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Cape Camera October 2023

News from the Council

The CTPS Council members who New Council members
were elected at the AGM this Andre Mouton will continue
month are very grateful for to communicate with you
the solid base created by via Snapshot and he will
former President Jacoba also continue as webmas-
van Zyl and her team, ter of the CTPS website,
which will lighten our load which was judged to be
considerably. the best club website in
You would have received the country two years in
Jacoba's President's Report a row. Andre will also con-
with the other AGM docu- tinue to organise enjoyable day
ments, but I believe it is worth- outings for us. As if that is not enough,
while to reflect on some of the he will now take over the additional responsibility of club
highlights ... which will help explain why treasurer from me. It should therefore not be a surprise
Jacoba asked for time out to enjoy her own photography that he will be stepping down as editor of Cape Camera
when her term came to an end. Every achievement is un- after seven years (See p9).
derpinned by months of very hard work. Trudi du Toit and a competent editorial team will now be
The highlight was, no doubt, the exhibition in November responsible for this task (see p8 and 9).
and December when thousands of visitors to Groot Con- Richard Goldschmidt, who does not wish to serve on
stantia Wine Estate were exposed to our prints that were council, will continue to look after our investments, and
exhibited. The good news is that the driving force behind as Jacoba reported at the AGM, he magically managed to
the exhibition, Anna Engelhardt, is back on council — and grow our savings despite the economic slump. Richard
organising an even bigger exhibition featuring work from will also continue to organise the two weekend outings,
21 Western Cape clubs at Groot Constantia in an unique which he does so well (see more page 7).
Celebration of Photography during November and Decem- Kim Stevens' vast number of contacts in the photograph-
ber this year (see p6). ic world ensured that she invited knowledgeable and in-
'Celebration of Photography' teresting speakers for the Education and Development
Most of the hard-working team members from last year (E&D) evenings, but after eight years she asked to be al-
are also pulling out all the stops to make this year's exhi- lowed to take a break from Council. She will, however,
bition a memorable experience — we owe Anna, Lesley continue to share her insight and knowledge by assisting
Parolis, Kim Stevens, Joyce Goldschmidt, Jacoba van Zyl, Western Cape photographers working on their Honours
Marius Stockenstrom, Mike de Villiers, Andre Mouton and panels (with Evelyn Gibson), provide valuable Photoshop
Trudi du Toit much gratitude for sourcing, organising the tips for Cape Camera and direct us to interesting online ar-
printing, mounting and hanging of the images and pro- ticles with Facebook posts (see p6). We'll soon be sharing
moting the event and clubs involved. good news about a project that Kim will be introducing for
CTPS members!
Because so many clubs accepted the invitation to exhibit,
all clubs could only enter a limited number of images for Steff Hughes fortunately agreed to take over the E&D
exhibition. I do, however, hope that you will visit the exhi- portfolio, for which she is very well qualified (see p5). She
bition in the wine tasting venue at Groot Constantia. will also continue as administrator of our Facebook page.
There is still time and space to book for Martin Barber's Due to heavy work pressure Margaret Collins will be step-
lectures on the morning of Saturday, November 11th. Mar- ping down as secretary after seven years. I would like to
tin is an exceptional speaker who will entertain you while thank her very much for all the hours she devoted to this
he conveys valuable information to help you elevate your task. Rudi Pothas has agreed to be our new secretary, af-
images to another level. His two lectures at Simon's func- ter we also twisted his arm to assist Lesley with running
tion venue at Groot Constantia will focus on creativity. the competition evenings.
Other highlights from last year are already in advanced I breathed a silent sigh of relief when Lesley Parolis agreed
planning stages for this year: e.g. entries for the annual to continue as Vice-President, because she is so willing to
competition closes this weekend on November 5th. The help that there is hardly any aspect of running the society
winners will be announced at the Year End function, or- where she does not assist and contribute. I do not know
how we'll manage without her.
ganised by Joyce Goldschmidt, which promises to be just
as elegant and enjoyable as the event last year. It will On the following pages we tell you more about the Coun-
again be hosted in the function venue at Simon's restau- cil members and off-council contributors.
rant and information about booking will soon be con- Nicol du Toit
veyed in Snapshot. President

The third Kirkcaldy competition will again take place this Please contact CTPS on info@ctps.co.za and visit the
year and Lesley and team have already selected our entries. website www.ctps.co.za for individual contact details.
Please join the Zoom meeting on 13 November (see p11). Also see the contact numbers on p6.

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