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Workshop attendee, Jerri P., works on an assignment.

Our weekend workshop was a great success.  We had a small class so we had plenty of time to get to know each other and have a lot of fun.  Our new laptop and video projector worked well, although we found that we’ll need some new desk lamps next time.

I used Adobe Lightroom to demonstrate some post production work.  Lightroom was great and I’m happy that the final release is out.  I’m very impressed with the software and am happy to have it as a tool for our workshops in the future.  One of our “hands-on” sessions took place on Mill Avenue in Tempe.  After the session I quickly selected some of my shots, did some minor post production, and posted them on the web in no time.  Lightroom is speedy!

We’ve already started to get requests for the next weekend workshop and we’re looking for openings on our calendar.  If you’re interested in attending please contact us!

Reuters just released it guidelines for using Photoshop.  Some very interesting
rules are set down for their photographers.

ALLOWED:

• Cropping
• Adjustment of Levels to histogram limits
• Minor colour correction
• Sharpening at 300%, 0.3, 0
• Careful use of lasso tool
• Subtle use of burn tool
• Adjustment of highlights and shadows
• Eye dropper to check/set gray 

NOT ALLOWED:

• Additions or deletions to image
• Cloning & Healing tool (except dust)
• Airbrush, brush, paint
• Selective area sharpening
• Excessive lightening/darkening
• Excessive colour tone change
• Auto levels
• Blurring
• Eraser tool
• Quick Mask
• In-camera sharpening
• In-camera saturation styles

Click here to see all the guidelines and an explanation of the rules.