AUGUST SCORES ARE UP-

Previous years winners

Group photo of club outing and workshop at Botchibelo...

and more photos

 

NEW MEMBERS

WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERS WHO JOINED THIS MONTH.

Fanus Weldhagen FPSSA*

Luitsen Schoonderwoerd

Santa Roux

Zelda Peenze

 

*Full members are paid up PSSA members and qualify for end of year trophies and prizes., participating members are members who are not yet members of PSSA

 
Club photo of the month: Niekie van Zyl

"a flock that flees"

This image will be entered for PSSA's club photo of the month

Our AUGUST meeting had great pictures and good judging from

Fanus Weldhagen, Hannie du Plessis & Henry Eksteen, great commentary was given with worthwile positive critique.

Our next competition day is Saturday 18 September and, like last year, is part of Visual Skills School's annual exhibition and rock concert. This is a public judging day of prints and AV judging. There already are a number of good AV's to be judged. The full day program will basically be:

This is a multi-event with full-time and part-time students exhibiting as well as Photo Challenge Camera Club Members.

More information on right

 

 

 

 

 

Photo Challenge Hall Of Fame.

PSSA HONOURS RECEIVED BY PHOTO CHALLENGE C C MEMBERS 2008

Carien Bennett LPSSA, Charlie Capazorio LPSSA, Dawn van Staden LPSSA, Ronel Scott LPSSA, Johan Scott LPSSA, Lorain van Deventer LPSSA, Gerhard van Deventer APSSA, Neille Vorster LPSSA, Nicole Wellen LPSSA, Hein Waschefort FPSSA

PSSA HONOURS RECEIVED BY PHOTO CHALLENGE C C MEMBERS 2009

Leathicia Venter LPSSA, Lientjie Botes LPSSA, Paul Botes LPSSA, Mari Nel LPSSA, Christine Waschefort APSSA, Ryno Oosthuizen APSSA, Hein Lass APSSA, Gus Waschefort APSSA, Hein Waschefort FPSSA

PSSA HONOURS RECEIVED BY PHOTO CHALLENGE C C MEMBERS 2010

Jessica Botha LPSSA. Lin Christiani LPSSA Digital. Wayne Coetzee LPSSA Digital. André Cronje LPSSA Digital. Tammy Holliday LPSSA Digital. Christo Potgieter LPSSA Digital. Danielle Souchon LPSSA Digital. Celeste van den Berg LPSSA Digital. Caiti van Heerden LPSSA Digital. Henri van Zyl LPSSA Digital. Lizel van Zyl LPSSA Digital. Niekie van Zyl LPSSA Digital. Samantha Wilke LPSSA Digital. Johan Scott APSSA Digital. Gus Waschefort APSSA Digital. Gus Waschefort APSSA (Vers)

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Entries.....

Please mail all entries to ryno@visualskillsschool.com Entries can also be hand delivered on CD or stick to Visual Skills School Pretoria North.

Members may enter up to eight entries with a maximum of four in any category. Over and above digital entries two hand prints may be entered every month. Any photo scoring less than 9 points will not be recorded as points to the photographer.

HOW TO NAME FILES
All entries must comply with the following file naming convention.
The image file name must be exactly the same as it appears on the entry form.
No uppercase characters to be used in the image file names.
The file name must be in 3 groups.
Group 1: The reference letter of the section being entered followed by the number of the image in this group.
a=avant garde (contemporary/creative on steroids)

n=nature photography
p=pictorial

t=movie theme
pj=photo journalism (no manipulation)

s=scapes
uw=under water photography

la=land art
Group2: The entrant’s name truncated to a maximum of 18 characters, e.g.: johan botha
Group 3: The title of the image truncated to a maximum of 24 characters (including spaces), e.g.: blue heron at dawn
The groups must be separated by a dash (-)
Note that only numbers and letters may be used and no special characters, e.g.: &"?# @ ^ ”
An EXAMPLE of a correctly named file is as follows: n1-johan botha-blue heron at dawn

How to Resize Files

All entries must be resized to a maximum of 1024px on the horizontal axis and a maximum 768px on the vertical axis.
Files must be saved in the Jpeg format. An extract from Visual Skills School's lectures on how to resize and frame in Photoshop and Photo Paint can be viewed

at "How To Resize"

PRINTS: The maximum size of a print is 400mm X 500mm with the mount, prints do not have to have mounts. The name of the author should not appear on the front of a print. With HAND PRINTS all darkroom work must be done by the author.

our big day (18 September)-

The live rock band to play the students BIG "B" songs (Beatles, Bee Gees, Beach Boys and mister Bob Dylan) will be South Africas own "Big B" the only

Piet Botha and Jack Hammer

All events on this day:

  • 1. Photo exhibition of VSS diploma students, VSS part time students and Photo Challenge Camera Club 11h00 - 18h00
  • 2. Graphic design exhibition by full-time and part-time students
  • 3. Photo Rock Concert revisited
  • 4. Launch of VSS students "Retro Pretoria Report" book 17h00
  • 5. Open day for future students to visit our school and share our passion and work with great entertainment, snacks and live music throughout the day
  • 6. Art (painting and sculpture) exhibition of student work 17-20 September
  • 7. Audio visual screening and judging of Photo Challenge Camera Club 16h00
  • 8. Trophies and awards for 2009 Photo Challange Camera Club contestants
  • dress code 60's

R50.00 per person for photo rock concert including dinner and a beer or soft drink

Venue: Visual Skills School, Pretoria North

RSVP christine@visualskillsschool.com

Cash bar on site. Dress code: 60's

Lucky draws with books, CD's, photo prints & large format printing vouchers, cameras and lenses to be won.

 

The movie theme for 18 September is...

it is the sixties and has to be Woodstock!

 

News from Atlantis, winter is also a good time to do your advanced, Pinnacle here we come!

Visual Skills School is planning some speciality cources with Atlantis and a special openwater course in October for our November excursion to Mocambique

Specialities are

NIGHT DIVING

SEARCH & RECOVERY

WRECK DIVING

SCUBA RESCUE DIVER

DEEP DIVING

NITROX

SHARK DIVING

contact me at

Atlantis Scuba Academy

Tom Tom van Staden

 

AUGUST 2010
PCCC bits and pieces

The 3 in 1 Gauteng print salon exhibition is on at Visual Skills School from Friday 23 August to Friday 3 Sept.

Our club won a gold award at the Africa Nikon Awards.

We entered the national PSSA club competition, hold thumbs.

PCCC did exeptionally well at the 3 in 1 print salon (a total of: 8 medals, 27 certificates of merits and a further 136 acceptances). Salon points are up under points.

One of our students, Ruan van der Merwe, won 3 medals at the 3 in 1 print salon.

JUDGING GUIDELINES BY HEIN LASS

Judging criteria for club

Judging art are very subjective that is why 3 judges is used at club meetings. Judges should preferably be photographers or artists of standing and the panel should be made up of judges with various specialties. In order to have some consistency in judging club members' work, the following guidelines should be applied by judges:

Scoring: Each judge awards a score of 0 to 5 to the photograph. The points are based on the following criteria: Below average: 0 to 2 Out of focus (unless intentionally) Over or under exposed Little impact or imagination Happy snap type photograph Not relevant to the category entered   Average: 3 Technically correct (focus, exposure, etc) Good colour for subject and background Little impact or imagination Relevant to the category entered   Above average: 4 Technically correct Good presentation Good composition Good pictorial content Tells a story or creates a mood High impact on viewer Exemplifies the category entered   Outstanding: 5 “Wow”, “knocks your socks off” quality image Technically correct in all respects Outstanding composition Tells a complete story or mood High impact on viewer at first sight Exemplifies the category entered An image that will sell or that you would like to own

Judging Critique Be positive - you are looking at someone's pride and joy, say what's good and then comment on what can be improved Don't find fault – you don't have to find something wrong. If it is a below average photo make suggestions on how to improve it. If it is kick ass, then say so Personal bias - Don't inject your personal bias into the judging and critique of the photograph. We all know that babies and bunnies are cute, but a landscape is just as beautiful and should be given the same respect. This is probably the hardest thing to leave behind when you judge, you must be fair. If you have a personal problem with the photographer or with the subject matter, refrain from judging the photograph and award your point as the average of the other 2 judges.

Photo Challenge Camera Club (PCCC) is affiliated with the

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

and it is a compulsory pre requisite for PHOTO CHALLANGE CAMERA CLUB members to be a member of PSSA

for more info click below

 

It’s Spring - let’s celebrate with

FRENETIC FOTO FEVER!!!

ONE DAY PHOTO COURSES:
VISUAL SKILLS SCHOOL is doing it again! Intensive, yet fun-filled day courses starting off with theory, followed by practical. Each day is a complete program.
Only ten delegates are registered per day. It is therefore imperative to book your place well in advance.
(A minimum of five delegates per day is required to run any program.)
Dates: Mix and match as per calendar.
Times: 08h00 - 17h00.
Fees: R495.00 per day.
Includes: A full colour instruction booklet for each day’s subject.
Tea / Coffee & Lunch. Facilities. Assisted practical work.

For more information PDF on one day courses click below
MORE INFORMATION