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May 2023 Cape Camera

In the News

Michele-Ann Nel in Top 3
of website competition

Congratulations to Michele-Ann for winning one of the top 3
spots in the PSSA April website competition. Her lovely image
titled Early Morning Pose (below) was the 1st Runner-up in the
month’s competition open to all PSSA members.
While this image also got a high score when she entered it in the
March CTPS monthly competition, she entered the PSSA com-
petition as a member of her primary club, Creative Camera Club
(CCC). Another CTPS member who enters under CCC, Theo Pot-
gieter, got the second highest score in the Western Cape (WC) in
the April website competition, namely 36 out of 45.
Elmara interviewed for radio programme The CTPS entry in the PSSA April Junior Club competition,
Sonde met die bure by Simon Mouton, also got the second
Please listen to the interview with CTPS Honorary Life member highest score of the WC clubs who entered, namely 34 out of 45.
Elmara Willis on Fine Music Radio (FMR) that will be broadcast Our entry in the monthly Senior Club competition, Street pho-
on June 6th between 12 and 1pm. Elmara was interviewed tographer at night, by John Alexander, was given a score of 33.
by Amanda Botha, presenter of the FMR programme Boek-
keuse, about her book Boer en Brit Seil Saam. As explained in
the April 2023 issue of Cape Camera, this book tells the story of
the unique courtship and wedding of Elmara and Lionel (also
a CTPS member) whilst sailing across the Atlantic. In between
are many fascinating facts about the islands they visited, how
she learnt to sail and navigate and life on board a yacht, told
by Elmara in lively, chatty letters to friends and family, as well
as diary entries. Copies of Elmara’s book (in Afrikaans) can be
ordered from her on WhatsApp (083 417 1422). The photo of
Elmara and Amanda in the studio was taken by Lionel Willis.

Evelyn’s image included in RPS Summer Show
This image by CTPS member Evelyn Gibson of a leopard at sun-
set has been selected for the Royal Photographic Society (RPS)
UK Summer Exhibition. It will be held in the RPS Gallery in Bris- “You need to let the little things that would
tol from July 1 to August 2023. The exhibition will form part of
a summer series of events and “will be a celebration of photog- ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.”
raphy, across interests, approaches, and experiences” according - Andy Warhol
to the society. RPS members from across the world were invited
to enter images in the hope of being selected for the exhibition.

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