As the level of understanding of digital editing techniques varies enormously among members, we will aim to provide information to members at basic, intermediate and advanced levels in each meeting.

The focus is not on how to capture an image, but on what can be done with it in post-processing after downloading the images to your computer. Topics such as adjusting exposure and saturation, compositing, HDR and special effects will be just some of the areas covered. The digital editing techniques discussed will primarily be applicable to Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, however these techniques are generally transferable to many other digital editing programs.

“Silent Vigil: Two Men’s Final Stand”

We digress a little tonight as Robin, in my absence would like to share the story of two men whose lives connected through their deepest passions in a revered environment. It’s a unique love story, not between them as individuals—they didn’t know each other—but between their spirits now at peace.

Through two powerful videos, witness Mother Nature in her grandest and harshest forms—showcasing power, destruction, and unexpected beauty. As you watch, understand the profound journey of these two men, whose role was simply to observe and record history.

As we return to our usual Digital Editing format Gary has hand picked 2 sensational tutorials for us to dissect.

Matt Kloskowski will walk us through an amazing edit process in Lightroom

Then F-Stoppers will take us to beautiful Lake Wakatipu and show us how focus stacking can take the cliché to the unique.