Using Lightroom to catalogue your photographs
(This is a presentation from October 2022) Once one gets more than a few hundred photographs saved on the computer it can become a chore to keep them organised and easy to find as time goes by. One eventually runs out of time and enthusiasm if each photograph is given a title and needs to go into specific folders which will eventually become unwieldy. In addition to being a very powerful editing program for your photos it is equally powerful in organising and cataloguing the photos and searching for specific photos when one accumulates large numbers of them. I have structured the...
Read MorePhotographing Flowers and Stacking Presentations – 2023
After our recent Flower Photography activity night, we have attached the presentation from the night as well as past macro stacking notes. With the weather improving and the blooms budding up, we hope you get out there and snap some beautiful images. Alternatively, get creative indoors! To view the presentations full size, please click the download links. Flower Photography by Felicity Johnson (download pdf version) Focus Shift Shooting for Stacking by Felicity Johnson (download pdf version) Focus Shift Shooting for Stacking For Nikon Click to view instructions For Olympus Click to view...
Read MoreSelective Colour Workshop
The topic of Tuesday’s Activity Night was Selective Colour in both Photoshop and Lightroom in preparation for the set subject “Colour Purple” of next month’s competition. Selective Colour Activity Night The set subject definition says “…Purple must be the predominant colour and any other colours must, even if significant in size, support its predominance, such as complementary colours.” One way to ensure that purple is the predominant colour is to turn everything else into shades of grey using one of these selective colour techniques. Photoshop...
Read MoreCreating a Photo Book
An activity night last year (August) included a presentation on creating photo books. Here it is: This slideshow requires JavaScript. Download as a powerpoint:...
Read MorePhotograph In Manual Mode For Complete Flexibility
(from a presentation by Boyd Robertson) Click this link to download the full size presentation: Shooting Manual Mode Want more? Visit Digital Photography School for their lesson on How to Shoot In Manual Mode
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