SHUTTERNEWS APRIL EDITION

SHUTTERNEWS Publisher: Boksburg Camera Club

04/22

Editor: Cheryl Knight

BOKSBURG CAMERA CLUB 1 Boerneef Street, Parkrand, Boksburg (Baanbreker Laerskool)

Photographic Society of South Africa

BOKSBURG CAMERA CLUB IS A PROUD MEMBER OF PSSA.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN

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2022 COMMITTEE

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WHAT IS THE PSSA

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CLUB NIGHTS

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SALON CALENDAR

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UNDERSTANDING SCORING

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RANKING GUIDELINE

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SET SUBJECTS

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OUTINGS & WORKSHOPS

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FEATURED ARTICLE KEEPING YOUR EQUIPMENT CLEAN

April Club Night Winners

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NEW MEMBERSHIPS BOKSBURG CAMERA CLUB welcomes all new members to the Club. We look forward to seeing your images.

Being part of a Camera Club is a socially interactive activity; encourage your family and friends to join us.

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

ANNOUNCEMENTS

International Salons

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CHAIRMAN’S NOTE APRIL 2022 Hello BCC Members, Whilst searching for inspiration for this month’s submission to Shutter News the question of the benefits of joining a camera club came to mind. After further research, the following generic responses came to light. Whilst not exhaustive these benefits are widely subscribed to and are available to members within the Boksburg Camera Community.

Photographic education – through access to collective knowledge and practice, including from guest speakers and formal workshops Mentoring – for personal growth and photographic growth through specific formal and informal opportunities Equipment knowledge – expanded by observing and sharing with other members who are technocrats or experienced savvy photographers Critique - through direct feedback and competition entry, which if heeded provide opportunity for growth Access to new ideas – generated from interaction with and observing members work and responses to set subjects etc.

The art of seeing – changing and growing own perspective and photographic views through member response to set subjects and exhibited work Photographic opportunities – generated via participation in club workshops and outings as well as via shared opportunities with other clubs Networking and social interaction – arising from club meetings, workshops and outings.

The above factors are some of the many positives in belonging to our photography club, by engaging there are many opportunities to improve one’s art while having some fun at the same time Yours in photography

WHAT’S ON May 6 Fouriesburg Away outing May 14 Randburg National Digital Salon May 18 NPC AV Salon in Memory of Anne d’Oliveira May 28 Magalies Foto Fun Club PDI Salon

Barry C

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

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COMMITTEE 2022 CHAIRMAN

BARRY CLAYTON

VICE CHAIRMAN & COMPETITION MANAGER SECRETARY CLUB TREASURER

DAVID MACINTYRE DENISE SMITH JACQUES TALJAARD

OUTINGS & EVENTS

HANNES BRONKHORST

MARKETING COORDINATOR

CHARMAINE ZIETSMAN

EQUIPMENT COORDINATOR

HANNES BRONKHORST

PHOTOGRAPHY COORDINATOR CLUB EDITOR

NICO GROBBELAAR

READERS CORNER

CHERYL KNIGHT

COORDINATORS & ASSISTANTS 2022 SALON COORDINATOR ADMINISTRATIVE & CLUB

JACQUES TALJAARD RUZAAN BLIGNAUT

NIGHTS ASSISTANT CATERING COORDINATOR

CHARMAINE ZIETSMAN

SOCIAL MEDIA

DENISE SMITH

SCOREKEEPER

KERRY MELLET

Volunteer your services to the Club

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

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WHAT IS THE PSSA? Mission Statement The Photographic Society of South Africa was founded in 1954 as a non-profit organization.

PSSA aims: • to bring together all people interested in photography.

• to promote the highest possible standards of photography.

• to promote the interests of photography amongst all its members.

PSSA represents its members and fosters their interests at all levels.

What is PSSA? The Photographic Society of South Africa is the officially recognized Body representing photographers in Southern Africa. It is the South African equivalent of the Photographic Society of America to whom it is affiliated. PSSA is an autonomous Society and through its affiliations affords members contact with the international affairs of photography.

PSSA aims to weld together the photographic and associated efforts of individuals and clubs into one strong unit.

The Society is recognized by Government through the Performing Arts Council. It is consulted on aspects affecting photography in South Africa as well as being able to negotiate protection and exemption for photographic clubs and members.

The Society monitors and censors’ images deemed unfit for public viewing.

PSSA provides medals to and participates in the organization of National and International Photographic Salons.

Honours are bestowed and awards made by the Society. These titles and Honours are respected throughout the world.

A Photographic Congress is staged each year in conjunction with the Annual General Meeting of the Society. This affords photographers a platform to meet fellow photographers and hear speakers who are recognized as leading authorities in their particular fields.

The Society is controlled by a Board of Directors elected by the members.

The day-to-day operations of the Society are carried out by an Executive Committee, which is responsible to the Board of Directors. The Society consists of a number of divisions, which are controlled by individual Chairmen who are also responsible to the Directors. They must provide a quarterly report to the Executive Committee and Directors.

PSSA publishes a magazine named IMAGE, which covers all aspects of the Society's activities and photography in general.

Annually a directory is published containing the names and addresses of all members and member clubs, together with the Society's Honours and Awards holders.

A copy of the Society's Memorandum and Articles of Association is available on this website under About Us.

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

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CLUB NIGHTS Boksburg Camera Club meet every third Wednesday of the month at Baanbreker Primary School, 1 Boerneef Street, Parkrand, Boksburg. o Time: 18H30 for 19H00 o Judging starts @ 19H00 Our remote members join our Club nights via the online portal.

Entries must be submitted via the online portal o www.photovaultonline.com

KNOW YOUR STAR RATING

Club Night Submissions: 1. Open Any two images (PDI or Monochrome) 2. Set Subject One image 3. Cellphone Image One image

Verify your star rating on Photovault. This ensures that your photos are being judged fairly.

Sizing: Images must be sized to a maximum of 1920 (Horizontal) x 1080 (Vertical) Pixels. Physical print size for the print category is A4-A3 and the digital copy of the print is 1920 x 1080 Pixels.

remember to change

Save your images in JPG. File sizes should not exceed 2MB. Use your Photo editing software to resize your images.

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

When you are promoted to the next Star rating, your Star rating on Photovault before our next Club Night or entry into a Salon

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SALON CALENDAR DATE

SALON

14/05/2022

5TH RANDBURG NATIONAL DIGITAL SALON

28/05/2022

7TH MAGALIES FOTO FUN CLUB PDI SALON

04/06/2022

VPS NATIONAL SALON

11/06/2022

SOUTHERN SUBURBS CAMERA CLUB NATIONAL SALON

18/06/2022

PSSA 21ST UP & COMING SALON

25/06/2022

1ST SANPARKS HONORARY RANGERS: BOLAND REGION NATURE ONLY PDI SALON

WHY SHOULD YOU ENTER SALONS? We encourage all our members to enter in Salons as often as possible.

Photographers are invited to submit their images in various categories for possible inclusion in the salon exhibition.

A Panel of Judges scores all the submitted images and chooses approximately 20% for exhibition.

The images that are chosen are known as “Acceptances” and these are the “Salon Acceptances” that are required for Club promotion.

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

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UNDERSTANDING SCORING CLUB NIGHTS AWARD No Award Bronze Silver Gold Certificate of Merit (COM)

POINTS 0 1 2 3 5

OTHER AWARDS AWARD Digital Photo of the month - Category Winner.

1st & 2nd Place Set Subject Winners 1st Place Cell Phone Winners Trophy evening score of 11 or higher Digital Photo of the month - Category Winner.

1st & 2nd Place Set Subject Winners 1st Place Cell Phone Winners Trophy evening score of 11 or higher

POINTS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

NATIONAL PSSA SALON POINTS AWARD Salon Acceptance Judging at a Club or Salon Salon Com or Medals Salon Winner of Category

SCORING Our Score Keeper for 2022 is Kerry Mellet.

If you have any queries on your Promotion Status or your Points and what you need for promotion, chat to Kerry so that she can assist you.

POINTS 1 1 2 3

INTERNATIONAL SALON POINTS AWARD Salon Acceptance Salon Com or Medals Salon Winner of Category

POINTS 2 3 4

All points earned go towards your Promotion

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

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RANKING GUIDELINES Grade One Star

Two Star

Three Star

Four Star

Five Star

Judging criteria Correct Exposure In Focus Element of Composition Correct Post Processing Picture clean and well presented.

Correct Exposure In Focus Element of composition Some knowledge of when and where to crop Correct post processing Image clean and well presented Element of composition Correct exposure Some knowledge of when and where to crop Should begin to show understanding of line, shape and form Correct post processing Image clean and well presented Element of composition Correct exposure Some knowledge of when and where to crop Should understand line, shape and form Correct post processing Image clean and well presented Should show a full grasp of all the above principles and should show work of entry level National Salon Standards.

The language of visual elements and design principles to convey information emotions, thoughts, ideas, concepts or feelings Relies on the understanding and mastering of the craft to successfully communicate National Salon Standards plus entry level International Salon Standards.

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

If there are members that would like to have a Mentor, please feel free to chat to us.

Boksburg Camera Club have several Members who are more than willing to impart their knowledge and skills.

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SET SUBJECTS 2022 May

Long Exposure

June

Mammals Behaving Badly

July

Ruined Structures – Ruins

August

Hard at Work

September

Motion (Show Movement)

October

Aircraft

January 2023

Back Light / Rim Light Narrow Depth of Field

Long Exposure – Long-exposure, time-exposure, or slowshutter photography involves using a long-duration shutter speed to sharply capture the stationary elements of images while blurring, smearing, or obscuring the moving elements Mammals Behaving Badly – Mammals (human and animal) behaving badly. The depicted behaviour as opposed to the subject itself must be emphasized by the image.

Ruined Structures – Ruins – Emphasis on depicting the architecture. Not abandoned buildings or old buildings now occupied by vagrants, but rather old buildings or houses that have started crumble and decay.

Hard at Work – Not restricted to human, animal, insect etc. but must illustrate/show something hard at work. Student studying, Cows pulling a plough, bees ladened with pollen etc.

Motion (Show Movement) –Photograph in which the viewer is clearly able to discern motion relevant to or from the main subject in the image Aircraft – The main subject and focal point of the image is an aircraft/part of an aircraft. This includes all man-made flying machines.

Back Light / Rim Light – Backlight in photography involves positioning the main light source for a photograph behind the primary subject. Rim lighting is a technique that puts light around the edges of a subject.

SET SUBJECT

LONG EXPOSURE

MAY

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

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OUTINGS & WORKSHOPS

6 to 9 May 2022 Fouriesburg Long Weekend (Currently fully booked)

EVENTS COMMITTEE o o o o

IN THE NEXT ISSUE LOOK FOR OUR NEW PAGE “OUT & ABOUT WITH BCC” What’s app your fun cellphone images of your colleagues enjoying the outing to 082 438 1641.

Hannes Bronkhorst Dave MacIntyre Barry Clayton Douglas Knight

Should any of our members have ideas for Outings and Workshops please feel free to chat to Hannes, Dave, Barry or Douglas and share your outing ideas.

All ideas are welcome.

We look forward to hearing from you.

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

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Featured Article

KEEPING YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT CLEAN Source: https://www.lightstalking.com/clean-your-photography-gear/

Photography gear and accessories are quite expensive and delicate equipment that requires periodic checkups and maintenance to keep them in good condition. This equipment needs to be patiently taken care of and carefully handled so you know they are working properly any time you want to use them for photography. Being lazy can be expensive, so here are 7 tutorials on how to clean your photography gear and keep it in great condition.

1. How to Care for Your Camera And Other Gear Cleaning your camera and lenses is very important but it is also equally important to protect your gear from the natural elements and maintain them so they do not get damaged and stay in good working condition. Every part of the camera and lens including the accessories like batteries, memory cards need to be taken care of and protected. This tutorial from Cole's Classroom talks about how to care for your camera and also show some love to your other photography gear and accessories.

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

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2. Step-By-Step Guide On How To Clean Your Photography Gear Photographers, especially those who spend most of their time photographing outdoors expose their gear often to environments that are not camera friendly. Even though you take the right precautions to protect your equipment from the odds of nature, there are unavoidable circumstances that can get your gear dirty. So appropriate care and maintenance is a must and this tutorial from Digital Photography School gives step-bystep instructions on how to clean your photography gear so that it stays in good shape.

3. How To Clean Your Lenses And Filters The lens is one of the most important photography gears and it is important to take utmost care of your glass because dirty optics can affect image quality and in the long run cause damage to the optical elements as well. There are some very important measures and procedures that one needs to follow when taking care of lenses. This tutorial from B&H Photo Video talks about the best and safest way to get your lenses clean so you can spend more time capturing photographs and less time cleaning the gear.

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

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4. How To Clean A Camera Lens In 4 Easy Steps When photographing in the great outdoors, dust is inevitable and there is every chance that they will settle on lenses and parts of the camera. Besides dust, sticky smudges from our fingers and other dirt will settle on the lens eventually (even if you always shoot in a studio environment) and they need to be cleaned. This tutorial from Borrow Lenses gives tips on how to clean a camera lens in 4 easy steps.

5. How To Clean A Camera Lens: The Do’s And Don’ts It is important to clean our lenses so that the resulting images are of great quality and the lenses can also be in great working condition, but cleaning the lenses too much or too often can increase the risk of ruining the delicate coatings on the surface of the lens and scratching the lens itself. There are a few do's and don'ts that you need to take into account and this tutorial from Studio Binder summarises how to clean camera lenses including what should and should not be done.

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

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6. 14 Tips To Protect Your Camera From Dust And Sand Most photographers are quite hesitant about taking their camera to the beach because of the dust, sand, and saltwater. It is very important to protect your gear from these elements and it is quite dangerous when the conditions are windy. This tutorial from Shutter Talk talks about the risks of what dust and sand can do to your camera, the steps that need to be taken to reduce the risk, and lastly what to do if your camera comes in contact with dust, sand, and moisture.

7. 5 Tips To Protect Your Camera Gear In Cold Weather Although you clean your camera and lenses and keep them in good shape and working conditions, sometimes the weather can take a toll on your camera health and it is important to take necessary precautions and use proper accessories to protect your gear. This tutorial from Shutter Muse talks about fighting condensation, warming your batteries, protecting the gear from rain, using desiccants, and keeping the memory cards warm and dry.

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

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April Club Night Winning Images Congratulations to our Club Night Winners on their stunning images Cell Phone: 1-3 Star Winner: Dewald Nel - Look into my Fives 4-5 Star Winner Ruzaan Blignaut - Round and Round We Go 1-3 Star Winner - Dewald Nel Look into my Fives

4-5 Star Winner - Ruzaan Blignaut Round and Round We Go

Digital Open: 1 Star Winner: Eric Matthieson - Jackal Puppy 4 Star Winner: Ruzaan Blignaut - I've got you back 5 Star Winner: Nico Hattingh - Tinker Reed Frog 5 Star Masters Winner: Jan Viljoen - Houston the Vulture has landed

1 Star Winner: Eric Matthieson - Jackal Puppy

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

4 Star Winner: Ruzaan Blignaut - I've got you back WilW

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5 Star Winner: Nico Hattingh - Tinker Reed Frog

5 Star Masters Winner: Jan Viljoen - Houston the Vulture has landed

Set Subject: 1-3 Star Winner: Zenia McQuirk - Proteas in Bloom 4-5 Star Winner: Laetitia Wolhuter Kenny - Orchid Still Life 4-5 Star Runner up: David MacIntyre - Three Lilies

1-3 Star Winner Zenia McQuirk Proteas in Bloom

4-5 Star Winner: Laetitia Wolhuter Kenny - Orchid Still Life

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

4-5 Star Runner Up: David MacIntyre Orchid Still Life

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International Salons Recent Results LAETITIA KENNY

German International Salon

LAETITIA KENNY

Grand Salon

KERRIE VILJOEN NATASHA BIRD

German International Salon German International Salon

HENNIE BLIGNAUT

FIAP Wildlife

13 ACCEPTANCES & 2 HONOURABLE MENTIONS 7 ACCEPTANCES & CHAIRMAN’S CHOICE MEDAL 19 ACCEPTANCES 19 ACCEPTANCES & 1 COM 3 ACCEPTANCES

Well done on these results

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

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Promotions Congratulations to the following Members who have been promoted:

No promotions for the month of April

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

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"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs!"

- Ansel Adams

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