Competition Meeting Wed. 11th Feb.’09

More than 50 members and guests arrived for our Competition Meeting, the set subject being ‘Energy’.  After welcoming everyone, Nettie called on Marius Swart, and Pieter van der Westhuizen, who ‘Got their Feet Wet’ – each showing 5 favourite images.  We look forward to seeing more of their work in competition and evaluation. Paddy spokeContinue reading “Competition Meeting Wed. 11th Feb.’09”

Looking ahead to …

Our next meeting takes place on Wednesday 11th March at the Somerset West Library Hall, at 7.30pm.  It is a ‘Competition’ meeting and the Set Subject is ‘Energy’.  I have been wracking my brains as to how I am going to interpret ‘energy’ … it’s quite difficult (for me) … and it’s going to involveContinue reading “Looking ahead to …”

Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009

Welcome to Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009. I’m delighted you are considering taking part this year and hope you do. For Mark Carwardine’s complete introduction to the competition and suggestions and insider tips to help you to win, see the February issue of BBC Wildlife (on sale 22 January – 19 February).Continue reading “Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009”

International Filter Photo Contest 2008/9

International Filter Photo Contest 2008/9 – PhotographyBLOG The International Filter Photo Contest 2008/9 is open to anyone who has taken a photograph using any type of filter. Sponsored by Kenko with a top prize of 500,000 Yen of Kenko products, there are a total of 139 prizes to be won with a total prize fundContinue reading “International Filter Photo Contest 2008/9”

2009 January – Competition Winners

Here are the winners of the January competition for which the set subject was Silhouette. Please note that only digital images are available for display. Prints Set Subject Silhouette in the Storm Bernard Seymour-Hall Come On, Hurry Up JJ van Heerden Sunset at Signal Hill Neels Beyers Open Slow Currents Paul Hayes-Gregson Overberg Waterfall NettieContinue reading “2009 January – Competition Winners”

Report January Meeting 14.01.09

A great crowd of over 50 members arrived at the meeting last night – quite a few new faces, as well as some we hadn’t seen for some time.  We welcomed several guests, as well as Francine, a lecturer at the Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography, who was our judge for the evening. OfContinue reading “Report January Meeting 14.01.09”

HPS Competition Meeting Update

I hope you are looking forward to our first meeting this year – this coming Wednesday 14th January at 7.30pm. Here are a few updates:   JJ has very generously increased his sponsorship of prizes for our competitions, as follows: There will be vouchers awarded to First Place (R40); Second Place (R30) and Third PlaceContinue reading “HPS Competition Meeting Update”

2008 HPS Chairman’s Report (short version)

Committee: I should like to thank the members of the HPS Committee for their continued commitment and input. Bernard Seymour-Hall, our Treasurer, will be Vice Chair in 2009, which means that he will be our new Chairman in 2010. Irmel Dunaiski organizes the Audio-visual Section, and Paddy Howes is the Secretary and handles all theContinue reading “2008 HPS Chairman’s Report (short version)”