Tutorials

Below are some pages that may be helpful to club members.

Web Based Tutorials

11/11/2019

Link text here...This is a list of tutorials you may find useful.
Remember Google is your friend, you can always ask Google for help. ...more

Documentary Photography

31/10/2019

Kevin James' talk prior to the 5 image Summer Project (2019) ...more

Mobile Devices

21/10/2018

Kevin's talk about mobile devices is now available. ...more

Preparing your Prints

19/05/2021

Notes on the Club's Competitions and preparing your prints for competition ...more

Preparing your digital images.

19/05/2021

FCC uses PhotoEntry is a web application for managing photography competitions. This requires digital images to be of a certain size and certain attributes and, although the software may be able to correct anomalies when the files are loaded, it is better for the files to be set up correctly in the first place. ...more

A WAY OF EDITING USING LIGHTROOM AND PHOTOSHOP

18/02/2019

Produced by Kevin. Suitable For Landscape Images ...more

Workflow in ACR & PS for Portraits

28/02/2019

This was part of a talk given by Rex Waygood Feb 2019 ...more

Notes on PhotoShop

17/02/2019

These notes were from a talk given by Barry Senior HonFRPS APAGB ...more

PhotoEntry Step-by-Step Guide

21/09/2018

Notes from Fordingbridge Camera Club Internal Competition Secretary.
Presentation of images for Internal Competitions. ...more

Simple Print Mounting

15/01/2012

John Larry's Method ...more

Print Mounting

14/01/2012

Rex's Method ...more

A bit about Projection

26/01/2013

There is no such thing as a perfect projector ...more

How Bad is JPEG?

22/02/2013

JPEG is often criticised, is this correct? ...more

What is RAW?

10/02/2013

Should you use RAW? Is JPEG bad? ...more

The Rules of Composition

03/02/2016

Another take on composition ...more

A look at the Images of Norman Parkinson, from a club point of view

03/07/2017

This is motivated by an ironic look at photography critiquing on photographic forums that I have enjoyed. ...more

A Summary of Anne's talk about Composition

10/02/2013

Anne gave a talk in February to the club about composition which was well received, see the summary. ...more

Mono Conversion using PS and Silver Efex

20/02/2017

Based on a talk given at FCC in Feb 2017 ...more

A quick tutorial on layers. (PS or Elements)

17/08/2016

The provides a quick and easy method of understanding layers ...more

An Explanation of Pixels.

14/02/2014

This is to try and help with an explanation of Pixels and Pixels Per Inch (ppi) ...more

Focus & Motion Effects

06/02/2017

This is Kevin James' lecture on Focus & Motion effects. ...more

Histograms

03/02/2017

This was prepared a long time ago and I have just found it again. ...more

Filters

11/01/2013

Why fit a filter? ...more

Toning down distracting backgrounds

08/05/2014

Brian had an image where the judge commented that the background was distracting. Let's see what we can do ...more

Changing Format

27/09/2016

Have you got an image that you want to enter into a club PDI comp and it is the wrong format and it won't survive a crop? ...more

Sky Replacement

03/11/2013

Ann Cole's method of sky replacement ...more

Colour Popping in Ps

03/11/2013

Ann Cole's colour popping method ...more

Oversharpen Trick

03/11/2013

If you need to 'oversharpen' ...more

Highlight/Burnout trick

03/11/2013

Judges cannot control their eyes which automatically go to the bright white bits ...more

What is an Embedded Profile?

12/07/2016

This tutorial demonstrates the purpose of an embedded profile. ...more

What is Working Space?

09/07/2016

This is an explanation as to Working Space in Photoshop. ...more

A bit of information about Colour Management.

10/11/2012

This is to try and clarify what is really quite a difficult subject. ...more

Soft Proofing/Proof Colours

07/12/2014

Do you want to have a better idea what your print will look like before using a sheet of paper or waiting for the postman? ...more

Why use Adobe RGB?

30/11/2015

There is a perceived wisdom that Adobe RGB is for prints, this explores that idea. ...more

Why Adobe RGB should not be used for web posts

20/11/2015

Adobe RGB is not suitable for web posts, this shows why. ...more

Colour Management in a bit more depth.

03/02/2017

This is a presentation about colour management. ...more

A bit about Colour Depth and Bits!

04/02/2013

An explanation as to colour depth and a demonstration of 16 bit advantage over 8 bit ...more

Colour Train Check

22/12/2012

You have a workflow from camera to print, do you know if the colours are 'right'? ...more

Getting Exhibition Details

02/06/2019

Advice on where to find out about Exhibitions ...more

A Summary of Awards

17/12/2012

John Larry has been kind enough to explain how various awards can be achieved. ...more

Achieving your FIAP

05/06/2012

Some indication as to the process of getting your FIAP ...more