Photo by Bob Baikauskas
Lincoln Hills
Photography Club
June 7th Photo Enhancement SIG Meeting
The June 7th meeting will be hosted by Patrick Jewell and focus on Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Patrick has done previous presentations on Lightroom and he never fails to entertain and inform.
He will start out discussing the Lightroom catalog. This is a very important topic because there are ways to
easily mess it up which can be difficult and time consuming to recover from.
Patrick will explain how to properly setup a Lightroom catalog, use it to import, rate, cull, tag, and search your photos. He will offer tips for making this process relatively easy and describe what to do and what not to do when importing, moving, and deleting your photos.
Once he is satisfied that those in attendance understand the intricacies of the Lightroom catalog he plans to discuss the Develop module and it's various photo editing tools. Patrick has said in the past that he often does all his post processing in Lightroom and if you have seen his photos you know he is a master. He will discuss his workflow and how to use the various tools in the Develop module.
I'm sure Patrick will make time to answer questions. It would be advisable to bring a notepad and pen for taking notes and to write down any questions you may have. It is not uncommon for members to get ahead of the presenter and ask questions that they plan to answer in their presentation but they haven't gotten there yet. So it's best to write them down and then ask them if they didn't get discussed during the presentation.
The Where and When of the Photo Enhancement SIG Meeting
The next Enhancement SIG meeting will be on Wednesday June 7th, 2017 at 8:30AM in the Multi-Purpose room at Orchard Creek. See the top of the page for information regarding this meeting.
Something you would like to see presented at a future meeting?
I am always looking for ideas on what members would like to see discussed at our Photo Enhancement SIG meetings. If there is a specific topic you would like to have discussed or a particular photo editing program you would like to learn more about then send me an EMAIL
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Photo Enhancement SIG
What it's all about
We are a group of photography club members who share an interest in making a good photo better or rescuing failures that are worthy of saving. We also talk about taking a good photo and turning it into a work of art.
We discuss software tools such as Photoshop, Lightroom, Photoshop Elements, Photo 10 as well as other tools such as Photomatix Pro for creating HDR photos and NIK and Topaz as well as other plugins for Photoshop and Lightroom.
We can even show you how you can take a tattered old photo and bring it back to life.
Need help with a photo? Bring it on a flashdrive and our resident experts will help you turn it into what you envision.
The Photo Enhancement SIG meets the first Wednesday of every month at 8:30am in the Multi Media room at Orchard Creek Lodge.
So come and join us. I guarantee you will learn something.
Gary Stephens
Gary gives his thoughts on why we should use post processing software to make our photos look better. Check it out HERE
Why You Should Consider Post Processing your photos?
Check out our Learning Resources Pages to find out more about post processing.
Look HERE
A Look At Some Of Our Previous Photo Enhancement SIG Meetings
May
2017
In May the SIG focused on the many different software options for the creation of High Dynamic Range Images. The session covered such programs as Photomatix and the new Aurora for the Mac. For addtional information you can go to the club's Blog and see some of the latest information about HDR photography. Check it out HERE . To go to the May Enhancement SIG page click HERE
March
2017
In March Jim Moon made a presentation on Photolemur. Photolemur is a program that automatically enhances our photos. I was skeptical but after listening to Jim's presentation I was intrigued. So intrigued I signed up to pre-order the Windows version. For an update on Photolemur you can go to the club's Blog and see some of the latest information about Photolemur. Check it out HERE . For more on Jim's presentation you can look HERE
March
2016
In March we had another full house to hear Allen give a presentation on Smart Objects in Photoshop. He walked us through his workflow which begins in Lightroom where he uses Adobe Camera Raw and other Lightroom tools to make adjustments to his images. Once he is done in Lightroom he opens up the image in Photoshop. In Photoshop he showed us how to convert an image to a Smart Object and went on to explain the advantages for doing so. For more look HERE
February
2016
The Multi-Media room at Orchard Creek was filled to near capacity to hear John Campbell's presentation on Photoshop, his workflow, how he rescued a photo he at first thought about trashing, use of actions, and finally how to use the Adobe utility Configurator to create a personal panel of shortcuts to frequently used tools. He also gave us a brief glimpse into how he creates his signature images. For more on his presentation look HERE
January 2016
Bob's presentation was a discussion on how members can get there own gallery on the club's website. It can be as simple as sending you photo to the club's Photo Editor. For more on his presentation look HERE
November 2015
Pete Henshaw made a presentation to a near standing room only crowd on Lumenzia which is a tool for creating luminosity masks. For two hours Pete wowed those in attendance with his presentation skills and the power of Lumenzia. For more information on his presentation look HERE
October 2015
Vicki White made a well received presentation on iPhoneography. In other words how to take pictures with your iPhone. Many of the things she discussed applies to Android phones as well. For more about her presentation look HERE
August 2015
Ron Parker is one of the Club’s black & white experts and at the August Photo Enhancement SIG he showed us how he works his magic to transform a good color photo into a beautiful black & white photo. For more about his presentation look HERE
