Links & Tutorials – South Birmingham Photographic Society

We have links to websites that offer useful photographic tutorials – from improving your photography to developing Photoshop editing techniques; also links to some great photography sites, including the Midland Counties Photographic Federation and the PAGB

(Top quality Sports Photography by Harish Chavda ARPS DPAGB)

PhotoStartSheet.com

(For Finding Everything Related to Photography on the Internet)

Carl Wright Photography

Clive Minnnit Photography

Dudley Camera Club

Smethwick Photographic Society

Yardley Photographic Society

Solihull Photographic Society

EOS Magazine

Amateur Photographer Magazine

Practical Photography Magazine

Lens Buying Guide (from Best Buy)

Ron Bigelow Photography

Photoshop Tutorials

Photoshop & Lightroom Shortcut Guides

Digital Photography School

Extreme Macro Tutorials

Drone Aerial Photography

Drone Photography Tips

Mydeardrone.com

Photographing Cars

Digital Photography Resource Guide

Nasar Productions

Member Tutorials

Guide to Blending Modes

Guide to preparing a digital image for internal competitions

NOTE: Before doing anything to the image, work on a copy or duplicate. Once it has been resized it cannot be returned to the original larger sized image.

Go into Photoshop and open the image you want to use
Once opened and manipulated as required select Image from across the top toolbar.
From the Image drop down tool bar select Image size.
An Image Size box appear on your screen.
Within the Image size box you will see the Pixel Dimensions boxes: If you have a portrait picture type in Width 1600 Pixels maximum and in Height 1200 pixels maximum. Either one will automatically update the other but as long as the Height does not exceed 1200 pixels that is fine. If you have a landscape picture type in Width 1600 pixels and in height 1200 pixels. Either one will automatically update the other but as long as the Width does not exceed 1600 pixels that is fine
Ensure that the Constrain Proportions is ticked and the Resample image is ticked
Ensure that the Bicubic box is also selected
Click on OK
Don’t panic!! The image on your screen will now be tiny to what is was before, just use the Navigator tool on the Right hand side of your screen to increase its size on your screen (it’s the one with the Mountains on and the slider between).

NOW YOU HAVE REDUCED THE IMAGE TO THE SIZE YOU NEED. TO RENAME IT BEFORE SAVING TO EITHER DISC OR MEMORY STICK ETC:

Select File from the tool bar across the top and select Save As
This will bring up a Save As box
Right at the top select were you want to save the image to i.e. Memory stick
Next in the File name box type in a meaningful name e.g. The Rose
Nothing else needs to be added into the File name box
In the Format box select from the drop down list JPEG
Now click save Well done! You have now renamed your image.

NOTE: If you come to save the image and JPEG is not in the drop down list it may be that you have opened a tiff file that is greater than 8bits/Channel. This usually happens if you shoot in RAW and transfer the image to Photoshop. Photoshop creates the image as a 16bits/Channel image. To convert to an 8bit/channel image do the following:

Select Image from the top toolbar
Hover over Mode and another drop down list will appear. Two thirds of the way
down the list you will see 8Bits/Channel and 16Bits/Channel
Tick the 8Bits/Channel
Now save as above normally using JPEG

Creating a Triptych

The following documents take you through the steps on how to create a triptych which you can use for panel competitions, club competitions and for panel exhibitions.

Part 1

Part 2

Introduction to Zoom Meetings

We have put together a short video on how to join a Zoom meeting and some of the basic controls that you need to be aware of when in a Zoom meeting.