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Cape Camera August 2023

Left: Eschers foyer.
Above: Roses ICM.

Steffne Hughes (continued)

on Copyright at the Cape Photographers’ Congress in in 2019 and is now invited to many local and regional
Montagu in 2019, a topic she regularly lectured on as clubs as a competition judge. She is therefore well-
the ICT Communications and Training manager at UCT. equipped to lead the discussion of the images entered
Having worked in ICT in varied positions for more than by CTPS members at SASNEV on September 20th.
20 years, mostly on the Customer Service, and Training The popularity of Zoom has opened new opportunities
side, she is able to turn complicated technical terminol- and Steff says she is happy to spend an hour assisting
ogy into readily understood, user-friendly web informa- photographers with editing some of their images. She is
tion, user manuals and training courses. also a qualified tour guide and hosts weekend photogra-
“I am now utilising this experience at the Whitaker Peace phy tours/workshops around the Western and Northern
and Development Initiative’s new Cape Town Centre Cape, teaching participants about landscape, seascape,
of Learning, where I provide ICT training to Cape Flats and star photography.
youths who will go out into their communities to spread Please send images you would like members to
their knowledge,” she explains. comment on to Steff at seh2110@gmail.com by
Steff completed the Judging Accreditation Programme Monday 18th September.

More about the Beginners’ Photography Course Steff will present

When: 7 and 14 October, from 9 am to 12:30 pm. that will allow you to really experience the concept first
Where: SASNEV Centre, Pinelands, where CTPS meets. hand. You will even have homework. You’ll get course
What: The course is directed at beginner photogra- notes, as well as links to some of the best articles that
Steffne found.
phers who want to learn more about the basic settings
of their cameras and how to obtain properly exposed Course outline: Follow this link.
and composed images. The outcome: By the end of this course, you will
Cost: Free to CTPS members. The course is limited to be able to “read a scene” and know which settings to
12 participants. A waiting list will be maintained for fu- choose to get a good exposure and how to make ad-
ture courses. justments after looking at your first image. You will
What you’ll need: A DSLR or mirror-less camera with also have a broader understanding of the different
lens, your camera manual, a memory card, a tripod (if compositional techniques to help a viewer interpret
you have one), a notebook and pen. your image. Best of all, you’ll have the confidence to
go out and take photos that you can really be proud of.
What to expect: Some topics will be theoretical,
while others will be practical. Exercises will be created To book: Follow this link.

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