Resources from recent meetings

Here are some links to material covered in past meetings, most recent first.

There is a seperate page for the recent presentations which together will comprise an Introduction to Photography

Any instructions generally assume Windows and Adobe Photoshop editing software, so YMMV.

2020

26 May – Using the DISTORT tool to correct verticals and horizontals

• Presentation notes – Removing distortions to verticals and horizontals introduced by lens choice and camera angles (includes usee the BURN and PATCH tools fo rother aspects of the image). The image used to illustrate the techniques was Keith’s image here.

05 May – Macro PDI follow up – tips and techniques

• As a follow up to our Macro and Close-up PDI competition, Terry Harris kindly put together some thoughts on Macro photography, including examples and how to mitigate some common problems.

11 Feb – Nightime photography

• Presentation notes – Pointers Towards Successful Nightime Photography
• Video – Painting with light

2019

24 Sep – HDR (High Dynamic Range)

• Slides used as part of the presentation

13 Aug – Selections for local adjustments during editing

• Presentation – Image Improvement Through Basic Selection Tools
• Adobe video “Clean up a selection in the Select and Mask workspace”

02 Jul – Challenges of Macro photography and Focus Stacking

• Presentation on the Challenges of Macro
• Focus Stacking (taking the images and processing them):
  • Video
  • Notes

30 Apr – High Key lighting

• Video 1
• Video 2

16 Apr – Low Key lighting video

• Video

02 Apr – Judging and Planning for SCPF 2020 exhibition

• The slides we saw are here (if your time is limited)
• The full set is well worth reviewing and can be found here.
• Key dates for the 2019 exhibition (an indication as to the likely dates this time around) 

05 Feb – Five styles of studio lighting

• Video

22 Jan – Exposure triangle

• Presentation notes with detailed examples
• Exposure triangle

15 Jan – Resize an image and add a border

• Notes