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Benoni Camera
Club
September
2016
Dear Fellow Club members
We apologise for the fact that last month passed without a newsletter,
unfortunately technical difficulties prevented me from publishing.
Fear not though as we are back on track this month with a letter packed full
of information on the big events we can look forward to in the coming months.
As our year comes to an end we can look forward to CERPS , Ensemble and the
highly anticipated photo and film expo.
So read on for more details.
Give us your News !!!! If you have any relevant news, alerts, adds or information that you would like to share in the monthly news letter,
please contact us via phone, WhatsApp or e-mail. Leanne:083 267 9223 / Crystal: 076 032 5925
To Owen Single on his recent Diamond Rating
Benoni Camera Club Committee Contact
Information Do you know your committee?
Do you know who to call when something goes wrong?
Do You know who to thank ?
Below you will find the names and contact details of the
Members of the Committtee
Name Land Line
Cell E-mail Position
Lyn Romano 011 915-4238 083 255 9830 [email protected] Chairperson
Shane Else 083 655 1137 [email protected] Vice
Chairperson/
events
Ann Mc
Clelland
011 894-7035 082 336 5643 [email protected] Secretary
Julie
Rochford
083 601 1881 [email protected] Competition
Secretary
Amy Ansell 011 421-0992 None [email protected] Programme
Organiser
Sally
Matthee
082 602 4272 [email protected] Prints/
Slides/e-image
scorekeeper
John Roux 010 1400 210 082 854 0887 [email protected] Treasurer
Brian Daniel 082 445 8217 [email protected]
om
Club
equipment
coordinator.
Slides/prints
Club Fees
Please remember to pay
your club Fee’s if you
haven’t already done so.
It is by this contribution
that we are able to hire a
hall and keep the
equipment up to date.
Your subscription also
makes provisions for
meals served during
club meetings.
The fees are as follows
-Members: R300 pa
-Students: R225 pa
-Non member
accompanying member:
R120pa
Lyn Romano
Lyn Romano will be away until after
the October club meeting.
In her absence however she can be
reached by e-mail
Submissions:
We are back to normal in October
and therefore request that your
submissions be made via
Photovault.
Name Tags
As our Club is growing on a constant
basis and we are always seeing new
faces the committee has requested
that all members wear their name tags
during club meetings
Why?... You ask…..
# Versatility: Every year end ,our versatility evening comes around and as you may only
submit images that have been judged during the year , the last Sunday of November is
too late to start worrying about finding a shot to submit in Photo Journalism etc.
Attending events allows you the chance to photograph subjects from a diverse range of
subjects
#Safety: Unfortunately we live in a country where the expensive equipment around our
necks make us a walking targets for criminals. Events allow you to go to places that you
would normally not be able to photograph alone because we have strength in numbers
#Education: One of the great benefits of Club life is that you can learn from some of the
best photographers in the country because they are your fellow members. On our outings
you have the chance to learn from these members.
# Get to know your fellow members: One day you may need help choosing the right
metering mode or need an opinion on which image to submit. If you know your fellow
members its so much easier to ask.
#Great shots!!! : By now you would have seen the photos produced on our outings… the
next one could be yours
So there, only 5 of the many fantastic reasons why you should join an outing with the
Benoni Camera Cub.
Feedback from past events
Watch Whatsapp!! If you are not a part of our Club Whatsapp group we strongly suggest you join. The group is very respectful of one another's private time but has become an integral part of event coordination. Further more, spur of the moment events are often organised on the group by members wanting company on a photographic outing To join the group please provide Lyn with your cell number
As the year draws slowly to a close some of the biggest events on our calendar start happening.
Our hard working Shane also finds new events all the time so keep an eye on the Whatsapp group so
you don’t get left with serious FOMO
What is CERPS? CERPS stands for “Combined East Rand Photographic Societies”.
Every year we have a congress aimed at inter club competition as well as education. This year the Edenvale club are hosting the event and there will be three studio
shoots set up for you to try your hand at as well as fantastic guest speakers. We urge all members to attend this event.
It only comes around once a year and represents the culmination of East Rand Photographers efforts
Every member has the right to express him/her self as they wish to. No image is right or wrong. Every image deserves an
opinion. The purpose of the club is to learn and explore.
08:00 – 9:00 Registration
09:00 – 9:15 Opening Remarks
09:15 – 10:15 Lecture 1: Koot Marais – “The Art of sitting on the Fence”
10:15 – 10:30 Tea break
10:30 – 11:15 Lecture 2: Johan Botha – Wildlife Photography
11:15 – 11:30 CERPS Panel 1 screened
11:30 – 12:15 Lecture 3: Rob Aspelling – Studio Photography
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 14:15 Lecture 4: Shem Compion – Chasing new images in this
Digital World
14:15 – 14:30 CERPS Panel 2 screened
14:30 – 15:00 Lecture 4 : Neil Viljoen - Astrophotography
15:00 – 15:15 CERPS Panel 3 screened
15:15 – 15:30 Tea break
15:30 Results and Prize Giving
16:15 Closing remarks
CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS
STUDIO SHOOTS
Studio set ups will be conducted throughout the day. There will be three separate
studio set ups, namely Cosplay Models (replica outfits from movies, games, comics
etc.), Vintage Models and Standard Portraiture.
The cost of each shoot will be R60. You may book as many shoots as you like. For
example if you wish to do all three shoots the cost will be R180. In order to book a
shoot, the money must be paid into Edenvale Photographic Club’s account by no
later than Wednesday, 12 October 2016. To book your space you must make the
payment of the correct amount and email the proof of payment to
[email protected]. It is essential to state clearly which shoot you have paid for.
Banking Details: Edenvale Photographic Club Bank: Standard Bank Branch: Greenstone Branch code: 6342 Account Number: 02 369 911 6
D700 with battery grip for sale.. Just been serviced at Nikon. About 60k actuations.
R12000 Please Contact: Shane Else 0836551137
Nikon D300s. 61,400 actuations. Rear screen has a plastic protector
Phottix battery grip with two batteries and Battery charger. Original strap. 8Gb CF card.
Rear screen has a plastic protector.
R 4,500 onco Please Contact : Craig Adams 083 377 0057
Sigma 2x converter for a Sony camera. R 1,500 onco.
Please contact: Craig Adams 083 377 0057
If you have any Camera or other photographic equipment that you would like to advertise here please send the details and photos to [email protected] on or before club meetings.
· Nikon F80S camera body · AF Zoom-Nikkor Nikon lens D 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6D including Tiffen UV protector filter and also a Circular polarizing filter · AF Zoom-Nikkor Nikon lens ED 70-300mm f/4-5.6D including Tiffen UV protector. filter and also a Circular polarizing filter
I bought the above from Universal Image, The Wedge, Morningside on 21 January 2002 for R15’800 and all receipts, instruction manuals and original packaging are available. Price : POA Please contact: Koos van Niekerk 082 821 9966
Points? If you have the required
number of gold’s and are not advancing you may need to
look at your points. According to the club
constitution , promotion criterion is based not only on achieving a given amount of gold awards and/ or salon
acceptances but also on club points.
Points are scored as follows
Certificate of Merit = 4 points Gold Award = 3 points
Silver Award = 2 points Bronze Award = 1 point
Best in category winners score an additional bonus point
Promotion 1 Star to 2 Star The member must obtain 8 gold awards (or COM’s) 2 Star to 3 Star The member must obtain 14 gold awards (or COM’s) plus 60 club points 3 Star to 4 Star The member must obtain 20 gold awards (or COM’s)in at least 4 versatile sections and 80 club points. 4 Star to 5 Star The member must obtain 30 gold awards (or COMs) plus 15 Salon Acceptances. In addition, the member must have served the club in some capacity .
For beret promotion please consult the club constitution
Naming Images for e-mail submission When submitting photos via the [email protected] e-mail address it is important that images be named correctly . Naming should take the following format: star rating- category-image name- author name.jpg for example 3-na-zebra-leanne parker.jpg Note that when submitting via this method images should still be resized correctly
Categories are as follows: Na: nature
Ls: landscapes Pi: pictorial/ open
Ar: Altered Reality/ contemporary Sl: Still life
PO: portraits SS: Set subject
Please see a full description of definitions on page 12
When entering photovault, PLEASE give you image a title … ie 'select image ….. Brave ….
Title of image " Brave.jpg"
Ou
Set Subjects
Two Prints and/or two slides and/or two digital images may be entered (separately from the normal monthly entries) and will be awarded points towards the annual set subject trophy.
Photographers compete with all members of the club and not their star grading section. Members are encouraged to photograph their interpretation of the subject
Salons
26 Sep: Impala Platinum Club Salon
08 Oct: Swartland Fotografie cClub Salon
05 Nov: West Rand Potography Club Salon
For more information on Salon’s please visit the PSSA website
http://www.pssa.co.za/
Studio Artistic Nude
Lyn is currently considering giving a workshop on nude studio Photography If you would like to attend please indicate your interest to Lyn Romano
Colour Calibration
If you feel your computer requires calibrating put your name down with Lyn
November Set Subject
Scapes
PSSA DEFINITIONS Revised 10 Feb 2015 For the purposes of competitions, salons and specialist honours applications all images are divided into three categories i.e. Nature and Open and Photojournalism in each division (Prints, Projected Digital Images and Audio Visual). The original image and all elements therein must have been taken by the photographer, whatever photographic medium is used. All actions in reaching the final presentation must be made by the photographer with the exclusion of film processing, unmanipulated commercial scanning and printing. No images or parts of images downloaded from the internet or copied from any source whatsoever, may be used in work entered in any PSSA event, including any salon or honours application Members are also reminded that when entering salons each image must have a unique name i.e. the name of an image must not be changed at any time as acceptances are based on the image name. DEFINITIONS ANY EVENT CHOOSING TO RUN WITH ANY OF THE DEFINED CATEGORIES IN THIS DOCUMENT MUST ABIDE BY THESE PSSA DEFINITIONS Salons and competitions may choose to have other sections as well and for these they may make their own definitions. However, the definitions must be clear and precise and disqualifications may not be made by subjective interpretation of the definitions. Disqualifications, in all instances, should only be made when the salon director or judges are 100% sure of their facts. In the case of sections such as Visual Art, Abstract etc., where the definitions themselves are subject to interpretation, no image should be disqualified. PSSA reserves the right to withhold or disqualify any image which is considered to infringe the common laws of decency and copyright. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Members are to be reminded that they should read the rules of all events very carefully as the rules may differ. This is more so on the international scene. PSSA Definitions v 10 Feb 2015 1 Revised 10 Feb 2015 MANIPULATION Manipulation shall constitute any or all of the following modifications to the original image: Adding an element to the image that was not contained in the original capture; Removing an element from the image that was contained in the original capture;
Moving or repositioning an element of the image that was contained in the original capture. In the categories Nature and Photo Journalism, manipulation is not allowed. In Open there are no restrictions whatsoever in the way authors choose to post process an image. The following actions are allowed and are not seen as manipulation: Cropping Correction of lens distortion, chromatic aberrations, purple fringing, lens vignette and vertical/horizontal perspective adjustments; Removal of dust spots or scratch marks from sensor or scanned images; The blending of different exposures of the same scene to broaden the dynamic range e.g. High Dynamic Range (HDR); Not allowed in Photo Journalism. Focus stacking to widen the depth of field especially in Macro photography. In the case of Nature and Wildlife HDR and focus stacking will not be considered as manipulation and may therefore be used provided that the end result is a faithful representation of the original scene. Not allowed in Photo Journalism CATEGORY DEFINITIONS: 1. MONOCHROME Monochrome is a black and white image. A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work with the various shades of grey. A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black and white category. On the other hand a black and white work modified by a partial toning or by the addition of one colour becomes a colour work (polychrome) to stand in the colour category. PSSA Definitions v 10 Feb 2015 2 2. NATURE(CoordinatedNatureDefinition) Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, in such a fashion that a well‐informed person will be able to identify the subject material and certify its honest presentation. The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality while maintaining high technical quality. Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral parts of the nature story such as nature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to an environment modified by humans, or where those human elements are in situations depicting
natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves. Scientific bands, scientific tags or radio collars on wild animals are permissible. Photographs of human created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domestic animals, obviously set arrangements or mounted specimens are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement. No techniques that add, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping are permitted. Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the pictorial content, or without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted including HDR, focus stacking and dodging/burning. All allowed adjustments must appear natural. Colour images can be converted to greyscale monochrome. Stitched images are not permitted. Infrared images, either direct‐captures or derivations, are not allowed. Images used in Nature Photography competitions may be divided in two classes: Nature and Wildlife. Images entered in Nature sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above can have landscapes, geologic formations, weather phenomena, and extant organisms as the primary subject matter. This includes images taken with the subjects in controlled conditions, such as zoos, game farms, botanical gardens, aquariums and any enclosure where the sub- jects are totally dependent on man for food. Images entered in Wildlife sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above are further defined as one or more extant zoological or botanical organisms free and unrestrained in a natural or adopted habitat. Landscapes, geologic formations, photographs of zoo or game farm animals, or of any extant zoological or botanical species taken under controlled conditions are not eligible in Wildlife sections. Wildlife is not limited to animals, birds and insects. Marine subjects and botanical subjects (including fungi and algae) taken in the wild are suitable wildlife subjects, as are carcasses of extant species. Wildlife images may be entered in Nature sections of Exhibitions. 3. OPEN In this category the subject matter is totally open. All elements must be photographic; if graphic elements are included they should enhance the photographic image but not take over from it. All graphics used should be created by the photographer using his/her own artwork. PSSA Definitions v 10 Feb 2015 3 4. PHOTOJOURNALISM(PJ) An image that tells a news story. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography by the qualities of: • Timeliness — the images have meaning in the context of a recently published record of events. • Objectivity — the situation implied by the images is a fair and accurate representation of the events they depict in both content and tone. • Narrative — the images combined with other news elements to make facts relatable to the viewer or reader on a cultural level.
5. SUB SECTIONS (Open, Nature and/or PJ) Abstract An exercise in composition for the sake of art. The real identity of the abstractionist's subject is not important and the result is not intended to be anything. Altered Reality An image created by altering reality in an obvious manner. It can be created digitally or in camera. The intention is the creation of a new image that conveys a feeling or message, or tells a story. Human Interest An image depicting a person or persons in an interactive, emotional or unusual situation. Landscape A genre intended to show different spaces within the world, sometimes vast and unending, but other times microscopic. A landscape comprises the visible features of an area, including physical elements such as landforms, water, living elements of flora and fauna, abstract elements like lightning and weather conditions. Macro A photographic situation where you get close to a small subject by physical or optical means. Starting at approximately 1/4 life size i.e. when the subject being photographed is four (4) times the size of the film plane (i.e. film or digital sensor). There is no limit on the upper end. Panorama An image with elongated fields of view, with an aspect ratio of 2:1 or larger, the image being at least twice as wide as its height. Pictorial Images with wide visual appeal. Any subject that is treated pictorially, embodying the elements of good design, arrangement or composition, which reflects the personal interpretation of the photographer. PSSA Definitions v 10 Feb 2015 4 Portraiture A likeness, personality and mood of a living subject where that subject is dominant in the image. Portraiture is not restricted to head and shoulders and may include just a part of the face, a back view or even a full length study. Sports Photography Sports photography covers any aspect of a sporting event. Images must depict an active pastime or recreation involving physical exertion and/or skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often of a competitive nature. Images in this section could include, for instance, the judge or umpire in a sporting event.
Sports Action Photography Sports people in action. Images must depict an active pastime or recreation involving physical exertion and/or skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often of a competitive nature. The level of sport can range from children playing a sport to the Olympic Games. Still life An image depicting mostly inanimate subject matter. Table Top Table top is an image depicting mostly inanimate subject matter arranged in an artificial setting such as on a table top. Visual Art Photography as a means of expression and as a vehicle for the author to make a personal photographic statement. Pictorial images can be Visual Art and Visual Art images can be Pictorial - the important part of the definition for Visual Art is that these images should go beyond the straightforward pictorial rendering of a scene. The image does not have to employ derivative or manipulative techniques to be Visual Art. RvO Feb 2015.
