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Cape Camera January/February 2022

News from the Council

Let us hope that 2022 will turn out to be a good year for all of us 3. To publish a book with mem-
with no more unexpected setbacks, restrictions or lock-downs. bers’ images
For CTPS, it kicked off with some high points but also some dis- 4. To hold a mini congress for

appointments. club members
In January, Andre Mouton - our newly appointed organiser of For the first event, Council has not
outings - arranged a most enjoyable morning to photograph yet been able to identify a suitable
the architectural features in and around the CTICC. It was well venue to hold the exhibition and
attended and great to see some of our members again, par- again asks for members to come
ticularly after a year in which I hardly met up with anybody and forward with ideas or contacts as
seldom used my camera. Like many of you, my inspiration for well as offers of assistance with the
photography was at an all-time low. organization. Any help from any
The two amazing E & D speakers we had so far this year also members will be greatly appreci-
helped to change that. David Clapp is still living in my head and ated!
I find that I spend longer on composing my images to get the At our Council meeting at the beginning of this month, the im-
balance just spot on. Eva Polak was also excellent and the pas- portant decision was made to go back to our hall for meet-
sion for photography she displayed during her presentation ings; the first one will be on 6th April. We will be using a hybrid
was contagious. format with zoom broadcast parallel to the live meeting (where
However, our February competition evening was a huge disap- the usual Covid protocols will be followed). It was further decid-
pointment – not the images entered though, because the at- ed that no recording of the evening will be made available.
tendance was the lowest that I can remember in my 10 years as At the last meeting of the Western Cape Photographic Forum, to
a member of CTPS. Furthermore, most of the members who which all the clubs in the Western Cape belong, it was decided
logged in did not bother to turn on their videos and as a result to change the competition year for Interclub Competition to be
the judges faced a dark screen that was devoid of any human the same as the PSSA Annual Club competition, namely 1 July -
interaction or interest. Unfortunately, the evening left a bad 30 June. This will also mean that the Interclub competition will
taste and I felt really sorry for the judges who give up so much now be held earlier in the year. Tygerberg Photographic Society
of their time to go through our images, to prepare for the even- is the hosts this year while next year will be our turn. We have
ing and to give intelligent feedback on hundreds of pictures. last hosted the Interclub competition in 2013.
I therefore urge all members to sign into our zoom meetings I am sure you will agree that our Cape Camera has truly be-
with video (i.e. showing your face) at the beginning of each come a showpiece for our club which I have proudly forwarded
competition or E & D evening. It will be for a short while and to friends and people I know. It is therefore with sadness that I
only until the judging or presentation begins. It is the right and have to announce that Anna Engelhardt, our editor for the past
courteous thing to do, and surely not too much to ask from six years, has resigned from this position due to personal cir-
members of the oldest photographic club in the country which cumstances. This very edition will be her last one, but she will
can claim a noble and proud history of 132 years! continue as a full member of Council. Andre Mouton, who has
In the previous edition of Cape Camera we referred to the plan- done the layout of Cape Camera during her time as editor, will
ning session Council held in December last year. It was decided take over in the interim - together with the help of other mem-
that we will arrange a special “event” each year. The following bers.
has now been identified for the next few years: I am looking forward to seeing new members and old friends

1. To organise an exhibition of members’ work on the 6th of April at the hall. Jacoba van Zyl
2. To host a national/international salon President

Note from the Editor

As this is my last issue as editor of Cape Camera, I would like to express my sincerest thanks to the members of CTPS for
their great support and the many compliments I received over the past six years. It has been very much appreciated and at
the same time, presented me with a challenge to keep on improving and expanding the magazine.

In particular, I would like to say thanks to all those members who so willingly responded to my requests for sharing their
personal stories about their photographic journeys in the form of our regular ‘Member’s Profile’ feature as well as those
who enthusiastically shared their individual ‘Travelogues’. These stories allowed us to journey with them to so many fasci-
nating places all over the world – with all of these accounts being complimented by the authors’ superb photographs.

I must also thank Council for allowing me a free hand in changing the design and content of Cape Camera from a newslet-
ter to a photographic magazine. I am particularly grateful for their support and enthusiasm as it allowed me the neces-
sary creative freedom which was such a joy over the years. It is now time to pass Cape Camera over to a competent Andre
Mouton and his team and I wish them much success and enjoyment.

Anna Engelhardt

Cape Town Photographic Society 2