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Above: 'Piazza San Marco' by Jacoba van Zyl was awarded a COM in the
OTRCC Salon. It was also part of her panel that earned her APSSA Honours.

Left: 'Scattering stardust' earned Lesley Parolis a COM in the OTRCC Salon.

CTPS Salon Group launched

More than 20 CTPS members expressed interest in joining a Salon Group to
promote salon entries and improve their chances of earning acceptances ... so,
watch this space in future!

The CTPS Salon Group that a few years ago assisted Members are invited to send images they would
members interested in entering salons has been re- like the Salon Group to discuss to Nicol du Toit at
vived. Following requests from members at the Strate- nicol@sportstrader.co.za by Monday 25 March.
gic Meeting last year, the first meeting of a new Salon The next meeting will be on Wednesday 28
Group for members who enter salons with CTPS as their March. New members are welcome and can con-
club, was held via zoom on 22 February. tact Nicol to receive a zoom link.
At the inaugural meeting participants could indicate
what they hoped to gain from the group. Much interest Only the first salon acceptance of the year is counted for
was expressed in how to keep track of your salon entries, those aiming for Master status.
acceptances and the images that had near-misses which The difference between Diamond Ratings and DPSSA or

are likely to earn acceptance in other salons. EPSSA Honours as well as the Impala Trophy Log were
Experienced salon entrants shared their methods: from also explained (see more on the PSSA website here ).
downloading the records — scores, acceptances and The group decided that they would like to receive guid-
awards — of all the images you entered via PhotoVault- ance on their potential salon entries in future meetings.
Online (Lesley Parolis) to creating tags for all his im- Members are therefore requested to present images
ages on PhotoVaultOnline to indicate acceptances and that they need advice on for discussion at meetings.
awards (Dieter Butow).
Nicol du Toit demonstrated how he awards a percent-
age in excel to indicate how far above or below the mini-
mum acceptance score of the salon the image scored.
He also uses the file to keep track of international ac-
ceptances and his path to achieve DPSSA Honours in the
different categories.
Jacoba van Zyl demonstrated how she keeps track of
members' national salon performances that are required
for club promotions. Up to Salon rank a maximum of
three acceptances per image in local salons are counted
because three is the maximum acceptances are allowed Kim Stevens with a medal she won in the VFV salon for
per image for the Impala Trophy Log (see next page). prints . Photo Steff Hughes.

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