Club Workshops Info
(This page contains info from past workshops)
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Workshop - "Beautiful Blur" - 4/29/21
On April 29th Bobbi Greenfield led a workshop going over techniques on how to create images with blurred backgrounds. Bobbi showed six videos that showed different background blurring techniques, both in-camera and through post-processing software. Below are links to the six videos.

"Hi everyone, hope you enjoyed the BEAUTIFUL BLUR session and, above all, learned a thing or two. If nothing else, I think re-watching video #1 is worthwhile for most of us, as is #2 and or #3. The fact is that whatever level of your expertise now, these are just a few of the many fun things you can learn to do with your camera. 
A few tips: rinse, lather, repeat. The more you watch a chosen video, the more it will stick with you. You can drag the video slider backward to watch any part over again as often as you need to. To fill the screen with the video, click on the square on the video's bottom right."

Bobbi
​1.  HOW TO GET A BLURRY BACKGROUND IN CAMERA
(Basic camera settings to create blurred backgrounds so your subject stands out.)
2.  HOW TO CREATE A BLURRY BACKGROUND USING SOFWARE LIKE PHOTOSHOP
(Using Photoshop layer masking techniques to blur out your background while leaving your main subject unaffected.)
3.  HOW TO BLUR BACKGROUNDS IN PHOTOSHOP (MORE CHALLENGING)
​(Using Photoshop selection tools to create layer masks allowing you to blur the background while leaving the selected subject unaffected.)
4.  PANNING IN AMSTERDAM (FUN!)
​(Basic camera settings and shooting techniques to create motion blur behind moving subjects.)
5.  PHOTOGRAPHY PANNING  TUTORIAL...CAPTURING A CAR WITH MOTTION BLUR
​(Also goes over basic camera settings and shooting techniques to create motion blur behind moving subjects. This time with cars at night.)
6. HOW TO DO ZOOM BLUR...WITH A TWIST (MORE FUN)
(Interesting video showing techniques to create photos with blur created through different camera shooting techniques, inluding, turning the lens zoom ring or twisting the entire camera body while exposing the image.)
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Workshop - "Converting Photos to B&W with One Color" - 8/27/20
On August 27th Bobbi Greenfield led a workshop going over techniques on how to convert a color photo to black & White while leaving parts of the color photo intact. You can use this technique to leave "one color" in a B&W photo. Click on the button on right to see the workshop notes.
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Workshop - "3 Ways to Capture Motion" - Held on 4/14/20
Click on the buttons at right to see a video on "3 Ways to Capture Motion" and the powerpoint that were used in the 4/14/20 workshop session on "Motion Photos" conducted by Claude Heller (in preperation for the 5/28/20 competition).
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Workshop Notes - "Masks" - Held on 7/11/17
On July 11th (2017) the club held a workshop conducted by club President Bobbi Greenfield. The topic was how to use "Masks" in Photoshop. You can see slides on the presentation by clicking on the buttons on the right.
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Workshop - Basic Photo Post-Processing - Held on 4/16/16 & 5/21/16
On April 16th and May 21st (2016), Saturday morning sessions were held by Mario Edini on Basic Photo Post-Processing.  The initial session went over photo file management, use of the RAW editor, and the use of Elements for basic image processing. The second session went over elements of the NIK software suite. The goal of the session was to show how the use of NIK software, which is now available from Google for free, could help you accomplish some of the same photo editing techniques that were accomplished through the RAW Editor and Photoshop Elements, but in a more powerful and efficient manner. Click here for an outline of both sessions.
​                                                                       - posted by Editor (8/13/16)
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Workshop - Exposure Triangle (7/5/18):
On July 5th Rich Grossberg conducted a workshop covering the "Exposure Triangle". In it he discussed how to use aperture, shutter speed and ISO to properly expose your photos.
Click on the button at right to see the workshop slides.
                                                           - posted by Editor (7/9/2018)
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Workshop - "Shooting Panoramas" (3/10/15):
On March 10th Rich Grossberg conducted a workshop on how to shoot and create a panorama photograph.
Click on the buttons at right to see a link to a short video on shooting panoramas and a link to instructions on how to use Photomerge to create panoramic images.
                                                                   
                                                                        - posted by Editor (3/24/15)
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Workshop - "Light Painting" Workshop (1/13/15):
Club member, Rob Mindas, made a presentation on "Light Painting" at the club's January 13th workshop.
Click on the buttons at right to see:
- Rob's slide presentation
- demo shots taken during the workshop
- video: "Aiming On Camera Light Source"
- video: "Aiming Off Camera Light Source"
- video: "Light Sources"
- video: "Light Painting - Custom White Balance" (not shown at workshop)
- video: "Light Painting Tutorial" (not shown at workshop)








                                                            - posted by Editor (1/16/15)
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Workshop - "Resizing Photos":
Click on the button on right to see slides from the workshop on how to resize photos.
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Workshop - "Straightening Photos":
Click on the button on right to see slides from the workshop on how to straighten you photos, especially horizons.
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Workshop - "Bracketing Photos":
Click on the button on right to see slides from the workshop on how to bracket shots on your camera to get different exposures for each shot.
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