Judging Process
- Entries will be judged by a panel of experienced judges.
- Winners will be notified within six weeks of the competition closing date and published on SAMA’s website: www.samedical.org
- Prizes will be awarded in all categories for 1st place as well as to the overall first three places.
- The judges reserve the right not to make any award.
- The judges reserve the right to declare any entry void and declare the whole competition or category void should no entries meet a required standard.
- Reasonable efforts will be made to notify all winners. Notification of the winning entries will also be available on the SAMA website: www.samedical.org
- SAMA/MPS shall not be liable for any claims arising from the competition.
Judges
| David Randel - www.codp.co.za | |
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David grew up in Dundee, a small town in northern KwaZulu-Natal, with a passion for three things: photography, helping people and travel. He fell in love with photography at the age of 8 when on a family holiday - ordering his first camera off the back of a Cornflakes box: a Kodak 110. Even at that age he realised that to really appreciate the places he visited, he needed to photograph them. Thus his passion for photography and travel photography was born. Having ‘outgrown’ the Kodak in high school, he borrowed his Dad´s Pentax SLR, a pre light-meter Pentax, and took it to school to photograph class mates. The money he earned from his first holiday job (a whopping R10 a day) was spent on developing and printing photographs. Around the same time, he discovered one of his other passions: people, or more specifically teaching people, helping people and inspiring people. Throughout his life, he has found that very little gives him more satisfaction than helping someone to grow, and of course capturing a great photograph. These are still the things that sustain him as a person, which allow him to live his dreams... David is a founding member of the College of Digital Photography and is still actively involved as a senior lecturer and in the development of the photographic and Photoshop courses run by the college. At a very young age, he learnt about the world view enshrined in the Zulu maxim umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu, i.e. "a person is a person through other persons", and endeavour to take cognisance of this in his daily life and dealings with others. |
| Frank Krummacher - www.codp.co.za | |
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Frank is a senior lecturer and founding member of the College of Digital Photography in Saxonwold, Johannesburg. A life-long passion for photography and teaching and inspiring people through it was realised when he joined the then National College Of Photography in 2004 as a full-time lecturer. In 2008 the college changed its name to the College of Digital Photography. Frank lives in Johannesburg but makes frequent excursions to Southern Africa’s scenic areas to nurture his creativity. Frank’s passion lies in Nature and Macro photography, with a special interest in Landscapes as well. Teaching Visual Design and how to see images is a key ingredient in his photographic instruction. Photographic techniques that Frank specialises in are double and multiple exposures, long time exposures and large stitched panoramas. |
| Hansie Oosthuizen - www.hansiephoto.co.za | |
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Hansie started his journey as a professional photographer after completing a professional photography diploma course. He completed the course with flying colours and also won the 1st and 2nd prizes for the best nature images submitted. Hansie lives in Hermanus where he runs his own photographic studio and gallery. He enjoys teaching and readily shares his photographic ideas and knowledge with fellow photographers. He is especially fond of nature, scenic and macro photography, but adds that there is a time and place for all kinds of photography. He enjoys using techniques such as painting with light, multiple exposure and time exposures to help translate his visualisations into photographic art. Hansie’s most recent achievements were at the 2008 Profoto Awards presented by Sony Alpha, where he received two gold awards and also the prestigious Image of the Year award. Hansie’s motto is – Don’t dream your life, live your dream. |
| Dr. Graham Howarth - www.mps.co.uk | |
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MBChB, MMed(O&G), MPhil (Bioethics) Dr Graham Howarth qualified as a doctor at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa and went on to qualify as an obstetrician and gynaecologist there; he subsequently completed their masters in bioethics. He was an associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Pretoria and was also the founding head of the faculty’s Bioethics Department. |