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It has always struck me as dangerous that Lightroom Catalog Backups are stored in the same location that the active Catalog. If that drive fails (and they do so more often than one expects, see HERE) then you lose both … Continue reading →

Creative competition and Creative SIG Meeting Timetable 2023 Creative image entries due Judging and Creative SIG NOTES Tuesday, 31 January 2023 Tuesday, 14 February 2023  judge: Heather Prince Tuesday, 28 March 2023 Tuesday, 11 April 2023  judge: Brett Ferguson Tuesday, … Continue reading →

Meeting Notes Link to PPT handout of the meeting notes (only available after the meeting). Heather Prince (the Judge for the comp) suggested use of the Harmonization Neural Filter to help blend layers in composites. Here are some links on … Continue reading →

The rules about what is allowed in your competition entries can be tricky, so this is an attempt to clarify what is and isn’t allowed, and is provided as a guide. The full details are available in the WCC by-laws … Continue reading →

Introduction These notes are meant to be a very brief introduction to Macro and Close-Up photography. There are many books (try your local libraries) that cover this area more comprehensively, as well as many online resources. A few are listed … Continue reading →

Sometimes you may wish to recolour part of an image. Perhaps turn a black umbrella into a colourful red; perhaps change the colour of a dress; maybe change those red roses into the rare blue variety. Here are some notes … Continue reading →

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Early this year in one of the rare moments we were allowed to visit the NGV, I was entranced by the display in the foyer – a huge screen with an endlessly dynamic pattern, shifting and heaving and transforming. This … Continue reading →

RawTherapee is a richly featured RAW file editor with versions for Windows, Mac and Linux. It is free, open-source software. RawTherapee is a powerful, cross-platform raw photo processing system, released as Free Software (GPLv3). It is designed for developing raw … Continue reading →

Here are a couple of creative photography magazines that Paul Spence directed us to in the Creative SIG in Feb 2021 https://issuu.com/thephotoartisticlife https://www.artistsdownunder.com.au/