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April 2025 Cape Camera

CAPE CAMERA April 2025 WHAT’S INSIDE

03 News from the CTPS Council

04 In the news
Member achievements and news to remember.

07 May outing to Killarney racetrack
Join us to take panning shots at Killarney.

08 What fun we had in Pringle Bay!
Enjoy the photos members captured during our club
weekend in Pringle Bay.
12 Kyle Goetsch's landscape photography tips

During our April E&D Kyle Goetsch explained what
makes a good landscape photograph.

13 Image discussion and social evening
Save the date to come and discuss members' im-

On The Cover ages, watch AVs and enjoy snacks and wine.
The cover image, Regal Saluki by Lea-Anne 14 Members perform in international salons
Alexander, was one of the high scoring im- CTPS members earned several medals and HM
ages in our April competition, receiving a awards in the recent GIP and IPC salons.
score of 25.
Lea-Anne first met Carisa, a pure bred Saluki 16 Almost 200 points in national salons!
Persian Greyhound, at a charity fundraiser
dog show on an outing with the Montagu See the lovely images that received medals and
Photography Club. COMs in the Amber, PSSA, Bosveld and Hillcrest
"Carisa won the best dog on show award," salons to earn us almost 200 points.
she says. "As the lighting was challenging 19 Salon points of members and CTPS
at the busy show ground, I saw a fantastic
opportunity to try and get Carisa into a con- CTPS is currently 6th of all SA clubs in the Premier
trolled studio environment for a photoshoot. Club competition.
"John Alexander helped me with the studio Do's and don'ts in salons
lighting. Carisa was very relaxed and not dis- 20
turbed by the lights or the camera. After a Read the PSSA statement on AI and grounds for DQs.
few photos, doggy treats and her favourite
toy, she quickly settled into various poses A chance to win R15 000 with new PSSA logo
with ease. Using a small camping chair, I sat 21 Why does PSSA require a new logo and how you
down to be at her level. can earn prize money with a new design.
"Carisa was a dream model who seemed to
enjoy the shoot in which her serene and regal 12 Reasons to book for the PSSA congress
character was captured." 22
The image was captured with Fujifilm XH1, with CTPS is hosting the congress in Struisbaai and
a 50-140mm lens at 50mm, ISO 200, f6.4 and you can benefit from booking as soon as possible.
1/250. Due to the low light, a Godox key light How did you do it?
was used. Minimal post processing was done. 24 Nicol du Toit describes how he created his interesting

CTPS was founded in image Windmills of your mind.
1890. It was a founding 26 Winning images with comments
member of the
Photographic Society Read the comments from judges and some of the
of South Africa (PSSA) authors about the winners in the April competition.
in 1954 and has been High scoring images in April
affiliated to PSSA ever 33
since. Images scoring 24 and above.

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