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February 2025 Cape Camera

CAPE CAMERA February 2025 WHAT’S INSIDE

03 News from the CTPS Council

CAPE CAMERA
February 2025 04 In the news
Member achievements and news to remember.

06 You told us what you wanted
A wonderful response to our Cape Camera survey.

07 Top class teaching from Goldschmidts
They introduced CTPS and photography to scholars.

07 Photoshop course by Martin Barber
A generous discount for club members.

08 Weekend away in Pringle Bay update
A reminder to book for this club weekend in April.

Official Newsletter Martin Barber E&D report back
CAPE TOWN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 09 Great tips for producing architecture images.
Great outings and talks• Meet Rudi Pothas • Survey results

On The Cover 10 Jon Kerrin E&D in March
Landscape photographer will introduce us to the
The cover image, Spill the Beans, by Denis Ryan secrets of capturing stunning stormy images.
was one of our high scoring images in January. It
was awarded 26 points. 11 Which 'AI' editing tools are legal?
Denis is one of our members from Ireland, where
he is the chairman of the Limerick Camera Club, Outing to capture church architecture
the oldest photographic club in Ireland. 12 Join this outing to photograph the interiors of
"The best advice I have received as a photogra- two of Cape Town's most iconic churches.
pher is to shoot what you love," he says. "To that Successful 'Blue Hour' outing
end, that’s what Spill The Beans is about — my 14 Twenty-four members joined this outing ably led
two boys, Donagh and Jack, who are the some-
what willing models. by Kyle Goetsch and Jon Kerrin.
"I have always been drawn to the creative story 16 Book now for the Struisbaai Congress
telling element that social documentary photog- CTPS is organising the PSSA congress in Struisbaai.
raphy allows us. My intention with Spill The Beans
was to portray an older Ireland, where poverty 18 Meet our member Rudi Pothas
and hardship was the norm, with a little bit of One of our council members tells us more about
cheekiness thrown in for good measure. his photographic journey.
"I love the cheeky look Jack is giving the empty 20 Travel to Portugal with Dieter Bütow
pot of beans that his older — and somewhat The third article about their European tour.
guilty looking— brother, Donagh is holding. The
spilled beans scattered at their feet, along with Good results in WCPF salon
the looks on their faces, is a clue as to the fate 23
that befell the poor beans." CTPS members earned 105 points.
Denis complimented the natural light from the How did you do it?
window with two studio lights with a large para- 27 Ann Baret describes how she created her fasci-
bolic softbox. His portrait settings are usually ISO
100, f8 and 1/125. "Using a lower f-stop keeps the nating composite image.
surrounding interest in check." 28 Authors' comments on winning images

CTPS was founded in 1890. When, how and why did they take the images?
It was a founding member 31 More winning images with judges' comments
of the Photographic Society
of South Africa in 1954
and has been affiliated to 36 High scoring images in February
PSSA ever since. Images scoring 25 and above.

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