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OCTOBER 2018

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 26 September’18

David Wolstencroft 083 229 8066 davewol@gmail.com

Vice Chairperson: Scoring & Promotions

Heidi Broschk Page

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Winning Images 10 October’18

079 886 8515 heidib@uj.ac.za

Treasurer: Ted Kinsman

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Tutorial PHOTOSHOP SHORTCUTS & TIPS

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Exhibition News

083 461 2350 tkinsman@global.co.za

Secretary: Antoinette Bezuidenhout 072 4426 317

antoinette1949@gmail.com

Salons, Judges and Outings:

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Cover Story by Vicki Street

John Coumbias

079 1732 825 jcoumbias@telkomsa.net

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CERPS Winners

Certificates & Awards Des Alexander

083 226 1452 neoncomp@webmail.co.za

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Member Focus Dave wolstencroft

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

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

Catering: Giulio Cecchi

011 452 2250 cecchi@polka.co.za

Newsletter & Media: Hanli Smit

083 253 1034 hanlis54@gmail.com

Chairman’s Chat We won the CERPS Interclub 2018.

CERPS congress did not happen last year, for reasons I will not go into here. For those new to the club, CERPS stands for “Combined East Rand Photographic Societies” and is made up of Benoni, Boksburg, Edenvale, Kempton park, Springs and Impala Platinum. This congress happens on a yearly basis and is hosted by a different CERPS club each year. We, Edenvale hosted it in 2016, and it was a great success. This year, it was hosted by F-Stop (Kempton Park).

The congress is made up of inspirational talks and usually some form of practical workshop as well as an interclub competition. Images for this competition are selected by the clubs from images submitted to the club by members over the preceding year. These are then judged by external judges and the club with the highest overall score wins the CERPS trophy. There are also awards for best in category as well the best junior and senior author (highest score for entered images).

CERPS 2018 took place on 27th October. Turnout was very good, especially from Edenvale with 9 members attending. The speakers were amazing, sharing knowledge and skills that benefitted all.

Sarel from Photowise gave us a new look at Automotive photography along with a practical demonstration. Wow, what can be achieved with simple equipment in midday conditions is just astounding. The workshop on food photography, guided by Maryna from Photowise gave a new and fresh look at this genre.

Edenvale has been a regular winner in the past, but the interclub competitions in 2015 and 2016 were both won by Boksburg, with Edenvale coming second. We were thus really excited when Edenvale was announced as the CERPS interclub winner for 2018. Edenvale members, you have done us all proud. This is an awesome result.

Thanks to Rickus and F-Stop for a well-run, truly enjoyable congress. You all went out of your way to make this a memorable event. The effort put into the congress could be seen without doubt.

I am already looking forward to CERPS 2019, hosted by Benoni. Keep October 2019 open. CERPS is coming.

Please see this newsletter for the full list of results

Reminder

Dave

ANNUAL CLUB FEES ARE NOW DUE!!

1 Star Winners

PICTORIAL Matriarch Andrew Mayes

26 September

NATURE Landing Brian Kleinwort

2 Star Winners

NATURE Rose Marisa Ferreira

NATURE

Little Boy In Fordsberg

Bianca Holburn

26 September

3 Star Winners

26 September

PICTORIAL Gloomy Waters Clare Appleyard

PICTORIAL Beady Eye Valerie Sampson

4 Star Winners

26 September

NATURE Zebra Portrait Ruth Smit

PICTORIAL Doodvlei Drama Natasha Bird

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and 6 Star Winners

26 September

NATURE Egret Take off Johan Harmse

PICTORIAL Strongman Hans van der Walt

Key West Centre, Shop 8 Van Buuren Rd, Bedfordview Tel: 011 455- 1243 email: robponte@neomail.co.za www.photodigitalprolab.co.za Facebook: facebook.com/photodigitalprolab

www.fotorental.co.za

1 Star Winners

10 October

NATURE My Road Brian Kleinwort

JUDGING CRITERIA FOR ONE STAR WORKERS

JUDGING CRITERIA FOR TWO STAR WORKERS

1) CORRECT EXPOSURE

1) CORRECT EXPOSURE

2) IN FOCUS

2) IN FOCUS

3) ELEMENT OF COMPOSITION 4) PICTURE CLEAN AND WELL PRESENTED

POINT VALUES COM = 4points GOLD = 3 points Silver = 2 points Bronze = 1 point Winner plus 1 point

3) ELEMENTS OF COMPOSITION 4) PICTURE CLEAN AND WELL PRESENTED 5) SOME IMPACT 6)SOME KNOWLEDGE OF WHEN TO CROP

2 Star Winners

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October

NATURE Trees to Infinity Caryn

PICTORIAL Pretty in Black Caryn Wilson

3 Star Winners

NATURE Zebra Portrait Gary Atkins

PICTORIAL Jozi in the sky with diamonds Valerie Sampson

10 October

4 Star Winners

10 October

NATURE Giraffe Antoinette Bezuidenhout

PICTORIAL Pronking Springbok Natasha Bird

5 and 6 Star Winners

NATURE Air Brakes Jorge Borralho

PICTORIAL My Fair Lady Vicki Street

10 October

Tutorial

Photoshop Shortcuts

Learning Photoshop Shotrcuts Learning keyboard shortcuts will help you to speed up your processing workflow. There are a few key shortcuts for different tools in the toolbar. A few of the most widely used shortcuts are:

V = MOVE TOOL F =TOGGLES THROUGH DISPLAY SCREEN SPACE BAR = TEMPORARY HAND KEY B = PAINTBRUSH TOOL D = SETS THE FOREGROUND/BACKGROUND COLOURS TO DEFAULT X = SWAPS BETWEEN BACKGROUND AND FOREGROUND COLOUR E = ERASER S = STAMP OR CLONING TOOL Ctrl.+j =DUPLICATES

Exhibitions News 1-30 November at FotoZA In an interview, the South African Photographer Jodi Bieber said that it was “only by great fortune that I found photography and with it a vehicle to explore my country” and to understand it in the years of transition from one era to another.

Between Darkness and Light: Selected Works 1994 - 2010 is the first monograph consisting of numerous bodies of work by Jodi Bieber.

Selected Works By JODI BIEBER at

FotoZA Gallery Rosebank Mall

Cover Story ...by The green behind the model, would you believe is a tennis court wall, which made for an amazing textured background and this was shot in the afternoon using only natural light.

The mix of colours in the bouquet also added to the overall feel and I did some minimal Photoshop enhancing to bring the best out of the image.

A make up artist was employed to professionally apply the make up for the look that was required

It was published by Skira in Italy in 2017. To accompany the book the photographic series that will be exhibited included lesser-known works from the series “Women Who Murdered their Husbands.”

Vicki Street

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 Achievements

CERPS Results

1st: Edenvale 2nd: 3rd:

Boksburg

F-Stop

Best Junior: Best Senior:

1051 points

1006 points

966 Points

Natasha Bird 73 points Jorge Borralho 75 points

1st place Pictorial: 1st place Nature: 2nd place Nature: 3rd place Nature: 2nd place Mono:

Gary Atkins, Drunken Snail Jorge Borralho, Coot wars Dino Bottega, No Mercy Vadivelu, Fun or fight Hans van der Walt, Joburg street scene

1 1St Place Pictorial Gary Atkins- Drunken Snail

3 3 rd Place Nature - Vadivelu FUN OR FIGHT

2 2nd Place Mono - Hans van der Walt JOBURG STREET SCENE

1 1st Place Nature Jorge Borralho - COOT WARS

2 2nd Place Nature Dino Bottega - NO MERCY

MEMBER

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David Wolstencroft

I consider myself a newbie as a photographer. When I look back on my life, I realise that I always had a camera in my hand, a point and shoot just happy taking snapshots, never regarding myself as a photographer.

My first DSLR was a birthday gift in August 2012, a Canon 600D, prompted (unknowingly) by a passing comment that I would like to know more about f-stops, filters and lenses.

That has led me to where I am today. I attended a few basic courses at CODP, learning the basics regarding exposure and composition and joined Edenvale Photo Club in January 2013. My first club submission did not go well. I stood in awe of the 5 star images and my submissions that I really liked received two bronzes and a silver.

When I look back on those images now, I can understand why. Maybe this hard first lesson was what I needed.

I have since replaced the 600D with a 6D and more recently acquired a 7D Mk II for wildlife and action shoots. These two bodies are always in my bag, along with a 100-400 Mk II and my trusty 24-105 which never fails to deliver.

I do not have a preferred genre. I have tried just about everything; sport, wildlife, birding, landscape, table top, studio, abstract, macro, street photography and I am now delving into some altered reality. Maybe I need to refine my genre, but then again, maybe I don’t. If asked, I would say the best learning curve is the club scene, along with the time I have spent shooting with Jorge, always willing to share and guide.

The last 5 years have been a blur. A never-ending rollercoaster ride from star rating to star rating, promotions always coming with trepidation and a fear of not coping.

Being nominated as club chairman during the AGM in 2016 added to this rollercoaster ride. Everyone assured me that this is a team effort and I must thank everyone for standing by me. Your support has been welcome and needed.

John encouraged(insisted) I judge, not only at clubs but also for salons, local and international. While club judging still makes me feel a bit uncomfortable, I am hoping experience will change this. I still feel underqualified to judge work by people with years more experience than I have. John, in hindsight, I must thank you, as this has improved and changed the way I see images.

One thing eludes me though; a medal at a local salon. Perhaps I am showing my competitive side. “Buck whisperers” won a gold medal at an international salon and “Man in the window” a bronze. I will be putting more work into the 2018/2019 year, hoping to improve this. Time will tell.

Words and Images by Dave