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Cape Camera January/February 2022

Introduction of New Members

A recent survey which is done annually by Nicol du Toit (on behalf of PSSA and in his
capacity as PSSA Regional director) provided an interesting insight into how the pho-

tographic clubs in the Western Cape have fared in regard to membership numbers at a
time when there was little or no person-to-person contact during the Covid pandemic.
Membership numbers of most clubs have come down over the two years, however CTPS

can proudly record an increase from 123 to 127, and this does not include the seven new
members who have joined us since the 1st January 2022: Paul Nash, Aseyah Rosslind,
Rosie Burton, David Polovin, Hendrik Louw, Paul Putter and Niel Roux.
A warm welcome to all of them!

Paul Nash

I briefly studied pho- digitising the best, which took me an entire year. He was and
tography at college still is my inspiration. My particular field of photographic inter-
in the late 1980s in est is portraiture, including creative portraits with a twist.
Weybridge, England. I moved to Cape Town from Durban in February 2020 - at the
Back in those days beginning of lockdown - and started a wedding videography
it was a roll of film, company but the business came to a halt very quickly. I made
planning a shot me- use of the time by studying for six months at Cape Town School
ticulously and hop- of Photography. It was here that I was allowed to run wild with
ing for the best when my creativity while learning important skills along the way.
developing and For my work I use Sony A7Siii cameras with a range of Zeiss
printing negatives in lenses.
a dark room.
My Grandad was a I decided to join the CTPS to meet new people, being inspired,
going on trips and learning/improving my skills.
travel photographer
and when he passed away eight years ago, he left me over 100
000 slides which was quite a task going through every one and

A lot of photographers think that if they buy a better camera they’ll be able to take better
photographs. A better camera won’t do a thing for you if you don’t have anything in your
head or in your heart.”

– Arnold Newman

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