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CAPE CAMERASeptember 2016Official Newsletter of the

Cape Town Photographic Society

From the council 2

News flashes 3

September Outing 6

Forthcoming outing 8

Forthcoming E&D 9

September competition 10

Joining Facebook 15

AV News 16

In this issue

September 2016 - 2 -

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News from the council

Publications TeamEditor: Anna EngelhardtAudio-Visual: Joy WellbelovedCompetitions: Lesley ParolisCouncil & PSSA: Nicol du ToitE & D: Kim StevensFacebook: Steffne HughesLayout: Andre MoutonOutings: Richard GoldschmidtPhoto genres: Margaret CollinsSnapshot: Andre MoutonSubmit any contributions to editor Anna Engelhardt at email annengel@iafrica.

The cover image “Sundowners at Street Café” by Jean-ette Brusnicky was one of the high-scoring images in the category ‘Street Photography’ of the September compe-tition. It was taken in May this year during a six-weeks trip through Europe. While exploring the winding and hilly walkways of the magnificent old terraced town of Vernazza, Cinque Terra in Italy, Jeanette came across this elderly Italian gentleman reading his newspaper and en-joying a glass of wine outside a street café. Her interest was captured not only by the unique manner in which he was reading, but also by his long white and dishevelled hairstyle that reminded her of old photographs of Albert Einstein. The image was taken with a Canon EOS 7D, Shut-ter Priority 1/100 sec, f 5.6, ISO 160, Exposure bias +0.3.

W ell attended AGMOur Annual General Meeting was held in September. It was gratifying to see so many members attending and tak-ing part in discussions. It is a sign that there is a healthy interest in the affairs of the society and bodes well for the future of CTPS.

The official and main purpose of the meeting is for the president to report back on the activities of the past year and for the mem-bers to receive an overview of the financial status of our society. The president’s report had already been circulated, together with the notice of the meeting, but the financial statements were presented and discussed in detail.As far as our financial status is concerned we can be very fortunate that we have had such thoughtful forefathers who left us with such a healthy financial legacy. Our role must be to look after it well to ensure we leave the society in a healthy state for those who walk behind us.Despite a very difficult year in the world’s and our country’s financial markets we still managed to get a return on our investments that were better than inflation and better than we would have had if we invested our funds in normal interest bearing bank ac-counts.Although CTPS is running at a loss, the growth in investment income was more than the loss. Extraordinary expenses relating to our 125th anniversary made a large contribution to the loss and I trust the loss will be less in the current financial year. Last year we spent more than R1 000 per member, while our membership fees per member was only R150 for the year.Our Facebook successIn my written report I neglected to mention Steffne Hughes who is doing a marvellous job with our Facebook group. She is very well supported by many members who make a large and very important contribution by regular postings of relevant photographic information. This is what makes this group very vibrant and exciting. Personally, I tend to sneer at the things people tend to post on their personal Facebook pages, but the CTPS Facebook group has really showed me what can be achieved through this media. I visit the pages regularly, although I often only read what other people have posted. For those of you who have not yet joined the group, I can only say that you are missing one of the best photographic resources I have ever encountered.New members and visitorsAnother person who also deserves a word of appreciation is John Spence. Earlier this year he agreed to take responsibility for making visitors feel welcome and he is doing a great and unselfish job. During the last few meetings we have had more visitors than usual and it is difficult to cope with more than two or three people at a time. He has already roped in a few other members to help him and will from time to time also ask other members to help. Please be so kind as to help when approached, or when you see visitors or new members standing around before, and after, our meetings or at teatime. Who knows, they might turn out to become some of your best friends in future.New appointments to councilThe AGM also elected three new people to the vacancies we had on council:

• Anna Engelhardt into the publications portfolio as editor of Cape Camera• Andre Mouton into the Webmaster portfolio as designer of Cape Camera, technical aspects of the website and informa-

tion technology• Trudi du Toit into the Public Relations portfolio.

We would like to thank them for making themselves available and congratulate and welcome them. We are looking forward to their contributions.

Nicol du ToitCTPS President

PSSA entries for September

Available exhibition space

CTPS changes rules for promotions

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CTPS news flashesThe two images selected for our entries in the monthly PSSA Club competition were Mireille Landman’s “After the storm” in the Junior section, and Jeanette du Toit’s “The kiss” in the Senior section.

PSSA entries for September

The Friends of Zeekoevlei and Rondevlei (FoZR) is an apolitical, community-based and non-profit organisation and assists the False Bay Nature Reserve authorities in the protection of the much-threatened flora and fauna in this area.

The association manages a ‘tearoom’ at the Rondevlei Nature Reserve and is presently exploring the possibility of using the space for unknown artists and photographers to display and sell some of their work. Any interested members should contact

Jocelyn van Eeden at [email protected]; or go to www.zeekoevlei.co.za for more information.

Important changes to Competition RulesThere have been some important changes in the Competition Rules for the 2017 year, which runs from October 2016 to September 2017:

To stimulate the entries of prints for the monthly competitions, this number has been increased to three, which means that all entries can now be prints. However, please note that the number of PDIs remains unchanged (maximum 2); and also the total number of entries (maximum 3).

PromotionsCongratulations to Cathy Bruce Wright who gains promotion to Salon.

Available exhibition space

CTPS changes rules for promotionsThe requirements for promotion in the beginner, intermediate and advanced rankings have been increased; and the rankings have been extended by the addition of a new category called Master photographer. This challenges the Salon worker to achieve at least 10 Gold awards in CTPS competitions and at least 10 national or international salon acceptances per year. The new requirements for promotion are:From Beginner to Intermediate: 40 points including any gained from Salon acceptances and including a minimum of 5 Gold Awards in Society competitions. From Intermediate to Advanced: 50 points including any gained from Salon acceptances and including a minimum of 10 Gold Awards in Society competitions. From Advanced to Salon: 50 Gold Awards in Society competitions. An Acceptance gained in national or international salons will count as one CTPS competition Gold Award; however a minimum of 30 Gold awards in CTPS competitions is required. Any image that ob-

tains a salon Acceptance may only be used once to merit a CTPS Gold Award. An image may thus gain a CTPS Gold award and a salon acceptance. From Salon to Master: A minimum of 10 CTPS Gold awards and 10 national or international salon acceptances for the competition year (October to September). However, the promotion to the ranking of Master is only valid for 12 months, and if the requirement is not met by the end of the following competition year, the photographer will return to Salon ranking.Please note: All members who gain salon acceptances and wish them to be used for ranking promotion must inform the competi-tions convener by no later than three months after the salon takes place. The onus is on the photographer to inform CTPS of salon ac-ceptances.For the full Competition Rules 2017 please see the competitions page of the CTPS website.

Attention All Photovault users

Members are reminded to update their personal details on Photovault’s “My details” page. This is especially important if emails and competition rankings have changed. To update your ranking click on “My details” and update your “Club Star ranking”.



The mountains and forests around Hogsback - and possible even snow! – will offer unique photographic opportunities for delegates attending the 2017 Cape Photographers Regional Congress, hosted by the East London Photographic Society between 30 April and 03 May next year. This Eastern Cape region is truly “an earthly paradise of forest-clad mountains, grassy uplands and singing streams, a veritable haven of peace” as M.M.S. Ballantyne wrote in the book Hogsback Our Haven 1908 – 1982. Think “Lord of the Rings” landscapes!

Among the speakers will be Johan Kloppers, Koot Marais, Nico Smit, Hein Waschefort, Josef Steyn and Jill Sneesby and Jeff Morris on AVs. The AV Makers SA’s International 6-way challenge will be showcased on the final evening.

Congratulation to all the members who achieved these fantastic results; with special reference to Jeanette du Toit who was among the top scorers in all three categories of the 2016 Impala Trophy.

CTPS print workers dominated the 2016 Impala Trophy results for print: the seven CTPS members among the top 16 are by far the most from any one club – and represents 44% of all the print trophy contenders.

Kim Stevens was placed 3rd in prints with 10 points, Jeanette du Toit (9 points) was 5th and Lambe Parolis and Joan Ward were joint 8th with 6 points. Shaun Laishley (10th with 5 points) and Lesley Parolis and Jenny Powis (13th with 2 points) are the other CTPS members on the list.

The 88 points Jeanette du Toit earned for her PDI salon entries during the past year earned her 35th place out of 465 in the PDI Impala Trophy rankings. Chris Coetzee was 95th with 43 points.

The CTPS AV Salon that formed part of the CTPS 125 Anniversary Salon at the end of last year was one of only four salons held during the year that enabled PSSA members to compete for AV Impala Trophy points. Jeanette du Toit came 4th, Antenie Carstens and Nellian Bekker jointly 9th and Joan Rathband (one of our “swallows” members) was 13th.

The Impala Trophy results are based on the points earned by PSSA members who enter or judge in salons between 30th June and 1 July each year. An image may not be entered more than three times in total, whether for print, PDI mono or colour. The points are calculated as follows:

• PSSA gold medal for a category win in an international salon 6 points;

• PSSA silver medal for a category win in a national salon 4 points and runner-up in an international salon 5 points;

• PSSA bronze or club medal win 3 points in national salon and 4 points in an international salon;

• Certificate of merit (COM) 2 points in a national salon and 3 points in an international salon

• Acceptance in national salon 1 point and 2 points in an international salon.

PSSA members also get points for judging salons:• PDI: 4 points per category (4 images per category)• Prints: 6 points per category (6 images per category)• AV: minimum 2 points, depending on the average entry.

Important forthcoming dates

Please diarize!5th October : Competition evening. Theme: Vertical scapes. Judge: Lee Slabber. 12th October : AV evening. Guest speaker: Frank Reuvers.19th October : E&D evening. Guest speaker: Garyth Bevan.28th October : Western Cape Interclub evening at Sanlam HO in Bellville; at 18h00 Tickets are R75 per person31st October : Upload via Photovault one image in each category (Best Print and Best PDI of the year - Oct 2015-Sept

2016) to enter the Annual CTPS competition. Prints must be handed in by 2nd November- at the com petition evening.

2nd November : Competition evening. Theme: Triptych. Judge: Leon Oosthuizen9th November : AV evening. Further details tba16th November : E&D evening. Guest speaker: tba

CTPS members shine in Impala Trophy results

Cape Photographers Congress in Hogsback

This famous Hogsback Inn will host congress delegates.

Jeanette du Toit keeps on flying the CTPS flag in local salons – also see how well she did in all three categories of the 2016 Impala Trophy in the article “CTPS members shine in Impala Trophy Results”. She already gained valuable points for the 2017 competition in the MFFC (Magaliesburg) National Salon with a Certificate of Merit for her entry “Elegance” in the Nature - Colour PDI (Excluding Scapes) category. She also got two acceptances in the Open Mono PDI (Excluding Nature and Scapes) for “Black and White Shadow Play” and “Fatherly Love”, while her “De Hoop Dune Scape” was accepted in Scapes Monochrome PDI. Chris Coetzee also got an acceptance for “In Another Time and Place” in the Open - Colour PDI (Excluding Nature and Scapes) category.

Jeanette scores again

CTPS news flashes continue...CTPS news flashes continue...

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The West Coast Photographic Society is hosting a Photography Workshop on Saturday 15th October from 10am to 5pm at the Port Owen Yacht Club near Veldrift. It will be led by two professional photographers from Paarl.

The maximum number of participants is restricted to 25 and currently there are only 10 places left. The cost is R160 per person. A light meal will be provided for lunch. Please advise if you require a vegetarian option.

The morning session (lasting 2 – 3 hours) is a ‘Close-Up’ workshop starting at 10h00; and the afternoon session is about ‘Available Light Portraiture’ and will start after lunch and last for 2 - 3 hours or until everyone leaves.

Members are expected to bring their own cameras and if possible a reflector or tripod. They are also encouraged to bring their laptops for editing purposes afterward.

To book, please contact Desi on 072 678 8030 or e-mail [email protected]

October Meeting: The next AV evening will take place on 12th October. This is what Nellian Bekker had to say about the speaker of the evening: “Frank Reuvers and his wife Gail travel a lot all over the world. He makes long AVs to tell people about his trips via photos, music and narration - what AVs are in essence. Normally AVs should be between 3-5 minutes, however, Frank’s superb AVs are much longer – I would guess up to 20 minutes?“We would like to invite all the members of the club to join us on 12 October to enjoy his AVs with us. We will also be screening AVs of our members, should they enter for the evening.”Invitation to enter AVs for the Interclub meeting: Nellian recently had a meeting with Alicia Greyling and Antenie Carstens, during which Alicia proposed that all the participating clubs in the Interclub competition are invited to send in some AVs. These will be judged on 15 October, to arrive at the three best entries, which will then be screened at the Interclub evening on the 28th October. “Who knows, it might lead to an AV Interclub in the future”, says Alicia.

Photographic Workshop onthe West Coast

Latest AV news

Last reminder to registerfor Wild Shots seminar

CTPS news flashes continue...

2016 Interclub Competition Entries from CTPSThe annual Western Cape Interclub Competition takes place on the 28th October in the auditorium at the

Sanlam Head Office in Bellville - at 18h00.

The entries from CTPS are as follows:

PDIs• Walking with Giants by Ken Woods• Down the sacred river to Xanadu of Kublai Kahn by

Jeanette Brusnicky• Grandeur decay by Danie Coetzee• Jazz by Andrew Denny• Landing line by Joan Ward• Pink water umbrella by Karyn Parisi• Drifting along by Pat Scott• She thinks she is human by Steffne Hughes• Spiritual journey 2 by Danie Coetzee• Sunrise in Cadiz by John Spence• The kiss by Jeanette du Toit• Tiled façade Porto by Mo Bass

Prints• Mosque mosaic by Kim Stevens• My space by Joan Ward• Blue wildebeest reflection by Jeanette du Toit• Layers of paint by Anna Engelhardt• Spider lily by Johan Strydom• Synchronised take off by Pat Scott• Shafiek by Arnold Castle• Reflection on the Oaks Estate by Lesley Parolis• Eiffel detail by Jacoba van Zyl• Jeux d’hiver by Kim Stevens• Arctic beauty by Karyn Parisi• Gotham by Lesley Parolis

As we announced already in the August issue, CTPS has negotiated a 20% reduction of fees for members who wish to attend this year’s

Wild Shots event on 29th October at the Nedbank Auditorium at the V&A Waterfront. This will be retro-actively for members who have already paid and is in addition to any other discounts (e.g. for pensioners). Delegates pay R1 350 (with 20% reduction R1 080) or R950 for pensioners and students (R760 at 20% off). This includes lunch and refreshments and a delegate’s pack.

Wild Shots brings together amateurs and professionals to learn and be inspired by top wildlife photographers. It is South Africa’s premiere annual wildlife photography conference. The central theme of these talks is using the power of photography as a tool to educate and inspire, and to assist with the conservation of nature in Africa.

Please contact Nicol du Toit if you want to make use of this offer at [email protected] so that he can make sure we reach the target. Remember to indicate on your registration form that you are a CTPS member.



Paul got us all up, ready to leave Greyton at 05h45 the next morning and led us up along some 4x4 tracks, across flow-ing rivers, until we reached a farm dam high up in the mountains. We happily spent two hours shooting the re-

flections off the dam at sunrise and drinking Amarula coffee, be-fore heading back to town and breakfast. Some of us caught a bit of shut-eye, whilst others took photographs around the town.

After lunch, we assembled again and headed back along the road to the historic mission town of Genadendal. The museum had stayed open for us, but dis-allowed photography! Most mem-bers found plenty to photograph around the water mill, the old buildings and the wedding that was happening in the old church. There was little free time, as we had to meet Paul at 17h00 to head off once again to a farm, where we had to ascend a steep hill, which was to give us a fantastic view of the sunset. However, dark clouds covered most of the sky. When I looked at Orms’ lat-est photo of the month competition, I saw the photo I had taken of the sunset - who had entered my photo? But then I saw it was Paul’s. So we all took similar photos, but it is interesting to see the final post-processing result from others, as they all have a different interpretation, and of course, the whole exercise is a great learning

Photo by Jeanette du Toit

September outing

Photo by Lesley Parolis

experience for many of us.Dinner that night was back at our base house in Greyton, where

four large fillets were cooked on an open fire and copious salads, snacks and desserts were provided by some of our lady members. Neels kindly brought along his projector and screen, and many AVs were shown during the wait for the food. After eating, Paul showed us a selection of his fabulous landscape photos from all around the world.

To get to the Oaks farm dam in time for sunrise on Sunday morning, it was up again in time to leave at 05h45. Unfortunately, the cloud cover had moved up the coast and so sunrise was a bit of a disappointment, but for those who came along, they got some great shots. Maps of the local farm roads had been distributed, and the last task of the weekend was to travel along these roads on the way home to take photos of canola fields. Unfortunately some of the canola had already been harvested, but there was enough for those who looked. Members who could not make the weekend will see the results of a competition for the best images from this outing in due course, as well as an AV that will be made by Neels. I am in no doubt that everyone who came enjoyed their weekend in beautiful Greyton.

Photo by Trudi du Toit Photo by Richard Goldschmidt

Photo by Neels Beyers

Wintery, wet and wonderful GreytonHorrified looks appeared on the faces of our 36 members who had joined our outing and were sitting comfortably in the lounge of our rented main house in Greyton, when facilitator Paul Bruins announced after his introductory talk that we were all going out into the late afternoon rain to take pictures in the nature reserve just up the road. It had rained all the way during the drive from Cape Town to Greyton that afternoon and we anticipated great cloudy sunsets and sunrises, reports our intrepid RICHARD GOLDSCHMIDT. “We obeyed bravely, but it was just a bit too gloomy and too wet. At least we now know where to go back to, in order to get some beautiful landscape shots. We eagerly repaired to the restaurant shortly after, to warm up our bones around the fires and at the bar, before sitting down to a most welcoming dinner.”

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Photo by Detlef Basel

Photo by Richard Goldschmidt

Photo by Pat Scott

Photo by Lesley Parolis

Photo by Trudi du Toit

Photo by Detlef Basel

Photo by Jenny MorkelPhoto by Lesley Parolisl


Photo by Richard GoldschmidtPhoto by Pat Scott

Photo by Pat Scott


Photo by Pat Scott




A Summer’s day in the country

RICHARD GOLDSCHMIDT invites you to join him for an ex-citing outing on Sunday 16th October to this magnificent historic estate in Lourensford Road, Somerset West. The gate is open from 9am until 5pm and he suggests arriving

Forthcoming outing to Vergelegen Wine Estate

around 10am and departing at times that are suitable. There is an entrance charge of R10 at the gate to the estate. Photographic opportunitiesBesides producing award-winning wines, Vergelegen is known for its natural beauty and its history spanning over 300 years. It offers a wide range of photographic opportunities. Firstly, there are many different types of gardens, which will be at their best at this time of the year, especially the rose garden. Vergelegen is also famous for its massive 300 year old Camphor trees, in which owls can of-ten be seen. Then there is the architecture of the various historic buildings, together with their contents. The Lourens River will keep some photographers engrossed for a long time. Generally there are photographic landscape opportunities around every corner, not to mention the opportunities for macro photography as well.Food/LunchUnfortunately they do not allow private picnics, so if you wish to eat, you need to make a booking at the Stables restaurant for a light meal at your own cost. Phone 021-8472156 to book. They are al-ready almost fully booked, but may be able to accommodate small tables if you book immediately. I have made a provisional booking for twelve people to join me on a CTPS table, so I will include the first people to contact me at that table. There is a more expensive and smarter restaurant should you wish to go there, a ‘premier culinary destination’. You can always have your own sandwich tucked away down by the river!Cellar tours For those wishing to go up the hill to do the cellar tour, the first hour long tour is at 11.30am and the second is at 3pm. The cost is R20 and bookings need to be made by you phoning 021-8472122. Wine tasting can be done without going on the cellar tour at R30.Please drop me an email at [email protected], if you in-tend coming along.

Forthcoming E&D evening

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Forthcoming E&D evening

Our next E&D guest speaker on 19th October 2016 will be GARYTH BEVAN, who was one of the inspiring speakers at the recent PSSA National Con-gress in Langebaan, where he talked not only about his attitude towards landscape photography but also about the impact digital mobile photogra-phy has had in the world of photography and how image making is drasti-cally changing the course of traditional photography as we know it.

Garyth was inspired by Kevin Russ’s comments and approach of ‘Skipping the golden hour’ and using a mobile phone. He began shooting at midday when the lighting was incredibly harsh and shadow details were none existent with such extreme contrast. “Shooting this time of the day, I had to throw out all the traditional theories I had learnt and been teaching to students regarding landscape photography. Equipped with my mobile phone and no longer being able to rely on the ‘golden hour lighting’ or soft

foreground textures, I began to explore and focus more on showing shapes of contrast and form against stark white backgrounds such as, for instance, sand,” he explains.

His presentation at the E&D evening will also be about ‘mobile’ photography and the digital platforms that are being used (and explored) by professionals and amateurs, says KIM STEVENS.

Photographs by Gareth Bevan

Cellphones - an additional photographic tool?

About the speaker

Garyth Bevan picked up his first camera at the age of 20 while traveling abroad and immediately took to the medium. On his return he first studied at the Natal Technikon and later at the Cape Penin-sula University of Technology, where he got his Degree in Photography. He now works as a freelance photographer in Cape Town but is also involved in teaching on a part time basis at the Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography, which he initially helped to set up.

His freelance work covers a wide scope of genres from food, wine, product, landscape, weddings and people photography. He has done work for various international brands and magazines and keeps striving to explore and learn more in his field.

Garyth was one of the winners of the Indiafrica Photography Competition 2014 and is presently working towards an exhibition in early 2017 called ‘Midday Moods’.



Winning images from SeptemberSet subject: Street Photography

Here are the winners in the various categories together with the judge’s comments.

The set theme of Street Photography for the month attracted a large number of entries - 99 in all. The competition was held on 7th September and the judge was Tygerberg Photographic Club’s chairman Francois du Bois. Due to the unusually high number of images, this resulted in a rather long judging session; and we are grateful to Francois for his commitment and patience to give detailed feedback on all of them. He commented that he found the standard of many of the im-ages was high and therefore a large number received gold awards. There were certainly many wonderful images submitted this month, comments LESLEY PAROLIS.

Beginners & Intermediate entries:

WinnerPrintOpen,Intermediate-After the stormbyMireilleLand-man(25).“Adifferentlookatastormyscene.Thesepiatreatmentandthesunraysthroughthecloudsaddtothemoodofthephotograph.Inascenelikethis,afocalpoint isnotreallynecessary.Theblackforegroundandblackcloudsatthetophelpwiththebalanceofthephotograph.”

Winner Print Set, Beginner - The final by Paul-Boer Putter (24).“Thestorytellingofthisphotoiswellcaptured,portrayingtheutterdisbelief, what went wrong or could it really have happened. ThecleverusesofDOFandtheblurmovementinthehandallcontributetothemoodofthephotograph.Goodtonalrangeandwellcaptured.Thelittlebrightyellow/orangespotbehindtheheadisslightlydistracting.”

WinnerPDIOpen,Intermediate-Paternoster boatsbyAlisonBull(20).“AcolourfulpanoramaofthispopularWestCoasttown.Thephotog-raphermanagestocaptureapeacefulsceneonanotherwiseverybusybeach.Thebrightcoloursoftheboatscapturetheattentionimmediately.Althoughtheboatsareplacedinthemiddleoftheframe,thisdoesnotdetractfromtheappealofthephotograph.Tomakethisevenastrongercomposition,itwouldhavebeenbetternottocroptheboatsontheright-handside.”

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Winning images from September

WinnerPrintOpen,Beginner-Hout Bay SailingbyStephenGibson(23).“Theconversiontoblackandwhiteworkswell in thisphoto-graphandaddsto thepeacefulmood.Thestrongleadinglinefromtherighttakestheeyetothethreelittleboatsinthebay.Thelackofbackgrounddetailalsocontributestothetranquillityoftheimage.”

WinnerPDIOpen,Beginner–WelbedachtbySagrenPadayachee(23).“Theverticalpositioningofthelandscapereallyworkswellinthis case.Thephotographermanages to create a 3-D effect in thisimage.Thewoodenjettytakestheeyetoabeautifulreflectionandthedramaticskyaddstothemoodofthephotograph.Wellseen.Thebrightnessofthejettycouldhavebeentoneddownalittle.”

WinnerPDISet,Beginner-Odd acquaintancesbyPaul-BoerPutter(20).“Thereisastronginteractionbetweenmanandbird.Theexpo-surewaswellhandledinwhatseemstobeanovercastday.Theskyatthetopoftheframecouldhavebeencroppedslightlytoplacemoreemphasisonthetwomainsubjects.”

WinnerPDISet,Intermediate-Wash DaybyAlisonBull(22).“Aninterestingcomposition.Theredgarmentdrawstheeyein,makingitthefocalpoint.Theparallellinesoftheshuttersalsohelptoleadtheeyetothepointofinterest.Theopenshuttermakesonewonderwhoisgoingtoappearinit.Theshadowsofthewashinghelptocreateanin-terestingpatternonthewall,assistingthewellexposedbackground.”



Advanced & Salon entries

Winner Print Open,Advanced - Painted Face by Paul Nuttall(27). “The photographerreally manages to createa beautiful composition.Exposure,DOF,focusandsaturation are extremelywell handled to createthisphotograph.Theeyesare crystal clear, verysharp and full of life.The lighting is spot on,still allowing separationbetween the head scarfandtheblackbackground.Thediagonalnecklineof

thedressandtheshoulderslightlylowerandtothefrontjustaddstothe“Wow”factorofthisimage.Welldone.”

Winner Print Open, Salon - Shafiek by Arnold Castle Salon (26). “Goodcomposition, well-handled exposureandDOF.Shootingattherightheight,thephotographer ensures that there isvirtuallynodistortionintheface.Thephotoisverysharpandplacingitonaneutral background helps to enhancethe colours. Not making eye contactwiththephotographermakesthereaderwonder what he is looking at. Thephotographeralsomanagestogetawayfrom the typical posed photograph.”

WinnerPDISet,Advanced-Die Bike BoekbyDanieCoetzee(26).“Thesuccessfulmanagementof somedifficultexposurechallengescontributestothemoodofthisphotograph.Thebookwhichtheper-sonisreadingbecomesastrongfocalpoint.Veryinterestingarealsotheenvironmentaltextures,withthesubjectbeingplacedonastrongthird.Thetwowhitehessianbagsandthetwodarkcornershelptobalancethephotograph.Convertingthisphotographtoblack&whiteaddstothestorytellingandthemood.”

Winner PDI Set, Sa-lon - Street Music byAnna Engelhardt (27).“A typical street scene- well seen and wellcaptured.The exposureiswellhandledwithnoblowoutsandlotsofde-tailintheshadows,stillcapturing the environ-mental textures to giveit a good balance. Byusing a different anglethe photographer man-ages to draw attentiontothewelldressed,sexyfemale musician. Withthe guitarist lookingtowardsher, itnotonly

createsastrongleadingline,butitforcestheeyetowardsthefocalpoint.Agoodcropcomplimentsthelayoutofthephotograph.”

Winner Print Set, Salon - Jeux d’ hiver by Kim Stevens (24).“Throughtheconversiontoblack&whitethephotographermanagestointensifythemoodofacoldandwintryday.Thetreesformastrongleadingline,withtheblacks,greysandwhiteswell-handledandwell-balanced.Inthiscasethephotographerplacedthesubjectinthefore-ground,quitedifferenttowhatonewouldexpectnormallywithsuchstrongleadinglines,butinthiscaseitworks.”

Winner Print Set, Ad-vanced - Spoleto Satur-day evening by Rich-ard Goldschmidt (25).“Management of expo-sure and DOF create alotofmoodinthisstreetscene. The rays of lightfalling through the gapsbetween the buildingscontributetotheinterest-ingelementsinthescene.Including people in thephotograph adds to thestory telling of the im-age, although thepeoplein the foreground couldhavebeenalittlelighter.Abusystreet scenewellcaptured.”

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More competition images (25 & higher)

Abandoned by Jenny Powis (25)

Sound of a Humpback Whalle by Catherine Bruce 25) Street Art by Keith Bull (25)

Joy in Carmen by Neels beyers (26)

WinnerPDIOpen,Advanced-Brown Bear Salmon CatchbyCath-erineBruceWright(27).“Anamazingwildlifeshot.Theexposureiswell handled, successfully showingdetail in themain subjects andsurroundings.Thebearwithitscatchisplacedonastrongthirdbutwithenoughofthesurroundingsincludedtotellthewholestory.Theflowofthewateraroundthebearhelpstoframethesubjectandleadstheeyetothefocalpoint.”

WinnerPDIOpen,Salon-The KissbyJeanetteduToit(28).“Thisisanoutstandingphotocapturingtheinteractionbetweenthetwobirds,justattherighttime.Thebirdsareplacedonastrongdiagonalline,whichcontributetotheexcellenceof thephotograph.Theimageissharp,wellexposedandDOFiswellhandled,placingthebirdsonadark,outoffocus,background.Gooddetailinblackandwhiteofbirdswithacatchlightintheeye.Welldone.”

To much to drink by Paul Nuttall (25)

Bridge by Jennifer Morkel (25)The corner locksmith by Jacoba van Zyl (26)

Sundowners at Street Cafe by Jeanette Brusnicky (26)



The Owl House by Karyn Parisi (25)

The reader by Lesley Parolis (26)

Female Pelican Portrait by Jeanette du Toit (26)St james Abstraction by Johan Strydom (26)

Ice Drama by Catherine Bruce Wright (26)

Study No 2 by Joy Wellbeloved (25)

Midnight Rhapsody by Karyn Parisi (25)

Blue boat in the mist by Haralambos Parolis (25)

Babylonstoren Abstract by Jeanette du Toit (25)

End of a kill by Ken Woods (25)

Walking the Medina by Kim Stevens (26)

A blending of sky and sea and land by Pat Scott (26)

Sand by De Hoop by Neels Beyers (26)

Abandoned in the mists of time by Lesley Parolis (25)

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Walking the Medina by Kim Stevens (26)

A blending of sky and sea and land by Pat Scott (26)

by Steff Hughes

Post a photo to the groupNote: You may only post your own photos to the group - unless you first get permission from the author of the photograph. You’ll need to contact me and tell me that you have their permission otherwise I will delete your post in order to protect their privacy and copyright.

1. Resize your photo to 800x600px and save it as a jpg. (This loads faster than a high-res image)

2. Open Facebook and go to the group page.3. In the Comments box, type what you want to say and then

click the Add photo/video button.4. Click Upload Photos/Videos again.5. Choose your photo from the folder where you saved it.6. Click Post.

Your photo will now appear to other group members only. Share articles to the groupHelp to grow the skills of CTPS members or pique their interest by sharing interesting articles that you come across. Here’s how to do it.

• Share from a Facebook article:1. Click Share. A dropdown list will appear.2. Click Share in a group.3. Start typing Cape Town Photographic Society and choose

it from the list that appears.4. Type a comment to go along with the article and click

Post. The article will appear in the group.

• Share from an article on the Internet:Many websites include a button that allows you to share an article either by email, social media or other methods.

1. After reading an interesting article, look around on the web page for a Facebook symbol or a Share button.

2. Click the button.3. A Share on Facebook window opens.4. Click on the dropdown arrow next to Share on your own

Timeline.5. Choose Share in a group.6. Start typing Cape Town Photographic Society and choose

it from the list that appears.7. Type a comment to go along with the article and click

Post.The article will appear in the group.

This article was written for those CTPS members who already have a Facebook profile, but haven’t yet joined our CTPS group. My next article will be for first time Facebook users. I’ll show you how to set up your profile so that you use the most secure settings. I’ll also cover how to be discriminating about who you allow onto your page. Email your questions about Facebook to [email protected] and I’ll do my best to answer them.

How to join CTPS’ Facebook page?The Cape Town Photographic Society Facebook group is a private group for paid-up society members. Although the name of the group and the cover photo can be seen by the world, only members can see the comments, photographs and articles that are posted into the group.

Request access to the group1. Click in the Search Facebook box at the top of your

Facebook page.2. Type Cape Town Photographic Society.3. Press Enter.4. The group page opens.5. Click Join.

I will see your request and accept you to the group.You will now be able to see all posts on the group. You can also post your own comments, photographs and share interesting articles to the group.



T he PSSA National AV Salon live judging session took place on 30 August 2016 at Club Mykonos and disappointingly was attended by only three AV delegates. The venue was excel-

lent, with top quality equipment and sound. Judges were Antenie Carstens (FPSSA), Roel van Oudheusden and Adri van Oudheusden (EPSSA, FPSSA, APSSA (vers), AV AFIAP), alternate was Paul Rixom (LPSSA (vers.).

Andri van Oudheusden writes: “Congratulations and well done to Anne d’Oliviera and Franz Jesche, who won the PSSA National AV Salon with “Silent Cries”. Well done also to Luana Laubscher who received a Certificate of Merit for “Kerse in die donker” and Nel-lian Bekker who received a Certificate of Merit for “Freeing Ivar the Great”. The judges commended her for “a good concept and story”.

AV News

”Auto Museum jewels” by Jeanette du Toit

Winners at the PSSA National AV Salon

”Freeing Ivar the great” by Nellian Bekker

Jeanette du Toit received an acceptance for “Auto museum jew-els”, which the judges deemed to be “creative” with “a good flow”. Ernest Preiss also received an acceptance for his “Kolmanskop”.

“In spite of the low number of only 15 entries received, the qual-ity of them in general was good. The acceptance rate was 33.3%, with a maximum score of 14 and a minimum score of 12. In ac-cordance with PSSA recommendations, the judges scored each AV out of 5, taking into account the criteria as described in the Salon Directors Manual, available on the PSSA Website, i.e. Visuals, Au-dio, Technique and Communication.

“We hope to have a bumper number of entries next year and will advertise well in advance. Thank you to everybody who en-tered, without you there would be no Salon!”

”Kerse in die donker” by Luana Laubscher

What is a Triptych (November competition theme)

The set theme for the November competition is Triptych and our judge Leon Oosthuizen has given his views on what he expects to see.

• A triptych is NOT one image split into three. • it is a collection of three images, same format and normally same orientation. • they have been similarly or identically treated • the three images should work on their own as standalone compositions. • the three together should work together in a group to be more than the sum of the parts. In other words, there should be a

common thread like a theme, narrative or visual element that ties the separate images together. Much the same way that a choir is different from a solo where harmony and/or deliberate discord is used.

• depending on how the images are cropped, treated and arranged, they could intensify or dilute the impact of such a mini-series.

Triptych is thus mainly in composition and how it can be used to instil meaning or convey a narrative.” To present your triptych prepare one image containing the three elements. For the PDI do this in Photoshop (or similar) and for the print simply cut and paste the three printed images onto a blank card mount. (or simply have the digital triptych image printed) This is a challenging but exciting subject and I encourage you to enter. I recommend searching the web for good examples of Triptych art. There are many out there.

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