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Cape Camera February 2025

Richard and Joyce promote Below: the Goldschmidts and some of
the learners photographed by a teacher.
photography and

CTPS to scholars

When St George's Grammar school
requested CTPS to do a presentation
to help improve the photographic
skills of their learners, Richard
Goldschmidt agreed to assist, since
it is his alma mater. His wife, Joyce,
who produced a school yearbook
until she retired recently, was the
ideal partner in this venture.
In the beginning of February Richard and Joyce Gold- showed great engagement and interest, says Richard.
schmidt honed their teaching skills when they intro- "I recently judged a photo competition for the Scouts,
duced about 20 learners from St George's Grammar who did a 12-day Adventure course in the Cederberg,
School to the art of good photography in innovative which included submitting photos for a competition. I
ways. Three teachers joined their 90-minute class and therefore had a whole lot of really terrible photos taken
listened with interest, reports Richard. by kids to use as examples!"
"Joyce made a PowerPoint presentation of the do’s and The Goldschmidts also told them about the founding
don’ts of photography and spoke to her slides for about of CTPS, the activities of the club and offered that CTPS
25 minutes," he continues. would support them if they start a photographic club at
"I had assembled a slide show of some 30 photos that the school. "We invited them to our February competi-
illustrated how typically people mess-up their photos. I tion evening via Zoom, but I noticed that none of them
asked the scholars if they could identify what was wrong took up that offer.
with each photo — and in some cases I showed them "Joyce challenged them to take three photos of school
how Photoshop could improve the photo with editing." activities and send them to us for comment. I wonder if
Despite sitting still for almost an hour, the scholars any will?" Richard concludes.

Club Photoshop course by Martin Barber

Exciting news for all beginner to intermediate level Photoshop
(and Lightroom) users! Teaching maestro Martin Barber is
offering a special club editing course at a vastly discounted rate.
Members who attended the February E&D will know Classes are held every two weeks, with two classes a
that Martin Barber is a wizard when it comes to teach- month, over four months, for a total of eight. The fees

ing editing with Photoshop. He now offers our members are payable monthly.
the wonderful opportunity to attend a full course. For clubs to qualify for the special club fee, a minimum
"These eight classes of approximately two hours each of 6 -8 students per class is required. The club fee of R350
will teach you all the fundamentals of editing using the per student per class is more than a third less than the
Adobe software. This includes Bridge, Camera Raw, Pho- private classes Martin offers. Although organised by the
toshop with a little Lightroom," explains Martin. club, payments are made by everyone independently
The topics that will be covered are: understanding "All members of these classes must commit to the eight
Bridge, photo and file managing, copyrighting images, classes and the fees thereof, whether they attend the
understanding Camera Raw, Raw processing and Light- class, or not," says Martin. "If a member cannot attend,
room RAW processing, Photoshop layout, selections, for whatever reason, a recording of the class will be sent
clone and healing tools, cropping, dodge, burn and to them, so they don’t miss out on the content. "
sponge tools, layers, masking, blending modes, portrait The classes are normally held over weekends and we
retouching, understanding black and white, HDR Pho- need confirmation that at least 6-8 members would like
tography, panoramic photography, understanding per- to attend a course before confirming dates. Please con-
spective, the basics of composites, and much more. tact Sally-Ann Spooner on sallyannspooner@gmail.com.

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