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April 2024 Cape Camera
CAPE CAMERA WHAT’S INSIDE
03 News from the CTPS Council
CAPE CAMERA Information and decisions you need to know about.
April 2024
04 In the news
Performances of members and important news.
06 COMs by the dozen
CTPS members have earned a dozen COMs in recent
salons ... six of them by the Goldschmidts! There is
also good news from print salon participants.
09 AV salon achievements
CTPS members have again performed very well in
the PECC International AV salon.
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Official Newsletter Member profile: Ansie du Toit
CAPE TOWN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Her adventurous globetrotting leaves one speechless.
Meet Ansie our globetrotter • Fun at congresses • AI pitfalls
E&D presentation by Valérie Jardin
On The Cover The street photography presentation by the award-
Studio Magic by John Alexander was one 12 winning French photographer found favour by all.
of the high scoring images in our April Melanie Bentley Cornelius will give a presentation
competition with 24 points. John explains on macro and close-up photography in May.
that this image was captured during a stu-
dio shoot that he arranged. Honours assistance group
"The subject was very photogenic and 13 The Honours Group to assist prospective Honours ap-
hence it was not a difficult shoot to cap-
ture this beautiful model. I used three plicants from the Western Cape is doing well.
light systems and light modifiers to create
a softer image than what is my usual style. 14 Outing to Spier
"The key light was a Godox 90 Octabox Although the Eagle Encounter was discontinued, the
with a grid. This light was placed very outing to this wine estate was enjoyed by all.
close to the model, but feathered a lot to
ensure soft lighting from a large surface. 16 Interesting topics at PSSA congress
The fill lights were two Godox AD100s, The PSSA National Congress in Parys in October
which were placed opposite the key light promises to have much of interest for all.
to soften shadows.
"The pose I wanted was a slight inclina- PSSA reduces membership fees & other news
tion of her head, but still direct contact 17 To celebrate its 70th birthday, PSSA has drastical-
with her eyes. The background was plain ly reduced membership fees. Catch up with more
white, but by feathering and directing the PSSA news.
lights, I managed to automatically darken
the backdrop. 19 Avoid the AI pitfalls
During post-processing, I used On1 to just Which Photoshop tools are safe to use?.
soften the skin and remove any obvious
20 The Cape Photographers' congress offered many
distractions. The camera was a Fujifilm
XT2 with a 80mm Macro lens. Calitzdorp congress full of surprises
CTPS was founded in unique experiences — from live judging of a print cir-
1890. It became a cuit to conceptual installations and workshops.
founding member 22 Winning images entered in April
of the Photographic
Society of South
Africa in 1954 and High scoring images entered in April
has been affiliated 31
to PSSA ever since. Images that scored 24 and above.
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