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Cape Camera September 2023

In the News

Third in PSSA monthly club competition
The CTPS Senior entry in the September PSSA monthly
club competition, Twirl with Broom by Trudi du Toit (left),
earned the third highest score (39 out of 45). It was also
the highest placed image from a Western Cape (WC) club.
Our entry in the Junior section, In the footsteps of Edgar
Degas by Sally-Ann Spooner, earned a score of 33 and was
placed 16th.
PSSA affiliated clubs are invited to enter their monthly
competition winners in this monthly club competition to
see how they compare to other clubs. There were 46 Sen-
ior club entries and 44 Junior club entries.

Mariana earns FIAP Ribbon

The dreamlike image, Dancing in the Wild (right) earned
Mariana Visser a 15/15 score and a prestigious FIAP Rib-
bon in the Penguin Awards international salon.
“I took the photo of the ballerina in the streets of Cape
Town and captured the elephant in the Kruger National
Park,” says Mariana. “Huge thank you to my mentor and
friend Martin Dudley (Barber)”.
To enter international salons — and perhaps work on
obtaining FIAP Honours — see here. Click on the link for
the International Salon Calendar to see the salons with
FIAP patronage. The trick is to look for circuits and salons
with lower entry fees (e.g. 10 to 15 euro per salon). Also
see the international salons hosted by local clubs below.

Interesting local salons to enter — including print and international

The salon calendar for the current competition year of judges from the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and
contains good news for photographers who want to im- Garden Route at the Calitzdorp Cape Photographers’
prove their print acceptance points, work towards earn- Congress in April next year (see the congress page).
ing FIAP Honours in international salons and enter AVs • 2024-06-15 – TAF 13th Print and PDI Salon. Tafelberg
(See here). Fotografieklub always includes print categories.
Good news for print workers International acceptance opportunities
For many years photographers who enjoy making prints Local photographers will be able to save on salon entry
have been complaining about the lack of opportunities fees with international salons hosted by local clubs. Ac-
to gain salon points for prints. This resulted in a decision ceptances will also count for Impala points. There will be
that in the Print Impala Trophy category only the Top 3 three of these international salons:
finishers will receive badges (Top 10 in PDI), provided
that there are more than 20 people with acceptances on • The Miroc Digital Circuit, which was cancelled this
the log. Now, there are more opportunities to gain print year, will again be held in January 2024. The leg of
acceptances, instead of just in the usual Western Cape this international salon hosted by Edenvale club will
salons. They are (with their closing dates): count for Impala points.
• 2023-11-04 – 6th VFV National Digital Salon and 4th • 2024-03-16 – 2nd Swartland International Salon has
Print Salon (Brochure available). Vanderbijlpark in- been postponed to March 2024.
cluded two print categories in their salon that closes • 2024-03-21 – PECC International Audio Visual Festival
soon. 2024 (Brochure available)
• 2024-04-13 – 1st Cape Photographers National Print • 2024-04-13 – PSSA International Salon of Photography
Circuit Salon. Note that this salon is a circuit, which will include a Visual Art category of which the winner
offers entrants the opportunity of gaining points will be awarded the Marike Bruwer trophy.
in all three legs, which will be judged by three sets

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