AV News 193 - August 2013
2nd PAVC Audio Visual Salon
Jeff Morris LRPS APSSA AFIAP
We give our sincerest congratulations to all the successful entrants and our
thanks to all participants for making the salon a success by entering. If you
were an unsuccessful entrant, please do not give up with this fabulous hobby.
To succeed you need to practice and practice and practice.
We received 51 entries from 32 authors/teams. There were no
disqualifications. The overall acceptance level was 33%, one percent less
than last year. The following gives the number of entries per section and
acceptances:
· Section A - Documentary and tourism, 17 entries, 6 acceptances
· Section B - Music, Poetry and Song, 14 entries, 5 acceptances
· Section C - Other, 20 entries, 6 acceptances
Congratulations to C.T.P.S. who won the Most Successful South African
Club Floating Trophy for a second time, with PAVC in second place. There
is still a strong presence of Audio Visual in the Cape, which we have noted
before.
We would like to acknowledge the help of our judges in the smooth running
of the salon. Jill K. Bunting CPAGB, John Smith APAGB CPAGB and Keith
Leedham FRPS EFIAP had a huge task that they completed professionally
and without complaint. They provided valuable feedback on every entry that
will be circulated to authors.
We thank Frank Reuvers Hon FPSSA FPSSA (Dux) EPSSA EFIAP for vetting
the results on behalf of PSSA. Future salon directors should be aware that
breaking-even financially with an AV salon is not easy with this limited
number of entries. The costs of going the remote judging route are not high
but the income from 32 authors barely covers courier postage to judges and
results postage and packing.
With seven AV salons having been held since 2008, it is possible to view
trends regarding numbers of authors participating and number of entries
received. (The 3rd MFFC salon was an international salon but the numbers
relate only to South African participants.) The trend is disturbingly downwards
in both number of authors and number of entries. (See Graph opposite)
On the other hand it was heartening to see a number of new ‘faces’ in this
salon. Some of these, like Ingrid Fraser, Patricia Hutchison, Len Cousins
and Juan Venter won acceptances, or medals.
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