Edenvale Newsletter July 2019

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July 2019

Reefsteamers The Official Digital Newsletter for Edenvale Photographic Club 2018 -CERPS -Winners

Proud Member of the Photographic Society of South Africa www.pssa.co.za

CONTENTS:

Committee Members

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3

Chairman’s Chat

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4

Winning Images10 July 2019

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11

Winning Image24 July 2019

Vice Chairperson:

Past Masters of Photograph Rolf Winquist & Hans Gedda

Heidi Broschk

Page 16 Page 20 Page 21

Submission Procedure for Club evening entries Member Focus Vicky Street

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Cover Story Jorge Borralho

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Edenvale Club Outing Reef Steamers

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Reef Steamers History

Chairman: David Wolstencroft 083 229 8066 davewol@gmail.com

Scoring & Promotions

079 886 8515 heidib@uj.ac.za

Treasurer: Ted Kinsman

083 461 2350 tkinsman@global.co.za

Marketing: Natasha Bird 082 920 8898

mnktrad@mweb.co.za

Salons, Judges and Outings: John Coumbias

079 1732 825 jcoumbias@telkomsa.net

Certificates & Awards Des Alexander

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Workshop with Laetitia Kenny

MEETING TIME AND PLACE 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month 18h30 for 19h00

EDENVALE COMMUNITY CENTRE Cor. Van Riebeeck & 2nd Street Edenvale

083 226 1452 neoncomp@webmail.co.za

New Members, Social Media & Website Clare Appleyard 083 234 0247

Newsletter & SocialMedia: Hanli Smit

083 253 1034 hanlis54@gmail.com

Chairman’s Chat For a change, I would like to look at the lighter side of photography. Yes, I know, most of it is cliché and covered to death. Hopefully I can give it a different spin.

Probably the most mentioned topic is how people “expect” photographers to work for free. Surely you cannot charge; there are no expenses, you love what you do and there is no manual labour. Wrong!

Then there is the equipment envy group. Someone always seems to have a bigger lens, better camera and more equipment.

Camera equipment theft is always a reality. There are some creative ways to try to prevent that.

And then just some classics…

And in closing, having a partner that is not into photography ….

All cartoons courtesy of “What The Duck”.

Smile on and keep shooting ….

, after all the Earth without art is just Eh.

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1 Star Winners

10 july 2019

NATURE Big Yawn Stephen Kangisser

PICTORIAL Winter Wonderland Stephen Kangisser

2 Star Winners

NATURE Ellie in the water Guto

PICTORIAL Got them all Atholene Liebenberg

10 July 2019

3 Star Winners

10 July 2019

NATURE Two young Ellies Brian Kleinwort

PICTORIAL My paint my crown Kenneth Kubheka

4 Star Winners

NATURE Out to Sea Clare Appleyard

10 July 2019

5

and 6 Star Winners

10 July

2019

NATURE floating feather John Coumbias

PICTORIAL Wheat fields Dave Gordon

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1 Star Winners

24 july

2019

Nature catch of the day Stephen Kangisser

Pictorial Spider Woman Portrait Stephen Kangisser

2 Star Winners

24 july 2019

NATURE Baby in shock Guto

PICTORIAL From the Oven Atholene Liebenberg

3 Star Winners

24 july 2019

WHY JOIN A CAMERA CLUB...

Are you looking for like-minded people who are interested in photography: *SHARING IDEAS *SHARING SKILLS *SHARING PROBLEMS *SHARING FRIENDSHIP

Even when we compete against one another we are sharing, testing ourselves against the work of others to see just how good we can be.

Most importantly, it is about becoming more satisfied with our photographic work.

PICTORIAL Golden sunset silhoute Kenneth Kubheka

4 Star Winners

24 July 2019

NATURE A Postcard from Kogel Bay Clare Appleyard

PICTORIAL Feeling good Valerie Sampson

5 and 6 Star Winners

NATURE Eye to Eye Natasha Bird

PICTORIAL Dancer in the City Natasha Bird

24 Julu 2019

Past Masters of Photography Rolf Winquist Nationalmuseum Sweden acquires photographic portraits by Rolf Winquist STOCKHOLM.- Thanks to a generous donation by the photographer Hans Gedda, Nationalmuseum has acquired an extensive collection of photographic portraits by Rolf Winquist. The donation comprises a mixture of exhibition-quality material and test shots.

They show Winquist’s technical mastery and his artistic eye, which brought the individual character of the models into relief.

Rolf Winquist (1910–68) was an extremely versatile photographer, whose repertoire ranged from advertising and fashion photography to street photography and experimental solarizations. However, Winquist is chiefly known for his portraits. Ateljé Uggla’s display cabinets at Kungsgatan 18 in Stockholm were a constant source of fascination for professionals and amateurs alike Many young photographers sought out Winquist for advice. He did not offer regular classes, largely because of his reticent nature. Instead, many of his assistants acquired their knowledge indirectly by studying his camera settings and performing practical tasks. Hans Gedda worked as Winquist’s assistant in the 1960s at Ateljé Uggla, then a popular Stockholm portrait studio, and continued running the business for two years after Winquist’s death. The donation comprises a mixture of exhibition-quality material and test shots that were retained by the studio.

The Swedish National Portrait Collection has hitherto contained only one work by Winquist: a portrait of the actress Gertrud Fridh. Now he can be clearly presented in the role with which he is chiefly associated, that of portrait photographer. When he did not feel too constrained by the terms of his assignment, Winquist displayed his innova-

His portraits of Harriet Andersson, the actress, and Albin Johansson, director of the Swedish Cooperative Union, are two superb examples of his refined approach to lighting. In his portrait of star model Lena Madsén, Winquist plays games with reality by contrasting her with a silent movie still of Greta Garbo. Last but not least, the image of the elderly couple in the studio has become a document in its own right of the photographer’s day-to-day work environment.

Winquist began his career in a pictorialist style, but soon turned his back on this form of artistic photography. Hans Gedda has said that Winquist felt the greatest freedom as a street photographer, capturing images of unsuspecting passers-by with his Leica.

However, we cannot underestimate his significance to the art of portraiture in the 20th century. Winquist took part in numerous international competitions, thereby acquiring a reputation beyond Sweden’s borders despite his reclusive nature.

Richard Avedon was one of his admirers.

Winquist plays games with reality by contrasting Lena Madsen with a silent movie still of Greta Garbo.

Nationalmuseum has no budget of its own for new acquisitions, but relies on gifting and financial support from private funds and foundations to enhance its collections of fine art and craft.

( extracted from: www.mynewsdesk.com)

The image of the elderly couple in the studio has become a document in its own right of the photographer’s day-to-day work environment.

Some more Iconic Images from the lens of Rolf Winquist

Hans Gedda While scanning the internet for images and information about Rolf Winquist, I found an article by-Dr Marcus Bunyan an Australian Artist and Writer for Art Blart.com He wrote about Hans Gedda the man that made the donation to the National Museum in Sweden.

What facsinated me the most was that he was commisioned to do a shoot with Nelson Mandela.

The Swedish government had been a main contributor to ANC during the years when Nelson Mandela was imprisoned at Robben Island.

This epic portrait was takes on his first visit in Stockholm shortly after his release.

Mr Mandela and his three man ANC entourage was very nervous about the shoot but was calmed when they heard that Mr Hans Gedda, was Olof Palmes personal photographer, for all official portraits.

They had a very short window of ten minutes to do the shoot.

They therefore set up the white background at the foreign ministers office. And the minister himself, Mr Sten Andersson had to hold the flash light.

Hans Gedda was very nervous, almost intimidated by having this larger than life figure before him. Using his Hasselblas he only had twelve shots to go.

First four showed a very stiff and nervous Mandela. And Gedda got even more nervous having only eight shoots to go. He tried a couple of different positions but they didn’t work out either.

Having only two shots left Gedda thought he had nothing to loose.

He remembered that he saw Mr Mandela coming out of the plane with a raised tight fist.

Humbly he asked, with nothing to loose, if Mr Mandela please could raise his fist and hold it over his forehead. Mandela liked the idea. First picture failed because his fist covered the light.

Gedda with time constraint and only an artists intuition took the foreign ministers arm lowered it and shoot this historic picture that became cover of Times Magazine as well as Mr Geddas greatest shot ever.

This particular edition only exists in five copies and one will now be part of Travelstart’s board room in Cape Town

Read more: http://www.travelstart. co.za/blog/mandela-returns-to-mothercity-with-epic-portrait/#ixzz5vYS490q0 Follow us: @Travelstart on Twitter | Travelstart on Facebook

Hans Gedda

Specifications for submission of High Definition “E” Photography

RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE Maximum Pixel Size = 1080 x 1920 Maximum Data File Size = 2000 Kilobytes (2mb) Jpeg We use 2 Categories at Edenvale for our club submissions 1) NATURE...”na” 2) PICTORIAL....”pi” The image must be named as follows Star Rating_Category_Image Name_Persons Name EXAMPLE:...2_na_hornbill_joe blog (all lowercase)

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Select Canvas [Frame] Size under the heading “ Image” in Photoshop if you wish to add the border to the image and make your adjustments. If you do not wish to add a border, go to step 2 2.

Select Image Size under the heading “Image” in Photoshop – tick the following boxes : Scale Styles, Constrain Proportions and Resample image.

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The maximum size of the image must not exceed 1920 pixels wide and 1080 pixels high 4.

When resizing a horizontal image ( Landscape ), enter 1920 pixels in the Width box and the vertical size will be adjusted automatically if you have ticked the “ Resample Image” box . If the vertical size is 1080 pixels or less, the resizing is correct. If the vertical adjusts to a value more than 1080 pixels ( say 1096 pixels ) then adjust the vertical size to 1080 pixels and the horizontal size will automatically reduce below 1920 pixels if you have ticked the “ Resample Image” box.

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When resizing a vertical image (Portrait), enter 1080 pixels in the Height Box. The value in the Width Box will change automatically to match the original image if you have ticked the “ Resample Image “ box.

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The maximum image data file size is 2000 (2MB) Kilobytes in the JPEG format . Note that if a border is added to the image, this must be added before resizing and reducing the file size to a maximum of 2000 Kilobytes to ensure that the image remains within the specified 2000Kb (2MB).

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It is recommended that the image be displayed in the sRGB Colour Profile.

This can be selected in the camera or changed in Photoshop under Edit/ Convert to Profile.

MEMBER

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I have been meddling in photography for about 8 years but more recently with loads of practice and patience have become more comfortable with my defined style of portrait photography.

I love being able to mix two genres together, photography and art, which allows me to be more adventurous and creative.

Throughout my childhood I have always grown up with animals and have a deep passion and connection with them. They are like therapy for the soul.

I have also enjoyed photographing children as they are pure and innocent and I like to showcase that through my work.

My photographic journey comprises of pet and children’s portraits.

I am passionate about what I do and my main objective is to create timeless masterpieces of children or pets.

I would also like to thank Robbie Aspeling for being my driving force and for always believing in me.

To see more of my work go to: https://www.facebook.com/VickiStreetPhotography/ or https://www.facebook.com/petportraitphotographysa/

Vicki Street

Cover Story by - Jorge Borralho

Cover Image taken during Club Outing to Reefsteamers

A BRIEF ON REEFSTEAMERS (Courtesy of - Ian Morison) Reefsteamers is a non profit Company. We are affiliated to the Transnet Heritage Foundation (Railway Museum) and are controlled under their auspices. When Transnet discontinued daily steam operations during 1991, Reefsteamers was established at the old loco shed in Germiston. The main objective is to preserve and rebuild old steam locomotives. We also run special day and weekend trips for private persons and Companies to various destinations in order to fund our activities. This organization comprises people from all walks of life such as business executives, engineers, accountants and pensioners, most of whom spent many years in the employ of the Railways. All work is done on a voluntary basis and no one is paid any remuneration whatsoever. We currently have 100 members both local and overseas. Twenty-five people are actively involved in restoration during weekends. We aim to offer a very competitive, comfortable and efficient service to our passengers as the success of the organisation and consequently the preservation of steam relies heavily on our ability to fund our projects. We believe wholeheartedly that it is our duty to preserve steam to make this pleasure available to our grandchildren. We welcome any interested persons to join Reefsteamers. One need not necessarily have technical skills to be a working member. There are many opportunities for members to become involved in activities such as the organizing and controlling of the train trips, polishing, fitting, cleaning, advertising or even assisting with general tasks such as administration. There is definitely a growing demand for steam since this method of traction was phased out years ago. One will often see steam trains featured in advertisements on television, in movies or recently in South African musician’s videos. People are yearning for this mode of travel from a bygone era. We at Reefsteamers, offer this privilege. To sustain this endeavour, however, we require a wide range of sponsorships to support the huge tasks of restoration, maintenance, storage and running of steam locomotives. Many of our current members may never see the completion of some of our projects in their lifetime; but we persevere in the hope that future generations may derive benefit from our efforts. The main aim of Reefsteamers is based around preservation of steam locomotives. We are a technically focused organisation to preserve and restore locomotives. To fund the organisation and to keep it going we run day trips for public at large and when we have an opportunity we run longer tours for steam enthusiasts to generate revenue to plough it back into the preservation of locomotives and rolling stock. We have technical excellence focus and make sure our Rolling Stock look as good and clean as new. Your support is essential to safe this part of South Africa’s unique industrial history heritage!

John’s Jaunt – Reefsteamers.

By: Jorge Borralho Spurred on by the excitement of another photographic opportunity, approximately fifteen EPC members got together at the Germiston Depot and shunting yard to photograph a bygone piece of our country’s heritage. It was Saturday the 27th July 2019 and a rather frigidly cold morning, the promise of mist and drama set against a distant scarlet red rising sun created an air of anticipation. To everyone’s delight, the weather did not disappoint, thick mist shrouded the yard like a blanket of palpable white vapour reducing visibility to several metres, from a photography perspective the light initially was a little challenging but with the morning sun rising things changed, the mood and dynamics of light constantly changing created for some impressive opportunities. If only we could capture what we saw, the challenge was on and everyone was looking for different scenes.

The natural drama was unbelievably beautiful, a sight to behold and natures canvas to release all those creative minds with a host of long stowed-away ideas.

We all eagerly waited for the Steam Loco “SUSAN” to show up. Soon however the unforgettable sights and sounds of an old steam engine slowly shunting to the yard presented itself almost surrealistically.

A black soot covered mechanical beast spewing steam from beneath its myriad of plumbing complexity arrived, with polished brass and copper piping set against a ghost like misty morning with the sun peering in the distance from within a thick blanket of mist resembling a diffused light from afar. Photographing steam trains is not everyone’s cup of tea but it’s certainly something to acknowledge and appreciate as well as realise its potential for dramatic and sometimes awe inspiring photography.

By way of an example have a look at Matthew Malkiewicz web site https:// www.losttracksoftime.com/ “Lost Tracks of Time”. A self taught photographer who spends his spare time photographing these beautiful “Iron Horses” in North America.

Obviously we don’t have the same sort of countryside and weather etc. but we do have some amazingly beautiful places where these magnificent machines and their caretakers can be seen, like the Western Cape as an example...☺ For a bit of our own magical steam heritage have a look at the Red Devil commissioned back into service albeit as a tourist attraction mostly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_vDBjhOfUw

Incomprehensibly, these iconic and historically steeped locomotives are in the hands of privateers like the Reefsteamers whose members dedicate their spare time to maintaining and restoring these works of art and invaluable part of South African heritage. Sadly, government has all but forgotten these amazing machines and the fact that the steam era formed a significantly important part of the industrialisation of South Africa.

In 1845 the Chairman of the Cape of Good Hope Western Railway, banker and merchant Mr. Harrison Watson, announced his company’s planned railway, stating that “This Railway is calculated to be of immense benefit to this flourishing Colony; and as it is confined to the more populous districts in the neighbourhood of Cape Town,

the enterprise is certain to return ample remunerative profits to the shareholders.” The reaction towards this notice was, in general, negative and the Attorney General of the Cape Colony, the Hon. William Porter, asked Mr. Harrison Watson not to associate him with a venture of this kind.

Eventually the Cape of Good Hope Western Railway did not go ahead with its planned railway. The honour of the first running railway in Southern Africa would not befall Cape Town.

The first railway line in Southern Africa was laid along the Bluff in Durban, capital of Natal, and was not hauled by a steam locomotive but by oxen. The Natal Railway Company was formed in 1859, and its line from Point into Durban, barely two miles long, was opened on 26 June 1860. The first ever steam locomotive in Natal is today standing in the Main building of Durban station.

So our Railways are 160 years old if you go back to the first line laid back in 1859.

Thanks to all those EPC Braves and Squaws who attended and specifically those that went out of their way to make the necessary arrangements, John, Clare and others. Looking forward to the next outings scheduled.

Reefsteamers Depot in Germiston is approximately 9.3 kilometers from the Edenvale Community Centre.

GPS Coordinates to Reefsteamers Depot and Shunting Yard in Germiston - S 26° 12’ 35.125’’ E 28° 10’ 36.271’’

Photographer Loses Battle Against Andy Warhol Estate, Judge Says Warhol Surpassed Copyright CREDIT to: www.fstoppers.com

A photographer locked in a legal battle against the Andy Warhol estate has lost her legal battle. After only recently finding out Warhol had “repurposed” her photo of Prince back in 1984, the photographer tried to take action but was denied after Warhol’s works were deemed to be in “stark contrast” to the original photograph.

Photographer Lynn Goldsmith, who took the image of Prince in 1981 that Warhol reimagined for his artworks, filed the lawsuit. Vanity Fair ran Warhol’s artwork of Goldsmith’s work in a 1984 issue, but Goldsmith only learned of the incident in 2016 after a digital version of the article appeared online. Vanity Fair originally paid Warhol $400 (£318) for the commission.

However, judge John G. Koeltl ruled that Warhol surpassed Goldsmith’s copyright by transforming an image of a “vulnerable, uncomfortable person” into “an iconic, larger-than-life figure”.

The judge said: Each Prince Series work is immediately recognisable as a ‘Warhol’ rather than as a photograph of Prince – in the same way that Warhol’s famous representations of Marilyn Monroe and Mao are recognisable as ‘Warhols’, not as realistic photographs of those persons Warhol went on to create a series of 16 artworks, now known as the Prince Series, featuring 12 silkscreen paintings, two screen prints on paper, and two drawings.

After the ruling, photographer Goldsmith told artnert News: I know that some people think I started this, and I’m trying to make money. That’s ridiculous – the Warhol Foundation sued me first for my own copyrighted photograph.

It’s true – back in April 2017, the Andy Warhol foundation preemptively sued the photographer, with a bid to “protect the works and legacy of Andy Warhol”. They made claims that Goldsmith was attempting to “shake down” the organization, leading them to take action. She hit back two days later with a countersuit.

Goldsmith says she is encouraging photographers to ““stand up along with me to say that your work cannot just be taken from you without your permission”.

Models. Strobes.

Flashes.

Softboxes.

Beauty dishes.

For many of us, portrait photography is an intimidating genre and with many of the terms sounding Greek to the uninformed portrait initiate (like me), Edenvale Photographic Club arranged a workshop evening with Laetitia Kenny, an outstanding portrait photographer.

Laetitia is a highly recognised and accomplished photographer, with MPSSA, EPSSA and AFIAP accolades to her name so it was with great excitement that 13 members of EPC came together one evening to learn from one of the best portrait photographers in Johannesburg.

Rather than hosting a lecture in which it’s often hard to visualize the theory in practice, Laetitia helped eager members understand different types of lighting whilst photographing models in a live studio set-up.

With models Constance Hall and Peter Thomas posing patiently for us, attendees could experiment with different lighting arrangements, in addition to seeing the effect of coloured gels on their photographs.

For over 2 hours, Laetitia gave guidance to members in posing models, as well as tips on outfits, backdrops and composition.

Snoots.

Reflectors.

Gels. Triggers.

Receivers.

As our Set Subject evening of Human Portraiture, scheduled for Wednesday 28th August, edges closer, attendees were inspired to go out and create some amazing portraits for club night submission.

Lights, Camera Action............

Between the portrait shoot at Cecil’s house earlier this year, and Laetitia’s professional guidance and assistance, we’re sure that we’ll be seeing some amazing portraits in up-coming club nights!