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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.

From shortcourses.com
Digital Desktop Studio Photography
DDSP - Table of Contents and purchase information

Construction of Light Tent/Light Box
MacroPhotography and  Directions for  Construction of Reflecting/Light Box

From Jim Bilbro - "I stumbled on this article of photographing glass and it has some interesting lighting information."  Lighting Glass


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:
Precision-Camera.com
Kodak.com's site - Top 10 Tips for Great Pictures


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