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Cape Camera May 2023

News from the Council

We finally managed to visit Lotus River Place on Friday morning Council is still busy discuss-
the 26th of May to deliver the prints donated by members. The ing and implementing the
visit was a very rewarding experience. What struck us imme- suggestions that were pro-
diately was the friendliness of each and every person we met posed by members at the
– the person at security who signed us in, Anthea at reception brainstorming session. We
and the various staff members assisting the residents who live have reviewed the Council
there. All this I think is due to David Sayers, the care manager Guidelines and the final ver-
in charge of the facility. He is a very caring, considerate and ef- sion will be signed off at our
ficient man. next Council meeting on the
Lotus River Place is a 120-bed frail care facility for people over 5th of June, whereafter it will
60 who require full time assistance or care. As you will remem- be made available to mem-
ber we asked members earlier this year to donate prints for the bers.
above facility. We collected 56 unmounted A4, 254 unmounted Several members responded positively to our request for assis-
A3 and 138 mounted prints – a total of 448 prints. A big thank tance in the recent questionnaire regarding Cape Camera. The
you to our members for their generosity in supporting this wor- members who offered their assistance met via zoom and in a
thy cause. very productive meeting came up with a plan on how they can
assist. Council is extremely grateful to these members for their
willingness to assist.
The latest big change in photography, artificial intelligence (AI)
is no longer just a discussion, but is making an appearance in
major competitions. This led to a lot of controversy when an AI
generated image was the winner of the creative category in the
prestigious 2023 Sony World Photography Awards. The creator
Boris Eldagsen did not accept the award as he said it is not a
photograph.
Please let me have your comments. It may be interesting to
publish it in a future Cape Camera. More of Eldagsen’s images
can be seen at https://www.eldagsen.com/pseudomnesia/
Jacoba van Zyl
President
Jacoba and David Sayers, Lotus River Place Care Manager

Set themes for 2023

The themes for the upcoming months, are listed below. We hope that these will inspire you to explore new per-
spectives and techniques in your photography, and to capture unique and memorable images. We look forward
seeing all the competition entries. Happy shooting!

Month Subject Upload to Competition Date
Photovault by
July Sports action 28 June 5 July
Capture moments of sporting action, colour only. No manipulation
allowed.
August Altered reality 26 July 2 August
Create an image in which reality becomes blurred or altered. This
could be done with composites, motion blur, double exposures,
etc. Be free to create a new reality with your imagination. Colour or
monochrome.
September In the footsteps of a famous painter. Create an image inspired by 30 August 6 September
a famous painter. Colour or monochrome.
October Signs of spring. All aspects of the Spring season can be entered. 27 September 4 October
Macro and close-up images are included here. Colour only.

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