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July/August 2021 Cape Camera

News from the Western Cape Photographic Forum

by Nicol du Toit - Chairperson
July was a month of good and bad news for Western Cape a trophy awarded to a photographer who served photography
photographic club members, when the devastation caused by or photographers in the region above and beyond the require-
COVID unfortunately touched many of us with good friends and ments of his/her job. Please send your nomination with moti-
colleagues fighting for their lives in ICU … and some succumb- vation to the WCPF secretary on wcphotographicforum@gmail
ing to the dreadful disease. before end September.
Among them is Anne d’Oliveira, former PSSA president and
long-time committed worker to promote photography across
the country on various levels. Her passing on Monday 12th Communication Award
July due to Covid complications leaves the South African pho- This is a reward that recog-
tographic community much poorer. Anne was PSSA president nises the hard work done
when the Western Cape Photographic Forum (WCPF) was es- by club communicators
tablished in 2018. She was a hands-on president of the society who promote club’s ac-
who took her responsibilities seriously and actively promoted tivities to potential new
the society countrywide. members, as well as keep-
Many regional club members got to know her through her ac- ing the existing members
tive and very sociable participation in congresses where she happy with clear and in-
made many friends by engaging with everybody. She made an formative internal communication. The competition is judged
effort to attend most congresses in the region, including the by a panel of experienced journalists (in traditional as well as
relatively remote Cape Photographers’ congress in Montagu. the new social media formats) in the following four sections:
Newsletter or online magazine; Website or blog; Internal com-
munication; and Going the extra mile to promote the club or
members via newspaper articles, radio, exhibitions, Instagram,
external Facebook posts, etc. The results will be announced at
the end of October at the WCPF Interclub competition evening

Be aware of changes to salon rules

PSSA is constantly refining and updating the rules for salons
and gaining acceptances for the Impala log or Diamond rat-
ings. You would therefore benefit from checking from time to
time if any changes had been recorded in the salon documents
published on the PSSA website.
For example, it was decided at the last Board meeting that
judging points will be only be allocated for a maximum of six
judging sessions – and no more than two sessions per salon -
per Impala year and for Diamond ratings. If a member judges
Anne d’Oliveira hard at work (Photos: Trudi du Toit) only in national salons, the maximum number of PDI points he/
she can receive for the year would therefore be 24 (four judg-
ing points per PDI category and six per print category). That
2021-22 JAP course is provided that the member also gained acceptances in the

After six months the current 2021-22 JAP programme seems category judged (e.g. print, PDI, mono, colour or nature). The
to please the 27 very dedicated and hard-working aspirant Impala rule regarding judging points specifies “no judge may
judges, plus 12 members who are attending the course to grow claim more than his/her total acceptance points in this respect”.
their own photography. Many participants are especially im- The judging points will now also be calculated after each salon
pressed with the calibre of presenters so far: Izak van Niekerk, so that the scoreboard remains up to date. But, if a member
Koot Marais, Francois Roux, Christiaan Kotze, Hendrik Louw and judges fewer than 6 categories, the judging points that exceed
Lynne Kruger-Haye, with an illustrious line-up to follow. his/her own acceptances will only fall away after the final cal-
culation.
PSSA Competitions The format of the PSSA salon brochures has been standardised
and it is recommended that you carefully read the brochure
Three Western Cape photographers ended the PSSA monthly when entering a salon as it is described as a ‘living document’
competition year on a high by either winning, or being runners- that is updated, if and when needed. One of the new standard
up, in the June website, senior club and junior club competi- conditions - which veteran salon entrants may miss - is that no
tions. In addition, Western Cape photographers rule the web- images that gained acceptance in previous salons hosted by
site competition when the points gained during the year are that club may be entered again.
totalled. Click here for more information. And please make sure that you select your primary club on
Photovault Online when you enter the first salon for the current
Nominations requested for the Golden Apple Award Impala year – your acceptance and award points will be allocat-
ed under the club that you specified the first time. Should you
Clubs and individual members are encouraged to nominate change clubs during the year, please inform Simon Fletcher in
worthy recipients for the Western Cape Photographic Forum writing.
Golden Apple and Communication awards. The Golden Apple is

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