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Cape Camera April 2023

E&D News Techniques

E&D Report Back Crop your portrait subject

Capturing a perfect por-
On Saturday 1 April, we engaged the services of Kyle Goe- trait begins with getting
tsch and Jon Kerrin, both accomplished landscape pho- it right in-camera. How-
tographers, for a day of editing and post-processing at the ever, there are instances
Sasnev Centre, Pinelands. Jon Kerrin presented a three- where limitations, such
hour session on Lightroom for beginners and intermediate as composition or dis-
users. Simultaneously, Kyle Goetsch lead lead a session on tractions, make it neces-
advanced Photoshop techniques focusing mainly on land- sary to adjust the fram-
scape images. ing during the editing
After the break for lunch, members could work on edit- process. Knowing where
ing their own images with guidance from Kyle and Jon how to crop a portrait can
to edit problematic images. Some of the topics covered in significantly impact the
the post-processing retreat include: composition, shoot- overall aesthetics and
ing with editing in mind, dynamic range, histogram, white visual impact of the im-
balance, HDR, panoramas, Lightroom workflow, masking, age.
content-Aware Fill etc. The team at Digital
It was a Saturday morning well spent in great company Camera World have re-
and we left inspired and with renewed confidence in edit- leased this helpful illus-
ing our images to take them to the next level.
tration that shows ac-
ceptable places to crop
when shooting portraits.
Forthcoming E&D Cropping at green lines

Our next E&D evening, planned for the 17 May, will be in the should be fine while ‘bad’
format of an image discussion of our own images from previous locations are marked in red.
competitions, or any image that you feel you would like clarity A very basic rule of thumb, is not to crop where the joints are.
on. It will be facilitated by Nicol du Toit but we encourage eve- The neck crop seems a bit harsh and I’ll rather crop below the
ryone to participate in the discussion. Please send any images shoulders. But ultimately, determining the ideal crop will de-
that you would like to be discussed to LesleyParolis@gmail.com pend on the intended use and your creative vision for the final
by 15 May. The discussion will be followed by snacks and drinks. image. How about letting your heart make the choices? Your
thoughts? editor@ctps.co.za

Set theme for June Upcoming PSSA Salons

May 2023

2023-05-06 - 5th Alberton Camera Club Salon (Brochure)
2023-05-27 - Kriel Foto club 2nd Digital Salon of Photogra-
phy (Brochure not available yet)
June 2023

2023-06-03 - South African Visual Arts Society (SAVAS) 3rd
National Salon (Brochure)
2023-06-10 - PSSA National AV Salon (No Brochure yet)
2023-06-17 - 2nd Springs Photographic Club National Dig-
ital Salon (Brochure)
2023-06-24 - Western Cape Youth Photographers National
Salon 2023 (Brochure available)
Gogo at work by Kim Stevens
Click here for the complete PSSA Salon Calendar for the year
Theme: People at Work ending June 2023.
Competition date: 7 June 2023
Deadline for upload: 31 May 2023

Photograph people performing their work, colour or
monochrome. Coming up in July is Sports Action. Visit our
website for all he 2023 themes and photovault procedures.

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