From the President

It is a definite plus to get a regular issue of Cape Camera every month. We are most grateful to Doug Young for the time and effort he is putting into this project. There is of course one negative about this and that the deadline for publication comes round so quickly and I always keep him waiting for my insert. Cape Camera is an important part of our communication system and we can reach those members that are not always able to attend every meeting. It also is a means by which our members can communicate with each other. You may have an exciting way to photograph a particular subject and to let others know about it can be helpful to others, especially those who have only recently taken up the hobby.

I was sad to miss some of the recent competition evenings due to pressure of work. At the beginning of July I was in Windhoek with the Namibian National Science Week and at the beginning of August we had our own National Science Week in South Africa. This took me up the West Coast as far as Vredendal. On these trip one sees the possibilities of recording wonderful images, but due to time restrictions and in some cases time of day one is not able to stop and take pictures.

With the flowers out now and some of us going on the outing to “Bulshoek Dam Holiday Resort” we should come back with some good pictures. We trust that the weather will be favorable. One need to use any opportunity to take pictures. They say when it rains the flowers do not open. No doubt other images will come to light which can then be taken.
To re-iterate the notice on page 2 – remember that the CTPS AGM will take place on the 16th of September at 18h30. It is important that we have a good turnout for this meeting. Detlef Basel (Hon PSSA: APSSA)

Annual General Meeting

Do you want to help develop the CTPS?

Attend the CTPS Annual general meeting on 16 September.

As a member of CTPS you can (and should) influence the way the Society responds to your interests, photographic efforts and needs. One of the best ways of doing so will be to attend the Annual General Meeting of the CTPS on Wednesday 16 October, at 18.30 in Huis der Nederlanden, Pinelands. A crucial item on the agenda of this meeting is the election of new CTPS Council Members. (The full agenda for this meeting appears in Neels Beyer’s email of 5 August 2009).

Have you considered making yourself available for nomination/election to this Council, so that new blood can be injected into it? Effective leadership and organisation of the Society is essential for it to use its resources constructively to grow its membership and help new members thereby enrolled (and current members) cope with the ever-increasing technological and creative challenges and demands of digital photography.

Office bearers to be elected:

Current Council Members:

President: Detlef Basel

Vice President: Arnold Castle

Hon.Secretary: Neels Beyers

Hon.Treasurer: Mels Homberg

Public Relations: Jeanette du Toit

Property Custodian: Henk Mulder

Awards Master: Vacant

Appointments to be made:

Current appointees:

Digital Convenor: Dereck Green

Print Convenor: Tessa Louw

Editor, Camera: Doug Young

Website manager: Dereck Green

Outings convenor: Vacant

25 Photographic Truths

1. The best scenic views are clearly designated by highway signs reading NO STOPPING ANYTIME.

2. Edward Steichen owned a three-legged dog, which he named Tripod.

3. The Post Office folds all parcels containing photographs.

4. Camera straps never fail above soft surfaces.

5. Lens caps and cable releases can become invisible at will.

6. Spotone bottles are designed to tip over when the cap is removed.

7. Financial success in photography is directly related to proper choice of subject matter. Falling airplanes, exploding volcanoes, and certain Presidential motorcades work best.

8. No two light meters agree.

9. The work "Daguerreotype" cannot be spelled correctly.

10. A new Hasselblad would take better pictures than your present camera.

11. 1/60 at f/8 is the correct exposure for all photographs.

12. When your friends finally realize that you are a true artist, committed to making sensitive and meaningful images, they will ask you to photograph their wedding.

13. Color slide viewing cures insomnia.

14. On any tripod, only two legs work properly.

15. Dust spots are attracted to sky areas.

16. YES, PHOTOGRAPHERS DO IT IN THE DARK... but they have to stop every thirty seconds to agitate.

17. There's nothing wrong with a 35mm that a 4x5 can't cure.

18. Ansel Adams has three Secret Zones known only to him.

20. Fast films compensate for slow photographers.

21. Mounting a photograph is a misdemeanor in Arkansas.

22. Owning more than one lens assures that you will always have the wrong lens on the camera for any given picture.

23. A camera store will charge $75 to repair a camera that has been adjusted with a butter knife.

24 Falling lenses are attracted to rocks.

25. Into every life a little grain must fall.

Thanks to Elmara for the above, even if they apply more, now, to pre-digital formats!

Current Exhibitions

• Melanie Cleary’s debut solo exhibition “The Hero Within” at the Photographer’s Gallery presents her work over the past three years on the theme of natural bodybuilding competitions in and around the Cape Peninsula. Cleary is a self-taught photographer who has taken photographs for the past eight years.

Untitled (Ashley), colour photograph, 42 x 31.5 & 84 x 63 cm, 2009

Her exhibition will be opened by Kate Wilson on 7 September at 6pm in the Photographer’s Gallery, 63 Shortmarket Street, Cape Town. www.erdmanncontemporary.co.za.

• The South African Centre for Photography has pleasure in announcing the current exhibition of late Rodney Barnett’s photography, which is on view at the Centre for Curating the Archive, Michaels School of Fine Arts. UCT, Orange Street, Cape Town.

• The second of the trilogy of elemental theme exhibitions:

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