MESSAGE FROM YOUR CHAIRMAN August 2024 Hi all It is exciting how one thing leads to another, and how willing our members are to help and participate. At our Macro workshop on the 6th July, the subject of our next Theme was raised regarding Still Life/Table Top photography, and the question was asked about lighting […]
MESSAGE FROM YOUR CHAIRMAN August 2024 Hi all Every genre of photography has its challenges and Macro/Close up photography is no different, as those who attended our Macro workshop on Saturday, 6th July found out. For me lighting is a major challenge when working at such close distances because very little light can get to […]
MESSAGE FROM YOUR CHAIRMAN July 2024 Hi all The trouble started when we were to judge the February submissions – the projector wouldn’t work. Then, after much running around trying to borrow a projector for our club meeting and not being able to get one, it meant that our next few meetings would once again […]
MESSAGE FROM YOUR CHAIRMAN May 2024 Hi all From the amount of emails flying around following our workshop on studio Portrait photography on Monday, 6th May, I think it was a great success. John Alexander, who led the workshop, went to a great deal of trouble to bring a lot of his studio equipment. He […]
MESSAGE FROM YOUR CHAIRMAN March 2024 Hi all On Tuesday we received a WhatsApp message from Geora Zadok stating that he had witnessed the eclipse while in the United States. Peter suggested that he wrote a short article for Sharp Focus, and being a lazy slob – and not having a lot to write about […]
MESSAGE FROM YOUR CHAIRMAN February 2024 Hi all At the risk of offending anybody who has ever been rash enough to agree to run a workshop, and that includes myself, I personally think that the workshop Patrick ran on Saturday, 9th March, was the best organised one I have attended. The thought, attention to detail, […]
MESSAGE FROM YOUR CHAIRMAN December 2023 Hi all As Ceridwyn and I walked into the room where our end-of-year party was to be held at The Galley I was stunned at how striking it looked. One of the photos Keith took of the unspoilt table gives some hint of the impact it had. I want […]
MESSAGE FROM YOUR CHAIRMAN Hi all On 29 October I ventured into the world of Sports Photography, and I must admit it was rather a rollercoaster of emotional moments. Asked by Keith to be one of the photographers of the Cape Town Triathlon (he was that desperate) I naively said “Yes”, and before I knew it […]
MESSAGE FROM YOUR CHAIRMAN Hi, All On the 25th September 2023, we held our AGM and the committee members for the coming year were appointed: Chair – Geoff Jamieson; Vice Chair – Keith Lyle; Secretary – Ceridwyn Jamieson; Treasurer, Membership and Administrator – Jane Bursey; Digital Convener – Derek Goldman; Public Relations – Coral Surtees; […]
MESSAGE FROM YOUR CHAIRMAN Hi, All I want to start my article by congratulating Peter Franklin and Johan Kloppers for their recent successes in the July monthly competition of the PSSA countrywide. Peter was the runner up countrywide in the junior competition for his entry Playful Times – his image received the highest score of […]
