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Cape Camera January 2025

Month Set subject Outing E&D — 3rd Wednesday
Stitching in Architecture and Scapes 19th: Martin
Blue hour 20th: Blouberg. Guided by Kyle
Moods and Barber will talk about capturing and editing
Feb Goetsch. Meet at Ons Huisie at 18h30,
emotions architectural and landscape panorama images and
sunset at 19h40. See more on p9.
using perspective tools. See more p11.
Architecture and interiors: Photographing
March Blue hour inside St George Cathedral or the NG Kerk A landscape photographer Plus possible extra
Saturday Workshop on Processing.
Tafelberg or Groote Kerk.
Architecture and Scapes: Weekend to Pringle Bay 5-6 Predictive weather software for planning shoots by
th
April
interiors April. See more p10. Kyle Goetsch.
Panning: Racing at Killarney, with talk
May Scapes Image Discussion & snacks while socialising.
before the shoot.
Multiple exposures and Pep Ventosa by Charlotte
June Panning Silhouettes: Harmony Park at Spring tide.
Bellamy (on Zoom).
International Ballet Competition 28 -31 Negative space, Minimalism, High Key: Danie Bester
July Silhouettes
July Artscape. (on Zoom).
Struisbaai congress weekend (see p13)/ Nature: Jean Tresfon on conservation and marine
Aug Multiple exposures
Westcoast flowers photography.
Tabletop and food workshop: Yvette
Sep Nature Image discussion PLUS AGM and social.
Jordaan.
Trees and forests: De Hel Nature Area,
Oct Negative space Mobile phone photography (on Zoom)
Constantia
Mobile phone workshop / street
Nov Trees and forests Sport: GB Jordaan (on Zoom)
photography in Bo Kaap
Dec High key No outing in December No E&D in December
Performance: Kaapse Klopse / ZipZap
Jan Smart phone No E&D in January
Circus
Feb Performance Sport - Ice Hockey Grandwest practice tbc
March Sport tbc tbc
NB: Please consult the Calendar and Outings and E&D pages on the CTPS website (www.ctps.co.za).

your image a much higher or lower score. Nicol would
Plans for 2025 from p6 therefore like to encourage members to enter salons.

This can be, for example, on how an image can be • At competition meetings we'll in future announce
improved to get salon acceptances. The group would the winners of salon medals and Certificates of Merit
also look at medal-winning images in salons and (COMs) and show their images.
discuss what makes them winners. Francois Retief • In addition to our monthly outings, members will
and Dieter Bütow will take turns with Rudi to run the be encouraged to suggest and organise shoots and
meetings. workshops that will provide images for specific salon
• One of the sessions can be conducted by Kim, or our categories.
member Stephen Gibson, who is a printer, on how to Promote achieving PSSA Honours: the tough-
prepare images for printing. est way of getting an expert evaluation of your work
Actively promote salon performances: Nicol du is by submitting a panel for the Honours Panel judges
Toit is a strong believer that salons offer you an excellent to decide if you meet the criteria to be awarded LPSSA,
opportunity to grow as a photographer. At club level you APSSA, FPSSA and in some rare instances MPSSA. Each
compete against a limited number of club members and image is discussed, evaluated, voted on, as well as the
receive feedback from one judge. In salons you compete cohesion in the panel itself. Please note that due to the
against the whole country and if you receive an accept- earlier date of the congress, the mid-year panels must be
ance, you'll know that three judges believe your image is submitted by 25 May.
among the top 22-25% of as many as 1 000 entries in a Martin Barber course for juniors: Martin Barber of-
category. You'll also soon understand that by evaluating fers a 4-month course for clubs, which is aimed at begin-
images a judge merely offers an opinion — which could ner to intermediate level Photoshop users. All classes are
be vastly different to the next three judges who award recorded. Council first wishes to establish in- To p8

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