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Presentation Materials
January 2010 Chuck Fletcher's
Presentation on White Balance
White
Balance
December 2009 Chuck Fletcher's
Presentation on Shooting Holiday Lights
Shooting
Holiday Lights
October
2009 Dig Cam SIG Fall Photo Shoot
Looking
for some help in taking Fall Color Photos
check here... Photographing
Fall Colors
May 2009
Gary
Resnick's May presentation
on Scenic Menu Selections
Using
the Mode Dial and Scenic
Menus - Outline
Using
the Mode Dial and Scenic Menus - Presentation
March 2009
Taking a Movie/Video
Clip with your Digial Camera
and putting it on UTube (a special invitation
for you).
Marlene
Sloan's Presentation
notes
February
2009
Burton
Anes February Presentation
Telephoto and Wide Angles Lenses
January 2009
Chuck
Fletcher's Presentation from the January 2009 Meeting
Tips from the
Adorama website found here
courtesy of Jim Bilbro:
http://www.adorama.com/Catalog.tpl?op=academy_new&article=100in100
November 2008
New
Digital Cameras and Features
August 2008 discussions on
Image
Resizing in Photoshop
Image
Resizing in Picassa
Image
Resizing in Photoshop Express
Image
Resizing with XP and Vista
July
2008 discussion on
Landscape
Settings
June
2008 discussion on
Portrait
and Macro Settings
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Presentation
by Dr. Paul Flagg
TRAVEL COMPANIES
www.hoothollow.com Joe & Mary Ann McDonald
www.nathab.com Natural
Habitat Adventures
www.eldertreks.com
ElderTreks
www.oattravel.com Overseas
Adventure Travel
www.gct.com Grand Circle Travel
www.wildernesstravel.com
Wilderness Travel
www.elderhostel.org
Elderhostel
PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHERS
Lisa Kristine
www.lucidimages.com
Monday, August 27th, 2007
Jim Bilbro's Discussion on
Recovering
Lost Photos from a Memory Card
Expose
to the Right: A Strategy for Better Digital Exposures
Monday, June 25th, 2007
Jim
Bilbro's File Resizing and Resolution
File
Sizing for the CA Web Portal
Gene Boley's Group Shot
Group
Shot
April 2007 Digital Camera Photo Shoot
Springtime,
Construction and Bottle Labels
Monday, March
26th, 2007
After
being rained out of our Photo Shoot - I introduced the following
resources...
The
123 of Digital Imaging 3.0
Learn
to Make Great Digital Photos for 5 Bucks [DOWNLOAD: PDF]
(Digital) on Amazon.com
A Short Course Book -
Curtin's
Guide to Digital Cameras
Also Discussed - Berry
Springs Park - Georgetown
Link to Map of Berry Springs Park and
Preserve
Link
to History Berry Springs Park and Preserve
Monday, February 26th, 2007 -
Marlene Sloan presented Greeting Card Designer
(Red River Paper/Adobe Photoshop Plugin)
Monday, January 22nd, 2007 -
Gene Boley presented Group Shot (create a
perfect group photo out of a series of group photos)
Jim Bilbro discussed Image
Stabilization - members need an update and caution about
the
questionable tactics being used to sell IS.
Monday,
December 4th, 2006 - Computer Club Meeting. 1pm in the Ballroom
"Buying a Digital Camera," by Gary Resnick, Jim Bilbro and Gregg
Burger from Precision Camera in Austin, TX. In addition to some great
tips, I hope we'll have some incentives for members to
visit Precision Camera.
Gary has sent me detailed notes on the topic (more than he'll get a
chance to cover at the meeting). For your reference Choosing
a New Digital Camera
Notes from Jim Bilbro - Digital
SLRs
Thursday,
October 19, 2006
Dig Cam SIG
Photo Shoot
A few tips
for a good
Photo Shoot
Thursday,
July 20, 2006
"Pictures in Depth or - What is
Stereopticon?"
Thursday,
June 15, 2006
NY
Institute of Photography Tips for Better Photos - July 4th Fireworks
Photoshop
Copyright Brush Procedure
by
Jim Bilbro
SyncToy
A new back up program from Microsoft, free from
their Pro Photo site. A very simple interface, it will detect a
renamed file in the original location. It can do the same with
deleted or changed files. Jim Bilbro will demo.
Thursday,
March 16, 2006
Copyrighting
Photographs
by
Jim Young
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Digital
Camera Lens - Focal Lengths and Crop Factors
by Jim Bilbro
Wednesday, February 1, 2006 -
Presentation for Ebay SIG - Taking Better
Photos for Use on Ebay
Taking
Better Photos for Use on Ebay - pdf format
Also - March 1, 2006 - Presentation for Ebay SIG - Tips
for Selling on Ebay
Thursday, December
15, 2005
"Day
at the Ranch" - a video
of photos and instruction by
Jim Miotke of BetterPhoto.com. This is one of four
instructional
videos from the series "Unleash the Digital Photographer Within".
This
segment covers techniques for panning, ISO settings and capturing a
silhouette.
New
York Institute of Photography - Tips for Photographing
Holiday Lights
Thursday,
November
17, 2005
Desktop
Photography - taking digital photos to catalog your collections or list
items for online "ebay" auctions. Here are the sources for more
information on Desktop Photography and the construction on Light
and Reflector Boxes.
October 20,
2005
Thanks to Bob Watts for going over information presented by Precision
Camera at the Computer Club Meeting on Monday, October 17th. Here
are the two websites that were mentioned:
September
15, 2005 by Jim Bilbro
Presentation on
White
Balance and information on
PSE3
Fix for Photos with Undesirable Color Cast
August 18, 2005 by Bob Watts, Gael and
Jan Miller
Presentation on the
Digital Photography website provided by
Microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/default.mspx
July 21, 2005 -
Presentation by Wes Odell
"Learning How to Shoot - Off Automatic"
Site used in presentation -
Photonhead.com
Site referenced for their
good tutorials - Cameratown.com
"When at their Home Page, go to Tutorials and review the
complete list of Tutorials available."
Wes's notes can be found here - Wes's
Presentation notes
June 2005 -
Presentation by John Miles
PhotoShop Tips and Tricks
Make
Lightning
Are you looking for
the photos from the
Digital Camera Shoot? - click
here
Digital Camera Shoot
- April
21, 2005
Jim Bilbro's
Presentation Notes from the March 14, 2005 - Digital
Camera Overview
Presentation
notes from the February 7, 2005 Computer Club meeting. Given by
Jim Bilbro.
Introduction
to PhotoShop Elements 3.
Wes
Odell has added ten more photos to our Members Album
gallery. All but "Picture of Serentity" and "Sunrise after the
Snowstorm in Zion Park" have been edited in PhotoShop. All have been
processed and printed through Photoshop.
January 2005 Presentation by Jim Bilbro
Presentation on Exposure
Compensation
January
2005 Presentation by Marlene Sloan
Presentation on EXIF Data
- Exchangeable Image Format Data
(Camera Settings and Image Data imbedded in the digital file)
December 2004 Presentation by Barb Resnick and Gary
Resnick
Come and
listen
to Barb Resnick discuss "FREE and
Easy Unlimited Web Storage for creating and sending Albums."
Learn the details of creating, editing, and sending your photo
albums this Holiday Season. Customized postcards, too.
Preview this site at www.imagestation.com
Gary
Resnick gave a program for
the Computer Club's
Beginners SIG on December 9, 2004.
Gary noted that this presentation on digital cameras is designed
for non-owners of digital cameras.
Here's a link to Gary's notes:
Gary's
Notes on Purchasing a
Digital Camera
September 2004 Presentation by Jim Young
Presentation on Camera
Specifications
August 2004 Presentation by John Miles
Presentation on Adobe
Photoshop Album 2.0
July 2004 Presentation
by Jim Bilbro
Presentation Outline and links to
Panorama Photos
June 2004 Presentation by Jim
Bilbro
Presentation
Outline and link to dpreview for definitions of Levels and Histograms.
May 2004 Presentation
by Jim Young
April 2004 Presentation by Marlene Sloan
Discover
the power of
Black and White
Black
and White The Basics
Black
and White Printing
March 2004 Presentation by Jim Young
Presentation on File Formats and
Downloading
February 2004 Workshops by Photography
Club
Workshop
outlines by B. Ames, C. McCoy and J. Young
Papers
Jim Bilbro has prepared two papers to guide
our members in the purchase and use of their digital cameras.
Steps
to Better Digital Photography for the New Camera User
Internet
Resources for Buying a Digital Camera