A friendly, fun, supportive club on the West Rand May 2019 West Rand Photographic Club Photo of the Month Best Senior Image Best 5 Star Image Pale Billed Aracari 2018/2019 Craig Morgan — 5 star Volume 8 Best Junior Image Best 3 Star Image Vertigo Roland Tutty 3 Star Our Judges were: Karen Kolozsvari—Southern Suburbs Camera Club Martin Barber—PSSA & Southern Suburbs Camera Club We thank them for their time and valuable input. Inside this issue: Page Page Page Committee & Club info 2 Set Subjects 5 Aviation Photography 8 Letter from the Chairman 2 Aviation Photography— Leo Theron Aviation Photography 9 6 Do’s and Don’t of Panning 3 Winning Images 10-11 Upcoming salons 6 Events, Outings, Photo Ops 4 Birthdays 12 Pssa National Congress 7 Club hosted up-coming events 4 Giggle 12 Page 2 Committee Members and other things to know: Chairman: Dave Brimson, [email protected], 081 728 0667 Vice Chairman: Mark Kupczyk, [email protected], 083 2692339 Club Secretary: Deanne Daniel, [email protected], 084 250 1392 WRPC West Rand Photographic Club Treasurer: Lesley Kearns Eastwick, [email protected], 076 184 3383 is affiliate to PSSA Website: Craig Morgan, [email protected], Canada 1437 990 0076 Emma: Dave Brimson, [email protected], 081 582 6663 New Members: Magda Pieterse, [email protected], 082 372 3748 Newsletter: Judy Hardy, [email protected], 084 798 1004 2018/2019 — Catering Magda Pieterse, [email protected], 082 372 3748 Outings and events: All of us! Volume 8 WRPC Details and info: Facebook: www.facebook.com/WestRandPhotographicClub/ “Which of my West Rand Photography Club : http://www.wrpc.co.za/ photographs is my favorite? Formal and Informal meetings are hosted at: The one I’m Florida Lake Canoe Club, Eisteddfod Street, off Albertina Sisulu Road, Florida going to take tomorrow.” This area is closed to the general public, if you wish to visit check date and time of event and then — Imogen just wait at the gate for a member to give you access or call any of the above committee members. Cunningham We are on Whatsapp, just mail us to be added to the group. Letter from the Chairman: Dave Brimson It has been an incredible month at WRPC! We have had just camera settings we learned about where to position two incredible photographers come to give lectures to ourselves, tracking a subject and how to expose for this us, Martin Barber and Leo Theron. Each bringing with difficult but rewarding genre. We are also grateful to them and amazing amount of knowledge and experi- Martin Barber who returned to us later in the month to ence. Martin spoke to us about Black and White Photog- judge our Black and White set subject evening and we raphy and how to properly consider working in Black and are looking forward to seeing Leo again for our future White. Dispelling many myths and misconceptions we set subject judging. Members have once again worked may have had concerning the post production of images hard on improving themselves and I am pleased to hear in Black and White. Leo Theron gave us of members new to salons are venturing into a new are- wonderful insights in to his aviation pho- na as well. Well done to everyone! tography. Teaching us much more than Page 3 Do’s and Don’ts of panning—Trevor Carpenter Several people have complimented want to be as close as you would for a shot, fast burst, medium burst, slow my panning pictures so I thought I'd non panning, high shutter speed shot. burst. What I do know is that in bursts publish a few tips. I learn't much of you will often get that perfect shot in this from another UK photographer. amongst the failures. As I said above Background is im- portant so consider it in your planning. I hope that somebody finds this use- Don't try to grab panning shots, you Do experiment with monocolour back- ful. will get many failures. Do plan your grounds and complex ones to see shot and get into position. what you like and how they impact the Recent and not so recent pictures main subject. here https://trevorc28a.wixsite.com/ Don't think those 3/4 shots will look good, they won't because getting the Don't get over ambitious with those subject in 100% focus will be next to shutter speeds. Start with 1/200 impossible. Do try to shoot from a par- (panning effect minimal) while you allel position to the action. develop that technique and get slower in increments. That 1/30 second shot is a long way away but you may get Do stand correctly, legs on that imagi- there someday, I haven't got there nary parallel line and make your apart from a few lucky shots. movement from your hips, not legs, not neck. Do expect failures you will get some. Don't take that zoom out to the end. Every extra bit will make the job hard- Understand your IS and experiment er. Zoom back and remember that the with what works best. I shoot with Du- background is important in panning al IS2 on all the time on my Pannys shots so you don't need to fill the but I wouldn't say this is necessarily whole frame with the main subject. the best solution but it works for me. Similarly, do step back, you may not The one I'm not sure of is single Five Right—Mark Kupcyk—3 Star Creating a dust storm—Bertie Baard - 4 Star Page 4 Events, outings and Photo Opportunities Saturday 4th May—SAAF Museum Airshow—Airforce Base Swartkop (This is presented the first Saturday of every month) Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th May—Gino Cup Dragon Boat Event @ Florida Lake West Rand Photographic Club Saturday 11th May—Kishugu Lowveld Air Show—Nelspruit Airport Saturday 22nd June—Vintage Air Rally—Krugersdorp Airfield 4th - 6th July—AERO South Africa—Wonderboom Airport Sunday 18th August—Rand Airshow—Rand Airport 2018/2019 Saturday 31st August—Festival of Ales—Greensleeves Medieval Kingdom, Hekpoort Road, Sterkfontein — Saturday 7th September—Grand Central Fun Rally—Grand Central Airport Volume 8 Saturday 14th September—Vans RV Fly-in to Kitty Hawk—Kitty Hawk 22—27th September—PSSA National Congress 2019—Sabie. PLEASE INFORM US OF ANY EVENTS YOU’D LIKE THE CLUB TO BE INORMED ABOUT. Club Hosted up-coming events: CATERING: • 14th May—Social Evening—Bokeh Photography. You will need your camera, tripod, remote trigger if Madga is arranging the “Character, like a you have one and your fastest lens with a very catering for the club. high aperture. (e.g. 50mm 1.8) Please contact her to reserve photograph, develops your plate on the social evening, in darkness.” • 28th May—Formal Meeting at a cost of R25.00 • — Yousuf Karsh • 11th June—Social Evening—To be decided Please RSVP • Magda Pieterse, • 25th June—Formal Meeting [email protected], • 082 372 3748 • 9th July—Social Evening—To be decided SMS or Whatsapp • • 23rd July—Prize Giving On the run Deanne Daniel 5 Star C.O.M. Page 5 Set Subjects: May 21st: Planes, Trains and Automobiles Inspired by the presentations done on the 9th April. Leo will be Judging! :) June 25th: “Water of life” Display how water is crucial to living things…. Either by showing lack of water and it’s effects or more water. July 23rd: Year End—your Best 4 images of the year, look out for the categories and further info on page 8. Planes, Trains and Automobiles Ideas for the next set subject: DIGITAL SIZING MAXIMUM FILE SIZE: 2MB SRGB Colour Space LANDSCAPE: Maximum 1920 Pixels on Horizontal Axis PORTRAIT: Maximum 1080 Pixels on Celebrating Vertical Axis Cinco de Mayo Gaby Grohovaz 5 Star Page 6 Technical Evening Report Back—LEO THERON Aviation Photography—and all fast stuff! I have taken the liberty of extracting information from various articles written by Leo Theron to help all the guys that could not attend. West Rand Photographic Club With winter approaching, it is airshow season again. Airshows are held all over the country – mainly in the winter months. Why Winter? Temperatures are more reasonable and participants can safely return home in the late afternoon without worrying about the adverse weather. 2018/2019 — Where is the sun? The direction of the display line, normally off the main runway, dictates where the sun will be during the show day. An east/west display line Get a program – failing that – listen to the commenta- will have the sun on your back the whole day. A Volume 8 tor and keep a keen eye out to see what is taxing out North/south display line? Are you east or west? – that will be your next display. For example at Air Force Base Swartkop you shoot Not flying? There is a myriad of non-flying subjects against the light in the morning – in the late afternoon that present themselves at an airshow. Aircraft start- the low light shots in the Golden Hour will be very re- ing up and belching smoke and barking flames. His- warding. Rand Airport rewards shooters with an east/ torical planes taxing past and out and pilots preparing west runway – but normally further away from the to fly. Spectators are wonderful to shoot – as they are action. normally so engrossed in the displays, that they hard- ly notice a camera being pointed at them. Camera? The most desirable camera is a DSLR – by no means essential – as the right technique is more – PRACTICE.