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November/December 2021 Cape Camera

Overall winner of the Annual competition - cont. from previous page

David Barnes was the overall winner with 8 points for which he received the Gold medal. He was followed by Crighton Klassen with
6 points. Dieter Butow, Evelyn Gibson and Lesley Parolis shared third place with 5 points each. Note: In the annual competition, the
individual winning entries are awarded points on the basis of 3 points for a win, 2 points for a 2nd place and 1 point for a 3rd place.

Monthly Competitions Award

For the best performance over the year
This year Council decided to award certificates for the best per- • Salon/Master: Winner David Barnes, 2nd place Lesley Paro-
formance in each ranking category in the Set Subject and in the lis, 3rd place Kim Stevens
Open category. The 10 top scores for each photographer over Open
the competition year were added up for each category. The
winners were as follows: • Beginner: Joint winners Andre Mouton and Sally-Ann
Spooner, 3rd place Joyce Goldschmidt
Set subject • Intermediate: Winner Jessica Nitschke, 2nd place Paramasi-
• Beginner: Winner Sally-Ann Spooner, 2nd place Joyce vam Saravanakumar, 3rd place Walter Berndorfler
Goldschmidt, 3rd place Ashley Smith • Advanced: Winner Theo Potgieter, 2nd place Marianna
• Intermediate: Winner Eric Decloedt, 2nd place Kishore See- Meyer, 3rd place Bill Kennedy
gobin, 3rd place Gaetan Manuel • Salon/Master: Winner David Barnes, 2nd place Kim Stevens,
• Advanced: Winner Dieter Butow, Joint 2nd place Jonathan 3rd place Jeanette du Toit
Burchell and Mireill Landman
Congratulations to all our deserving winners!

PSSA News

Highly successful PSSA national Congress in Nieu Bethesda

What a special The presentations by Hanli Smit, Laeticia Kenny, Martin Bar-
and wonderful ber, Gus Waschefort, Willem Daffue, Francois Roux and Johan
Congress it was Brits and Steve Castings from Godox were extremely inspiring
this year. Held indeed and left us all in awe of the work being done by these
from the 26th great photographers.
September to
the 2nd Octo- The food provided by the various restaurants in this area is also
ber, it was initial- to be commended and we were made very welcome indeed in
ly instigated by all the venues.
Hein Waschefort Donkey carts were provided and sponsored by Outdoor Photo
who has visited, over the years Nieu Bethesda and is well known which certainly helped us all to get from venue to venue every
in this area. A great team was on board for the organization of day.
the Congress. Congresses are wonderful opportunities to meet
up with all our photographic colleagues. The camaraderie and PSSA Congresses are definitely something not to be missed and
fun experienced is always something very special. we want to encourage our members and friends to attend as
many of them as possible. Due to what we have been experi-
Fantastic model shoots were organized by Hanli Smit, Laeticia encing in this past year with COVID restrictions, this was such a
Kenny and Godox, who were one of our sponsors this year. Hein wonderful time for us all, as photographers, to be together and
who has not been so well this past year also added great value share our friendship, our knowledge and have such fun. I think
to the model shoots. It was a great pleasure to experience and we all needed this boost in our lifes right now and well done to
enjoy the wonderful models. the Organisers of this Congress – it is to be commended. Keep
We also had great opportunities to do landscape photography looking out for the info of 2022 Congress which will be held at
organized by Francois Roux and Johan Brits. The trips into the Greyton in the Cape.
Township which Gus Waschefort led were very special as we
were able to mix with the wonderful people who live in this Evelyn Gibson
area. Public Relations PSSA

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