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VSS Creative Virtual Photography Club is

growing at a healthy pace getting top

photographers as well as keen beginners with

loads of talent on board. The young guns are

showing their worth in heaps and bounds.

To the traditional six categories: Avant Garde,

Creative Portraiture, Creative Pictorial,

Creative Nature, Creative Monochrome and

Photojournalism two more were added:

Creative Scapes and Fine Art.

A maximum of eight entries per photographer

are considered monthly with a max of two

TOP 10's per category.

The goal, to have the TOP 10 winners

published in an annual glossy ‘coffee-table’

book, was realised last year. TOP VSS

Creative TOP 10 Photographers 2018 made

this dream a reality.

VSS Creative TOP 10 Photographers 2019

represents some of the best creative

photography of 2019 in SA. TOP 10 2019 has

taken the benchmark one notch higher, which

almost seemed impossible when glancing

through TOP 10 2018 book.

The photos featured are more than 800

winning images from January to December

2019, from 160 photographers a 30%

increase of photographers reaching the TOP

10. Total entries for 2019 was more than

10,000 and around 500 photographers

competing.

TOP 10 winners are featured alphabetically with a

small bio of each photographer together with his /

her winning images of 2019. TOP 10 1st, 2nd and

3rd winners of month images are displayed larger

than others.

The last chapter, From our Judges features work

of the adjudicators, who for obvious reasons

could not enter the competition.

The first TOP 10 publication was almost a

Who’s Who of Photography - this, the 2nd publication, is an almost

definitive Who’s Who in Modern SA Photography.

Martin Dudley stated that, this publication printed

annually will be a historic reference of our work

and a history of photography in SA, 10 years from

now. The printed photo will always supercede

electronic versions flying around on the net.

I would like to thank and congratulate all

participating photographers, they inspired us and

collectively made VSS Virtual Club the towering

platform for most of the top SA photographers it is

today.And lastly my family and judges who spent hours

adjudicating and discussing top photos in order to

award winners - with the quality of work entered

this is a daunting task.

What strikes us, as judges, is the

diversity of work.

Hein WaschefortPresident of VSS Virtual Club

VSS Creative TOP 10

Photographers 2019

Hein Waschefort Photo: Roelf Malan

EDITORIAL

1 Hein Waschefort

2 Cover Photos

3 Foreword - Laetitia Kenny

6 Formulation and indemnities

312 TOP 10 of TOP 10

TOP 10 WINNERS

7 Ado du Toit

8 Albert Smuts

9 Alet Visagie

11 Alex Cummings

11 Alida Heine

12 Allan Riedel

16 Annaline Werth

12 Andrea Sander

13 Andrew Harvard

17 Anneke Preto

15 Anri Wessels

18 Anton la Grange

20 Arlene Mullins

24 Barbara Dannenhauer

296 Bazil Raubach (Zil)

33 Bessie Vermeulen

36 Billy Mills

23 Bob Hobbes

37 Bonita Read

37 Brigitte Hackl

38 Candice Brophy

39 Carol Visser

39 Carole Hibbert

52 Cherie Steenkamp

40 Chris Joubert

52 Christiaan Kotze

53 Christo la Grange

53 Clare Appleyard

55 Clifford Els

54 Clint Ralph

54 Cobus van Dyk

55 Collin Scott

63 Daniela Gisi

56 Dave Barnes

59 Dave Botha

61 Dave Mullin

60 Dawid Fourie

71 Debbie Boettcher

63 Deon Geldenhuys

64 Dieter Rowe-Setz

67 Don Brotherston

69 Dricky Gouws

70 Dudley Watson

72 Dylan Vorster

73 Ed Raaubenheimer

72 Elaine Lamb

78 Elizabeth Oosthuizen

83 Elize Labuschagne

84 Elize Eveleigh

79 Elsa van Dyk

78 Elsie Jager

89 Elsje Vermeulen

98 Elzabe Bogenhofer

80 Evelyn Gibson

98 Fanie Schoeman

100 Francois Roux

106 Frans Swanepoel

108 Gaby Grohovaz

107 Gail Zaaiman

107 Gary Rowan

110 Geraldine Enslin

111 Gerbus Vermaak

110 Gerhard Viljoen

117 Gideon Malherbe

113 Gonnie Myburgh

118 Haig Fourie

120 Hanli Smit

129 Hannes Claassens

125 Hannes Reinecke

128 Heidi Broschk

132 Heinrich Wolfoaardt

127 Hennie Coetzee

130 Hennie Prinsloo

133 Ian Cooper

134 Ineke Truter

135 Jacques de Klerk

136 Janita van Niekerk

136 Jean Goldstone

137 Jen Adam

139 Joey Nel

140 Joggie van Staden

143 Johan Brits

138 Johan Greyling

142 Johann Grobler

144 Johan Hosten

148 Johan Kloppers

137 Johan Scott

149 Johann Mader

153 John Read

147 John Tapuch

150 John Vosloo

154 Johnathan Green

154 Joy Mullin

155 Keagan Streak

155 Keelan Bagley

156 Ken Lovell

158 Kim Roberts

159 Kim Stevens

164 Kitty van Dam

165 Laetitia Kenny

182 Leon Heyes

184 Leon Jacobs

186 Leticia Cox

186 Lezzet Abbott

199 Lize van Heerden

187 Louis Pretorius

190 Lourens Botha

197 Lucy Gemmill

200 Malie van der Vyver

203 Manie Ward

199 Mariana Visser

205 Marissa Enslin

202 Marius Badenhorst

204 Mark Hardy

206 Marleen la Grange

208 Martin Dudley Barber

205 Melandie Kleinhans

234 Melanie Cornelius

235 Michael Daniels

236 Michele-Ann Nel

232 Michelle van Niekerk

238 Natasha Bird

240 Neille Vorster

237 Nicolene Theunnisen

243 Nobby Clarke

244 Pauline van der Spuy

257 Peet van den Berg

261 Peter Thomas

262 Pierre Bassani

262 Prelena Soma Owen

263 Robbie Aspeling

268 Roedie Zandberg

269 Ronel Broderick

270 Ronel Cronje

273 Rory Baker

274 Roxanne Wentzel

272 Rudi Kurt

275 Sampie Blom

276 Sandra Muller

277 Shane Wilken

278 Sherlock Holmes

276 Shirley Gillitt

283 Simone Osborne

279 Siobain Shead

282 Steff Hughes

280 Stephen Kangisser

284 Sue Basler

285 Susan van Wyk

286 Susie Bishop

287 Terry Meyer

288 Thabang Malete

289 Thabo LensCreature

290 Valerie Sampson

292 Valmai le Grange

295 Verinda Bosch

296 Veronica Coetzer

298 Vicki Street

302 Wilma Calderwood

302 Zil Andrew Raubach

303 JUDGES CORNER

304 Gus Waschefort

307 Christine Waschefort

308 Hein Waschefort

Pauline van der Spuy

For me a photography really has no beginning or end. It is a journey full of good times, some down times and plenty of learning in between. I was only able to acquire a camera late in life but this opened so many windows of opportunity. Photography has made me appreciate a level of beauty that not even the naked eye can see but it has also made me very aware of the harshness of this world. The camera brings these two worlds together. While at times this may seen bizarre, by capturing both, we keep awareness of both alive in the conscience of ourselves and others.

The value I attach to photography is not the number of photos I have, but the number of precious friendships that I

would not have had if I had not taken up this hobby.

My camera is not only a treasured possession, it is a solace during times of stress. One can capture one's own emotions in pictures so as not to be sucked into the dark abyss of depression during challenging times.

It is also a tool which I use to celebrate those special moments that may never be repeated in life. To capture memories and moments in time, is like building a treasure store and leaving a priceless heritage. We don't build albums but simply record chapters of our lives and experiences, in pictures.

VSS has certainly challenged me to stretch my photographic boundaries. It has been an exciting and stimulating journey and I hope the journey never ends.

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Pauline van der Spuy - I spread my wings

Pauline van der Spuy I am tired of this weather

and it is bad for fishing too

Pauline van der Spuy- Mother's care

Pauline van der Spuy- Family supportPauline van der Spuy- Mother's milk is best

Pauline van der SpuyI promise to tell the truth, t

he whole truth and nothing but the truth

Pauline van der Spuy - Oh dear, how do I get down nowPauline van der Spuy - I got wings

Pauline van der Spuy Boabab Sunrise

Pauline van der Spuy - Let there be lightPauline van der Spuy - Winter skies

Pauline van der Spuy - Feeling desperate

Pauline van der Spuy It is all too much

Pauline-vd-SpuyAlzheimers stole the light of my life when it took my wife

Pauline van der Spuy - Coming around the bend

Pauline van der SpuyFollow me

Pauline van der SpuyI feel the winds of change today,

I feel it in my bones

Pauline van der SpuyTaking the lead

Pauline-vd-SpuyReflections of a rider

Pauline van der Spuy - Lost and lonely

Pauline van der SpuyIt left me sad

Pauline van der Spuy - Into holy places Pauline van der Spuy - Monday morning

Pauline van der Spuy - Do I really have to do that

Pauline van der Spuy - Almost therePauline van der Spuy I dont want to go home

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watermark ?watermark ?watermark ?

Pauline van der Spuy - Sculptured beauty

Pauline van der Spuy - My soul longs for you tonight

Pauline van der Spuy - My hubby's playful hand Pauline van der Spuy - - It is all in the smile

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Pauline van der SpuyScent of a woman

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Pauline van der SpuyHow could she wear my wedding dress

Pauline van der SpuyIt gave me wings

Pauline van der SpuyHe kissed me on the shoulder and now I am a pixie

Pauline van der SpuyOver the top

Pauline van der Spuy - Facets of her personality

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Peet van den Berg

I am fascinated by light. The nuances intrigue me endlessly.

My photography is a living, growing memoir, in colour and monochrome,

of my journey chasing the light. I'm a light catcher

Light that ever since the first nanosecond of the big bang still collate into galaxies and planets and stars and generates our universe at 299,792,458 m / s. In the light we finally see the light. And the light reflects in us. May the light that I caught in my photos also surprise you and leave you breathless. e = mc²! Together with light, I also love words - the two things that were present in the beginning - words because they create worlds and light because light is everything and everything is light! There is no better pastime than chasing the light with a camera! So, if I am not creating images with words, it's with my camera. I obtained an APSSA (Associate Member of the Photography Society of South Africa) in 2012. I focus on being as versatile as possible and developing my skills in almost all disciplines of photography. I recently also started working on conceptual photography and my composite images are also featured in my portfolio My first love is theatre, ballet and landscapes, but it can change as the light leads me. Lately I have been inspired by fellow photographers like Hein Waschefort, Charlaine Gerber and Martin Dudley to be more creative and that has now changed my focus and levels of passion for the light!

www.peetvdb-ligvanger.com

Peet van den BergHad a scary moment when we were charged

by an enraged elephant - we survived to tell the tale

Peet van den Berg - The sea.. a million faces

need 1 meg jpgneed 1 meg jpgfilefileneed 1 meg jpgfile

Peet van den Berg - You are Peter

Peet van den Berg - Rocking the World

Peet van den Berg - Lining up for revenge

Peet van den Berg - Are we Human, or are we Dancer


Peet van den Berg - Hole in the Wall

Peet van den Berg - Windows to the soul Peet van den BergShe wasn't doing a thing that I could see,

except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together

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Peter Thomas

I have been carrying a camera around since the late 60's, my first camera being a Pentax Spotmatic.

After attending a workshop with the late great Sam Haskins at the

Rosebank Pentax club, I was hooked on studio work and portraiture.

I have my own home studio and love experimenting with different lighting setups. I also love street photography and architecture which I do exclusively in monochrome. Old or deserted buildings have a magical attraction for me. The majority of my studio work is also monochrome. I am striving to perfect my monochrome conversions.

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Peter ThomasRim lit pet

Peter ThomasBotshabelo cat

Robbie Aspeling

Full time photographer, photography teacher and purveyor of light, Robbie was born with an inbuilt passion for the magic of photography. His lifelong motto has been

“Capture the light and share it with the world.”

Robbie has dabbled in and is versatile in all genres of the craft but his personal passion lies landscapes and the more creative of the everyday subject. Pet portraiture is also one of his specialities where he has developed his own unique style.

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Robbie Aspeling - Hey there

Robbie AspelingHey there

Robbie Aspeling - Fear

Pierre Bassani

Prelena Soma Owen

Please send bio around 200 words to [email protected]

Pierre Bassani Lit by cell phone

and mother nature

.Prelena’s obsession with photography started about 7 years ago. Since then she has gained both local and international recognition by winning, being placed and receiving honorable mention in various local and International photography competitions. Her winning images have been exhibited in SA, USA, Moscow, Tokyo, Botswana, Spain, France and the UK.

She volunteers at Roots and Shoots in Diepsloot where she teaches children photography skills with a conservation theme.

Her first book “Echoes of the Wild” is a collection of her images from her African travels. The book has won several awards and Prelena was privileged to have Dr Jane Goodall, her conservation heroine, write the foreward.

Prelena Soma Owen - Preening Gannets

Prelena Soma Owen - Keep your face turned towards the sun

Prelena Soma Owen - Tiger Tiger

A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the

deepest sense, and is, thereby, a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety. Ansel Adams

Prelena encourages people to photograph what they feel and not what they see.

Robbie AspelingBallerina

Robbie AspelingBallerina doing the splits

Robbie Aspeling - Pandora`s box Robbie Aspeling - What lies within

Robbie AspelingTree Frog

Robbie AspelingThe lonely Lighthouse

Robbie Aspeling - The Shipwreck

Robbie Aspeling - What is Charlie looking at Robbie Aspeling - Waiting at the train station

Robbie Aspeling My sunflower maiden

Robbie AspelingThe face of the living dead

Robbie AspelingOne colour palette portrait

Robbie Aspeling - Sophie Robbie Aspeling - Peace and innocence

Robbie Aspeling It's cold out there

Robbie AspelingA girl and her dog

Robbie AspelingThe Mona Lisa smile

Ronel Broderick

It all started out as a hobby and very quickly Ronel discovered that

Photography can be a “Therapy”

as well as an “escape into her

own world”

As a full time Wedding and Event Photographer Ronel achieved numerous National and International Awards and Medals as well as her APSSA Honours, and she also have some Art Work Printed and hanging in an Art Gallery in Greece. Ronel loves to restore old photographs and also colorise them, and have a great passion for making digital art from her photographs to showcase her creative side.

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Ronel Broderick - Music and art

Ronel Broderick - Running Wild

Robbie AspelingSpider Woman

Roedie Zandberg

Amateur wildlife and nature photographer, with a passion for the art of photography, nature and wild life scenes. He appreciates all types of art and discovers the beauty of life through the eyes of his camera lens and share it with the world. He has won awards on numerous websites and is well known on social media.

“The two most important days of

your life are the day you were born and

the day you find out why.” Mark Twain

He photographs beauty everywhere he goes whether he is in one of our beautiful nature reserves we have in South Africa or just spending some time with the birds and bugs in his garden. He started Photography a couple of years ago as a hobby to spend more time with his

daughter and it grew into a passion he nurtures daily. Roedie Is married to Lizelle and has three beautiful daughters that shares similar passions for art. His time spend in the wild is often shared with his youngest daughter, Zanika.

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Roedie ZandbergVir-by

Ronel Cronje

I started off with this special hobby 20 odd years ago and have over the years enjoyed and tried all genres, including macro, monochrome, street, scapes, travel, studio amongst others. Being part of a club of passionate photographers has inspired me to be an adventurous photographer. Portraiture, and lately sports have captured my imagination, and have I been focusing on these. Being a sports woman myself and loving most sports I am passionate about capturing those special moments in a game, fight or race. The excitement of being so close to the action, and capturing the sportsperson at their very best, gives me great satisfaction and pleasure.I enjoy the challenge of sharpening my knowledge of each sport, and at the same time improving my photographic skills, and of course being at the right

place at the right time.Practicing photography, on a semi-professional level, it also remains a hobby I am passionate about -

capturing a special moment in time, brings me great joy.

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Ronel CronjeDoelwagter word uitoorle

Ronel Cronje - Dis my bal

Ronel Cronje - Dis my bal

Ronel Cronje - Kopklem

Rory Baker


Rory Baker - Enough

Rudi Kurt - Hunting

Rudi KurtBanking

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I have not had any formal schooling in Photography but with 40 years of printing in both Repro, Colour and Quality Assurance, it complemented my interest in this art form. The digital world generated new excitement for me and under the school of rather brutal knock's was guided by my biggest influence Steve Bailey. I lean towards B&W and my interest is primarily people and emotions, including quirky images and abstracts.

Rudi Kurt

There must be intent, some tension and a story

to interest the viewer.

I enjoy passing on my knowledge as well as absorbing different creative styles. It's exciting.

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Rudi KurtRest

Rudi Kurt - Art Appreciation Afficiendos


Roxanne Wentzel


Roxanne Wentzel Mini Me

Roxanne Wentzel - a Tim Burton vibe



Sampie Blom


Sampie BlomThe Panga Man

Sampie Blom - The destruction of HeroineShe was 34 years old at time of photo

Sampie Blom - The Munsieville Girl

Sampie Blom - The Township Boy Sampie Blom - The Apple Park Girl

Sandra Muller

Shirley Gillett

Sandra is an amateur photographer who started to take photos when her boy played golf at a young age, taking action shots of the young golfers and creating composites for them of different actions shots. Her passion for photography exploded when she started to notice the unseen creations around her.

Sandra realized time stands still in stolen moments of unseen wonders and beauty through photography.

She loves close up art photos, flower and wildlife photography. She has a collection of fairies and love to photograph them and to create a fantasy world for them in her photography.

Sandra MullerUntitled

Sandra is busy exploring different genres of photography and aims to be a versatile photographer.

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Shirley Gillett - Thirsty Mongoose's

My passion is wildlife, a genre that entails patience, perseverance and observance.To watch and understand animals behaviour is perhaps

the most rewarding.I also enjoy photographing most other genres and dabble in the creative genre of photography,

experimenting, and trying to create something different. It is an honour to be included in this most awesome book, thankyou Hein Waschefort.

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Shane Wilken

My love for photography began when I was around 6/7 years old. Always carrying my late Dads old Kodak Starmite camera that I still have to this day.I was never driven to study photography but never the less I always carried a small camera where ever I went and clicked away.

Photography only became a passion of mine from 2014 when I started taking walks in the Botanical Gardens of Roodepoort and began photographing the Verreaux"s eagles with a bridge camera..As this passion grew stronger I invested in more of the state of the art equipment and started photographing more wild life and nature around me and then moved on to portraiture photography through a modelling agency.I fell in love with the creative style of photography and began taking it more seriously now.

Photography is the medium of choice in how I express my creative style.

I am excited about the power and magic of photography to capture my very own unique selective perception of the moment in a form that I can share my story with those that do not have an opportunity that I do.

[email protected] Wilken - Reflections 166

Shane Wilken Heavy Metal

Shane Wilken - Reflections

Sherlock Holmes

During the time I spent working at Sherlock Holmes Photographic & Colour Master Photo Lab I was fortunate to have been involved with and able to work with many of the extraordinary creative people within the Advertising and Photographic Industry.

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, however - no matter how wonderful - Technology - Photoshop - Corel and computers are - An idea or an image that is poorly conceived, - focused - lit and exposed - may need more than a thousand words or hours to fix and explain.

My favourite saying “Technology is a tool -

Imagination is real power”

I am currently working on a book called, Alchemy of a Different Kind, which is a light-hearted look at the past 40 odd years of my life as a “commercial photographer” - Conceived in a dark room and raised in the studio of life.

Benoni, Ekurhuleni, [email protected] Sherlock Holmes - Yeeeeehaaaa

Sherlock Holmes - Just another Misty Morning on the East Coast


Siobain Shead

Siobain Shead - Elephant in the dust




Stephen Kangisser

My late dad, Max gave me a SIX-20 Brownie'D Kodak camera while on a weekend away when I was 10 years old . When I matriculated I bought a Minolta X-700 35 mm which I used until digital became the new way of photography. It took me some time before I got into it and through mentors, photography has become a way of life and I am continuing to learn and improve all the time.Art was also a great interest of mine in various mediums, including Oil painting, water colors and pencil sketches, with Portraiture being my main interest, But don't have much time for that anymore. My favorite form of photography is Wildlife and Lifestyle, but I'll photograph whatever is put in front of me. I enjoy posting on VSS and certainly find it inspiring and encouraging viewing all the amazing contributions.

Stephen Kangisser - Portrait of a gentleman during the Holi Festival, Dehli, India

Stephen KangisserLilac-breasted Roller with a Grasshopper

Stephen Kangisser - The Kill

Stephen KangisserEarly morning autumn magic !!

lake Kenmo, Underberg, KZN, South Africa

Stephen KangisserYoung photographer in the making,

Sophia Town Johannesburg

Stephen KangisserUdaipur , India

Stephen KangisserMagnificant Lake Kenmo in Heimeville KZN

Stephen KangisserPeople getting on with their daily activities

in Kolkata, India

Stephen Kangisser In the heart of the Thar Desert ät Sunset

Steff Hughes - Blouberg Steff Hughes - Untitled

Simone Osborne

Simone Osborne - Abore Tribe elder, Ethiopia Simone Osborne - Sunset view

Simone Osborne - A sunrise moment

Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.

I am a photographer, a friend, a mother, a wife and a long-term expat. I was born in Germany, left when I was 21 to see the world and I met my Australian husband during my travels.My passion for photography started while living in Jakarta, Indonesia where I got my first DSLR camera and attended numerous courses and photo walks. During our expat travels we lived in many countries, Singapore, South Korea, Indonesia and now South Africa. I absolutely love traveling and taking pictures and telling stories with my photography.

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Steff Hughes

Steff is a Cape Town photographer who has exhibited locally and internationally. Mainly focussing on landscapes, seascapes and macro, she also offers portraiture, product photography and lifestyle sessions. Using the knowledge that she gained from formal art training,

Steff considers her camera an integral part of the creative process, much like

an artist would use their paints and paintbrushes.

A qualified teacher and a tour guide, she leads photography workshops to shoot night time marvels like star trails and the Milky Way or coastal expeditions to capture the beauty of the Cape's wonderful beaches.

Steff Hughes Photography – [email protected]

Steff Hughes - Sunset panorama in Sutherland

Steff HughesDaar's 'n trein

Steff Hughes - Roses for my lost love

Sue Basler

Amateur photographer, Sue had an interest in art from her early teens, concentrating on pencil portraits and detailed sketches of texture and shape. Her interest in photography was sparked by a paraplegic friend who was a passionate photographer and taught her the basics on a Pentax ME Super which Sue bought from her. She has tried various photography genres and prefers a more creative delicate end result, where

beauty is felt more than seen.

Kommetjie, Cape Town – [email protected]

Sue Basler - Untitled

Sue Basler - Beautiful Back

Sue Basler - A whisper in the wind Sue Basler - Playing with crystals

Susan van Wyk

Retired admin clerk, part time photographer, full time granny, living in the North West Province.I have always loved the arts, dabbing in sketching, drama, photography and guitar playing, but the demands of being a mother and wife left little time or the means, to pursue any of those passions fully.As my children began leaving home, I started working and discovered the making of Bobbin Lace. I had a very basic camera that I used to take macro photos of antique lace, to see how it was made. Thus my love of macro photography was established.I later bought a DSLR camera and attended a wide variety of courses at DPC Photography,I have now retired and finally have the time to indulge in my love of the arts; combining many of them in Art Photography, to feed my soul and express the dreams of my youth.I see myself as a perennial student of photography.I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to participate on the VSS forum. The critique and guidance given is invaluable to me as a novice art photographer.I thank you.

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Susan Van Wyk - Zebra

Susan Van Wyk - Awaiting the Messanger

Susan Van WykWinter Faun with Meline Da Silva

Susan Van WykShe is a flower child, deep down

Susan Van WykMila and Mike's world

Susie Bishop

Susie Bishop - Things go better with

Non-Professional photographer, married 60 year old granny residing in Hillcrest, KZN.A member of the Hillcrest Camera Club for 3 years, photography is my hobby and passion. I am constantly learning and experimenting with camera settings.Love being creative and travelling as much as our finances permit.I thoroughly enjoy the creative side of photography with the

endless possibilities of editing.For this Coke Can image, I took a photo of a discarded, crumpled coke can and snapped a few variations, then superimposed the same can in different positions. The black background is a separate edited: photo of skyscrapers in New York. This creates a geometric, abstract background to contrast the red coke cans. The “spill” I created using oil, and then I inverted the coke can during editing and superimposed it onto the oil to manipulate a 'reflection'.

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Terry Meyer

Terry Meyer is a part time photographer and photographic artist whose aim is to fill spaces in homes, offices, boardrooms, reception areas and shops with inspiring photographic art. He also captures events or provides customised photographs for web pages.His areas of particular interest include landscapes, creative and artistic photography, street photography, portraiture and people photography and photo essays on contemporary issues in society.He has an interest in photographic philosophy.

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Terry Meyer - The Big Apple

Terry Meyer - Street artist Terry Meyer - African tapestry

Terry Meyer - Green yellow blue

Thabang Malete


Thabang Malete - Cage fighter Demolution Jacqui

Thabang Malete - Blackandwhite

Thabang Malete - Hot Wheels

Thabo LensCreature

Thabo Mampa, a freelance photographer and a self-taught artist from Seshego who loved art at an early age. 'I was interested in Photography and ART long before I got my own camera and other equipment. I started late with photography about 3 years ago, and later started playing with my own images creating digital fantasy/surreal art'. Getting more focused on creating photos that can tell a story, many viewers find strange meanings in my images.

My dream is to see my images

exhibited in many different places around

the world.

Thabo LensCreature - Abandoned The Lost Lens

Thabo LensCreature I know you - I Live you

Thabo LensCreature Adventure In You

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Photography to Valerie is such an absorbing pastime bringing great joy when a creation is achieved.A Kodak Box camera began a 60 year passion.

Armed with a Pentax Point and shoot, a trip to Disneyworld in Orlando Florida U.S.A. used up 22 rolls of film. Mickey Mouse was just so enchanting.This was the signal to migrate to a DSLR.

Most embarrassing moment was when a group of us were shooting at the Nan Hua temple and at lunchtime the Monks locked the gate. Everyone had departed but dear Valerie was still happily clicking away at every little detail. Talk about a red face!Camera in hand….and Time simply disappears.

Favourite genres are Babies and macro photography, which led to the setting up of a little home studio.Having access to sites like VSS Creative gives one new ideas and inspiration to attempt something different.

“We lose ourselves in the things we love – we find ourselves there too.”

Kristin Martz

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Valerie Sampson

Valerie SampsonIf you reach for the moon you may land among the stars

Valerie SampsonMono doggie

Valerie SampsonBreaking free

Valerie SampsonSheba a Golden Queen

Valmai le Grange

Full time veterinarian and part time hunter of "pretty pictures"

Valmai has been involved with animals and nature her whole life. She developed a passion for photography later in life and love to dabble in all genres. But her first love for all God's creatures; great and small, will always prevail, also in photography. She enjoys the freedom of manipulated images and loves to bring fantasy into her work. The passion for photography led to a new freedom, and that is the freedom to travel. And THAT led to the hobby of observation of people, and especially observing how people treat animals.

Your true soul will be exposed by how you treat all Gods creatures;

great and small.

Pretoria - [email protected]

Valmai le Grange - Sea horses

Valmai le Grange - Cathedral Aurora

Valmai le Grange - Icy Whale

Valmai le Grange - Pier

Valmai le Grange - Rejected

Valmai le Grange Assasins Creed

Verinda Bosch

Hobbyist photographer and passionate picture

taker,

Verinda started photography about five years ago at a local Photography Club. At the club she learned all the basics around photography. Verinda tries to be as versatile as possible as photographer. Her favourite place to photograph insects is in her garden. Her other favourite venue is the sea, as she lives at a coastal town. Verinda loves to photograph the surfers in the waves and the seagulls on the beaches.

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Verinda Bosch - Boonste draai

Verinda Bosch - Sononder

Valmai le Grange - Highland Traveler

Valmai le Grange - Escape the Bull

Valmai le Grange - Queen Lady

Veronica Coetzer

After a serious illness, South African wildlife and portrait photographer Veronica Coetzer felt she had lost everything. Having expressed herself through her photography for more than 40 years, suddenly, she was forced to put the camera down. What emerged was a completely new form of surrealist expression, through which she removes images from their original context and reassembles them within a paradoxical and sometimes shocking framework. Her art is an exploration of dreams, personal visions and experiences, fears, and

desires, and is a mechanism for healing, evoking a broad range of emotions in viewers.

“Veronica's photography is a tribute to her depth of experience and artistic ingenuity that will earn her well-earned accolades in

the world of photography.” Written by Beth Duncan (WISN) Quote by Carnie Mattisonn

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Veronica CoetzerReflecting

Veronica CoetzerA language of dreams

Veronica Coetzer - The Black Moon

Veronica Coetzer - Is it as nice as all that?

Vicki Street‎

Photography is the only language that can be understood anywhere in the world - Bruno Barbey

From a very young age I have always been interested in the arts, from sketching cartoons at school, using different paint techniques for art class and dabbling in other kind of art forms after school. Unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity to study further as I was brought up in a single parent home.

However after having picked up my first DSLR camera about 6 years ago, I was able to combine my art with photography. I can spend hours on an image, playing with layers, brush strokes, overlays etc to get the desired effect I want.

The genres of photography that I am most passionate about are,

capturing the innocence of children, dance and of course animals.

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Vicki Street - The Violinist

Vicki StreetThis is my song

Vicki Street - Mia

Vicki Street - Penny

Vicki StreetMeet Suki,

a miniature red pom with major attitude

Vicki Street - Bella

Vicky StreetA misty morning

Vicki Street - The EndVicki Street - Have you seen the old man outside the seaman's mission

Vicki Street - SophieVicki Street - In this life we cannot always do great things

Vicki Street - Cody

Wendy van Zyl

Wilma Calderwood

Wilma Calderwood is an amateur photographer living in Cape Town with a keen interest in landscape,wildlife and macro photography.Her journey with photography started 6 years ago when she went down to Kalk Bay on a stormy winters day to take pictures of the big waves on the harbour wall and just loved the action.

Wilma Calderwood - Into the Mist

Zil Andrew Raubach

Bazil is a full-time professional photographer, internationally published award-winning photojournalist and a design professional. He brings to his work a unique set of skills, with his background encompassing graphic design, advertising, newspaper sub-editor and photojournalism. Bazil tints his images with herbal teas and coffee and dabbles with Potassium dichromate/Gum prints.

He still shoots film but no longer runs his own darkroom.

Bazil's photographs have been featured in a wide range of South African and international publications. His work covers a wide range of subjects, from the arts, cultural events, politics, news and corporate, theatre and sports specialising in 'low light' photography.Bazil was one of the official photographers at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival for a number of years and was a wire photographer for the now defunct Demotix (now owned by Corbis), a photo agency based in LondonBazil started his photographic career as an army photographer in the early 80's.

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She has moved on to other genres of photography but still keeps an eye on the weather just incase the next set of big waves roll in. She also loves doing bird photography

and takes any opportunity to get out into nature and enjoy the peaceful enviroment we dont get in the big city.

There is beauty all around us, all we have to do is look.

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