It was a cold, dark night, yet I drug myself out of my warm cozy house, with my camera, and tripod, ready for some Night Photography!

Twenty five other LPA members did the same thing, and we had fun!  Lee Bergthold, AVC photography instructor for over 25 years, and Wilderness Survival Expert/ Master Photographer, inspired us to venture into unknown areas, and we “did it” in the dark.

Since joining LPA last year, Fred has become active in club functions, often volunteering to help or chair Workshops and Field Trips, and now he's the Field Trip Chairman.

His talent for photography became evident as soon as he began entering  club competitions. He's a credit to our organization, and his Night Photography program Tuesday evening, attended by a large number of members (almost 50!) and prospective members, attests to his talents.

This month's workshop was conducted by Don Bennett on the subject of Flash Photography.  Don is an old hand with flash and has been using it proficiently since the days when you had to do manual calculations for everything.He explained a bit of the history of flash, then went on to cover some of the newer equipment that is currently available and the neat things that can be done with it.  Don let the many questions and comments from the attendees guide the course of the subject matter.  One of the key points discussed was how your camera handles flash when used in the different modes (Program, Aperture or Shutter priority mode).During the discussion, some of the actual effects were demonstrated and projected on the screen with the camera directly linked to our projector.  There was also quite an assortment of flash attachments and other accessories on hand which were discussed and demonstrated.

Don did a great job in his presentation and everyone in attendance seemed to enjoy and benefit from his workshop.

This time, Don concentrated on the tools pallett in Photoshop. He showed us how to best utilize the Clone Stamp, the Healing Brush and the Paintbrush to remove blemishes and wrinkles, etc.

He also demonstrated how the dodge and burn tool can be used to whiten teeth, add sparkle to the subjects eyes and enhance eyebrows and eyelashes.  He even showed us how to use the Soft Focus Filter and Layers to selectively smooth the subjects skin while keeping the eyes and other items in sharp focus.

We all picked up some good info in this session.

For those who weren't able to make this workshop, the workshop notes are very detailed and are still available on our website.

Don put a lot of effort in putting all this together and did a great presentation.

Session 1 of New Digital Photo Workshop Series was held on Feb 28 at the Senior Center, and was well attended with approx 30 members and guests.  Duane Whitaker led the program and was assisted by John Shedrick.

The first part of the workshop covered the basics, which included topics such as digital file management on the computer, viewing of thumbnails on the computer and transferring images from camera to computer.  Duane presented one method for organizing images into folders by date.

Twenty-one members showed up for this month’s workshop, which was conducted by Don Bennett.

Since we wanted to do a workshop in basic photography, Don decided that rather than trying to cover everything about cameras in just one evening, he would cover only the most important area, and cover it thoroughly.

Presented by Lyle & Duane

This was the second workshop session talking about the 20D camera.

The first session was back in August and we received so many requests for a continuation that we decided to have another.

Lots of discussion on digital photography this session.

Lyle Trusty and Duane Whitaker led the workshop.

Twenty people there, everyone had a good time and we all learned a lot about the features of the Canon 20D.