Gainesville Photography Club

The Gainesville Photography Club will have its monthly meeting at 7 PM, Monday, January 18 at the Civitan Regional Blood Center, 1221 NW 13th St., Gainesville (see the map on the Meetings page).  The theme for January is "Soft-Focus Effects" (see "themes" page).  You can also bring color and monochrome photos in the General Category.  There will be a short business meeting and there also may be a  presentation yet to be determined.  After the program we will share our best theme photos.  Guests are always welcome at club meetings and can show up to 8 digital pictures.  Your work will not be judged, but will be critiqued if

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Hello club members. Once again I've located a freeware Photoshop plugin for CS2, CS3 and CS4 you might like to download. You can check it out at http://www.ononesoftware.com/detail.php?prodLine_id=39 .

With the PhotoTools 2 Lite free plugin for Photoshop, you can add a professional look to your photos with just a few clicks. Based on the award-winning PhotoTools 2 Standard Edition plug-in, PhotoTools 2 Lite gives you 15 professional-grade actions and photographic effects for Photoshop that will make your images stand out from the crowd.

I mentioned this at this month's meeting and thought it might be worth a mention here as well.  I went out to La Chua trail recently and found that the number of Sandhill Cranes is on the increase.  The water levels on the Prairie are a little lower than what we had this time last year but it looks as though we may well be in for another great year for getting some good photos of our yearly migratory friends.

Due to the high probability of rain on Saturday, I've decided to reschedule Saturday's photo shoot for the following Saturday, December 12.  Meet at the parking lot near the swimming area on the Sante Fe River at 8:30 AM.  Oleno state Park offers an easy 1.5 mile trail along the river that usually provides some interesting photo opportunities.  Perhaps we will even come across some deer in the woods.  A large group said they would attend the shoot on Saturday, hopefully they will be able to come out on the 12th.

Elections for club officers for 2010 were held at our November meeting.  The members at the meeting selected Fred Ross to serve again as President next year, as well as Rick Du Boisson as Vice President, and Tila Fye as Secretary/Treasure.

The third Monday of each month Gainesville Photography Club meets at the Civitan Regional Blood Center at 7 PM. Guests are welcome at our meetings and can bring a few of their best photos on a flash drive. We meet on the second floor in the NE corner of the building. December is our End-of-Year meeting which is a bit different than usual. DINNER: For this meeting on Monday evening, Dec. 2,1 we will meet a 6 PM (NOT 7 PM) for a casual holiday dinner and conversation. Please bring a side dish and/or dessert. The club will furnish a meat platter and drinks. Please contact gainesvillephotoclub@gmail.com to let us know if you are planning to attend and what side dish you will bring. Significant others are welcome.

I am posting a couple links you may find helpful if you are using Photoshop Elements. The first is http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/tutorial/elements-color-correcti... and is related to color correcting your photos. It is pretty staight forward so you will have no trouble following this tutorial.

The second link addresses the use of smart filters, vector drawing, paths, masks and more. The features I refer to are NOT normally available in Elements so if you would like to know more I suggest you take a look at http://www.graphic-design.com/design/graphic-design/elements-plus-filter... .