SHUTTERNEWS JULY EDITION

SHUTTERNEWS Publisher: Boksburg Camera Club

07/22

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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PSSA PAGE

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CLUB NIGHTS

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SALON CALENDAR

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WHAT ARE SALONS & WHY DO WE

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ENTER THEM UNDERSTANDING SCORING

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RANKING GUIDELINE

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SET SUBJECTS OUTINGS, WORKSHOPS & PHOTO

ANNOUNCEMENTS JULY Club Night

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Winners

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OPPORTUNITIES Promotions

FEATURED ARTICLE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN ENTERING SALONS

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1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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CHAIRMAN’S NOTE JULY 2022 Hello BCC Members,

It is great to be able to comment that with the lifting of virtually all restrictions, life appears to be gradually returning to pre Covid normality within the club. It is hugely refreshing to have been able to hold face to face meetings, workshops, and outings in a sustainable manner, for much of the year to date and attendance at most events has been modest to good.

From an alternate perspective my notes over the last 6 months have been largely focused on the benefits of belonging to a club, with some elaboration on judging, photographic ethics, and other sundry topics. In most cases these topics have been prompted by circumstances within the framework of the club and have been largely focused on the benefits and workings of the club towards the member.

In considering the July Shutter News it struck me that there has been little focus on what is expected, from a member in belonging to the Club. Literature scans and discussion with various parties have raised the following suggested generic characteristics of a good Camera Club member, which I would like to share in this edition.

These being: • To be sociable and polite.

• Respectful of others work, abilities and submissions (as well as to judges).

• Welcoming to new members.

• Willing to learn.

• Prepared to share their knowledge.

• Prepared to contribute to club activities and events • Assist in some way to the running of the group.

• Take part in competitions - club and salons Whilst this is by no means an exhaustive list, embracing and practicing these principles, by club members, should enhance the club experience for all.

WHAT’S ON IN AUGUST August 17 Club Night August 13 PPS National PDI Salon August 27 7th Bosveld Fotografieklub Salon

Yours in photography Barry C

1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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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

JACQUES TALJAARD

ADMINISTRATIVE & CLUB

RUZAAN BLIGNAUT

NIGHTS ASSISTANT CATERING COORDINATOR

CHARMAINE ZIETSMAN

SOCIAL MEDIA

DENISE SMITH

SCOREKEEPER

KERRY MELLET

Volunteer your services to the Club

PSSA 1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT APPLYING FOR YOUR HONOURS? How to apply for Honours Closing dates for Honours applications Twice per annum on 25 January and 1 July The Honours Division controls the awards made to members in recognition of a high standard of photographic ability and/or service to PSSA and to photography in general.

Application is only open to full members of the Society. Anyone interested in applying for Honours may join at the same time as applying. Proof of status of current membership must be included with your application.

After successfully applying for your Honours you may list the relevant Honour after your name as long as you remain a fully paid up member of PSSA. All successful applicants may apply for an Honours e-badge which can be used on personal websites, letterheads, accreditation applications etc. as long as you remain a full member of PSSA. Application must be made to membership@pssa.co.za If you continue and achieve higher honours you only list the highest honour after your name, excluding Hon, (Dux) and (Vers) awards. The letters are listed without punctuation or parentheses. Refer – Honours Listing.

For the rules & regulations and all other aspects of honours and how to apply, click on the item below to download the information. As these items are periodically updated it is important that you download the latest version to make sure that you have the current requirements. https://pssa.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/3._LPSSA_APSSA_FPSSA_-_Honours__March_2022.pdf https://pssa.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2._Rules_and_Regulations_-_Honours__March_2022.pdf

1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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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.

1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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 2022 - 2023 7/2/22 Witzenberg Photographic Society 2nd PDI & Print Salon 2022 7/16/22 Kosmos National PDI Salon 7/30/22 Bloemfontein National Digital Salon 8/13/22 PPS National PDI Salon 8/27/22 7th Bosveld Fotografieklub Salon 9/10/22 Krugersdorp Camera Club 17th National Digital Salon 9/17/22 Amber Camera Club 2nd National Digital & AV Salon 10/1/22 9th Swartland Salon 2021 10/9/22 Danube Autumn Circuit 2022 – Edenvale Photographic Club 10/15/22 Kroonstad Fotoklub 65th Jubilee PDI Salon 10/22/22 PSSA 22nd Up and Coming Competition 10/29/22 International “Glass” theme AV Salon for 2022 11/5/22 Tygerberg Photographic Society Salon 2022 11/12/22 7th Centurion Camera Club Digital Salon 11/19/22 2nd SANParks Honorary Rangers: Free State Region Nature Only PDI Salon 1/7/23 3rd Bethal National Salon 1/9/23 Miroc Circuit 2023 1/14/23 11th AFO National Digital Salon 2023 1/28/23 PSSA National Youth Salon 2/4/23 Tafelberg Fotografiese Klub 12th national Salon 2/25/23 5de Brandpunt Fotoklub Nasionale Salon 3/4/23 Southern Suburbs 7th National Digital Salon 3/11/23 6th Rustenburg National Digital Salon 3/25/23 PSSA 23rd Up & Coming Salon 4/8/23 PSSA National Salon of Photography 2023 4/15/23 5th Hibiscus Coast National Digital Salon of Photography 4/29/23 6th Paarl National Salon of Photography 5/6/23 5th Alberton Camera Club National PDI Salon 5/27/23 Kriel Foto club 2nd Digital Salon of Photography 6/3/23 South African Visual Arts Society (SAVAS) 3rd National Salon 6/10/23 PSSA National AV Salon 6/17/23 2nd Springs Photographic Club National Digital Salon 6/24/23 Western Cape Youth Photographers Photographic Salon 2023

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.

What are salons and why do we do them?

1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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Wikipedia: “From the seventeenth century to the early part of the twentieth century, artistic production in France was controlled by artistic academies which organized official exhibitions called salons.”

To be able to exhibit your work on a salon, you had to obtain the approval of the judges.

Today it is still the same in photography that all entries received are evaluated by the jury and only those found acceptable will be exhibited. And this is how we think of a photographic salon today – an exhibition of photography.

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.

The acceptance rate will be different for each event and is set by the jury but within the parameters set by the organizations which approved the exhibition (salon) and lend their name to it (patronage).

In South Africa, PSSA as the national organization representing amateur photographers, uses a guideline for acceptances for PDI (projected digital images) salons at between 20 and 25% and up to 35% for prints and Audio Visuals. Overseas you may see rates between 25 – 45%!

The prime reason for presenting a salon is to see work that you would otherwise not see and share that with all our members and the public.

The entry fee is there to cover cost and if there is a surplus that is a bonus.

Salons are either National ones where only photographers from South Africa (as well as all members of PSSA worldwide) may enter or international ones where photographers from all over the world compete.

A list of salons is published on the PSSA website, in Club newsletters and entry for SA salons is generally via PhotoVaultOnline.

Conditions of Entry The salon conditions of entry document (salon brochure) will provide all the detail of the event such as: • Time table – Closing date, judging dates, when results will be available and exhibition dates.

• Awards – Medals and other awards which can be won.

• Categories of entry and their definitions.

• Names of the judges.

• Entry fees • How to enter

1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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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

1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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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.

1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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 September

Motion (Show Movement)

October

Aircraft

January 2023

Back Light / Rim Light Narrow Depth of Field

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 AUGUST

MOVEMENT

1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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OUTINGS/WORKSHOPS & PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES

COMING SOON OFF CAMERA CHALLENGE

EVENTS & OUTINGS AWAY OUTING TORBUNLEA - SEPTEMBER

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.

1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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Featured Article – More about what you need to know for entering SALONS

Introduction For the purposes of competitions, salons, and specialist Honours applications all images entered in any of the two media (Prints and Projected Digital Images) are each divided into three categories: Nature, Open and Photojournalism (PJ). There are two categories for Audio-Visual, Open and Documentary.

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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.

Disqualifications should only be made when the salon director and/or judges are sure of their facts.

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 reminded that they should read the rules of all events very carefully as the rules may differ.

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 Photojournalism, manipulation is not allowed.

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In Open there is no restriction 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.

1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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• • • •

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); Photo stacking to overcome the limitations of the digital sensor heat artefacts in long exposures.

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 be used provided that the end result is a faithful representation of the original scene.

Please note: HDR and Focus stacking are not allowed in Photojournalism.

Study the rules for each event as they will be unique.

Common Salon Errors It would appear that in the current digital age where everybody knows everything and works twice as fast as yesterday, the ability to read has deteriorated. We read more and faster but comprehend less.

A typical consequence of this is that competition rules are not followed because they were not read to comprehend and ‘assumed’ to be ‘the usual’.

Does this then explain why so many entries get disqualified because they were entered in the wrong category or were not allowed in terms of the salon category definition?

Please take greater care when finalizing your salon entry that you have met all criteria, perhaps draw up a checklist again.

We need your cooperation specifically to comply with the following: • An image may only be used once in the salon irrespective of the category or of the image being in colour or monochrome. No similar images may be used.

• 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.

• No images that were accepted by any of the past (name of salon) salons may be entered again.

Please apply some system to your salon entries and keep track of what was entered where and when. The onus is on you and not on the salon or on the Society.

1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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An image cannot be entered in colour and in monochrome whether it is for an Honours application or a salon. Please scrutinize your records and if this scenario applies to you, decide which of the two versions of that image will be retired.

CLICK ON THIS LINK TO READ MORE ABOUT SALON RULES, REGULATIONS AND SANCTIONS https://pssa.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Rules-Regulations-Sanctions-08-2022.pdf

“in other words what you can and can’t do and what will happen if you break those rules”.

Source: Photographic Society of South Africa

1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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July Club Night Winning Images Congratulations to our Club Night Winners on their stunning images

Winning Images for July 2022

Cell Phone

1-3 Star - Dewald Nel - Depth of Field is Focus on point Boat

4-5 Star Winner - Douglas Knight Early Morning Solace

1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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Digital Open

1 Star Winner: Eric Mathieson - Tag Wrestling Stick

3 Star Winner - Joy Loberg The Hunt

1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

2 Star Winner - Valarie Pieterse Picturesque

4 Star Winner - Arauna Bezuidenhout - Beauty and the Beast

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5 Star Winner Marie Botha - Lioness Walking with her Cub

5 Star Masters Winner Laetitia Kenny - Alice in Wonderland

Set Subject – Ruins

1-3 Star Winner - Zenia McQuirk Houtbay's Long Forgotten East Fort House

1-3 Star 2nd Place - Joy Loberg Alone and Overgrown

1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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4-5 Star Winner - Arauna Bezuidenhout - Ruins in the Free State

4-5 Star 2nd Place - Jackie Cilliers - Take me to Church

Table

Promotions

Congratulations to the following Members who have been promoted: Thomas Bingle – Promoted to 5 Star Masters 1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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1. “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

— Edward Steichen

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