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 place at the Wijnland Auto Museum (entrance R50) which is situated next to the Cape Garden Centre (Exit 34 on the N1). Meet there at 9.30am and bring all your lenses, as well as a hat and a bottle of water!
With reference to the Rally which was to have taken place on Sat. 13th March – please note that it has been moved to Saturday 27th March – meet at the parking area of the Taal Monument in Paarl at 9.30am. Everyone will receive a list of clues/subjects to photograph (only one image per clue allowed!). We are hoping to receive ‘throw-away’ cameras (with film and a certain number of pics), but please bring your normal camera anyway.
Another outing planned, for next month, is the ‘Cape Carnival’ outing on Saturday 20th March – meet at the Adderley Street entrance to the Company Gardens (next to St. George’s Cathedral) at 2.30pm.
Our normal audio-visual evening will be held on Wed. 24th February – everyone is welcome.
The judges for the evening – Mary, Andre, Frank and Gail – had prints, slides and over 100 digital imgages to judge! They moved it along at a good pace – results will be posted separately by Steve.
After tea, Roger Lee gave us a very well thought-out talk on the basics of understanding the technology of digital cameras – we thank him for being willing to give us this lecture, which, I am sure, helped many of us understand things we are too scared to ask!
Next month’s competition set subject is ‘Urban Decay’ … so let’s get clicking!
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