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Cape Camera March 2024

In the News Did you know?

The calendar on the CTPS web-
site provides a very handy one-
CTPS now has two active Facebook pages stop reminder of all the important
As mentioned in last month’s Cape Camera, the committee is in the process dates for outings, competitions,
of updating our presence in the Facebook environment. Basically, we have meetings — including meetings of
two profiles: our Page is open to the public, and the Group is open to CTPS interest groups like BoW and the
members only. Joyce Goldschmidt provides an explanation of each: salon group.
The CTPS website is a wonderful
source of information about every-
thing related to CTPS — from our
colourful past to exciting future
events and activities. Make sure
you consult it to stay up to date
GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CapeTownPhotographicSociety with competition set subjects,
Many of you will be familiar with our Facebook Group. The Group is only results, outings, etc. You can also
accessible to CTPS members and is designed to encourage discussions and read past issues of Cape Camera
interaction amongst members. Groups allow members to interact with each on the website that won the PSSA
other’s content easily. annual competition three years in
As a member, you are welcome to post items of interest to other members, a row.
your photographs — especially Gold Award images which you would add Snapshot is our weekly news-
to the monthly Gold Award albums, requests for assistance, photos taken on letter to remind and alert you of
outings / weekends away, etc. forthcoming events and provide
Landscape format photos are selected from the Gold Award albums for the the zoom links to meetings — and
cover photo. most importantly, the link to the
latest Cape Camera. We aware that
some servers block bulk emails and
would like to ask you to please in-
form me if you do not receive the
weekly Snapshot.
Images used for the website
banner must be in a landscape,
and preferably panorama, format.
Cape Camera cover images must
be in portrait format. Therefore,
please keep these formats in mind
if you wish your images to be pub-
lished as banners or covers.
Name cards have been rede-
PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/CTPSociety/ signed by Anna Engelhardt and
We also have a Facebook Page, which is used to engage with members of Joyce Goldschmidt and reintro-
the public. Communication is one-way, which means that only Admins can duced for members to wear to
post to the page. It acts like a shopfront to showcase CTPS news of a gen- meetings. Please wear them to
eral nature. The cover photo will be changed from time to time and will be meetings as a courtesy to your fel-
selected from the Gold Award album on the Group. low members who would dearly
like to get to know you, or match a
Welcome to our new members face to a familiar name.

CTPS is very fortunate to have gained Barbara Coaton and Leslie Crookes as We need Travelogues and Mem-
new members during the past month. A hearty welcome to them and we ber Profiles for Cape Camera.
are looking forward to meeting and interacting with them! Please contact Dave Gordon if you
Barbara runs a committed photography club at Pinelands High where the know of a member who should be
featured. Brian Jones is prepared
learners are taught to master Manual mode and benefit from talks by experts. to interview members who've been
Leslie, who describes himself as a non active member of Fish Hoek Pho- on interesting trips, as long as they
tographic Society, was referred to CTPS by our longstanding and loyal club provide the travelogue images.
member Pat Scott.

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