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Cape Camera August 2022

News from the Council

I cannot believe how quickly this last month went by, probably On the other hand, CTPS did
because time flies when you are having fun. We are just back really well in the annual PSSA
from the PSSA Congress held in Greyton from the 21 st to the 26 competitions, where we won
th of August. In my opinion, the Congress was a huge success. first place in the PSSA Nation-
The only complaint I received from a number of congress par- al website competition and
ticipants was that they ate too much, which is not surprising as second place in the PSSA Na-
we were allocated to eat in different restaurants every day – all tional magazine competition
known for their great food! for Cape Camera. Congratu-
Greyton is a beautiful village and the surrounding area with lations to Andre and other
the mountains, river, nature reserve and rolling Overberg hills, council members who regu-
speckled with bright yellow patches of Canola, is a photogra- larly update the website and
pher’s dream – and not only this time of the year. Our thanks contribute to Cape Camera.
must go to John and Lea-Anne Alexander for suggesting Grey- Both are our face to the pub-
ton as a venue for the congress – it was an excellent choice. lic and this achievement is something we can all be proud of.
Their friendliness and hard work to introduce us to this very As I type this, a really disturbing email landed in my inbox. An-
special place is much appreciated. tonio Chavry, one of our well-loved members from Mauritius,
Kim Stevens delivered a lecture on Infra-red photography and notified us that he underwent eye surgery on both eyes during
blew everyone away with her knowledge and amazing images; last year and one of his eyes was damaged, which means the
and who else but Lesley Parolis to run the sound system and end to his photographic journey. This is indeed very sad news
presentations in her usually calm and efficient way we have be- and all of us will keep him in our thoughts and really hope that
come so used to. A heartfelt thank you to Nicol and Trudi du through treatment his eyes will improve.
Toit for all the planning and hard work. It may not have felt so at Our AGM will be on Wednesday the 26 th of October in the form
the time, but I can assure you all the late nights were definitely of a zoom meeting. Please, please, please; this year and more
worth it. than ever before we need members to be involved. Over the
The much anticipated Annual Interclub was held on the 12 th last two years we have not met in person and we have not been
of August via zoom, and although our club produced the three able to identify members who will be willing to serve on Coun-
top scoring images, we lost by seven points (1614 pts) to Tyger- cil or are willing to assist Council with certain tasks without for-
berg (1621 pts); third place was taken by Tafelberg (1583 pts). mally serving on Council. Please contact any Council member
Congratulations to Dave Gordon who was in first place with to volunteer or to identify members who we can approach for
his image ‘Squacco Feast’, Kim Stevens in second place with assistance. Last, but not least, congratulations to all our mem-
her image ‘Spitzkuppen Arch Aglow’ and Ken van Wyk in third bers who recently received their Honours Awards.
place with his image ‘New Arrival’. Dave Gordon also received a Well done! Jacoba van Zyl
judge’s choice award for his image. President

Set themes coming up

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28 September 5 October Scapes
Scapes is a term that covers the depiction of scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees,
rivers, forests, sea, cities etc. where the main subject is a wide view with its elements
arranged into a coherent composition. ‘Scapes may be natural or man-made. Derived
terms include: Cityscape; cloudscape; nightscape; seascape; snowscape; streetscape;
sandscape; urban scape, etc. Colour or monochrome.
26 October 2 November Human Portraits
A likeness, personality and mood of a living subject, where that subject is dominant in
the image. Portraiture is not restricted to head and shoulders and may include just a
part of the face, a back view or even a full length study. Colour or monochrome.

30 November 7 December Monochrome
A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey
(white) is a monochrome work with the various shades of grey. A black and white work
toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the
black and white category.

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