CPS Tutorials & Training Programme for 2010 Now Revealed!
Bruce Jensen is the Workshop Co-ordinator at CPS and he has prepared an extensive and varied Tutorials and Training Programme for you.
The tutorials are held at 7:15pm on a Wednesday evening before the main meeting and there is usually a follow-up workshop a fortnight after where you can bring examples of work using the skills you have learnt for other members to comment on.
These tutorials and workshop evenings are a great way to increase your photographic knowledge and to see what others are doing.
Adobe Lightroom 2 by Dr Michael Molloy
The second tutorial file is now available
It has so many features that it is easy to overlook many of the nuances of the software’s usages. Additionally, many of these features are automated to a large extent and finding how to control and adapt this automation is not simple.
This series is based on my own discoveries made by reading, or from clicking the tiny different shades of pixels that are visible but which are often far from obvious and by trying keystrokes.
In his opinion, if you shoot RAW you simply cannot do without Lightroom.
First article is Adobe Lightroom 2 tutorial 1 and why you need it!
The second article is Adobe Lightroom 2 tutorial 2 and covers some of the many keyboard shortcuts among other things
Colin Prior UK Photographer
Colin Prior lives in Glasgow and is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and a founding member of the International League of Conservation Photographers. He has travelled extensively and has given permission for his articles to be made available from this site.
The soft light article has an image photographed by Colin in Fiordland National Park during a trip to New Zealand.
His hunting light article showcases the importance of getting up early and looking for that magical, unexpected image.
You may also visit his website and subscribe to his email newsletters colinprior.co.uk
How to Publish a Photographic Book
John Barnes, LPSNZ recently shared the tricks and processes involved with publishing a photographic book.
He has kindly made his presentation available for viewing in Microsoft PowerPoint format (2.1mb file) or PDF format (3.4mb file) for you to download or view on-screen (Microsoft PowerPoint is required for viewing the PowerPoint document).
Black and White in a Digital Age
Witta Priester, Ph.D APSNZ shares her experiences, tips and tricks when creating black and white images on-screen.
Colour Management
Dave Slaten has prepared his presentation on Colour Management for you to review on-screen.
Digital Projected Images
Dave Slaten has prepared his second presentation on Digital Projected Images.
What Makes a Competition Picture
After judging the first 2009 C Grade competition Ron Willems, FPSNZ, AFIAP, ARPS, AAPS prepared a single-page PDF file with his thoughts on what makes a great competition picture (76kb file).