PSSA Northern Gauteng Region
31 July 2013
6/2013
Dear Northern Gauteng Clubs
Salons and Other Competitions
Congratulations to all the members within our region with your results in the salons, Four Nations Competition and 27th FIAP Biennial Projected Images Competition.
27th FIAP Biennial Projected Images Competition
There were categories for Sport, Landscapes, Contra-jour, and Visual Art. Only one of the categories, consisting of the 20 best images was chosen and sent to the Biennial in Luxembourg with at the most 2 images per author. For PSSA, it was the Sport category.
Congratulations to the following members whose images were selected for the PSSA entry:
- Evelyn Gibson
- Lize Hill
- Pierre Jordaan
- Anto la Grange
- Francois Loubser
- Eddie Reinecke
- Andre Serfontein
- Hans Slaghuis
- Jan Swiegers
- George Swart
- Johan van der Walt
Special congratulations to Lize Hill (2), Anton la Grange (2), Francois Loubser, Eddie Reinecke en Hans Slaghuis whose images were included in the Projected Images Show.
We were placed 19th out of a possible 42, so well done to everyone.
Four Nations Competition
The 4 Nations competition is a friendly event between the members of four great International Photographic Societies - PSNZ (New Zeeland), CAPA (Canada), APS (Australia) and PSSA.
Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to those whose images were selected for the PSSA team. Remember they do count as a salon acceptance. The PSSA entry can be viewed on the PSSA website.
The best image in the Nature Category was one of ours - congratulations to Dewald Tromp for "Afternoon Snack".
Melanie Loubser also did us proud with her image "African Skimmer" which received an Honorable Mention.
In the Open Category Dyan Ford's "Drip" was a worthy winner of an Honorable Mention. Well done to all three of you!
Salons
From the following results, it is clear that Northern Gauteng as a region is by far the BEST region in the country.
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2nd MFFC Monochrome
Salon
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1st Lowveld Digital Salon
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1st Garden Route Digital
Salon
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AFO
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2 x Medals
1 x Judges Choice
5 x COM’s
50 x Acceptances
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1 x Medal
9 x COM’s
86 x Acceptances
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1 x Medal
6 x COM’s
56 x Acceptances
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Bosveld Fotografie
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1 x COM
13 x Acceptances
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1 x COM
14 x Acceptances
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1 x COM
10 x Acceptances
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Centurion Camera Club
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1 x Medal
13 x Acceptances
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1 x COM
27 x Acceptances
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3 x COM’s
32 x Acceptances
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Magalies Fun Foto Club
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1 x Judges Choice
15 x COM’s
89 x Acceptances
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1 x Medal
5 x COM’s
51 x Acceptances
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2 x Medals
20 x Acceptances
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Midrand Camera Club
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1 x Judges Choice
3 x COM’s
25 x Acceptances
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2 x COM’s
19 x Acceptances
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1 x COM
5 x Acceptances
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National Photographic
Club
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4 x Acceptances
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1 x COM
12 x Acceptances
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2 x Medals
7 x Acceptances
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Pretoria Photographic
Society
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1 x Medal
3 x Judges Choices
2 x COM’s
18 x Acceptances
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2 x COM’s
4 x Acceptances
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2 x Medals
21 x Acceptances
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Rustenburg
Fotografieklub
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5 x Acceptances
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TOTAL for
the region
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4 x Medals
6 x Judges Choices
26 x COM’s
212 x Acceptances
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2 x Medals
21 x COM’s
213 x Acceptances
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7 x Medals
13 x COM’s
156 x Acceptances
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Important Dates
The National PSSA Congress is taking place from 22 to 27 September 2013. Please consult the PSSA website for more information.
The August 2013 "Up and Coming" Competition is closing on 31 August. This is a PSSA competition to provide and opportunity for 1 to 3 star workers to compete against each other. More information is available on the PSSA website.
The Northern Gauteng Regional Congress and Interclub Competition will take place on Saturday 2 November at Nikon House in Midrand. MFFC won the interclub last year and they are the organisers for this year's competition. More information on the congress programme and the competition will be provided at a later stage.
News form the Pretoria AV Club
First Cape of Good Hope AV 333 Salon
The closing date is 1 October and more details are available on the PSSA website.
Paternoster and Midrand International AV Festivals
These highly successful festivals have come and gone. Some reports are on the AV club's website.
Join Joys_Av_FanatiX group!
As sometimes happens, I woke up at 2 am and could not get back to sleep a few nights ago because an idea kept buzzing around my head. The idea was to have an AV enthusiasts email support group, where any member is free to post a question, make a comment, alert us to interesting upcoming events, or even just to brag.
By about 6 am I was coming out of the delivery room with a new-born baby on my computer called "Joy's AV Fanatix". It goes like this:
- Membership of the Yahoo group is by invitation only in order to limit spam.
- If you want to joint, let me know, and I will send you an invitation to join.
- You need to accept the invitation. Successful acceptance grants membership.
- Once you are a member, you will receive any new posts that occur after you've joined.
- Please try to keep the subject line as meaningful as possible.
- All comments posted to the group are then automatically distributed to all members on the list, and any replies go to all as well.
- Please let me know if you want to leave the group by sending an email to my private email address, not the group.
The group is functional right now, and is working well.
The idea of the group is to form a vibrant AV email community where we all share and care!
HAVE FUN AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO JOIN!!
Second PAVC National Audio Visual Salon
Results were announced at the Paternoster Festival on 15 June and are posted on the AV club's website. All the participants have been notified and advised by email.
Ireland - SA Showdown
The results of the first interclub competition between Pretoria AV Club and two AV groups in Ireland have been announced. Each club entered five AV's from their members and judges were from England. Congratulations to East Leinster for running away with most of the spoils.
The Best Overall Sequence: "The Stolen Child" by Noel Mahony (East Leinster Club)
Runner Up: "The Long Shadow" by Marie McGuinness (East Leinster Club)
Highly Commended: "Between the shadow and the Soul" by Lawerence Boatwright (Pretoria AV Club)
Highly Commended: "A Quiet Garden" by Alan Lyons (East Leinster Club)
Winning club was East Leinster Club with 67 points and joint second was Pretoria AV Club and Shannon AV Group both on 58 points each.
The AV Club has a presence on Facebook, please have a look and LIKE what you see:
Please join the AV Club
email : pretoria.av.club@gmail.com
website: http://pretoria-av-club.wikispaces.com
Chair: Jeff Morris 082 840 5459
Photographic Workshops
Lens Africa is offering a long weekend photo tour to Leshiba Wilderness near Makhado (Louis Trichardt) from Friday 30 August to Monday 2 September. It is a stunning photogenic place and please join them and ask your friends, family and club members to come along too. For more information, please contact Johan Hosten. 0828875501 johan@landshapes.co.za
We are continuing with our meeting on the 7th August with Christo Crous the SAF Aviation Photographer. The members of the Northern Gauteng Clubs are welcome to attend. We are holding the meeting at Nikon House, to start at 18h30. Please contact Humphrey Lewis if you require further details [0824413225]
Nature’s Eye Photographic Workshops/Safari’s is proud to offer this unique photographic experience at Giants Castle, home of the Eland and the Majestic Bearded Vulture. Giant's Castle Game Reserve lies in the Central Berg region of the Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park. Its name comes from the silhouette of the mountain escarpment that resembles the profile of a sleeping giant. Giant's Castle camp is situated on a grassy plateau among the deep valleys running down from the face of the High Drakensberg, offering glorious views for hikers and mountain climbers. Contact info@natureseye.co.za for more information.
VSS is running two very diverse one day Master Classes:
The Professional Character & Creative Portraiture and Photoshop for portraits on 3 and 4 August.
This intensive 1 day course at VSS is limited to only 12 photographers working in 3 groups of 4. Groups will rotate and work on 6 different stations
Station 1: Photoshop 'natural' rendering of skin using multi layers. Photoshop monochrome and instruction on creating custom tritone pre-sets for personalised warm and cold tones classroom 2 (1 hour)
Station 2: Character portraiture using dramatic studio lighting and flagging in studio 1 (1 hour)
Station 3: High key avant garde portraiture taken to extreme minimalism working with fixed paramount lighting in studio 2 (1 hour)
Station 4: Photoshop editing and more advanced skin tricks, preparation of earlier shoots for high end A3 prints (1 hour)
Station 5: Outdoor character portraiture using reflectors and fill-in light with the get-close shoot-wide approach (1 hour)
Station 6: Low key avant garde portraiture working with colour and colour symbolism (1 hour)
Group: Final post editing of portraits. Printing of tests. Final professional printing of a mono and a colour A3 photo by Photoprint ZONE (on the school premises)
Course includes:
DVD on Photoshop lecture Different models for each station Professional make-up artist
2 A3 professional photo prints by Photoprint ZONE All meals and snacks
Course leader Hein Waschefort with Ryno Oosthuizen & Jaco Loots
Station 1: Photoshop 'natural' rendering of skin using multi layers. Photoshop monochrome and instruction on creating custom tritone pre-sets for personalised warm and cold tones classroom 2 (1 hour)
Station 2: Character portraiture using dramatic studio lighting and flagging in studio 1 (1 hour)
Station 3: High key avant garde portraiture taken to extreme minimalism working with fixed paramount lighting in studio 2 (1 hour)
Station 4: Photoshop editing and more advanced skin tricks, preparation of earlier shoots for high end A3 prints (1 hour)
Station 5: Outdoor character portraiture using reflectors and fill-in light with the get-close shoot-wide approach (1 hour)
Station 6: Low key avant garde portraiture working with colour and colour symbolism (1 hour)
Group: Final post editing of portraits. Printing of tests. Final professional printing of a mono and a colour A3 photo by Photoprint ZONE (on the school premises)
Course includes:
DVD on Photoshop lecture Different models for each station Professional make-up artist
2 A3 professional photo prints by Photoprint ZONE All meals and snacks
Course leader Hein Waschefort with Ryno Oosthuizen & Jaco Loots
Intensive Field, Class and Print Photojournalism on 11 August
This course includes an extremely sensitive early morning photo shoot on location on the outskirts of Pretoria at a shebeen and brothel where the prostitute mothers prepare for the day's work with their 'shadow children' lurking in the background.
I can only take 8 photographers on this field trip for security reasons, bigger groups make these people, whom I befriended over the years, antagonistic.
5h30-6h00: Coffee rusks and prepare for trip. Wear old clothes, no jewelery and make camera as inconspicuous as possible (short zoom and remove grip if possible), no camera bags or tripod, an extra wide angle lens, or short tele can be in your jacket pocket.
Leave at sunrise for venue, hand out clothes & old blankets and photograph for approximately two hours, staying any longer may agitate the people.
9h00-9h30: Breakfast back at school.
9h30-10h30: View, listen and discuss Henri Cartier-Bresson interview.
10h30-11h00: Coffee
11h00-13h30: Lecture on Photojournalism:
Photojournalism in theory; Celebrity photography, Conflict photography, Street photography, Travel photography and Sport photography
Photojournalism ethics and the Evolution of Photojournalism: Passive Bystander or Active Participant?
Photojournalism as a trade craft and Photojournalistic Technique
Photojournalism equipment
A look at the work of masters and the photo story
13h30-14h30: Lunch.
14h30-16h30: Evaluate process and prepare photos as a photo story of the morning event.
16h30-17h00: Have 4 A4 photos (photo story) and 1 A3 (best of morning) professionally printed by
Photoprint
For more information go to http://www.visualskillsschool.com/2013%20VSS/master%20class.html
Images from the Region
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| "Holly Hock" by John Kempe | Midrand Camera Club |
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| "All By Myself" by Anton la Grange | Midrand Camera Club |
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| "Dawn on the Rocks" by Marius Burger | AFO |
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| "Rooms in my Head" by Rick Venter | AFO |
Unfortunately this was my last newsletter as your Regional Director. Due to a sudden change in my work responsibilities I was forced to turn in my resignation. It was an honour to have worked with each one of you. Keep up the good work in our region.
Anton la Grange
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