Studio Workshop Wanderings

Green Valley Photographic Information -- A new cover for Al Crawford's Website of Photography Resources.  This will include links to Al's handouts as well as other information that is included in this newsletter.  You may get there directly by clicking on the link that begins this paragraph or by clicking on the Photography Resources link on the Green Valley Camera Club front page.

Workshops for this week

All workshops are in the Camera Club Studio Classroom and do not require a sign-up.

Intermediate Digital Photography Workshop

Thursday, March 22, 9:30  to 11:00
"Resizing Images for Making Prints" presented by Al Crawford

A repeat of a workshop given in January.  One of the main purposes of taking photographs is to turn them into prints.  This might be small prints such as 4"x6" or it might be large prints up to the 13" x 19" that the printers in the camera club can print.  Al will present some of the better ways to crop and resize prints to make your prints in the most nondestructive ways possible.  Also how to resize for e-mail and other computer viewing will be covered.

Time will be given at the end of the session for questions and answers.

Advanced Digital Photography Workshop

Thursday, March 22, 1:30 to 3:00
"An Introduction to Adobe Lightroom" presented by Al Crawford

Adobe Lightroom is a new Adobe product that would work well for advanced users of both Photoshop CS2 and Elements.  It includes a Library module which helps organize your images and a Develop module which is based on the Adobe Camera Raw 4.0.  The develop module will work non-destructively with JPEG files as well as with Raw files.  It also contains a print module, a slideshow module, and a web module.  And it is not done.  Lightroom is designed for third parties to develop additional modules that will work seamlessly with the rest of the product.  With emphisis on the Library and the Develop modules this product will be demonstrated.

Black & White Study Group

Friday, March 23, 9:30 to 11:00
"Kitchens and Garages" a discussion lead by Nancy Spear

This week we look at photographing things from the kitchen or the garage.  Make ordinary things into beautiful photographs.  As you photograph this week, think about the ordinary.   Bring your  successes and past failures to class for us all to talk about.


Featured Website of the Week

Each week or so a website will be featured here. 

       Digital Photography Review -- This is the place to go for reviews for the latest and greatest things in digital photography.  Everything from the most simple point and shoot to DSLRs to printers and accessories.  And don't forget the forums.  There are five forums on Canon cameras, four on Nikon cameras, forums on just about any brand of camera there is.  There are forums on professional photography (which has topics for advanced ameratures), on lighting techniques, on PCs and of course on MACs.  There is a learning section, a glossary of terms, a buying guide, links to other places, and a bunch of other things.  Bookmark this page.  It is worth a frequent visit.