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Cape Camera February 2025

In the News Congratulations to

Lesley and Kim!
Hearty congratulations to Lesley
Parolis and Kim Stevens for being
awarded APSSA honours for their
beautiful colour panels! (See here).
Kim also earned APSSA(Vers) be-
cause she has APSSA honours in
Mono Digital and Colour Prints. She
was also awarded FPSSA in Colour
Prints in 2020. The latest honours
results were announced as Cape
Camera was being published and
Good news for CTPS AV makers we shall report all about it in the
next issue.
Ken Woods has organised a meeting "However, even if you are not enter-
open to all AVs enthusiasts on Tues- ing, you can view all the entries via Consult the website
day, 25th March. It will be conducted Zoom on 24 and 25 May," says Clive. The CTPS website is a wonderful
via zoom and he is inviting all CTPS "This offers a great opportunity to source of information about every-
AV-makers to send him AVs they've view a wide range of audio visuals thing related to CTPS — from our
made and would like to share with from across the world." colourful past to exciting future
events and activities. Make sure
the group by March 18th. Information about the Jurrasic Coast you consult it to stay up to date with
Please contact Ken at kenwoods@ entry rules and zoom broadcast can competition set subjects, results,
photowild.co.za for more informa- be found on the Exmouth Photo outings, etc.
tion about submitting your AV. Group web page.
In addition, Clive Rathband, an "The other interesting news is that Receiving Snapshot?
award-winning AV-maker and CTPS WnSoft (www.wnsoft.com), the de- Snapshot, our newsletter usually
member based in the UK, has shared velopers of the AV program PTE AV emailed on Tuesdays, is a very im-
some interesting AV news. The Juras- Studio, have added a Video Optimis- portant communication tool as it
sic Coast International AV Salon is still er to their product range," adds Clive. provides you with zoom links and
open for entries until 31st March, he "This is a very effective program." links to download Cape Camera, re-
says. Judging should be completed This YouTube video showcases the minds you of outings and meetings
by May 12th, 2025. main features of the program. and, most importantly, provides in-
formation about last minute chang-
Denis Ryan's abandoned studio for Portraits es to programs. We are, however,
aware that email deliveries can
One of our Irish members sometimes be problematic. Please
from Limerick, Denis Ryan, contact our membership team on
created and captured our joyce@goldschmidt.co.za if you
cover image (see p1). don't receive Snapshot.
The setting of his superb sto-
ry-telling portrait intrigued us Your help required
and we asked him to provide We need your help, please, to pro-
more context. vide Travelogues and Member
It was captured in an old Profiles for Cape Camera. Please
abandoned house, he ex- contact Dave Gordon if you know of
plained. "The last owner was a a member who should be featured
bachelor who passed away a in a member profile. Brian Jones
few years ago. He lived on his available inside the house. I used wa- is prepared to interview members
own and it was his childhood home. ter based dirt to dirty the boys up a who've been on interesting trips, as
"I have done lots of different im- bit (for the cover image), despite my long as they provide the travelogue
ages here. Time has really stood still, wife’s disapproval." images. Some members gener-
which makes capturing images here Denis provided the image above to ously, but anonymously, offered to
a lot easier as the house really is liv- show the interior and demonstrate assist with Cape Camera features
ing history. how he combines natural window — could they please contact Trudi
du Toit to provide their names?
"Most of the props and outfits are light with his light and softbox setup.

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