November /December Newsletter

FOCUS Wishing you

Happy Holidays and a New Year filled with

prosperity and success

2018

November / December

Sharing Visual Art The Official Digital Newsletter for Edenvale Photographic Club 2018 -CERPS -Winners

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

CONTENTS:

Committee Members

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Chairman’s Chat

Chairman & Website:

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Winning Images 24 October’18

David Wolstencroft 083 229 8066 davewol@gmail.com

Vice Chairperson: Scoring & Promotions

Heidi Broschk Page

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Winning Images 14 November’18

079 886 8515 heidib@uj.ac.za

Treasurer: Ted Kinsman

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Past Masters of Photography

083 461 2350 tkinsman@global.co.za

Secretary: Page 18

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Submision Procedure for Club evening entries

Antoinette Bezuidenhout 072 4426 317

antoinette1949@gmail.com

Salons, Judges and Outings: 19 & 20

Page 21 - 25

Page 26

Salon results

John Coumbias

079 1732 825 jcoumbias@telkomsa.net

2018 - Annual Competition WINNERS Jozi Take over by: Clare Appleyard

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

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

Certificates & Awards Des Alexander

083 226 1452 neoncomp@webmail.co.za

New Members & Face Book Clare Appleyard 083 234 0247

clare.appleyard@gmail.com

Newsletter & Media: Hanli Smit

083 253 1034 hanlis54@gmail.com

Chairman’s Chat At the risk of being cliché, I cannot believe another year has gone.

The 2018 club year is history. For EPC it has been a good year. Lots of growth, member wise and financially. One of the areas we need to focus on though, the area that needs the most attention is member education and member retention. Regarding member education, I am referring to member growth, not in numbers, but in experience, knowledge and confidence. I am sure if this is in place and members can see the benefit of belonging to a club, they will stay. We have had quite a few members that join, attend a few meetings never to be seen again. Some stay a little longer, maybe making it to 3 star, and then disappear. We need to increase the value of being a member.

There are already motions in place to put back into the club for the members. We have booked 4 additional evenings at the ECC for 2019 to host well known speakers and educational workshops. Details will be shared as soon as they are finalized. The dates will be published in the club calendar for 2019. We also plan to have at least one outing per month that will vary in order to expose members to new opportunities and new experiences.

Another issue that will be addressed in 2019 is the way decisions and changes are decided. Any matter that affects the members needs to be voted and decided by all members. This has not happened the way it should; mistakes have been made and this will be corrected.

On this note, there seems to be a sentiment that the committee sees itself as a higher power, and does not have member interests at heart, that decisions are made that serve a subset of members and that the committee operates underhanded with hidden agendas. I can assure you, nothing is further from the truth. This is not the mindset of the committee and never will be.

How this sentiment arose I cannot say. All I can say is “2019 here we come”. Change is coming, change for the better, change for a healthier club, change for happier members and thus a happier, stronger club.

This will be further achieved if the committee is taken to task by members. Let us know how you feel, and why you feel that way and more important, what we can do to change that.

The road ahead may be uphill, but it needs to be walked.

Happy festive season one and all. Safe travels if you are travelling. Rest, recuperate, spend time with loved ones and we are all looking forward to seeing you all in a better, brighter 2019.

Dave and the EPC committee.

Reminder

ANNUAL CLUB FEES ARE NOW DUE!!

1 Star Winners

PICTORIAL City Lights Atholene Liebenberg

24 October

NATURE On the Run Brian Kleinwort

2 Star Winners

24 October

NATURE Spotted Thick Knee Bianca Holburn

PICTORIAL Grubs up

Caryn

3 Star Winners

NATURE Lily Christa Smith

PICTORIAL Three pink taxies Valerie Sampson

24 October

4 Star Winners

24 October

NATURE Red Leaf Natasha Bird

PICTORIAL Gentle Beauty Natasha Bird

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and 6 Star Winners NATURE Vulture Disagreement Dave Gordon

PICTORIAL Running Wild David Wolstencroft

24 October

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1 Star Winners

14 November Pictorial Home in the City Atholene Liebenberg

WHY JOIN A CAMERA CLUB...

Are you looking for like minded people who are interested in photograpy *SHARING IDEAS *SHARING SKILLS *SHARING PROBLEMS *SHARING FRIENDSHIP Even when we compete with 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

2 Star Winners

14 November

NATURE Sibling Love Bianca Holburn

PICTORIAL Photo bommer Caryn Wilson

3 Star Winners

NATURE It takes two to tango Valerie Sampson

PICTORIAL Evening gallop Valerie Sampson

14 November

4 Star Winners

14 November

NATURE Sunset over Ficksburg Natasha Bird

PICTORIAL Graceful Duo Natasha Bird

5 and 6 Star Winners

NATURE Immature Fish Eagle Jorge Borralho

PICTORIAL Inferno Fighters Jorge Borralho

14 November

Past Masters of Photography

Irving Penn American Photographer Born: 1917 - Died: 2009 Irving Penn was born on June 16, 1917 in Plainfield, New Jersey, to Harry Penn and Sonia Greenberg. In 1922, Irving Penn’s younger brother, Arthur Penn, was born, who would go on to become a film director and producer.

Irving Penn attended the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts) from 1934 to 1938, where he studied drawing, painting, graphics, and industrial arts under Alexey Brodovitch. While still a student, Penn worked under Brodovitch at Harper’s Bazaar, where several of Penn’s drawings were published.

Irving Penn worked for two years as a freelance designer and making his first amateur photographs before taking Brodovitch’s position as the art director at Saks Fifth Avenue in 1940. Penn remained at Saks Fifth Avenue for a year before leaving to spend a year painting and taking photographs in Mexico and across the US.

When Irving Penn returned to New York, Alexander Liberman offered him a position as an associate in the Vogue magazine Art Department, where Penn worked on layout before Liberman asked him to try his hand at photography for the magazine.

Irving Penn photographed his first cover for Vogue magazine in 1943 and continued to work at the magazine throughout his career, shooting covers, portraits, still lifes, fashion, and photographic essays.

In the 1950s, Penn founded his own studio in New York and began making advertising photographs. Over the years, Penn’s list of clients grew to include General Foods, De Beers, Issey Miyake, and Clinique

More iconic Images by Irving

Penn

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 6.

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

Salon

Achievements

SA Results 3rd Camera Obscura International Salon 2018-10-09

Open Colour Acceptance Open Colour Acceptance Open Colour Acceptance

Green Eyes Rose Spiral Stygian Lake

Lourens Durand Lourens Durand Lourens Durand

Results 1st Western Cape Photographic Forum Salon 2018-09-22

Nature - Colour Only Acceptance Nature - Colour Only Acceptance Scapes - Colour Only Acceptance Scapes - Colour Only Acceptance Scapes - Colour Only Acceptance Scapes - Colour Only Acceptance Open - Colour Acceptance Open - Colour Acceptance Open - Colour Acceptance Open - Monochrome Acceptance Visual Art and Altered Reality Visual Art and Altered Reality Visual Art and Altered Reality

Mating dragonflies White Throated swallows Sun filter Early morning Alpine Islands Cloudscape Cactus Flower The fisherman Jackal Portrait Abandoned House Acceptance Shades of Pink Acceptance Mothe Nature Acceptance In the magic forest

Johann Harmse Adrian Style Ken Warburton Ken Warburton David Wolstencroft David Wolstencroft Lourens Durand David Wolstencroft David Wolstencroft David Wolstencroft Lourens Durand David Wolstencroft David Wolstencroft

Results 6th Swartland Fotografiekclub Digital Salon 2018-10-27

Nature - no Birds - no Scapes Nature - Birds Only Acceptance Nature - Birds Only Acceptance Nature - Birds Only Acceptance Scapes Certificate of Merit Scapes Acceptance Scapes Acceptance People Acceptance Open - Colour Acceptance Open - Colour Acceptance Open - Colour Acceptance Open - Colour Acceptance Open - Colour Acceptance Open - Colour Acceptance Open - Colour Acceptance

Acceptance Monkey with a bone Cattle Egret Groenrugreier Landing Approach Waiting for the day Weskus Cloudscape Seasons Cactus Flower Eight Hundred Seasons Training Rule Britania Boat on the River Running Wild Jackal Portrait

David Wolstencroft Lourens Durand Christa Smith David Wolstencroft David Wolstencroft Christa Smith David Wolstencroft Hanli Smit Lourens Durand Hanli Smit Ken Warburton Ken Warburton David Wolstencroft David Wolstencroft David Wolstencroft

Member

Salon

Achievements

Results Kroonstad Foto Vereniging 60th Anniversary Salon 2018-10-13

Wildlife - Colour Runner up PSSA Bronze Medal Open - Monochrome Acceptance Human Portraits - Colour Acceptance Open - Colour Acceptance

Mating dragonflies Arabian Beauty Venus Race Conversation

Johann Harmse David Wolstencroft David Wolstencroft David Wolstencroft

Results 9th TAF Digital Salon 2018-11-10

Wildlife excluding Wild Birds - Colour Only Certificate of Merit Mating dragonflies Wildlife - Colour Only Acceptance Baboon fright Wild Birds - Colour Only Acceptance Yellow-billed duck landing Wild Birds - Colour Only Acceptance Yellow billed duck Wild Birds - Colour Only Acceptance Grey crowned cranes portrait

Johann Harmse Johann Harmse Johann Harmse Johann Harmse Johann Harmse

Results 2nd Rustenburg PS National Digital Salon 2018-09-08

Human Portraits - Colour Acceptance Human Portraits - Colour Acceptance Open - Colour Acceptance Open - Colour Acceptance Open - Colour Acceptance Open - Colour Acceptance Open - Colour Certificate of Merit Open - Monochrome Acceptance Open - Monochrome Acceptance Scapes - Colour Acceptance Scapes - Colour Acceptance Scapes - Colour Acceptance Wildlife Birds Only - Colour Acceptance Wildlife Birds Only - Colour Acceptance Wildlife Birds Only - Colour Acceptance Wildlife Birds Only - Colour Acceptance Wildlife - Colour Acceptance Wildlife - Colour Acceptance

Jaime 2 Red Haired Beauty Lily Yellow and orange The colour gold The Sanctum Fishing Boat Captain Tiger lilli Just mud Boats on the Beach Poplar Sunrise Autumn Dreamscape Safe Landing Cattle Egret Squacco Heron Hunting African spoonbill portrait Mating dragonflies Painted Dog

Cecil Mayhew David Wolstencroft Antonette Bezuidenhout Antonette Bezuidenhout Antonette Bezuidenhout Lourens Durand David Wolstencroft Antonette Bezuidenhout Cecil Mayhew Lourens Durand David Wolstencroft David Wolstencroft Lourens Durand Lourens Durand Lourens Durand Adrian Style Johann Harmse Adrian Style

MEMBER FOCUS Annual Top Achievers

2018

Gary Atkins 1 & 2 * Winner of Animal Portraits, Altered Reality, Open Colour and Altered Nature

Clare Appleyard 1 & 2 * Winner Of Open Mono, Nature, PJ & Sport Human Portrait

MEMBER

FOCUS

Annual Top Achievers

Atholene Liebenberg 1& 2* Landscape Winner

Michael Broschk 1 & 2* Still Life Winner

Valerie Sampson 3 & 4 * Winner in the following categories Altered reality, PJ and Sport, Landscapes as well as Altered Nature

MEMBER FOCUS Annual Top Achievers

Natasha Bird 3 & 4 * Winner Human Portraits and Still Life

Johann Harmse 3 & 4 * Winner Animal Portrait and Nature

Antoinette Bezuidenhout 3 & 4 * Winner Open Mono

Ruth Smit 3 &4 * Winner Open Colour

MEMBER FOCUS Annual Top Achievers

John Coumbias Open Winner Open Colour Human Portraits Open mono Jorge Bohrollo Open Winner Still Life and PJ

Dave Wolstencroft Open Winner Altered Reality

MEMBER FOCUS Annual Top Achievers

Heidi Broschk Open Winner Landscapes and Altered Nature

Dave Gordon Open Winner Animal Portrait

Lourens Durand Open Winner Nature

Jozi - Take over Like many things, the #JoziTakeover walk started with an idea.

Renowned city photographer Anton Bosman and I share a love of Johannesburg and we’re passionate about showing residents a different side to our city.

So, we decided to schedule a photowalk to get as many photographers back into the city. Our initial aim was for 450 registrations, but by the day of the walk, we’d had almost 800 photographers show interest.

For a free event, we estimated approximately half would show up, and when the 25th November showed signs of afternoon showers, we knew we’d lose another few people who’d fear getting wet.

As it was, not a single drop fell upon us as over 250 of us took to the streets, starting our walk at 1 Fox, located in Johannesburg’s historic Ferreirastown suburb. As the oldest suburb in Johannesburg, it was home to the very first gold diggings in our city and is also where Johannesburg’s first Chinatown blossomed. The first highlight of the walk was some great street art and graffiti, together with Chancellor House, where Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo opened their law firm. Now, the remarkable “Shadow Boxer” statue (depicting Madiba in his days as a boxer) guards the back of the Magistrate’s Court and peers down over Chancellor House.

Words and Images by Clare

We wound our way to Diagonal Street, admiring the contrasting architecture between the reflective glass “Diamond Building” of 11 Diagonal Street and the Victorian architecture of buildings dating back to 1896. From Beyers Naude Square we moved past historic Corner House, commissioned by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, once the tallest building in Johannesburg, where gold bullion bars were previously stored.

Strolling past the iconic Art Deco architecture of Clegg House (did you know that Johannesburg has the greatest number of Art Deco buildings outside of Miami and New York?) and Victory House (the first building in Johannesburg to have a lift), we drifted towards the pulsating beat of Gandhi Square.

At Gandhi Square, the rain had resulted in massive puddles, giving rise to great reflection shots, and we were given a chance to explore Somerset House, home to Johannesburg’s newest underground bar and dining venue. Built in 1906, Somerset House housed the former United Building Society until it closed its doors in 1930 and, as such, is home to almost 1000 safety deposit boxes, many of which are unopened. Who knows what treasures lay behind the locked doors?

As day turned to night, we wound our way back to 1 Fox, having enjoyed a thoroughly fun afternoon, meeting new people and discovering new sights. The day was best summed up by one of our attendees, Jeanette who said to me “You’ve made me look at Johannesburg in a new light”.

That, my friends, is what the walk was about.