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Cape Camera June 2022

News from the Council

As usual, your Council has been working quietly in the back- showcasing in our exhibition.
ground to make the running of CTPS as smooth and efficient I know you have them!
as possible. This month I feel particularly excited about all the Many of our members will
things we have achieved and also those we are working on. remember Arnold Castle as a
We have made the selections and entered our images for the friend and mentor who was
two competitions running at this time of the year: The PSSA an outstanding photogra-
Interclub competition where we entered 30 images - 15 from pher and an active member
Junior members (Beginners and Intermediates) and 15 from of our society for many years.
Senior members (Advanced, Salon and Masters); and the West- I encourage everyone to visit
ern Cape Photographic Forum Interclub Competition which will the exhibition of his work -
be held on the 12 th of August. For the latter, we selected 24 details of which appear else-
images that were chosen from all the high scoring images that where in this Cape Camera.
had been entered in the monthly competitions from 1st July A matter of great concern to Council is our storeroom in Ottery.
2021 until 30th June 2022. It is a garage-type unit that is not properly insulated and the
The last competition for the year will be a repeat of last year’s prevailing dust and damp is not an ideal place to use as an ar-
club twinning competition with the Kirkcaldy Photographic chive for our valuable collection of old cameras, books, records
Club in Scotland where we will enter 25 images from 25 CTPS and other important items. Trudi du Toit has drawn up an inven-
members. This competition will be on the 3rd October and we tory of old books, many of them are very valuable and worth
ask you to please make a note of the date and attend the even- keeping. Council is now actively searching for a more suitable
ing via zoom. storage space.
Another exciting news event is that our plans to hold the long When we started to meet in person again, we experienced
overdue exhibition of our members’ work are finally coming to- some problems with the sound during our zoom broadcasts.
gether. An excellent venue has been found, where we can ex- Improvements have since been made and I am glad to report
pect a large number of daily visitors to showcase the amazing that we have now received the necessary equipment, and trust
work that our members have produced since our last exhibition that from July onwards, the sound quality will be good.
at Amplify Studio in Loop Street in 2017. The finer details about I am looking forward to seeing and spending time with our
the venue space and the date of the official opening will only be members who will attend the weekend outing to beautiful Pa-
finalized in the next few weeks. Once everything is confirmed ternoster.
we will inform members via Snapshot and Cape Camera. In the
meantime, please, start going through your photographic port- Jacoba van Zyl
President
folios, selecting the best of your very best that will be worthy of

Set themes coming up

Upload to Competition Set Subject
Photovault by Date
27 July 3rd August Table top photography
Photograph an arrangement of inanimate objects on a table top. This can include still
life and food photography. Colour or monochrome.
31st August 7 September Nature
As per the PSSA definition. Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photo-
graphic process to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and ar-
chaeology, in such a fashion that a well‐informed person will be able to identify the
subject material and certify its honest presentation. No manipulation allowed. Colour
only.
28th September 5th 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.

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