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Cape Camera October 2023

CAPE CAMERA WHAT’S INSIDE

03 News from the CTPS Council
Decisions and future plans you need to know about.

04 Meet the new Council members

Introducing the people elected at the AGM to serve you.
07 Meet the off-council workers

The hard workers who choose not to serve on Council.
08 The Cape Camera editorial team

Who does what to produce Cape Camera?

09 'My seven years with Cape Camera'

Former editor Andre Mouton provides insight into the
On The Cover work required to produce a winning magazine.

Our cover image, The birds and 10 In the news
the bees by Joan Ward, was one Performances of members and important news.
of our high scoring images in the
October competition. 12 Tributes paid to Sibyl Morris
Joan says "Bird photography has We mourn our talented former Honorary Life Member.
always been a passion of mine,
graduating from a voël op ‘n stok Exploring AI images
to birds in flight, then to birds 15 A former press photographer talks about the pleasure
in flight with something in their she derives from creating AI images.
beaks. But, an old fashioned, well-
lit and focused image of a voël op 17 Beginner courses were successful
‘n stok does take some beating. Participants in the courses presented by Steff Hughes
The cover image was taken with explain how much they learnt.
a Canon mirrorless camera with a October E & D report back
600mm prime lens (F11) at 1/3200 18
speed. I keep my camera at quite a Kyle Goetsch gave useful advice about astrophotography.
high speed, just in case I am lucky
enough to get that elusive bird in November E & D evening
flight shot! 19 David Barnes will demonstrate how he uses layers to
Fortunately, the frozen bee came create his quirky visual art images.
by at just the right time and does
add to the picture. The bird is a 20 An adventurous trip to Benin
Malachite Sunbird and the image Roger Trythall's fascinating travelogue about Benin.
was taken where I live, in Clara
Anna Fontein, Durbanville." 22 Enjoy an outing to an air show
Dave Gordon gives tips for making the most of the pho-
CTPS was tographic opportunities at an air show.
founded in
1890. 24 Winning images from October
It is affiliated The images that won the different categories and ad-
to the vancement levels, with comments from the judges.
Photographic
Society of 31 High scoring images entered in October
South Africa. Images that were awarded 24 or more points.

2 Cape Town Photographic Society