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Cape Camera July/August 2021

E & D Report Back

Bird/Raptor photography – 25th July 2021 – Ernest Porter

Ernest is a professional photographic guide and part of Eagle Eye for the conditions;
Safaris, a company that started in 2016. He visited the Kalahari • Setting up advanced Auto Focus Settings on DSLR Cameras
for the first time in January 2017 and was completely hooked to match the subject’s movements;
to the magic this unique destination offers. He has since spent • How to customise cameras (Nikon & Sony) for a shoot to suit
more than 120 days exploring the wonders of the Kalahari. particular needs; and
His presentation was most suited for experienced and profes- • What tools are available in certain cameras to assist the pho-
sional bird photographers because he discussed in great techni- tographer.
cal details how to go about action photography of birds, cover- To read more about Ernest Porter and see his portfolio go to:
ing the following: www.eagleeyesafaris.com
• Exposure Settings and individual Camera Modes best suited

Introduction to Street Photography – 17th August 2021 – James Maher

This was a joint presentation with the Tygerberg and Tafelberg “A street photograph doesn’t need to be perfect to be good -
Photographic clubs. In addition to giving basic advice about perfection can easily spoil the feeling of realness. This is why
camera settings (i.e. choosing between shutter and aperture grain, skew horizon, cut off people, slightly out of focus or
priority modes, using a suitable shutter speed and ISO), James motion blur are all common in this genre. Any camera will do,
explained that the most importance requirement when learn- including cell phones, but be always aware of the direction of
ing street photography is to look for content (the story), emo- the light source, strength of contrast, reflections, shadows and
tions/gestures and form (such as light, colour, tone, composi- patterns. To get guidance and ideas, look at the works of other
tion). well-known and successful photographers,” he suggested.

Forthcoming E & D Presentations

To date he can claim many achievements in macro photogra-
phy, including such awards as:
• Highly honoured in the international Winland Smith Rice
Awards
• Finalist in the Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Awards
• Two times category winner in the Getaway/Fujifilm Wildlife
Photographer of the Year Awards
15th September (after the AGM) - Macro • Winner in the Nikon Africa Photographic Awards.
Photography - Hendrik Louw • Category winner, category runner-up and a highly hon-
oured in NHM Nature’s Best Photography: Africa.
Hendrik has been an amateur photographer for the last 21 years
and still enjoys it to its fullest extent. This is in addition to many of his photographs being promi-
nently featured in various magazines and publications such as
His love for photography started with a second hand camera Weg/Go Magazine, SA Paddler, Best of Outdoorphoto - Portfo-
and by joining the Witbank Photographic Society in 1999. Dur- lio 1.
ing 2000, he moved to Richards Bay where he was chairman of
the Beachcombers Photographic Club for altogether five years.
He achieved his APSSA in 2010 and APSSA (Macro) in 2011, fol- 20th October 2021 -
lowed by an FPSSA in 2016. He was part of the PSSA Honours Night Photography
Panel from 2017 to 2019.
He enjoys all genre of photography, but his real passion is macro Kyle Goetsch
photography. Frogs and mantises tend to visit his camera fairly
often when in the right environment, since he is madly in love For more information, see forthcoming Snapshots and
with these colourful little creatures. announcements on our Facebook pages.

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