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In the News

Did you know?

A new calendar on the CTPS
website provides a very handy
one-stop reminder of all the im-
portant forthcoming dates for
meetings and competitions.
Snapshot is our weekly news-
letter to remind and alert you of
forthcoming events and provide
the zoom links to meetings — and
most importantly, the link to the
latest Cape Camera. I am aware
that some servers block bulk
emails and would like to ask you
to please inform me if you do not Tony scores high in PSSA monthly competition
receive the weekly Snapshot. Congratulations to one of
Images used for the website our Namibian members,
banner must be in a landscape, Tony Edmunds, for receiv-
and preferably panorama, format. ing a high score of 35 in
Cape Camera cover images must the PSSA Junior Club com-
be in portrait format. Therefore, petition in February with
please keep these formats in mind his image Elephants at the
if you wish your images to be pub- Savuti Waterhole (above).
lished as banners or covers. This is the second highest
Name cards have been rein- score of all Western Cape
troduced for members to wear images entered in this
to meetings. Anna Engelhardt competition and the 8th
and Joyce Goldschmidt have re- highest in the country.
designed the cards so that the The senior CTPS image en-
names are more visible from a dis- tered in February, Hannah
tance. Please wear these name in Black by Lesley Parolis
cards to meetings as a courtesy to (right), received a score of
your fellow members who would 33 out of 45. See more on the PSSA website.
dearly like to get to know you, or The judges were Chris Nel, Regional Director (RD) Central Societies, Francois
match a face to a familiar name. Venter, RD Northern Gauteng and Bridgid Wickham, RD Kwazula-Natal.
Our Facebook group is open to
all members who are all welcome Register for JAP course Welcome to our new members
to post images and comments While the candidates on the A hearty welcome to Bob de Villiers,
... but it is not open to non-CTPS current Judging Accreditation Ansie du Toit and Francois Retief, who
members. We are in the process Program (JAP) are anxiously joined CTPS in February, but already
of developing a public Facebook awaiting their accreditation re- feel like old friends after they attended
page, visible to the public. sults, registration for the 2024 our social E&D evening. All three have-
Travelogues and Member course has opened (see here). been members of other clubs.
Profiles are urgently required Registrations close on April Bob was a member of the Paarl Photo-
for Cape Camera. Please contact 30th and the new course will graphic Club until 2018 and Ansie du
Dave Gordon if you know of a start on 6 July. Thereafter the Toit was previously a member of Her-
member who should be featured. 12-month course will be pre- manus Photographic Society.
Brian Jones is prepared to inter- sented nationally via Zoom on Francois Retief is an experienced 6-Star
view members who've been on the first Saturday of the month photographer (at Sandton) with 470 sa-
interesting trips, as long as they from 9:00 to 12:30. The cost is lon acceptances. He is also a member of
provide the travelogue images. R550 per person. Ignite, Helderberg and Randburg clubs.

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