation feeling excited to make photographs on any journey even the one through your backyard. 10.30am Morning tea amongst the exhibitors / The Hub 11.00am How to get the keys to a castle on a shoestring budget Alexia Sinclair Come on a journey with Alexia as she deconstructs her adventure to a 17th century castle set on a Frozen Lake, 80km north of Stockholm. Exposing the highs and lows, from conjuring a cast and crew of 40 out of thin air to dealing with subzero interiors without power, Alexia will discuss the intricate details of making this extraordinary set of images. After weaving her frozen tale, Alexia will delve into the importance of personal work and how it translates into commissioned pieces. What attendees expect to learn - Topics include: • Pre-production: How to build a series with visual concepts • Logistical nightmares: Dealing with models, assistants and locations • Communication: Costuming, set design and beauty • Exhibiting: Finding a space, printing and framing • Funding: How to? Was it worth it in the end? • Converting personal work into commissions 12.30pm Capture your moment in the Infocus 2015 history…. Be part of the group photo 12.45pm Lunch amongst the exhibitors - The Hub / Gear in Action – 1, 2, 3 Corporate Portrait 1.45pm Another World: Portraits from Ohura Tony Carter Another World: Portraits from Ohura is a result of 30 visits to Ohura (Manawatu-Whanganui region) over the period of a year. By chance, I stopped as I was passing through one day and was fascinated by the people there. I grew up in a rural environment and I feel I understand the ‘no airs and graces’ attitude of the residents. I wanted to capture the rawness and humanness of Ohura. The people who live there don’t fit in to the mainstream – they live in Ohura because it is a place where they can be honest and real about who they are. I tried to reflect that honesty in my work. Ohura represents a different type of cultural diversity. I spent a lot of time with the residents, listening to their stories and getting to know them. Once I’d finished working on each photograph, I took it back to the resident for them to see. That way I built up their trust – they could see I was working in a respectful manner. My Ohura photographs are full of intensely personal objects and locations that reflect the lives of each resident I photographed. Character houses, domestic clutter, faded posters, beloved pets, tattoos – I wanted the portraits to be intimate, honest and direct. registration Brochure 4 infocus queenstown 2015 Infocus 2015 Day One Continues Sunday 09 August 1 TIME EVENT 2.30pm Ambrotypes and Alchemy - Contemporary use of Wet Plate Collodion in New Zealand Paul Alsop Ambrotypes are images made on glass with silver and light using the Wet Plate Collodion (WPC) process. The technique is the third oldest form of photography and the earliest form of Polaroid, dating back to 1851. The images produced are archival and unique objects in their own right. The technique is antiquated for a reason, as it is cumbersome, expensive and highly involved, however, as many people have become disillusioned with digital photography and as film is often cost prohibitive, the Ambrotype and the Tintype are undergoing a revival worldwide. New Zealand is an island nation with limited ‘wet plate’ resources and strict border control. Paul will discuss the limitations, frustrations, deviations and how the ‘can do Kiwi’ attitude has been applied to keep this marvelous process alive and kicking in Aotearoa. Topics covered include: • The History: Early photographic techniques and early NZ photographers • The Science: Basic science and chemistry • The Process: Learning by my mistakes • The Limitations: Reasons why photography evolved • The Aesthetic: Forget the fluff, it’s all about the final image 3.30pm Afternoon tea amongst the exhibitors - The Hub / Gear in Action 4.00pm Finding the light and the love - Framework for a modern wedding photographer Lucy Spartalis Area’s which Lucy will be talking about: • Creating a business structure you believe in • Working with (and against) trends • Interpreting the light • Sourcing inspiration from outside the industry • The importance of a supportive network • Helping the big day flow with ease • Branding and online presence - Making your voice heard 5.00pm Introducing Leon Rose and the Mixed lighting workshop Leon Rose 5.25pm Summary of day one 5.30PM Close of day one 7.30pm Mixed lighting workshop within a Queenstown bar Leon Rose Leon will be taking a workshop showcasing portable flash and available light. Set in one of Queenstowns bars, Leon will take you through the process of a commercial style shoot. Balancing Bowens portable flash supplied by CR Kennedy, and available light to give a moody commercial feel. You will learn how to successfully light your subject and background. Using PS Lightroom as a tethering tool, combined with a Canon camera you will be taken through a commercial workflow from set up to save. In this session you will learn how to overcome tricky lighting issues and how to effectively use lightweight equipment safely in a busy environment. Leon will share his tricks and tips in lighting, workflow, and cataloguing your jobs. registration Brochure 5 infocus queenstown 2015 infocus 2015 Programme Monday 10 August 2 TIME EVENT 7.308.15AM Custom function breakfast with Canon 8.30am Meet the speakers - Who are our speakers today? 8.45am The perfection of imperfection Kristen Cook In her presentation, Kristen will emphasise the significance of your subject matter, evoking, feeling with imagery the imperative nature of personal work and the common identity crisis and lack of worth that many creatives face daily. She will challenge your view and approach to your baby photography and have you walking away feeling more grounded, connected and nurtured in your professional and personal work. This session will provide you with some essential basics, but will also move beyond and allow you permission to explore, make mistakes and embrace each future session with confidence. 10.15am Morning tea amongst the exhibitors - The Hub / Gear in Action 10.45am Preparing for Serendipity - How planning and preparedness allows us to get lucky How embracing our client’s demands and constraints allows us the freedom to create art Jason Naylor Our wedding photography business is a service business - we exist to please our clients. We have a responsibility to create imagery for them - they are our #1 priority. However, as artists, and we’re constantly looking to push ourselves, create something new, something that excites us. There’s no routine or status quo. Every day, every shot, is something unique. We actively embrace this paradox of the client’s requests vs our creative vision - using their constraints to give ourselves a canvas, and thoroughly planning to help spark ideas to create something new. We believe constraints and limitations are necessary in creativity. This presentation will show you how we use them. 11.45AM Drawing a crowd instead of trying to stand out in one Managing your photography business Corwin Hiebert This presentation is a candid and insightful session for photographers who are tired of fighting for their buyers’ attention. Attracting your ideal clients and customers through curiosity, creativity, collaboration, and engaging marketing efforts creates the kind of trust and rapport that will help you generate authentic demand for your work. Corwin will share the kinds of marketing approaches, tactics and tools he uses to help his clients thrive. Through illustrations, demonstrations, and industry insight, marketing advice will be dispensed fast and furiously helping you learn how to make the most of your self-promotional efforts. Photographers have more competition than ever before. Now is a good time to stop trying to be competitive… so do what you love and get paid. 12.45pm Lunch amongst the exhibitors - The Hub / Gear in Action registration Brochure 6 infocus queenstown 2015 Infocus 2015 Day Two Continues Monday 10 August TIME EVENT 2 Concurrent Sessions A 1.45pm A1. Elements of posing Robert Piccoli A2. The joys of paperwork Nick Tressider Photographing women: Hand placement, Rule of thirds, Tips for longer legs, Full length, S shape, Chin forward, Foreshortened arms • It’s all about business • Why should I keep copyright? • What does licensing actually mean? Photographing men: Masculine head tilt, Feminine head tilt, Where to place hands, Full length, In a chair, Formal, Informal, On the floor • What are you worth? • How to quote (Show me the money) • The art of negotiation Photographing groups: Sitting, standing, W formation, Pyramid formation, U formation, Creating different levels, Heads together, Creating flow 3.15pm Afternoon tea amongst the exhibitors / The Hub Concurrent Sessions B 3.45pm B2. How to shoot food (Hint…. it’s all about the light) Nick Tressider B1. Wall art Robert Piccoli Gain confidence, knowledge, and skills to guide profitable in-person sales sessions. Learn how to run a sales meeting that fulfills your clients needs while also meeting your target sales. • Controlling highlights • Mixing daylight and flash • Two lighting setups in one • Blending exposures • Shooting for Photoshop • The twin polariser effect 4.455.00PM Summary of Infocus 2015 Conference 7.00Pm onwards Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Gala Awards Dinner Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Print Judging NZIPP Annual General Meeting Thursday 06 - NZIPP members only Saturday 08 August to attend registration Brochure 7.00pm onwards Friday 07 August 7 Industry Exhibition Open Afternoon to the Public 1.00pm – 5.00pm Saturday 08 August infocus queenstown 2015 International Speaker Kristen Cook Kristen Cook is one of Australia’s premier newborn and baby photographers. She is drawn to the honest beauty of babies - their fragility, infinite possibilities and power of worth. Her strength lies in her love of connection to the The perfection of imperfection honest, the pure, the exploration of tenderness, and Monday 10 August, 8.45am the simple beauty and authenticity that comes from In her presentation, Kristen will emphasise the human connection. Her ability to create art with her significance of your subject matter, evoking, feeling little subjects inspires as she plays with light, mood and with imagery the imperative nature of personal work texture to bring her feelings to life. and the common identity crisis and lack of worth that many creatives face daily. She will challenge your view and approach to your baby photography and have you walking away feeling more grounded, connected and nurtured in your professional and personal work. This session will provide you with some essential basics, but will also move beyond and allow you permission to explore, make mistakes and embrace each future session with confidence. registration Brochure 8 infocus queenstown 2015 registration Brochure 9 infocus queenstown 2015 International Speaker Corwin Hiebert Corwin Hiebert is a consultant and business manager to creative entrepreneurs and is the founder of Taendem Agency Inc. Taendem is a boutique management and marketing Your creative legacy is created one photograph at a firm that provides professional services to freelancers, time, but you vocational legacy is built one business artists, and independent business owners. He manages decision at a time… so do what you love and get paid. talent such as world-renowned photographer, publisher, 02. Drawing a crowd instead of trying to stand out in one and best-selling author David duChemin. Corwin is the author of Living the Dream: Putting Your Creativity to Marketing your photography business Work [and Getting Paid] (Peachpit Press, 2013) and has Monday 10 August, 11.45am had eBooks published by Craft & Vision and Flatbooks. Corwin presents business and marketing lectures / This presentation is a candid and insightful session for workshops at photography and design conferences photographers who are tired of fighting for their buyers’ throughout Canada and the Unites States; he is also attention. Attracting your ideal clients and customers a guest lecturer at Vancouver Media Arts Institute, through curiosity, creativity, collaboration, and Langara College, and Capilano University (IDEA engaging marketing efforts creates the kind of trust and Program). rapport that will help you generate authentic demand for your work. 01. Making a living doing what you love Managing your photography business Corwin will share the kinds of marketing approaches, Sunday 09 August, 8.45am tactics and tools he uses to help his clients thrive. Through illustrations, demonstrations, and industry insight, This presentation is a no-holds barred session for marketing advice will be dispensed fast and furiously emerging and established photographers who want to helping you learn how to make the most of your self- remove the chaos and mystery associated with running promotional efforts. their own career. Your talent deserves the freedom to be creative within a manageable business structure that Photographers have more competition than ever inspires you to be the artist your clients and customers before. Now is a good time to stop trying to be deserve. competitive… so do what you love and get paid. Corwin delivers the real goods on proven businessbuilding strategies without all the mumbo jumbo. Through examples, case studies, and behind-the-scenes stories, management approaches and principles will be unpacked, helping you learn how to make your work stress free and financially rewarding. Corwin on assignment in Kenya with David duChemin early this year. registration Brochure 10 infocus queenstown 2015 Corwin Hiebert Masterclass Post conference masterclass is your opportunity to have extensive learning time with Corwin Hiebert. Business action planning for photographers A Business Action Plan provides you with a manageable Tuesday 11 August, 10.00am - 2.00pm structure that keeps you focused on asking the right questions and a system by which to keep you Are you feeling unfocused, disorganised, or like you’re accountable with your own business-building efforts. spinning your wheels? Take control with a Business Action Plan. This jam-packed session cuts to the chase on how This masterclass will help you roll-up your sleeves and get you can create a business plan that helps you get on to work creating your own plan. track and gaining momentum every time you use it. Every attendee will be given a complimentary copy of Photographers are often left stranded by traditional Corwin’s Business Action Planner ($50 value) - you can business planning efforts; the process can be frustrating learn more here: www.businessactionplanner.com. and the final document doesn’t help you get any closer The Business Action Planner Toolkit is a non-prescriptive to accomplishing your goals, assuming you even finish resource designed to decrease the chance of it! After creating a Business Action Plan you’ll have an inertia and increase a freelancer’s entrepreneurial action-oriented tool at your fingertips, and on your momentum—the digital toolkit includes a 344- devices, that will keep you on track as you manage and page PDF guidebook, Evernote® notebooks, and a market your photography career. free worksheet subscription. A Business Action Plan helps you identify your pain points, dig deeper into the core components of your business, clarify growth opportunities, and hammer out marketing strategies – all without the use of lame-ass business terminology or pixie dust. This tool, and the concepts and insights behind it, will guide you through the process of removing the chaos and mystery from your creative business, making independent work less stressful and more productive. Corwin on assignment in Kenya with David duChemin early this year. Tickets A ticket to this masterclass can be purchased for $145 per person, via the Infocus registration process. Please note: there are a limited number of tickets available for this masterclass. Corwin on assignment in Kenya with David duChemin early this year. registration Brochure 11 infocus queenstown 2015 International Speaker Robert Piccoli Virtuoso and Master Photographer Robert Piccoli is the creative force behind PICCOLI PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY With over 3 decades of acclaimed work, he is Elements of posing renowned for his sleek, sophisticated style, immaculate Monday 10 August, 1.30pm finish and creative excellence. Photographing women: Hand placement, Rule of thirds, His expertise has garnered him prestigious awards, Tips for longer legs, Full length, S shape, Chin forward, grants and honours. Considered somewhat of an Foreshortened arms icon in Australian portrait photography, he carries the Photographing men: Masculine head tilt, Feminine head distinction of Master of Photography, AIPP; NZIPP and tilt, Where to place hands, Full length, In a chair, Formal, Fellow AIPP, NZIPP, BIPP. Informal, On the floor However, it’s the personal satisfaction he experiences Photographing groups: Sitting, standing, W formation, from the response to his extensive body of work that Pyramid formation, U formation, Creating different pleases him the most. levels, Heads together, Creating flow As a talented graphic artist and designer, Robert Piccoli Wall art gravitated to photography as a means of expressing Monday 10 August, 3.45pm his love of the visual. His dedication to quality and the finer points of the photograph is apparent in the subtle Gain confidence, knowledge, and skills to guide yet exquisite detail that sets his images apart as stylish, profitable in-person sales sessions. Learn how to run a timeless and elegant. sales meeting that fulfills your clients needs while also meeting your target sales. Robert’s extensive worldwide travels generate stimulus allowing him the opportunity to interpret the latest international trends and to inspire his clients with most exciting visual options. He is always seeking to challenge traditional boundaries in professional portrait photography, making him one of Australia’s most innovative and leading portrait photographers. registration Brochure 12 infocus queenstown 2015 registration Brochure 13 infocus queenstown 2015 International Speaker Alexia Sinclair Kindly sponsored by Alexia Sinclair is an Australian Photographer & Artist. Best know for her lavishly conceptual work Sinclair uses a visual narrative to seduce her audience with each photographic feast. symbolic, this coupled with her background in digital How to get the keys to a castle on a shoestring budget media, photography, painting, sculpture and drawing Sunday 09 August, 11.00am Her work is often dark and seductive, baroque and has shaped her unique visual style and won her a swag Come on a journey with Alexia as she deconstructs her of awards and scholarships. adventure to a 17th century castle set on a Frozen Lake, Sinclair has exhibited her artworks in museums and 80km north of Stockholm. galleries throughout Australia and internationally at Exposing the highs and lows, from conjuring a cast and festivals and biennials in France, Sweden, China and crew of 40 out of thin air to dealing with subzero interiors Korea. She also produces polished campaign work without power, Alexia will discuss the intricate details of and editorials for clients such as Qantas, Qld Ballet, NZ making this extraordinary set of images. Opera, Visa, Marie Claire and Harper’s Bazaar. After weaving her frozen tale, Alexia will delve into the Sinclair shot her latest series A Frozen Tale in Skokloster importance of personal work and how it translates into Castle, following an invitation from the director of The commissioned pieces. Royal Armoury of The Royal Palace in Stockholm. What attendees expect to learn - Topics include: • Pre-production: How to build a series with visual concepts • Logistical nightmares: Dealing with models, assistants and locations • Communication: Costuming, set design and beauty • Exhibiting: Finding a space, printing and framing • Funding: How to? Was it worth it in the end? • Converting personal work into commissions registration Brochure 14 infocus queenstown 2015 registration Brochure 15 infocus queenstown 2015 International Speaker Lucy Spartalis Lucy Spartalis is a portrait, music, editorial and wedding photographer based in Melbourne, Australia. Creative Photography before moving to Melbourne in Finding the light and the love - Framework for a modern wedding photographer 2009. Her work now regularly takes her around Australia Sunday 09 August, 4.00pm Born in Adelaide, Lucy studied at the Centre for and overseas. Area’s which Lucy will be talking about: Influenced by a broad array of photographic artists • Creating a business structure you believe in such as Erwin Olaf, Annie Leibovitz and Elliot Erwitt, • Working with (and against) trends her style involves both fine art and photojournalistic • Interpreting the light techniques - enabling her to create boldly composed • Sourcing inspiration from outside the industry portraits alongside honest documentation of real life. • The importance of a supportive network Lucy now forms one half of the duo ‘She Takes Pictures He Makes Films’ - a collaboration alongside her • Helping the big day flow with ease filmmaker partner Alastair Innes - in which she directs • Branding and online presence Making your voice heard some of their film projects. She was recently named one of nine finalists in Capture Magazine’s ‘Australia’s Top Emerging Photographers’ for her wedding portraiture, and was invited to become a Ted’s Camera’s ‘Master’ in the retail chain’s ambassador program. registration Brochure 16 infocus queenstown 2015 Sub Heading registration Brochure 17 infocus queenstown 2015 National Speaker Paul Alsop Pauls journey through photography can be likened to the movie, ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ as he reverses his way backwards through the timeline of photography to one of the pioneering forms. megapixels of the latest digital cameras which leaves Ambrotypes and Alchemy - Contemporary use of Wet Plate Collodion in New Zealand him scratching his head as he stands and scrubs the Sunday 09 August, 2.30pm Alsop observes photographers comparing the number silver stains from his hands (and often also feet!). Ambrotypes are images made on glass with silver and Born and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Paul light using the Wet Plate Collodion (WPC) process. moved out to the Coromandel in 2010 to work as a The technique is the third oldest form of photography medical doctor, and now lives and works in the Bay of and the earliest form of Polaroid, dating back to Plenty. His passionate addiction to photography led 1851. The images produced are archival and unique him to teach himself how to make images, starting 10 objects in their own right. The technique is antiquated years ago with digital image manipulation and design, for a reason, as it is cumbersome, expensive and then onto digital photography subsequently teaching highly involved, however, as many people have himself black and white film photography and print become disillusioned with digital photography and as making. More recently, Paul has found his passion by film is often cost prohibitive, the Ambrotype and the adopting the wet plate collodion process and it is Tintype are undergoing a revival worldwide. here where he finds comfort, sitting on the fringes of New Zealand is an island nation with limited ‘wet plate’ modern photography, basking in the hazy fog of volatile resources and strict border control. Paul will discuss the chemicals, wood shavings and excitement at the limitations, frustrations, deviations and how the ‘can do prospect of photographic DIY. Kiwi’ attitude has been applied to keep this marvelous Far from re-enacting the days of old, Alsop uses process alive and kicking in Aotearoa. collodion to produce contemporary images with Topics covered include: contemporary methods. When not at work as a GP, or in • The History: Early photographic techniques his lab experimenting with chemistry, he can be found and early NZ photographers out and about head in a mobile darkroom tent. • The Science: Basic science and chemistry • The Process: Learning by my mistakes • The Limitations: Reasons why photography evolved • The Aesthetic: Forget the fluff, it’s all about the final image registration Brochure 18 infocus queenstown 2015 registration Brochure 19 infocus queenstown 2015 National Speaker Tony Carter Tony Carter is one of Taranaki’s most celebrated portrait photographers. He has lived in Taranaki all of his life and has been a professional photographer for 18 years. Cater has been awarded New Zealand Photographer Another World: Portraits from Ohura of the Year five times by the New Zealand Institute Sunday 09 August, 1.45pm of Professional Photography. In 2010 he was the Another World: Portraits from Ohura is a result of 30 first New Zealander to be awarded Grand Master visits to Ohura (Manawatu-Whanganui region) over of Photography by the Institute. A consummate the period of a year. By chance, I stopped as I was perfectionist, in 2014 alone Cater won two gold, five passing through one day and was fascinated by the silver and two bronze photography awards. people there. I grew up in a rural environment and I feel I understand the ‘no airs and graces’ attitude of the residents. I wanted to capture the rawness and humanness of Ohura. The people who live there don’t fit in to the mainstream – they live in Ohura because it is a place where they can be honest and real about who they are. I tried to reflect that honesty in my work. Ohura represents a different type of cultural diversity. I spent a lot of time with the residents, listening to their stories and getting to know them. Once I’d finished working on each photograph, I took it back to the resident for them to see. That way I built up their trust – they could see I was working in a respectful manner. My Ohura photographs are full of intensely personal objects and locations that reflect the lives of each “I have been photographing people for my entire career, but these photographs are different. As the title of the series suggests, they capture another world – a world that is usually invisible to most New Zealanders.” resident I photographed. Character houses, domestic clutter, faded posters, beloved pets, tattoos – I wanted the portraits to be intimate, honest and direct. Tony Carter registration Brochure 20 infocus queenstown 2015 registration Brochure infocus queenstown 2015 National Speaker Jason Naylor Jason Naylor is one half of the creative wedding photography team WE DO Photography & Design. WE DO Photography & Design are a left-brain/ Preparing for Serendipity - How planning and right-brain synergy looking to rock your wedding day, preparedness allows us to get lucky How embracing our and create something unique for every couple. client’s demands and constraints allows us the freedom to create art Jason is the winner of the NZIPP Wedding Classic and Monday 10 August, 10.45am Wedding Album categories for 2014, and always the bridesmaid never the bride in the Wedding Creative Our wedding photography business is a service business category. - we exist to please our clients. We have a responsibility to create imagery for them - they are our #1 priority. However, as artists, and we’re constantly looking to push ourselves, create something new, something that excites us. There’s no routine or status quo. Every day, every shot, is something unique. We actively embrace this paradox of the client’s requests vs our creative vision - using their constraints to give ourselves a canvas, and thoroughly planning to help spark ideas to create something new. We believe constraints and limitations are necessary in creativity. This presentation will show you how we use them. registration Brochure 22 infocus queenstown 2015 registration Brochure 23 infocus queenstown 2015 National Speaker Jackie Ranken Jackie has over 30 years experience within the arts, studying ceramics and fine art painting while at the same time being a professional photographer. darkroom technician, wedding photographer, Art of Travel Photography From Tibet to Antarctica commercial photographer and photojournalist. For Sunday 09 August, 9.45am Working within the industry as a race photographer, the past twenty years she has described herself as an Jackie will take you through her recent adventures ‘Fine Art Photographer’. Combining this practice with explaining, what to photograph and where, but teaching and as a presenter in photography workshops more importantly why to photograph and how. You and seminars internationally. She is co-director the should leave this presentation feeling excited to make Queenstown Centre for Creative Photography based in photographs on any journey even the one through your New Zealand with her husband Mike Langford. registration Brochure backyard. 24 infocus queenstown 2015 Sub Heading registration Brochure 25 infocus queenstown 2015 National Speaker Leon Rose Leon Rose is a Commercial Photographer based in Auckland, specialising in location work, and real people. His passion is to shoot beautiful landscapes and portraits for Automotive and Travel/Tourism clients in NZ, Australia, and the Pacific. Leon is passionate about photography and loves Mixed lighting workshop within a Queenstown bar expressing himself through his lens. All of his projects are Sunday 09 August, 5.00pm treated with the respect they deserve and taken to the Leon will be taking a workshop showcasing portable highest level. flash and available light. Set in one of Queenstowns Leon has won numerous photographic accolades, and bars, Leon will take you through the process of a most recently received a Silver and a Bronze award commercial style shoot. Balancing Bowens portable in the advertising category of the International One flash supplied by CR Kennedy, and available light to Eyeland awards. give a moody commercial feel. You will learn how to successfully light your subject and background. Outside of the commercial realm, Leon has just self published his book “Live, Train, Fight like Thai”, a 10 year Using PS Lightroom as a tethering tool, combined with a long editorial image collection following the sport of Canon camera you will be taken through a commercial Muay Thai in NZ. workflow from set up to save. In this session you will learn how to overcome tricky lighting issues and how to Leon has been a commercial photographer in effectively use lightweight equipment safely in a busy Auckland since 1997. Leon has also taught photography environment. at South Seas film & TV school in Auckland. Leon continues to teach one on one to photographers and Leon will share his tricks and tips in lighting, workflow, photography tutors. and cataloguing your jobs. registration Brochure 26 infocus queenstown 2015 registration Brochure 27 infocus queenstown 2015 National Speaker Nick Tresidder Nick Tresidder is a commercial photographer based in Parnell Auckland. Nick specialises in food and people shooting for The joys of paperwork clients both here in New Zealand and overseas. Monday 10 August, 1.45pm Nick’s work has appeared in books, magazines, • It’s all about business advertisements, and on packaging around the • Why should I keep copyright? world. Nick has built his career by giving his clients • What does licensing actually mean? Champagne at Christmas and talking about himself in • What are you worth? the third person. • How to quote (Show me the money) • The art of negotiation How to shoot food (Hint…. it’s all about the light) Monday 10 August, 3.45pm • Controlling highlights • Mixing daylight and flash • Two lighting setups in one • Blending exposures • Shooting for Photoshop • The twin polariser effect registration Brochure 28 infocus queenstown 2015 registration Brochure 29 infocus queenstown 2015 Reserve your space Events Photowalk A beginners guide to the lighting galaxy 4.00pm – 5.15pm, Friday 07 August* 3.00pm – 5.00pm, Saturday 08 August* Mike Langford and Jackie Ranken Richard Linton Photowalks are generally an unstructured event, Join us for a speedlite workshop to learn about creating where group of photographers walk through a space, a and controlling the perfect light. Experience: landscape, an area with the intent to make photographs • The Speedlite 600EX-RT radio-based wireless system as they go. • Creative lighting techniques and alternatives Take a photowalk with multi-award winning husband and • Lighting and flash exposure control wife duo Mike Langford and Jackie Ranken, who just • Features and functions of the EOS Speedlite System happen to call Queenstown their home. Mike Langford has spent the last thirty years working as an international Richard Linton owns a large, well-equipped studio in commercial and travel photographer with over twenty Christchurch, and covers a wide range of commercial books bearing his name and many others as contributor. assignments including advertising, annual reports, Throughout that time he has been a much sought after corporate, and social events. He is a strong advocate International Awards Judge and lecturer. Jackie Ranken of photographer’s rights and the use of business best established herself as a Fine Art photographer in Australia practice & ethics. with her unique black and white aerial imagery. She Canon custom functions breakfast session – Make your camera work for you is the only photographer to have won both Australian Professional Photographer of the Year (AIPP) and New Zealand Professional Photographer of the Year (NZIPP). 7.30am – 8.15am, Monday 10 August* Perhaps learn some new skills and make some new Customisation of your Canon DSLR to your shooting styles through an informative session on making the most friends. The point is to ‘get out there’ and express your of your Canon custom functions and picture styles. Ideal creativity and enjoy your photography. Where else can you take a walk with two professional photographers as for Canon EOS 5D and 1D users. your local guides, while enjoy some of the Queenstown Light breakfast and coffee supplied. scenery. Check out a video Jackie made last year, while out walking with her 50mm lens: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=m_dZ7mSw6D4 Events kindly sponsored by The first 30 people, who register for this photowalk will receive a complimentary book by Mike Langford and Jackie Ranken, donated by Canon. Although these events are hosted by NZIPP, we welcome anyone who wishes to join these events to come along. *Reserve a space Limited numbers will apply, please email [email protected] to reserve a space. You will be advised of the meeting point closer to the time. registration Brochure 30 infocus queenstown 2015 Lets Celebrate Social Programme Mixed lighting workshop with Leon Rose Join us for a casual drink in one of Queenstown’s bars, Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Gala Awards Dinner network with colleagues and friends within the industry, The Gala Awards Dinner is a celebration of then watch Leon Rose take you through the process professional photography within New Zealand of a commercial style shoot. Refer to page 26 for the and honour the 2015 Iris Award winners. full synopsis. Enjoy good food, wine and company! Sunday 09 August Monday 10 August Time Time 7.30 – 10.00pm 7.00pm onwards Cost Venue One ticket is included in every full registration fee. Please Rydges Lakeland Resort Queenstown indicate your attendance, when registering. Cost Additional tickets may be purchased (via the $135 per person. Tickets may be purchased via registration process) for $20 per person. the registration process. Kindly sponsored by Kindly sponsored by Post print judging party 7.00pm – 11.00pm, Saturday 08 August Celebrate or commiserate, just come along and join in! Entering the Iris Awards isn’t essential to attending, we welcome anyone in the photographic community to come along to dine, drink and dance. There is no entry fee, but all food and beverage is at your own cost. registration Brochure 31 infocus queenstown 2015 not to be missed The Hub Have you ever watched a speaker and had a burning question, but didn’t want to ask it in front of 200 delegates? Well, now’s your chance! Our friendly and approachable speakers will be based at The Hub and ready & willing to chat about everything and anything. Bring them a coffee (our speakers like coffee!), pull up a chair or bean bag, and discuss life’s (or photography’s) big questions! Gear n Action Let’s face it….. most of us photographers love new photographic gear. But it’s so hard in an industry exhibition to get that gear out of the glass cabinets! That’s why we have Gear n Action! It’s a space for exhibitors to showcase, let you touch, feel, try out and more. registration Brochure 32 infocus queenstown 2015 06 - 08 August 2015 Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Print Judging The NZIPP has been running the annual Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Print Judging for more than 30 years, celebrating the excellence of New Zealand professional photography across a wide range of photographic genres. As well as recognising the outstanding achievements to earn merit awards to enhance their marketing profile. of a small number of photographers through the major The Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards awards, the event also provides an opportunity for attracts over 1,000 entries annually from both New every professional photographer across the country Zealand and overseas. Refer to the NZIPP website, for the Judging Programme Richard Wood 2014 Epson / NZIPP Professional Photographer of the Year www.infocus.org.nz registration Brochure 33 infocus queenstown 2015 Register online at www.infocus.org.nz Early Bird Registration closes on Friday 26 June 2015 Registration Information Monthly Installments Early Bird Prior to Friday 26 June Standard From Saturday 27 June We are offering the opportunity to pay your NZIPP / AIPA / AIPP Member $495 $595 Full Conference Registration includes: Non Member $695 $795 • Attendance at all conference sessions PSNZ member $595 $695 Student / Assistants $345 $445 Registration Fees Full Conference Registration* registration fee in full over four months (April - July). You must email [email protected] by 15 April 2015, to qualify. No extensions to the installment plan will be offered after this date. • Entry into Industry Exhibition • Satchel and contents • Printed material including Conference Handbook Day Registration • Morning and afternoon teas NZIPP / AIPA / AIPP Member $345 $345 Non Member $449 $449 PSNZ member $395 $395 • Lunches • One ticket to the Mixed lighting workshop • Opportunity to purchase Masterclass tickets Day Registration includes: Register online at www.infocus.org.nz • Attendance at all conference sessions for one day Payment is by credit card (Visa or MasterCard) and a • Entry into Industry Exhibition for one day secure link is provided. • Satchel and contents An automatic email will be sent at the completion of • Printed material including Conference Handbook your registration. A confirmation email and tax receipt • Morning and afternoon tea for one day will be sent within 72 hours of registering, to the email • Lunch for one day address provided. First 30 delegates to register, receive a complimentary $50 Queensberry voucher. Notes All registrations and social tickets must be accompanied by full payment. If full payment is not received by Friday 26 June 2015, your registration fee will be automatically changed to the standard fee. NZIPP Member must be a fully paid member for the 2015 year of NZIPP, AIPA, AIPP or ACMP. Students currently registered at a NZIPP recognised tertiary institute or employed as an assistant for a current NZIPP member. All prices are in New Zealand dollars and include GST of 15%. Registrations paid by credit card, will appear on your statement as Composition Ltd. Cancellations Should you need to cancel your registration for any reason, you may reassign your registration to another person. If you are unable to arrange a replacement, a full refund less an administration charge of $80 will be made providing notification is received by 26 June 2015. After this date refunds will be at the discretion of NZIPP. Please notify the Conference Organsiers on email: [email protected]. All refunds will be processed at the conclusion of the Infocus Conference. If, for reasons beyond the control of NZIPP the conference is cancelled, registration fees will be refunded after the deduction of expenses already incurred. registration Brochure 34 infocus queenstown 2015 FIND OUT MORE General Information Accommodation General There are plenty of accommodation Dress options within Queenstown, to suit everyone style Dress for all sessions is business / smart casual. Dress for and budget. the Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Gala Rydges Lakeland Resort Awards Dinner is formal. Deluxe Lakeview Room (Infocus venue) Venue Epson / NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Print Judging and Infocus Conference are both being held at: Rydges Lakeland Resort Queenstown 38 - 54 Lake Esplanade, Queenstown Contact Us If you have any queries about Infocus 2015 Conference Deluxe Lakeview Rooms features either king size bed arrangements please contact: or two double beds for twin sharing. Offering views of Arna Wahl Davies / Nerida Ramsay Lake Wakatipu, the Queenstown town centre, and the Conference Managers majestic Remarkable Mountains, along with broadband Composition Ltd internet access, mini bar, Sky, complimentary tea and PO Box 30035, St Martins, Christchurch, New Zealand coffee, iron and ironing board, hairdryer, alarm radio, full room service. P 03 332 4537 [email protected] $189.00 incl GST, per room, per night Wwww.composition.co.nz To make a booking at Rydges, visit the Infocus website and download a Direct Booking Form (fill in and fax or email back to Rydges). Motel Options View website: www.queenstownnz.co.nz/information/motels/ Holiday Home Options View websites such as: www.bookabach.co.nz www.holidayhouses.co.nz registration Brochure 35 infocus queenstown 2015 Look forward to seeing you in Queenstown! www.NZIPP.org.nz
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