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.

The first meeting of the Digital Editing Group for 2026 will be on Monday 16 February.

We will be going back to basics in Lightroom so it will be ideal for any new members looking to start to understand the fundamentals of processing raw images.

For those interested in Photoshop, we will have a look at some new features introduced in version 27.3, along with layer blending modes and a quick look at how to remove bags from under the eyes of your subjects. If time permits, we will finish up with a start to end editing process.