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January 2025 Cape Camera
CAPE CAMERA January 2025
WHAT’S INSIDE
03 News from the CTPS Council
Information you need to know about.
04 In the news
Performances of members and important news
and dates to remember.
06 Our annual Planning Meeting
Read about all the exciting outings and meetings
Council planned for the year and how we aim to
enrich your membership experience.
Blue Hour outing to Bloubergstrand
09 All the information you need to enjoy our first outing
of the year.
On The Cover Prepare for our weekend in Pringle Bay
The cover image, Meditative Mood, by 10 Save the date for one of the highlights of the year.
Lambe Parolis was one of our high scor-
ing images in January. It was awarded E& D with Martin Barber
28 points. 11 Inspiring presenter and teacher Martin Barber
The portrait was taken at the society’s will be demonstrating how to capture and edit
July Education and Development even-
ing, when John Alexander presented a interiors and tall buildings to keep perspectives.
workshop on studio portrait lighting. Inspiring AV meeting
The model for the evening was the char- 12 At the first AV meeting of the year Ken Woods
ismatic and highly photogenic Dr Ezzat
van der Ross, explains Lambe. inspired would-be and active AV-makers.
After John's introductory talk on studio Join us at the PSSA Struisbaai congress
portrait lighting, Ezzat was posed in a 13 CTPS is organising the PSSA national congress in
range of guises and the attending audi- Struisbaai in August — and hopefully we'll see all
ence was invited to interact with him our members there.
and take photographs.
Some members who had Fuji mirrorless Good start to PDI salon year
cameras could use the flash triggers, 16 CTPS members earned a medal and a solid hand-
which were provided by John, while the ful of acceptances in the Bethal salon.
rest simply used the available light and a
high ISO setting. Travelogue to Poland
"My photographs were taken with a Fu- 18 Read part 2 of Dieter Bütow's description and
jifilm XT3 using a 50–140 mm lens and photos of their trip to Europe.
ambient lighting," says Lambe.
21 Winning images entered in January
Our December Junior and Senior winners and
CTPS was founded in 1890. images that won in the different categories with
It was a founding member judges' comments.
of the Photographic Society
of South Africa in 1954
and has been affiliated to High scoring images in January
PSSA ever since. 25 Images that scored 25 and above.
2 Cape Town Photographic Society
