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Cape Camera February 2025

News from the Council

The fact that our editorial team Dave also helped compile an in-

produced a bumper 42-page teresting profile of our council
issue this month is testimony member, Rudi Pothas (p18).
to all the achievements and Rudi is also co-responsible,
activities by CTPS members. with Richard Goldschmidt,
We are certainly fortunate for our outing this month
to have such a group of en- to photograph the archi-
thusiastic and committed tecture and interiors of two
members who are involved in of Cape Town’s most iconic
club and community activities churches (see p12).
– and that we have a dedicated If this outing is as popular as the Blue
team of volunteers to report on eve- Hour outing Simon Mouton organised (see p14), CTPS
rything. As you can read on p7 our members (e.g. the members’ photography will be leaping to higher lev-
Goldschmidts) involvement goes beyond club activities. els with all these photo opportunities. And don't forget
Perhaps the biggest testimony to our members’ active about the Pringle Bay weekend Richard is organising in
involvement is the high number (35) who immediately April (see p8).
responded to our survey about how we can improve Several other Cape Camera editorial members are per-
Cape Camera – and the editorial team members are very forming indispensable roles. Brian Jones not only sourc-
grateful for the many compliments and happy with the es and edits member travelogues, but also assists con-
content responses (see p6). tributors who don’t have the time to write articles about
There were two clear messages. As you’ll see from p27, events. Anna Engelhardt performs the very valuable
the team had pre-empted the request for more informa- task of listening to a recording of the judges’ comments
tion from members about their winning images. During about the winning images and summarising them for
an editorial planning meeting — where it was decided publication. Sally-Ann Spooner makes sure that we are
to conduct a survey — Dave Gordon volunteered to ask inspired to attend the monthly E&D talks with her de-
authors of winning images about the why, when and scriptions of what to expect.
how they captured the shot … and completed the task
even before the survey results became known! Lesley Parolis’ proofreading skill is probably the biggest
We are working on a response to your other request contributor to Cape Camera’s success … but ironically, it
will only become noticeable if she fails to spot a mistake.
about improving your photography. Good news is that
we are hoping to offer everybody who want to improve Enjoy this read!
their Photoshop skills the chance to attend a highly Nicol du Toit
discounted course for our members conducted by the CTPS President
maestro and mentor Martin Barber (see p7). nicol@sportstrader.co.za
Please contact CTPS on info@ctps.co.za and visit the website www.ctps.co.za .
Contact CTPS Council

President Nicol du Toit 082 377 8285 Website Andre Mouton 071 892 1981
Vice-President Lesley Parolis 082 780 6925 Storage/Venue Rudi Pothas 082 516 9215
Secretary Brian Jones 084 219 4024 Cape Camera Trudi du Toit 082 572 6127
Treasurer Simon Mouton 082 444 4074 Snapshot Andre Mouton 071 892 1981
Competitions Lesley Parolis 082 780 6925 Public Relations Trudi du Toit 082 572 6127
E & D Sally-Ann Spooner 079 274 2073 Off-Council workers

Weekend outings Richard Goldschmidt
Cape Camera Editorial team Member promotions Jacoba van Zyl

Editor & layout Trudi du Toit Member relations Joyce Goldschmidt & Richard
Proofreader Lesley Parolis Goldschmidt
Competition images Lesley Parolis Body of Work Kim Stevens
Judges comments Anna Engelhardt Facebook (members) Kim Stevens & Steff Hughes
Member profiles Dave Gordon Facebook (public) Joyce Goldschmidt & Lesley
Parolis
Snapshot Andre Mouton Investments Richard Goldschmidt
Travelogues Brian Jones AV Group Ken Woods
Events Photographer Joyce Goldschmidt Awards Marius Stockenström

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