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Cape Camera January 2025

News from the Council

I can’t remember when last I’ve trance you while demonstrating
felt so excited about starting a how to capture and edit tall
new year as I am going into building images so that
2025. This is going to be a they don’t resemble the
memorable year for CTPS – Tower of Pisa (see p11).
and that is not only because The following evening
we’ll be celebrating a land- (20th February) the well-
mark 135th birthday! known landscape duo
Linked to that celebration is of Kyle Goetsch and Jon
the PSSA National Congress Kerrin will guide us through
CTPS will be organising in Struis- slow shutter speed and low light
baai in August. Please visit the PSSA photography during the Blue Hour shoot at Blouberg-
website page here to register as soon as possible, be- strand. Photographers usually pay a stiff fee to attend
cause less than a month after registrations opened, more their workshops … we are getting this for free, therefore
than 60 of the full capacity of 250 delegates have already please make use of the opportunity! Read about the de-
registered. Several CTPS members will be involved as tails on p9.
speakers and workers and those who have booked ac- Some more good news is that our AV-group is up-and-
commodation will also urge you to book as soon as pos- running again. Ken Woods chaired a very enjoyable
sible if you want a wide choice. Read all about it on p13. meeting in January – please make sure that you read
Following a full-day planning meeting our Council Snapshot to find the Zoom link to the next meeting at
members and the hard workers who don’t wish to at- the end of March.
tend Council meetings, are all fired up to make this an Now, I’d like to deviate from my usual letter in which I
enjoyable, happy, year during which you are going to focus solely on CTPS activities, by asking you to have a
take your photography to new levels. The objective of look at the latest PSSA e-Image magazine on the PSSA
this meeting was to find ways to enrich the club expe- website (www.pssa.co.za). There you will find the answer
rience for our members. We’ve aligned our outings and to the vexing question about young photographers and
E&D presentations with our competition set subjects so PSSA … they are not only members of the society, they
that you will first learn, and then get the opportunity to are also national and international medal winners and
capture, stunning set subject photographs. In addition, keen participants in club activities! What about sending
we’ve identified several ways in which we can assist you a copy of that magazine to the young people in your
to enjoy your photography more by learning new skills. family, with an invitation to join CTPS?
Read about these plans on p6. Nicol du Toit
We are already off to a cracking start with an E&D pres- CTPS President
entation by the one and only Martin Barber, who’ll en- 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 Members 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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