September 2017

SPRING ISSUE

Annual Awards

Pictures of the Month

10th Anniversary Celebration

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?

PICTURES OF THE MONTH

“Cuernos del paine” by Anne Hrabar

SENIOR

JUNIOR

“Mono Masculino” by Caroline Page

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.

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

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

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

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 doug@ccxpe.co.za

Vice Chairman—Graham Maskell gill@africa2000tours.co.za

Secretary—Caroline Page carolineess@googlemail.co.za

Membership—Kathy Birkett cpbirks@mweb.co.za

PRO—Jacqui Johnston jjohnston/telkomsa.net

Scores—Eileen Covarr pletelec@mweb.co.za

Judges Training—Doug Emanuel doug@ccxpe.co.za

AV Group

Convenor of Judges—Anne Hrabar anne,hrabar@mweb.co.za

Website—Dawid Malan kpswebmaster35@gmail.com

Newsletter—Ray Winter raywin38@gmail.com