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Aseyah Rosslind

I am an artisan perfumer with a love for flowers. I am inspired As a skincare brand owner and artisan perfumer, I would also
by the beautiful flower paintings of Georgia o'Keefe and like like to shoot my own products and tell stories of skincare and
her canvases, love filling my camera frame with all aspects of perfumery (using videos).
flowers. I remember my 16 year old self telling my mother that However, being such a newbie photographer, the things that
I wanted to be a photographer, which she sadly discouraged. stand out are all the mishaps while taking pictures such as fall-
Funny how life can bring you full circle to your original interests. ing into a mole hill or into a water ditch at the beach, having
I liked what I saw on Martin Osner’s website and the personal at- tree gum in my hair while shooting a tree from an awkward an-
tention that he gives to his students and decided to sign up for gle and getting soaked by crashing waves!
his basic to intermediate course in December 2021. I have a Canon EOS Mirrorless R6 with a kit lens that it came
I have always loved macrophotography and have used my cell with, a macro lens and tripod, and I am looking very much for-
phone to shoot deep into flowers to see what nature has hidden ward to achieving a complete understanding of my equipment;
and to show it to the world and fill people with wonder. I am but most of all to learn from everyone at CTPS of how to be-
also interested in landscape photography and human faces and come a good photographer and eventually be able to achieve
hands that show a life lived. award winning images.

Rosie Burton

I first picked up a camera when I came to
South Africa, feeling that I wanted to cap-
ture something of the beauty of this coun-
try. However, it was the workshops run by
Freeman Patterson and Colla in Kamiesk-
roon that started my photography jour-
ney, later to be followed with courses
given by Nicole Palmer, Martin Osner and
Hougaard Malan – and a shared pathway
with many fellow travellers. I adore land-
scape photography, including long exposures, ICM, multiple and through Kim Stevens have heard about CTPS and its E&D
exposures and minimalist/abstract photography. I have been a evenings. I have not been an active member of HPS for a while
member of Helderberg Photographic Society for many years - because I work with Doctors without Borders, and spend 6 - 8

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