Here is an article that explains a bit about the NIK plugins and why you should use caution before installing the new version, even as a trial. — Contributed by John
Brian Kilpatrick
Summer theme Winners
Summer Theme winners
The winners of the summer theme last night were
1. Pam Avis “Ballet Chose Her”
2. Llaesa North “Smoke on the Water”
3. Mike Strong “Moon Rise”
Hazel Breitkreitz was the judge.



Cheat Sheets for Adobe CC Lightroom and Photoshop-link provided by – Mitchell Cruickshank
ADOBE CC PHOTOGRAPHERS KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS CHEAT SHEET 2018
Theme winners May 16th Street Photography Winners
Good morning Everyone,
1st Place Neil Errington “Waiting and Hoping” |
2nd Place John Ostaf “Waiting to Open” |
3rd Place/Honourable Mention Scott Stone “Welcome” |
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Theme winners April 25th Black and White, Portraits
Good morning Everyone,
1st Place Derek Hayes Abu Dhabi Grand Mosque |
2nd Place Llaesa North Beach Bums |
3rd Place Ted Akune Yoga Pose
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Tip: Importing photos to Lightroom
From Camera Card or USB Connected Camera
Insert Camera Card into Reader or plugin USB Cable and connect to camera.
Run Lightroom and choose “Import” from bottom left.
You should see three areas, Left is the “Source” and will show any drives connected to your computer, select your camera card by clicking on it. It should be highlighted in White/Light Grey.
At the top of the Centre section you should see,
“Copy as DNG Copy Move Add”
Choose “Copy” and it will highlight as white text.
On the right hand side you should see another list of drives on your computer with the heading “Destination”
Select the drive and folder that you wish to use to store your images. I use and external drive but if you have large hard drives in your computer choose one of those.
I choose to store my images by date and would suggest that you go with the defaults in Lightroom, at least until you develop your own system.
You can change the organization on the right hand pane just under the heading of “Destination“, choices are “By Date“, “Into one Folder” and there is a checkbox “into subfolder“, you can add a folder name here eg: “Blackie’s Spit”. (Remember to change this folder on your next import, Lightroom will keep the folder name until you change it)
“By Date” gives a “Date Format” list that allows you to change the folder layout. Try a sample import when you first start using Lightroom and see what the folder structure looks like.
Once you have checked all three areas, Source, Operation, Destination then you can click the import button on the bottom right and Lightroom will copy your images to the folder and drive you specified.
There are other features of the right hand pane that you can set, you can change the names of the files as they are being imported and add copywrite information etc. Use these extra features with caution as they make changes to the files. These changes can be applied after import and I prefer to import the images as is and then do other changes later.
Example:
If you already have your images organized in some kind of folder structure.
“Photo Collection” is your folder name for where you store your images, it might be “MyPictures”, “Pictures”, “Photos” or any other folder name but it is where all your exiting images are stored.
Run Lightroom and choose “Import” from bottom left.
You should see three areas, Left is the Source and will show any drives connected to your computer, select your folder that contains your “Photo Collection” if you are starting a new Lightroom catalog. It should be highlighted in White/Light Grey.
At the top of the Centre section you should see,
“Copy as DNG Copy Move Add”
Choose “Add” and it will highlight as white text. Choose “Subfolders” if needed. It will show if all your photos are inside other folders within your “Photo Collection” folder.
On the right hand side you should see “File Handling” and “Apply During Import”
I choose “Don’t Import Suspected Duplicates“, if you may have files in your photo collection with the same names but different images then turn this off.
If you are not sure, turn it off.
Lightroom will read your “Photos Collection” folder and add all the images it finds to the catalog. (It does not move the images from where you put them, it just creates a catalog and small thumbnail so it can find the images when needed)
Note: Once you start using Lightroom to import and manage your files, DO NOT move them by hand. You can create new folders in Lightroom and copy or move images between them and Lightroom will create the real folders on your hard drive and perform the copy or move for you. If you create folders outside of Lightroom and move your images into them or between folders that are part of the Lightroom catalog, Lightroom does not know where the photos went and will flag them with an “!” in the corner of the image on the catalog. If you attempt to edit the image, it will tell you that it can’t be found.
If you accidentally create, delete a folder or move images between folders outside of Lightroom it can be fixed.
In Lightroom “Library” view, look on the left pane and you should see a section titled “Folders“. Select the folder containing the files/folders you moved, usually the main “Photos Collection” (insert your folder name).
Right click the folder and choose “Synchronize Folder”
Lightroom will scan through the folder and all subfolders and find the images you moved. It will suggest that it can delete missing images and import new ones. Just let it do it’s thing and you will have your images all in the right place with the “!” removed.
It does not move or remove the actual images, it just fixes the catalog to reflect the changes you made.
Of course if you did delete the images from the hard drive they will be removed from Lightroom.
Your Lightroom catalog can be thought of as a card catalog in a Library with the thumbnails as the cards. Each one points to the real image (book) and tracks what you have done to the image. It makes a list of all the changes you made to the image but it does not change the original, if you export the image Lightroom will apply all your changes to the exported image.
This structure is why you do not want to move the images outside of Lightroom. If Lightroom can’t find the image it does not know how to process it for export.
The changes you do in Lightroom are stored within the catalog itself. Other external editors may change the original images so you should choose a Copy or a Copy with Lightroom edits when sending a file to external editors.
I hope this helps anyone that is struggling to understand Lightroom. There are many videos on YouTube on organizing your photos with Lightroom, it seems to be the most confusing part of the system.
Tip: Using Mac Photos app with External Editors
Here is a brief video demonstrating that you can use the Mac Photos app with external editing programs that you may have installed on your computer.
- This assumes that you have installed the external programs before attempting to use them from Photos.
- Luminar and Infinity are 2 programs that play well with Photos.
- Launch your Photos App
- Select the photo you wish to work on
- Choose Edit from the top right (latest version)
- When the edit window opens pick the circle with the dots inside it, should be to the right side beside the Info button.
- You will get a dropdown list of all the external editing software that Photo knows about.
- Select the program in which you wish to edit your photo.
- When finished there is a Save Changes button on the top right depending on which program you chose. There may be on screen instructions on how to get back to Photos. Follow the on screen prompts and then hit Save Changes and you will be back in Photos with your edits completed.
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Notes on Composition
Here is a PDF on Composition, It was found online by Karen Kroeker and passed on for the members.
Some YouTube Channels to Look at Photo related and Other
Photo Related Channels
Daniel Norton Photography https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJZ4Hz1egX-nBH5UHt8VPNQ
DP Review. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqP1gIWh2SM3lRXf373gMNQ
Julia Trotti. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbCDVe8TuzLbPFnxlC55Nw
Matt Granger https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL5Hf6_JIzb3HpiJQGqs8cQ
Matt Kloskowski https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI7970DmH2qghMizHwlXMLQ
Mike Browne. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs4S07E5NC0R7pVuzBJ0e8Q
Pangolin Wildlife https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLpK6G1cSFtunEgs2TsCnw
Phlearn https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC47XN5bhLTBH5TRFyKaUpKg
Photoshop Training Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdQ_ZkYaMe6qPoueUyPQgpQ
The Slanted Lens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbAIlQq6qdOCW7nURh9Qog
The Camera Store TV https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqpOf_Nl5F4tjwlxOVS6h8A
The Northrups https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDkJEEIifDzR_2K2p9tnwYQ
Weekly Imogen. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjTRZIahNTQ26q3T1gipqrw
Jason Lanier. Earlier ones Best https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDy1DrgRSUN1C29fmBLJj5g
Park Cameras https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Wkp2DC5mwDu6L_157jrhg
Back Country Gallery https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChUi5Gm8w-S_d6dS31cFCnQ
Non Photo, General interest, Entertainment.
NarrowBoats in the UK
Cruising the Cut. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6SNxiLzSlh8e0yjndE9o_A
Minimal List https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ1_CKxovjYVXkpNCLOjrbA
The Narrowboat Experience. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UColROazA5P9QBS8fR5tkyGg
Narrowboat Chef https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEttcPS1QZBebeZA-M5lCFQ
Food
Chopstick Travel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp2dhjQXkhY1O40lj15JQzw
Migrationology. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyEd6QBSgat5kkC6svyjudA
Strictly Dumplings. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjkGXhZsu5H64fWuNQNf1Xw
Mike Chen https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXOKEdfOFxsHO_-Su3K8SHg
The Food Ranger. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiAq_SU0ED1C6vWFMnw8Ekg
Nomadic Samuel. Earlier ones best https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVGh7YdcpUiPYn5aLYRXc2Q
Worlds Best Seafood https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWVou9YVLOFTyTHnrjRC0cg
Construction – Farming
LetsDig 18 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-NlyhOdTK4C30NhptvD7UA
Outdoors with the Morgans https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4LeqcZZTIaVQYAuqJ6gzbg
Tractor Time with Tim https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLFndeI09kfxpjP9hdLkNrg
Upstate Brush Control https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwnODl_C7RncnQbbrT3iUSw
General
Blondie in China https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCISrVZmDM4x-Rq9mmNUw7Zw
MacMost Video https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ZoLwtjX_7Zs8LoqpiLztQ
Exploring Abandoned Mines https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtFNKt_IKBpalOWXuIreW7Q
Exploring Abandoned Mines and Unusual Places https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYKZObv8VH_Z2xXpftQXw3w
Rachel and Jun https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4yqcgz49APdbgj0OMv7jpA
Music
Peter Hollins https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgITW_70LNZFkNna7VsXbuQ
The Hound and the Fox https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjdbqDJRNJeDUKcJGjpn3Aw
Anne Reburn https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChyNJxSsIXh2KyY3VvLnI2g
Oesch’s die Dritten (Swiss music) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzatox-rFmyZSDTMWKeim9w
Perpeuum Jazzile. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQdAKqmbyvf7GRn5D89kaRQ