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Cape Camera May 2023

AV News

by Robert Maginley

Welcome to this update on CTPS Audio Visual news and what is AV Makers SA Salon
going on in the world of AVs. On the home front AV Makers South Africa has an annual in-
For those of you who are interested in AV competitions, there ternational competition and the subject for 2023 is ‘HOPE’. For
has been a lot happening overseas. We have had the Jurassic more information and news visit the website at AV Makers
Coast Salon and the Challenge 321, to mention just a couple. To South Africa
find out more have a look on ‘Facebook’ at PTE AV Studio and AV Registration opens on 1 October 2023 and will close on 29 Oc-
News. On both these channels one can not only keep up with tober this year. Results emailed by 16 December. View the Hope
the current news, but one is also able to view recent AV’s that salon brochure here: https://sites.google.com/site/avmakers-
have been posted, in addition you can see the results from vari- southafrica/av-makers-sa/hope-2023
ous competitions.
CTPS challenge International Acceptance for John Arseniou
For all of you that have been following the lessons by Ken Congratulations to CTPS member John Arseniou on get-
Woods we are sure that you would like to try them out, so here ting an Acceptance in the Jurassic Coast International Sa-
is a CHALLENGE for you. lon with ‘Old Bottles’. This is an annual international com-
Create an AV of your best images of 2022. The Challenge is open petition organised by Exmouth Photo Group that started
to all club members, and you may use any software that you in 2021. The name is derived from the Jurassic Coast World
have. The maximum time of the AV is 5 minutes and the closing Heritage Site in Dorset, where Exmouth is situated.
date is Wednesday, 12th July. On this date we will hold an actual The Challenge 321 got its name because the audio-visual
meeting where we can view your productions, and members entries in this international salon may have a maximum run
will be able to give some useful tips to those who want it. We time of 3:21 minutes. Entries are judged in several coun-
therefore look forward to seeing your entries. tries.
If you have any queries, please contact Robert Maginley on rma-
ginley@worldonline.co.za or via WhatsApp on 0834099217.

More hands on Cape Camera deck

In Afrikaans there is a saying Vele hande maak ligte werk (Many • Anna Engelhardt agreed to get comments from the compe-
hands make light work) and with this in mind, we called for tition judges about the winning images and also resizes all
assistance with the publication of Cape Camera. Editor Andre competition images for publication;
Mouton carries a heavy load with all his responsibilities on • Robert Maginley offered to report on AV activities;
Council – producing Cape Camera, the weekly Snapshots, car- • Richard Goldschmidt provides images and articles on week-
rying out his responsibilities as webmaster and also organising end outings;
outings, when required. • Trudi and Nicol du Toit provide information relating to PSSA
It is wonderful to see that members freely offered their time to and Trudi is also the copy chaser and coordinator.
take responsibility for producing articles on specific topics and • Lesley Parolis does the proofreading.
thereby lightening his load: Apart from the Council members who report on their portfo-
• Dave Gordon will be approaching members to provide pro- lios (e.g. Jacoba’s news from the council) or provide images ( like
files that will introduce them to other club members; Lesley) some other members also offered assistance (like Mari-
• Brian Jones offered to take responsibility for obtaining trav- ana Visser) but were unable to attend the planning meeting
elogues (see pxxx); due to load-shedding and traveling. Any member who wishes
• Joyce Goldschmidt has already provided an article in this is- to assist, provide articles or have ideas for topics to include, will
sue for E&D news; be most welcome to contact trudi@sportstrader.co.za.

Upcoming PSSA Salons
June 2023

2023-06-10 - PSSA National AV Salon (No Brochure yet)
2023-06-17 - 2nd Springs Photographic Club National Digital Salon (Brochure)
2023-06-24 - Western Cape Youth Photographers National Salon 2023 (Brochure available)

Click here for the complete PSSA Salon Calendar for the year ending June 2023.

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