ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE CAPE PHOTOGRAPHERS

CONGRESS TO BE HELD FROM SATURDAY 24 APRIL 2010 TO TUESDAY 27

APRIL 2010 AT STRUISBAAI / L’AGULHAS.

Book before 30 March 2010 and for R600,00 you will receive three Suppers and four Lunches and a wine tasting and 16 lectures on Photography and you may enter three competitions!
If you book after 30 March 2010 the fee will be R700,00.
If you want to come for shorter periods the fee will be R200,00 per day.

Entry form to follow.

Enquiries : Neels Beyers at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or 021 462 4064 (Office) or
082 656 0660.
Committee : Neels Beyers (Chairman), Jeanette du Toit (PRO), Nettie Warncke (prints), Henk Mulder (Finances), Antenie Carstens (Sound and computers).

Attached is a list with accommodation in Struisbaai and L’Agulhas (the two towns are next to each other – one or two kilometres apart). Book early as April is still high season in these two towns.

PROGRAMME

Sunrise at 7h10
Low tide at 6h15 High tide at 12h17 Low tide at 18h25

9h00 to 12h30 Registration at Suiderlig Dienssentrum, Struisbaai
12h30 to 13h00 Welcome
13h00 to 14h00 Lunch at Suiderlig Dienssentrum

14h15 to 14h45 Lecture No. 1 - Martine Aubin on Arniston
14h50 to 15h20 Lecture No. 2 - Annalize Mouton on Stanford
15h25 to 16h00 Lecture No. 3 - Frank Krummacher from College of Digital Photography, Gauteng - Namaqualand
16h15 to 16h30 Tea at Suiderlig Dienssentrum

16h30 to 17h30 Lecture No. 3 - Johann van der Walt - Night photography
17h30 to 19h00 Free time

Sunset at 18h04

19h00 to 20h00 Supper at Suiderlig Dienssentrum
20h00 to 22h00 Projection of AVs. Barrie Wilkens, Jill Sneesby and Johan Beyers on Antarctica.
Workshop – Night Photography – Johann van der Walt
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SUNDAY 25 APRIL

Sunrise at 7h11
High tide at 00h38 Low tide at 7h05 High tide at 13h08 Low tide at 19h12
Shoot the cave at Waenhuiskrans at low tide – 7h05 Shoot at Kassiesbaai
8h30 to 9h30 Breakfast (self catering)

10h00 to 11h00 Lecture No. 4 –.Antenie Carstens – Abstract photography

11h00 to 11h15 Tea at Suiderlig Dienssentrum
11h15 to 12h00 Lecture No. 5 – Malcolm Jones – Is digital manipulation cheating? – photography in perspective.
12h15 to 13h00 Lecture No. 6 - Johan Kloppers - Composition
13h00 to 14h00 Lunch at Suiderlig Dienssentrum

14h15 to 15h15 Lecture No. 7 –Johann van der Walt – Confessions of a photo manipulator
15h20 to 16h15 Lecture No. 8 – Johan Beyers – HDR Photography.
16h15 to 16h30 Tea at Suiderlig Dienssentrum

16h30 to 17h30 Lecture No. 9 – Wicus Leeuwner – Photographing the soul of the earth to stop global warming.
17h30 to 19h00 Free time

Sunset at 18h03

19h00 to 20h00 Supper at Suiderlig Dienssentrum
20h00 to 22h00 Projection and judging of Digital entries for competition

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MONDAY 26 APRIL
Sunrise at 7h12
High tide at 1h24 Low tide at 7h48 High tide at 13h54 Low tide at 19h55
Shoot the cave at Waenhuiskrans at low tide – 7h48

8h30 to 9h30 Breakfast (self catering)
10h00 to 11h00 Lecture No. 10 – Barry Wilkins – The importance of light in landscape photography and the use of Photoshop to enhance your landscapes.

11h00 to 11h15 Tea at Suiderlig Dienssentrum

11h15 to 12h15 Lecture No. 11 - Johann van der Walt – 3D photography
12h15 to 13h00 Lecture No. 12 - JJ van Heerden - Digital concepts – files , file formats, colour management, image sensors etc.
13h00 to 14h00 Lunch at Suiderlig Dienssentrum



14h00 to 15h00 Lecture No. 13 - Mike Sander - Photoshop

(I always supplement my lectures with notes that cover all the material in detail so that those attending can listen and concentrate instead of scribbling notes. These will be e-mailed to participants after the lectures.
Each lecture is 45 minutes. We will be covering quite a lot of ground in a short time. They are planned as a sequence so that those attending the first and second lectures will get a grounding to allow them to get value out of the third lecture. But more experienced Photoshop users can join at any point that suits them.)
First lecture :
Introduction to image processing.
Understanding the digital image.
Capturing the ideal image (Ideal for subsequent processing and optimisation).
Using Photoshop to evaluate images and plan a processing strategy.
Avoiding common processing pitfalls and abusing images.
Basic image processing (Crop, Improving brightness, contrast and colour)
This lecture is intended for users fairly new to Photoshop. Its aim is to help them work logically with understanding of what is happening to the image, rather than just applying Photoshop tools following a set formula.

15h15 to 16h00 Lecture No. 14 - Mike Sander - Photoshop
Processing the whole image (global processing).
Common pitfalls – excessive saturation, sharpening artefacts, noise, posterisation, poor highlight detail (blown out), poor shadow detail(blocked), poor contrast management (flat middle tones).
Straightforward image processing to achieve optimum results.
This lecture is also for the less experienced but it may appeal to photographers with more experience in Photoshop. It aims at using the tools correctly and avoiding or dealing with common pitfalls. How to stop short of overcorrection.

16h00 to 16h15 Tea at Suiderlig Dienssentrum
16h15 to 17h00 Lecture No. 15 - Mike Sander - Photoshop
Correcting parts of the image (local processing)
Use selections or layer masks?
Some useful techniques for targeted local corrections.
This lecture is more advanced. It makes use of layers and layer masks to apply corrections to local areas of images. Some techniques are covered that I have found very useful and easy to use for these kinds of correction.

17h00 to 19h00 Free time

Sunset at 18h02

19h00 to 20h00 Supper at Suiderlig Dienssentrum
4 course dinner with wine tasting

20h00 to 22h00 Projection and judging of AV competition entries.
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TUESDAY 27 APRIL

Sunrise at 7h13
High tide at 2h05 Low tide at 8h29 High tide at 14h37 Low tide at 20h36
Full moon on 28 April at 12h18

8h30 to 9h30 Breakfast (self catering)
9h30 to 10h30 Lecture No. 16 – Jill Sneesby – A different look on Salon judging
10h30 to 11h00 Results of print, digital and AV competitions
11h00 to 12h00 AGM of Cape Photographers
12h00 to 12h10 Goodbye

12h10 to 13h00 Lunch at Suiderlig Dienssentrum


PRINT COMPETITION - bring one print to Struisbaai and hand it in when you register. Must be mounted and not smaller than 200 X 250 mm and not larger than 400 X 550 mm (mount included). Subject = Open. Must be a “new” Print. Prints that have been accepted at any Salon or entered into any competition are not eligible.


DIGITAL COMPETION - submit one digital image by e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it before 15 April 2010. File size not to exceed 500 kb and a maximum of 1024 pixels on the horizontal and a maximum of 768 pixels on the vertical axis. JPEG file format. Name your image : first name surname- title (piet botha-landscape at struisbaai.jpg). Subject = Open. Must be a “new” image. Images that have been accepted at any Salon or entered into any competition are not eligible.


AV COMPETITION - Bring one AV with you to Struisbaai and hand it in when you register. Duration between 1 and 3 minutes. Subject = Open. Must be a “new” AV. AVs that have been accepted at any Salon or entered into any competition are not eligible.

PRIZES FOR THE COMPETITIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER STAGE. IT IS NOT ABOUT WINNING PRIZES BUT SHARING YOUR IMAGES WITH OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS.

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