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September 2017
SPRING ISSUE
Annual Awards
Pictures of the Month
10th Anniversary Celebration
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Ray’s Ramblings
S eptember heralds not only the onset of Spring, but also the start of a new year for Knysna Photographic Society.
With warmer weather and inspiring spring blooms,
we experience earlier sunrises, later sunsets and
longer hours that all conspire to make it easier to
get out here with a camera and be creative.
What seemed an interesting idea when it was first
mooted, the creation of “user groups”, has devel-
oped into something that, I suspect, will go down
as a landmark in the life of the Knysna Photo-
graphic Society. If you haven’t aligned yourself
with one of several groups, do yourself a favour
and do so without further delay. Sharing of ideas,
techniques and experiences with fellow photogra-
phers will, without a doubt, result in the greater
expertise and the opening of new avenues that
will benefit each and every participant over time.
L andscapes and Nature photographs current-ly dominate the landscape of photographs submitted at monthly meetings at KPS, while Trav-
el, Photojournalism and Street topics tend to be
somewhat neglected. It is rather axiomatic why
this is so, considering the natural beauty of the
area in which we are fortunate enough to live.
However, might it not be a good idea to shake off
the shackles of our comfort zones and tried some-
thing different?
S everal topics about the basics of photog-raphy, specifically concerning the relation-ship between “shutter speed, depth of field and
aperture”, have crossed my desk in the past
weeks. Whilst these are basic concepts, there is no
perfect or ideal combination. Experimenting with
“different” combinations of the three may pro-
duce some interesting results.
D o we, as a club, have too many catego-ries in which me embers are able to sub-mit photographs? There are currently 10 cate-
gories, most of which are well to very well sup-
ported, while several are not.
The greater the number of categories that judg-
es are required to judge, the greater the num-
ber of judges potentially required and the great-
er the field of expertise necessary.
It is a reality that judges are not always comfort-
able judging certain categories, no more no less
than photographers tend to gravitate to a cate-
gory in which they either feel comfortable, or
have developed a specific expertise.
Knowing in advance who the judges are at a
club meeting will sometimes help a photogra-
pher decide in which category, or categories, to
submit photographs for judging.
F ood for thought?
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PICTURES OF THE MONTH
“Cuernos del paine” by Anne Hrabar
SENIOR
JUNIOR
“Mono Masculino” by Caroline Page
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SALON ACCEPTANCES—AUGUST
7th AFO Digital Salon
Caroline 3
Leoni 2 including 1 Com
Jacqui 2
Carol 2
Willie 2
Leola 1
Stan 1
Sonia 1
Eileen 1
2nd Heigel Digital Salon
Jacqui 6
Anne 4 including 2 Coms
Pam 4 including 1 Com
Cathy 2
Tannje 1
Sonia 1
Eileen 1
NOTICES
Next Meeting: Wednesday 20 September 2017
Venue: Belvidere Conference Centre @ 18.30.
JUDGES
Subject to there being no changes, Judges for the meeting on 20 September will be: Luana,
Dawid and Jacqui.
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KPS 10th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
T his event promises to be the social highlight of the current year for KPS. Not only are we privileged to be witness to such an auspicious occasion, we will be able to share the occasion with several founding members of KPS. The organising committee have planned what can best be described as an event to remember at Kilzer’s in Knysna. Despite
not escaping damage in the recent fires that swept through the town, the restaurant was quick to re-open for business.
Please confirm to Leoni before the end of September that you plan to attend the dinner. The cost of the dinner is R160 per
head. Payment needs to be made during October.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING — AUGUST 2017
O nce again, a successful event that was well organised by Jacqui, at which all the achievers received recognition for their efforts during the previous 12 months, culminating in the election of office bears for the next 12 months and the usual fine fare presented by the catering staff of Knysna Golf Club.
Winning Images
Down the Rabbit Hole—Sonia Elliott On the beach—Eileen Covarr
Fluffy Dandelion—Jacqui Johnston
Africa is my land— Gill Maskell
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Bridges— Cathy Birkett
Well Aged— Sonia Elliott
KPS AGM—WINNERS 2016/17 1. TOTAL POINTS SCORED:
JUNIORS
1st Caroline Page 2nd Leoni Hattingh
3rd Diana Stromberg
SENIORS
1ST Sonia Elliott 2nd Eileen Covarr
3rd Jacqueline Johnston
2. CATEGORY WINNERS
JUNIORS
Pictorial Caroline Page
Visual Art Leoni Hattingh
Photo Journalism Diana Stromberg
Monochrome Caroline Page
Nature Gert Grabe
Scapes Elsje Grabe
Portraiture Leoni Hattingh
Travel/Street N/A
Macro/Close-up Annamarie Vermaak
Sport N/A
SENIORS
Pictorial Cathy Birkett
Visual Art Sonia Elliott
Photo Journalism N/A
Monochrome Dawid Malan
Nature Gill Maskell
Scapes Eileen Covarr
Portraiture Jacqueline Johnston
Travel/Street Joan Lourens
Macro/Close=up Carol Phillips
Sport Mary Hunter
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PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
JUNIOR Caroline Page
SENIOR Luana Laubscher
AUDIO VISUAL Luana Laubscher
BRIAN MULLIN AWARD Eileen Covarr
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXCELLENCE Jacqueline Johnston
EDEN KITE FESTIVAL
The 3rd Eden Kite Festival is to take place on 22 October at the Karatara Grounds. All proceeds will benefit the Masithan-
dane Bursary Fund. This event should present excellent colour and action photo opportunities.
BADGES
Badges will be awarded to Pieter Marais, Diana Stromberg and Johan Janse Van Vuuren.
FIRE STORIES
Justine Edwards who is compiling a book about the recent Knysna fires, has appealed for stories about and photographs
depicting the aforementioned disaster.
“BLUE”
Closing Date for entries to the next club competition “BLUE” is 30 October 2017. The “Red” and “Yellow” competitions were
very successful. Let’s make this one even better. Entries to Jacqui by midnight on 30/10/2017.
PHOTVAULT DATES
Meting Date Photovault Date
20 September 16 September
18 October 14 October
15 November 11 November
Photographs must be lodges with Photovault by midnight on the appropriate date.
SALONS
DATE HOSTING CLUB
September
30th 7th West Rand PDI
October
7th Westville PDI Salon
9th 2nd Int Circuit Camera Obscura 2017
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16th PE Camera Club Int PDI & Prints
21st Swartland PDI & Prints
28th 12th PSSA Up & Coming Competition
4th Pietersburg PDI
11h Boksburg PDI
18th Centurion PDI
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Chairman—Doug Emanuel [email protected]
Vice Chairman—Graham Maskell [email protected]
Secretary—Caroline Page [email protected]
Membership—Kathy Birkett [email protected]
PRO—Jacqui Johnston jjohnston/telkomsa.net
Scores—Eileen Covarr [email protected]
Judges Training—Doug Emanuel [email protected]
AV Group
Convenor of Judges—Anne Hrabar anne,[email protected]
Website—Dawid Malan [email protected]
Newsletter—Ray Winter [email protected]