March newsletter

FOCUS Sharing Visual Art MARCH 2018

The Official Digital Newsletter for Edenvale Photographic Club

Proud Member of the Photographic Society of South Africa

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COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

CONTENTS:

Chairman & Website: David Wolstencroft - 083 229 8066 davewol777@gmail.com

Vice Chairperson: Scoring & Promotions & Judges Heidi Broschk - 079 886 8515 heidib@uj.ac.za

Secretary:

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Chairmans Chat

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Cover Story

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Winning Images 28 Feb 2018

Pg 10 Winning Images 14th March 2018

Antonette Bezuidenhout - Cell - 072 4426 317 antonette1949@gmail.com

Treasurer:

Pg. 16 Focus on Member Valerie Sampson

Ted Kinsman -083 461 2350 tkinsman@global.co.za

Salons,Judges & Outings

Pg. 17 Edenvale Salon Results

John Coumbias -011 452 2514 079 173 2825

jcoumbias@telkomsa.net

Competition Secretary:

Pg. 18 How to size images for Club submission

Certiď€ cates & Awards Des Alexander - 083 226 1452 neoncomp@webmail.co.za

Pg 19 Rentals

Newsletter & Media: Hanli Smit - 083 253 1034 hanlis54@gmail.com

Pg 20 Fashion Photography

by Hanli Smit

Catering: Giulio Cecchi -011 452 2250 cecchi@polka.co.za

Pg 22 Exhibition News

Special Subject Calendar 2018 28th February.......................................Monochrome 25th April.............................Out and About Alphabet 27th June.........................................................Doors 22nd August...................................................Mirrors 24th October.....................................................Ugly SPECIAL SUBJECT IS OPEN TO INTERPRETATION -2-

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Chairman's Chat th

Our 4 Salon was a great success for the club. Not only did we have the most number of entrants from a club, but I was really surprised by the number of ď€ rst time entrants. I hope this is the start of a new and exciting journey for all of you.

All in all, I think we achieved what we set out to do. Firstly, to promote photography in the club and in general, to push members to achieve more. Secondly, to get the name of Edenvale Photographic Club out there; to show people that we are a club that is worth knowing, a club worth joining. And thirdly, to strengthen our ď€ nancial standing to carry us forward; to enable us to arrange outings and functions; to return to the members what they have put in.

I would encourage you all to continue to enter salons. Even if you were not successful. In fact, especially if you were not successful. Look at the catalogue (download link in this newsletter on page 17).

Study the images. Determine what makes them great. Learn from them. Seek advice from the senior members. They are very eager to assist and guide.

Till, next time.

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Our Cover Story and Winner of Special Subject This photo was taken by Gary Peck at a place called Festival City in Dubai.

It is of the Business Bay Bridge that crosses The Dubai Creek (Now the Dubai Canal).

I took it with my small mirrorless Sony Nex-7 with the Sony 16-55mm pz lens.

Focal length: 16mm ISO: 400 Aperture: f22 Shutter Speed: 30 seconds on Tripod White balance: Manual

I saw the location in the day time a few days before and went back at night.

I was the only person there. It was a fairly still and cool winter's night (that's about 29 degrees in Dubai hehe).

I was so excited to be doing night photography for a change, and the city is so safe you can just focus of experimenting.

This was the last shot of about 29 attempts.

Everything just clicked.

PSSA SALON DATES

PHOTOGRAPHIC CLUB-

14/04/2018….2nd PSSA Youth division PDI Salon

WHEN DO WE MEET

21/04/2018…..Bloemfontein PDI Salon 28/04/2018….PSSA up and coming PDI Competition

2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month18h30 for 19h00

05/05/2018…..Lowveld PDI Salon 19/05/2018…..Paarl PDI Salon

EDENVALE MEETING PLACE

01/06/2018.......Garden Route National AV Salon

Edenvale Community Centre Cor.van Riebeeck & 2nd Street

03/06/2018……DBS Coastal Salon 22/06/2018….2nd PSSA Youth Salon FOR MORE INFO ON SALONS GO TO www.pssa.co.za

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WINNING IMAGES / 28 FEB 2018

NATURE Unkept Daniella Atkins

ONE STAR

PICTORIAL Shadow Tony Ferreira

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NATURE Mom Wait Gary Atkins

TWO STAR

PICTORIAL The Money Zone Clare Appleyard

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NATURE Beauty in the ď€ ne detail Natasha Bird

THREE STAR

PICTORIAL Hot stuff Valerie Sampson

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NATURE Swallow

Johann Harmse

PICTORIAL Mosque Reections

FOUR STAR

Gary Peck

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5 / 6 STAR & 6 Star HONOURS

NATURE Verreaux’s Eagle Portrait Jorge Borralho

PICTORIAL Queen of Chess 2 Hanli Smit

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WINNING IMAGES / 14 March 2018 NATURE Windy Day Daniella Atkins

ONE STAR

PICTORIAL Drop Marissa Ferreira

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NATURE The Grinch Clare Appleyard

TWO STAR

PICTORIAL Poepsie Gary Atkins

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NATURE Hey good looking Valerie Sampson

THREE STAR

PICTORIAL Dancing Through The Air Cameron Koekemoer

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NATURE Lioness Cecil Mayhew

FOUR STAR

PICTORIAL In the Karoo 1 Cecil Mayhew

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5 / 6 STAR & 6 Star HONOURS

NATURE Fun or Fight Vadivelu

PICTORIAL Kaleidoscope Hanli Smit

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Photo Your Local Lab

Digital Prolab

Rob Ponte (EPC Honorary Life Member)

Large Format Printing Print on Canvas Passport, ID, Visa, Drivers Photo Scan & Restore Old Photos Key West Centre, Shop 8 Van Buuren Rd, Bedfordview Tel: 011 455-1243 Email: robponte@neomail.co.za Website: www.photodigitalprolab.co.za Facebook: facebook.com/photodigitalprolab

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FOCUS on Valerie Sampson Valerie Sampson “I can snap at any time”

words & images by Valerie

VALERIE SAMPSON

I was introduced to photography at the age of twelve, when my dad gave me a Kodak Box camera and I snapped away at everything on our farm in Rhodesia.

I still have some of those photographs.

To take candid shots of my children, I later purchased a Kodak compact, (we all have to start somewhere).

My next purchase was a Pentax point and shoot, which I loved for it's panorama shots.

I took this with me to Disney World on a scrapbooking convention, in Orlando Florida, U.S.A. 2003.

Micky Mouse enchanted me so, that I just couldn't stop clicking and ended up buying another 17 spools. Well, I was most probably never coming this way again. My hubby greeted me with a big smile when I arrived back home, but it soon disappeared when I unpacked 22 rolls of Film, to be processed. I did enjoy making a couple of scrapbooks of my trip.This was the signal to migrate to a digital camera, which was a Canon Rebel DSLR, on which I managed to wear out the shutter in a couple of years and that was on the auto button (I had this notion that DSLR lasted forever)! Armed with a new 40D and feeling excited, but also anxious, I enrolled at Get-Pix Photo school in Benoni 2008, where I learnt about the photographic triangle and a whole new journey began.

Everyone there was so kind and patient and I quickly grew to love true photography. Once on a student shoot at the Nan Hau temple in Bronkhorspruit, I was so absorbed looking through the Lens, in a world of silent fascination, that I didn't realize that everyone had disappeared and I was locked in, behind the gate, how embarrassing!

I have since progressed to an EOS 5D mark lll, via my 50D, which I still enjoy and a 7D. I use mostly my 70-200mm, Macro 100mm and 85mm Lenses. For landscapes I have a 14mm wide angle.

My favourite genres are Macro, Baby photography, which prompted me to start a small home studio, complete with built-in backdrops and softbox lighting. It can take 3 hours to complete a newborn shoot. Patience is soon learnt, as baby rules and it is important to have mom at ease as well.

It's just too easy to totally lose all track of time whilst I am playing in my studio.I have been a member of Edenvale Photographic Club for almost 2 years. It has been a pleasure to meet so many talented photographers and our guest judges, who have inspired me by so generously sharing their knowledge.

One important point, which has helped me, is to look all the way around the edges of my frame for anything that may distract the viewer away from your subject.

Looking ahead, my goal is to expand my photographic abilities, by practicing and trying new techniques.

I would also like to have the opportunity of experimenting with one of the latest mirrorless cameras which are becoming more popular.

Should I ever be asked by an up and coming photographer, or advice, I would say: Don't lose sight of your 'vision' and your 'why'.

In the words of Kristin Martz "We lose ourselves in the things we love - we nd ourselves there too."

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Edenvale Salon Results Two category winners: Dino Bottega: Animal Portrait - No Mercy Hanli Smit: Open Colour - Egoli Queen of Gold

Best in Category from the club: Hanli Smit: Open Colour - Total score: 75 Gary Peck - Open Mono - Total score: 77 Dave Gordon - Travel and Street Photography - Total score: 72 Dino Bottega - Animal Portrait - Total score: 133 Bungbing: - Nature - Total Score: 107 Jorge Borralho - Photojournalism and Sport - Total score: 71

EDENVALE SALON RESULTS

Highest score in total for Edenvale: Ted Kinsman: Total score: 339

6 COMS: Vadivelu: Open Mono - Hippo Gary Peck: Open Mono - Platinum Bungbing: Animal Portrait - Black Swan Bungbing: Nature - Protective Mom Johann Harmse: Mating dragonies Jorge Borralho: Thundercat Contenders 0002 83 acceptances overall including winners and COMS. 26 entrants from the club.

FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW TO GET TO THE SALON CATALOGUES https://drive.google.com/open?id=108cjQX9_Z1D76645z2szCvxTx8chUbRR

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Club Competition Submission

Image Size

Specications for Submission of High Denition "E: Photography”

Image Size 9,65M (was 46,2M) Dimensions

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Name Example: 2_na_hornbill_john doe (all lowercase) Entries must be handed in by no later than 19h00 on the night

1.Select Canvas (Frame) Size under the heading "Image" in Photoshop if you wish to add a 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.

3.The maximum size of the image must not exceed 1920 pixels wide by 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 to below 1920 pixels if you have ticked the "Resample Image" box.

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6.The maximum image data le 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 le size to a maximum of 2000 Kilobytes to ensure that the image remains within the specied 2000Kb (2MB).

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7.It is recommended that the image be displayed in the sRGB Colour Prole.

This can be selected in the camera or changed in Photoshop under Edit/Convert to Prole

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Article from the PSSA magazine “Image”

The secret of Fashion Photography is...

Planning, Planning and more Planning The Real Secret of Fashion Photography is……planning, planning…and more planning.

As an Artist I truly enjoy the genre of Avant Garde Fashion Photography My Graphic Design and Fashion Design training comes in very handy during my image making process.

Fashion photography should convey the essence of the Theme or Trend you are wanting to portray.

Your direction and guidance is very important, often the props and accessories need to be out of the ordinary to make the image interesting.

You need to convey your goal to your model in order for her to act condently and reect what you as the creative photographer dreamt up.

In the commercial world you have an Editor, Art director, stylist and many assistants that conceptualize a magazine or advertising shoot, as an amateur photographer you need to fulll multiple roles.

Fashion Photography is all about clothes and beauty, so pull together your resources and talents.

I make most of my props and outts myself using anything from a plastic placemat to head bands and old broken jewellery pieces

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My Daughter and Sister are both passionate about photography and they make for wonderful assistants.

I often do the make up of the models but when I plan too many images, my sister Lilly van Niekerk is a very accomplished hair and make up artist.

When I plan a big shoot, I start out with a shot list for myself and the make up artist. ie: soft and feminine…building up to dramatic and lastly end with the most messy style of hair and make-up.

When you plan an Avant Garde fashion shoot the best is to start with a detailed story board or list of the nal images you need to achieve.

Firstly, give every image a name or a heading, then in a column next to the title make a list of the props and garments you need for every image Lastly make a list or tear out some samples from a magazine to show your model ideas of different poses, suitable for the concept.

This also helps your model to get into your head as posing could be tricky if they do not know what you want to achieve.

The studio is ideal for this genre as you can control and stabilize your lighting conditions.

I use a very simple set up of two soft boxes and sometimes a snoot just to add a sparkle in the model's eyes.

To create the mood and theme I often build the garment onto the model. I love fabric and you will nd almost any colour tulle or netting in my studio and large volumes of Taffeta and Satin materials in all thinkable colours.

Often I start out by building a headpiece before I know where it will eventually t into a theme.

I also paint my own background images on A2 canvas boards and then use it in the layers and overlays when I create the nal images.

Jewllery Photography is another fashion genre I am passionate about, more of my work can be seen at www.hanlismitphotography.com

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Landscapes > 5 - 30 April 2018 > Jake Brink FotoZA Gallery Shop 402, Rosebank Mall Rosebank, Johannesburg

Foto ZA

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