May Meeting and Outings

May 1st Meeting

Hi all

The Speaker
Xavier Vahed, young, up and coming Durban photographer will be speaking this Tuesday. He will discuss the work he undertook for his recent exhibition, "Portrait of the People". He will discuss the work in general, and the strobism lighting techniques he used in particular. Not be missed!

Club photos - Please bring one photo for each category:
1. Outing - Rocky Bay
2. Set Subject - "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly"
3. Open

May Outings
We are excited to announce that there will be TWO outings this month. They are both architecturally focused, but each outing will offer completely different view points.

Durban's Art Deco Buildings :
Sat 15 May - We've been granted access to some of Durban's Art Deco buildings. We plan to move from building to building, capturing the glory of these beautiful works. We are hoping to end at Surrey Mansions in Currie Road, where we will have a rooftop sunset picnic to end off the day.

You will be required to submit your best photos for the Art Deco Association to make use of, so enjoy the day but also do your best!

If there is enough interest, we will look at hiring a Mynah bus to transport us around, Otherwise, we'll provide a shoot list and directions to each building but that won't be so interesting because it will be harder for the Art Deco people to give us the background to this great architectural style.

Durban Bay House:
Sat 29 May, 4pm. The club has never before done such an outing - a TALL building! We've been allowed access to the very top of one of Durban's tallest building - Durban Bay House. Club member Garry Bodil has very kindly offered to allow us exclusive access into the building.

We will arrive late in the afternoon for the autumn sunset, then move onto shooting the night lights and the city streets. The cherry on the top will be shooting the full moon rising over the city, which is stunning, provided there isn't too much cloud cover! There will be a full moon on the night of our outing.

Tripods, torches and jeans and takkies essential. Please be aware that we will be 32 stories high, so vertigo sufferers may not cope. There is some climbing of stairs to get to the top floor, as well climbing over aircon pipes, so please be prepared for some exercise.

Safety is important. Torches are required to light your way. Please bring rain gear for yourselves and your cameras. We will cancel if there is strong wind and heavy rain, but will attempt to shoot in drizzle.

Meetup details:
Time: 4pm
Date: Sat, 29 May 2010
Place: Durban Bay House
Meet in the side road off Smith Street - Durban Bay Passage. 2nd road to the left, after the Gardiner and Smith Street intersections. Pass the ABSA and Nedbank buildings on your left.
Once we have all arrived, Garry will allow us access into the building's parking, where will have secure parking.
Garry will assemble us together, and take us up to the roof. For security purposes we have to enter and exit the building and the parking together, so the shoot will end when we've all taken our last photos.
For those who are keen, it has been suggested that we meet at Charlie Croft's for dinner, or drinks afterwards.

This opportunity to capture Durban at night is not to be missed!

See you all the meeting.

Regards

Vanessa