Well that was fun!  We had a great turnout for the Privateering Light closing event yesterday.  It was great to meet new people and put faces to names.  Clive Copeman came along and had the difficult task of making his selection of top images from the exhibition, but these are the excellent photographers he chose. 

**The photographers are still sending digital copies of their images so this post will be updated as they arrive.

Judges Selection
Top Award: Susan Macey - $100 voucher from The Photo Gallery
Runner Up: David Steer - Signed copy of Dunedin Light Seasons book from Derek Morrison at Box of Light, and 2 Rialto movie tickets
Highly Commended: Nicola Pye, Dallas Synnott, Raelene Inglis - each received a signed copy of Dunedin Light Seasons book from Derek Morrison at Box of Light.

We also had the people's choice award and the people voted Mason Osborne the clear winner on the night.  He also received a signed copy of Dunedin Light Seasons book from Derek Morrison at Box of Light.

Thanks again to everyone who made this year's Privateering Light possible.  The work looked great on the wall and those of you who were able to make it to the closing event were sure to have gone home with some with some great new art.  Where will it be next...

Important Notice: All images are copyright to their respective owners and are protected under international copyright laws. Without prior written permission from the owners, it is not permitted to copy, download, or reproduce these images in any way whatsoever. All Rights Reserved.

The 2015 Privateering Exhibition has opened this morning at the Fringe Festival Headquarters in Dunedin.  It's great to see such a fantastic response from photography enthusiasts.  We have 105 images in the exhibition from 38 photographers from around the country.

The exhibition will be on display at the Dunedin Fringe Festival HQ (11 George St) from today March 12th until Saturday 21st March.

At 4pm on Sat 21st we will have the closing event where we can all get together to chat and view the exhibition.  Clive Copeman will share his thoughts on the work and select his pick of the exhibition.  At the closing everyone present will get to take one (maybe more) photo off the wall and take it home with them.  There will be gold coin entry and everyone is welcome.

Thanks again to the great businesses who have supported Privateering Light 2015: The Photo Gallery, Box of Light, Tech Teach, Rialto Dunedin, and the Dunedin Fringe Festival.

Each year a local photographer has attended the Privateering Light exhibition to provide some comments about the photos on display, and this year is no exception as Clive Copeman has agreed to take up this role.  

The name Clive may be familiar to some of you - he is a commercial and portrait photographer based in Dunedin, but he is also an SIT tutor.  Clive's feedback on the exhibition images at the closing event will be invaluable, and may also be lucrative for the lucky photographers whose photos he selects as his pick of the exhibition.  They will take home prizes from our sponsors: The Photo Gallery, Adventure Media Group.

A big shout out to Tim and the team at The Photo Gallery in Dunedin for donating a $100 voucher for The Photo Gallery services.  If you haven't been in to see them, you definitely should!  They are Photo, Canvas and Blockmount specialists, and can make your photos come to life on your walls.  

It seems such a shame that we take all these beautiful photos and most of them never make it off our hard drives.  Why not treat yourself and pick out your favourite photo and take it into the The Photo Gallery.  They can help you decide the best way to print it for displaying on your wall.  You may even be the lucky Privateering Light participant who goes home from the event on 21st March with the $100 voucher to help make this happen :)

The prints have started to arrive. It's like Christmas every time the post arrives :)

Make sure you don't miss out - send your prints our way so that the arrive by March 6th.

Last night James Luhrs, a rep for Olympus, spoke at the Dunedin Photographic Society about Mirrorless Camera Systems.  It was very interesting and had a few of us thinking about what it would take to make the switch away form out DSLRs.
At the end of the night he was kind enough to donate 3 Lowepro compact camera bags as spot prizes for the Privateering Light closing event.

Check out the Festival programme for Privateering Light event listing. While you're looking, check out some of the other cool events that are happening during the festival www.dunedinfringe.nz

We are pleased to announce that Derek from Adventure Media Group is supporting this year's Privateering Light Exhibition with 5 copies of his beautiful book: Dunedin Light Seasons.  This is a stunning photographic journey around the beaches of Dunedin with photos taken by Derek himself.  It is a great book full of inspiring images for those with an interest in photography.  

These books to 5 lucky Privateering Light exhibitors during the closing event on Saturday 21st March 4-6pm at the Dunedin Fringe HQ, 11 George Street.

If you are interested in viewing more of Derek's amazing photos, check out his Box of Light website and follow him on Facebook.

Thanks Derek for supporting our event :)

Privateering Light is on again for 2015!  This year it is being held in Dunedin as part of the Dunedin Fringe Festival.  We have a great exhibition space organised within the Fringe HQ and the exhibition will be on display for the length of the Fringe Festival: 12-21st March.

We are calling for print entries now so take a look through your photo collection, or get out with your camera and pick up to three images to print and send to us.  Remember, you just need to print your images on A3 copy paper (from somewhere like warehouse stationary) and post them to us by 6th March:
Privateering Light
26 Hunt Street
Dunedin 9013

Please let us know you are participating by registering here: http://www.privateeringlight.com/register.html

All prints will be exhibited during the Fringe Festival and then on Sat 21st March 4-6pm we will have a closing event for anyone who would like to come along.  At the end of the event, everyone can steal the show and take home one or two photos from the exhibition.