Gordons Bay Photowalk

I have signed up as leader of a photowalk to take place in Gordons Bay on 24 July 2010, forming part of Scott Kelby’s third annual Worldwide Photowalk. Click here to learn more, or to sign up and join me on the walk.

‘Master of Light’ Challenge Photo Competition

Go to www.masterthelight.com to check out a new photographic competition

Audio-Visual Salon

Please check the Magalies Foto Fun Club website http://www.magaliesfotofunclub.co.za  for details of their 2nd Audio Visual Salon taking place soon.

Competition Meeting Wed. 10th Feb. 2010

More than 50 people arrived for the meeting – quite a few were there for the first time and applied to become members.  Bernard welcomed everyone, and asked us to spare a thought for Paddy and Graham Howes, whose farm in Franschhoek was very badly hit by the recent fire. The outing this month takes [...]

Franschhoek Motor Museum: Concours & Time Trials

I’m sure that some of our members will be interested in attending, and photographing at this event. The Franschhoek Motor Museum will host the FMM Concours and Time Trial, a glamorous celebration of classic cars, on the L’Ormarins wine farm on 27 & 28 February 2010. Showcasing the most coveted cars, all produced between 1900 [...]

February and March 2010 Outings

Please make a note of the following outings, organised by Paddy: ‘OLD CARS’ (Wijnland Auto Museum) next to the Cape Garden Centre on the N1 on the way to Paarl – take Exit 34.  Meet there at 9.30 am on Saturday 27th February.  R50 entrance fee payable at the museum. This is an ideal opportunity [...]

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009

Iziko Museum, Company Gardens, Cape Town. Until 13th March 2010. I visited the exhibition recently and marvelled at most of the photographs. Being a bit of a photographic purist, I could not appreciate the 2008 and 2009 winners receiving accolades for photographs that had been ’organised’ by the setting off of trap-beams, instead of physically pressing the [...]

HPS Gala evening 9th December 2009

A very warm welcome to you all, and thank you for coming to this our last meeting of the year. We have several guests here tonight, one of whom is a past member of our club, and who needs no introduction, Max Leipold.  Max won the Golden Apple Award at Interclub this year, with two [...]

Interclub Results

Saturday evening saw the 2009 Interclub event take place at the Endler Hall in Stellenbosch. Helderberg took the club honours by a narrow margin. The club scores were as follows. Helderberg Photographic Society 516 Hermanus Photographic Society 513 Paarl Photographic Club 508 Cape Town Photographic Society 503 Fish Hoek Photographic Society 503 Tygerberg Photographic Society [...]

Judges for Interclub 2009

WESTERN CAPE INTERCLUB 2009 : JUDGES   Helderberg Photographic Society is honoured to have gained the services of the following Judges, who will judge at Interclub 2009 in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch on Saturday 31st October.   David Rogers David Rogers loves Africa! He spent 9 years with Getaway as assistant editor, and during this [...]