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March/April 2021 Cape Camera

Forthcoming E & D Presentation

16th June 2021 – Smartphone (iPhone) photography by Adrian McGarry

Born in Manchester, publishing industry. In 2013, I was awarded an ARPS distinction
UK, Adrian now lives by The Royal Photographic Society.
in North Wales, enjoy- “I have been shooting with an iPhone since 2012 and this device
ing coastal living and is now my preferred camera. My presentation is constantly up-
the endless photo dated to include the very latest advancements in smartphone
opportunities that technology and I hope it will be an engaging, informative and
this region of natural motivational session for both seasoned photographers and be-
beauty offers. He ex- ginners. I demonstrate the potential to capture and edit photos
plains: “My creative that take mobile photography from ordinary to extraordinary,
career has spanned both on-screen and in print. Using my own smartphone pho-
over forty-five years, tography as a visual narrative, I cover the technical and concep-
giving me experience tual aspects of my work, sharing the inspirations and influences
in just about every aspect and level of photography and the that shape my creative approach.”

Please note that there will be no E & D evening in May 2021 as this evening (as usual every third Wednesday of the month) will be
replaced by a Print, Evaluation and Social evening – see News from the Council (Page 2).

For more information please visit our CTPS Facebook and website

Why Kim Stevens is a master photographer

by Trudi du Toitt
Kim Stevens has proven that there is “You cannot just drop your images off at printer and expect to
truth in Malcolm Gladwell’s theory get something good back. You have to have test prints made,
that it takes 10 000 hours of prac- look at each test print, decide to change this, get another set of
tice to become an expert or master. test prints, make small prints, go back and make more changes
When Kim describes the thought, …”
time and effort she puts into creating But, this attention to quality detail is just one reason why her
her incomparable images, one can images are so good. For close to 20 years Kim has been an al-
understand why they are so extraor- most full-time student of photography.
dinary. She had a camera, with which she took decent landscape imag-
She was this year invited to be a es, while they lived in Canada during the 1990’s. But her serious
member of the PSSA Honours Judg- photographic studies began in 2003 when she started attend-
ing Panel that evaluated the Honours ing the Kamieskroon and Richtersveld photographic work-
applications submitted end January shops presented by Freeman Patterson – inspirational guru to
– which is an honour in itself. This so many South African photographers. “Freeman is an amazing
was after the print panel she submitted for a Fellowship of the character. After the first night I was so mesmerized by him that
PSSA (FPSSA) last year was unanimously accepted. I couldn’t sleep. He would take images of ordinary things, and
While this may seem to be an easy path to obtain FPSSA Hon- make them look extraordinary.”
ours, the amount of work that preceded her print panel submis- Freeman was not a digital photographer and in later years, as
sion belies this. She spent days and days to perfect the printing digital became more popular, he would invite other photog-
quality she wanted for every one of the 25 prints in her panel, raphers like Hansie Oosthuizen and Frank Krumacher to talk
using the best quality paper and the expertise of the leading about digital, while he would concentrate on aspects like tex-
fine art printer in Cape Town. tures, visual design, composition, light etc. – teaching the par-
“You have to be involved with the printing process,” she says. ticipants to see, recounts Kim.

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