NZIPP NEWS

    Photography wasn’t the career plan.   For more than 25 years, my working life has been in IT, primarily supporting pharmacies and businesses around New Zealand. It’s a job that has put a lot of kilometres under the wheels and taken me to most corners of...

  This week we're excited to introduce Graham Murphy, the creative power behind Kerikeri's Northern exposure Photography and one of the newest additions to the NZIPP Honours Council Team. Graham brings a unique perspective to our community. Before mastering...

    Ok is this the most whack title so far in the Pro Report? Probably. Let's get into it. Have you ever groaned when it's been cheerfully suggested, "You should do a personal project!" Really?! After spending the latest season, photographing other people's...

  The NZIPP Iris Awards Gala Evening sponsored by Ilford and CRK is the pinnacle of an incredible week celebrating photography. It’s a night where we come together to recognise excellence, celebrate achievements, reconnect with friends, and applaud the...

    When we talk about the New Zealand Photography Show, it’s easy to focus on the incredible speaker lineup, trade show, and live Iris Awards judging. But there’s so much more happening throughout the week that many people don’t realise is completely free...

    "There is a place I return to where the wind doesn’t ask questions and the land remembers everything. Light moves slowly there, like breath across a surface. Nothing is sharp. Nothing needs to be. I follow it. Not to capture, but to feel where it leads."...

  My photography career started in 1996, when I opened a studio in inner-city Christchurch. I focused mainly on people photography until the Christchurch earthquakes. After that, I reinvented myself as a travel photographer and educator, which turned out to be a...

On Monday 22nd June, Canterbury Westland held their third 10:10:10 event at the Little Andromeda Theatre in central Christchurch. This event was extremely well supported, with over a hundred people in attendance. That really is a HUGE amount of support from the wide...

  July 4th - the biggest firework for Independence Day A perfect, fragile porcelain-blue sky with a few white fluffy clouds, green grass sloping gently down to blue-green water which is ruffled by a light breeze. A dolphin's fin breaks the surface and disappears...

  When I was named 2025 New Zealand Professional Photographer of the Year, I felt a huge sense of gratitude, but also a strange sense of stillness afterwards. Because the truth is, the award itself was never really the point.   Entering awards has always...

    The Iris Awards and New Zealand Amateur Photography Awards continue to be two of the most important opportunities on our photographic calendar, providing a platform for photographers across New Zealand and Australia to challenge themselves, share their...

    First, There’s the Self-Doubt Every year, as the Iris Awards approach, I hear many of the same conversations. "I'm not sure my work is good enough." "I'll wait until next year." "I don't think I'm ready." The interesting thing is that I've heard those...

    The right to be judgey. I have been a judge for over 20 years probably getting nearly 30. I remember worrying about getting it wrong. Actually, I still do. I have worked out (not infrequently) that if I am wrong, 4 other judges will tell me in one way or...

      You've spent weeks, maybe months, sitting at your computer selecting, editing, refining, and crafting images you love and feel proud of. The print is where all of that work becomes something tangible. Something a judge can stand in front of, walk...