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In the News

Our top AV makers offer tips for members

Our Impala Trophy-winning
AV makers, Joan and Clive
Rathband (above), very kindly
shared some handy links with
Welcome to our new members! CTPS members keen to start
We are fortunate to have gained three new mem- making AVs and AV makers
bers since November and would like to extend a very who want to improve their skills.
hearty welcome to them. We hope they will enjoy our How-to tutorials by some of the
club activities. leading international AV-makers
Howard Wolff (above) is rejoining CTPS after he left can be found here, suggests Joan:
photographic clubs to focus on the activities of the Har- • You’ll find an excellent tutorial
ley Davidson club in about 2005. He was also a mem- by Ian Bateman FRPS MPAGB AV-AFIAP APAGB if you
ber of Jabula and Johannesburg Camera Clubs before Click here she says. “His website ibateman.co.uk is an
moving to Cape Town, where he briefly joined CTPS. excellent resource.”
Lucky for us, the lure of serious photography brought • There are also many links to tutorials about various
this top photographer, who earned several salon med- aspects of AV-making on this RPS page.
als and FPSSA in three categories, back to us! • Sheila Haycox ARPS MPAGB/AV, EFIAP, AV-AFIAP,
What's more, he convinced his friend, Gavin shares a document How to Get Started using Pictures to
Exe (PTE) Here. Find a link to her website here
Klevansky, to join CTPS. This is the first photographic • Tony Collinson offers You Tube tutorials on PTE for Be-
club that Gavin has joined ginners on his website here.
Dido di Domenico is a longtime Life member of PSSA, • The PTE software page has a forum for assistance. Un-
who for the first time joined a club when he became der Support you’ll find tutorials and tips.
a CTPS member.
For inspiration and to view excellent AVs, Joan suggests
the following sites and links:
'Ethosha Self-Drive' by • On Facebook there is the AV News Group (Click here)
Anja Denker, wife of CTPS
member Heiko Denker, is where AV-makers from across the world share news,
a comprehensive, practi- tips and ideas.
cal and easy-to-use guide • Many AV workers post their work on YouTube – Goog-
to the routes and roads le names like Ian Bateman, Howard Bagshaw, Tony
of Etosha National Park. Collinson, Sheila Haycox etc., to be inspired.
Maps and quick-find The Rathbands are members of the Wilmslow Group,
guides are used for easy where AV makers from across the world, including South
reference. Africa, meet weekly on Zoom to share AVs, provide sup-
All the photographs were port and information, set challenges and enjoy the top
taken in the park and
illustrate the possibilities work done by winners in international competitions. The
of the magnificent sight- joining fee is R200 (£10) but you may visit for free before
ings one can expect on you join. See more here or contact them on wilmslow@
the various routes. av-group.org.uk.

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