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1 February 2017

Please take note of all the important dates and events as there are many.

2 Dear Fellow Club members. This Months news letter is very much a reminder about all the new and exciting things that will be happening at the Benoni Camera Club this year. Please take note of all the important dates and events as there are many. Website: The Benoni Camera Club would like to start a website and we are asking for volunteers to assist us in getting the project off the ground. Should you wish to assist us with this please contact Lynn 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 Lyn on . benonicamera@gmail.com

Name Tags As our Club is growing on a constant basis and we are always seeing new faces the committee has requested that all

app and follow our events calendar. Should you need assistance please speak to Shane Els.

the committee to increase Club fees for the first time in two years It is by this contribution that we are able to hire a hall

3 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 Time Tree We would like to encourage all club members to download the time tree app and follow our events calendar. Should you need assistance please speak to Shane Els. Club Fees Please note that due to the fact that Club operating expenses have increased considerably, a decision has been taken by the committee to increase Club fees for the first time in two years 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 will be as follows -Members: R375 pa -Students: R275 pa

4 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 Position Lyn Romano Chairperson Shane Else Vice Chairperson/ events Ann Mc Clelland Julie Rochford Secretary Competition Secretary Amy Ansell None Programme Organiser Sally Matthee Prints/ Slides/e-image scorekeeper John Roux Treasurer Brian Daniel om Club equipment coordinator. Slides/prints

5 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.

6 A few shots from the Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens outing. Photo Cred and great thanks goes to Cathy Dooley for her stunning shots 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

7 I am very excited to announce that 2017 will see the launch of a fantastic new concept for our club. Have you ever wished you could twist the ear of a 5 star for his or her opinions about your photo s. Have you ever wondered what you can do to improve your picture or why your photos missed a gold or a COM. Even if you hope to gain a new skill or insight. Our new discussion forums are just the thing for you. And we now have an agenda for our first forum Open forum Dates: Forums will take place in the Faith hall where normal meetings are held at 19:00 on the following dates: 8 th March workshop forum We will be discussing how Benoni Camera Club runs, entering Photovault, saving your images, basic get to know your camera etc. Fees are R20.00 per member and R per non-member. 10 th May workshop forum 30 th August workshop forum

From February 2017 there will be a new set subject every month.

8 In 2017 we are giving you more opportunities to set your mind free and get the creative juices flowing with a new format for set subjects. We will now have 10 set subjects! From February 2017 there will be a new set subject every month. Members may submit 1 image for the set subject and 2 images for normal judging. March: Shadows April: Reflections May: Grumpy June: Wrinkled July: White on White August: Fairy Tales September: Discarded October: Hairy November: Halloween

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

9 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 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 Naming Images for submission When submitting photos via the benonicamera@gmail.com address it is important that images be named correctly. Naming should take the following format: star ratingcategory-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 Pj: photo journalism 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"

12 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 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;

13 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 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

14 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 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.

15 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 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.

16 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.

Benoni Camera Club May 2016

Benoni Camera Club May 2016 Dear Fellow Club members Welcome to the May edition of the Benoni Camera Club Newsletter. This months new letter aims to familiarise you with some of the clubs rules and regulations