VIRGINIA PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS’ ASSOCIATION
TIDEWATER DISTRICT
Photoshop Basics and Retouching with Tracy McGee, CPP, AFP
Learn more about this month’s workshop on pages 2-3.
2014 OFFICERS GOVERNOR
LT GOVERNOR
TREASURER
SECRETARY
Richard St.Peter, FP
Erin L. Clark, CPP
Tracy McGee, CPP, AFP
Bob Harper, CPP
rstpeter@charter.net
images@enephoto.com
tracy@kaiserphoto.com
bob@bobharper
(757) 472-2955
(757) 513-0388
photography.com
(757) 372-7021
JUNE 2014 | VOL. 19 #6
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A Look Back... From the May Meeting
We thank Erin Clark, of E-n-E Photography, for hosting last month’s Tidewater Chapter meeting.
We also appreciate Miranda Durrer-Davis for her
This month’s meeting... Photoshop Basics and Retouching with Tracy McGee, CPP, AFP
informative tips that will help better your studio’s
Date:
Monday, June 16, 2014
sales presentations with clients.
Time:
Social begins at 7pm, meeting begins at 7:30pm
Location:
Kaiser Custom Images
401 Waters Rd.
Chesapeake, VA 23322
(757)382-9537
Save the Date!
Tracy
McGee
has
a
Bachelors Degree in Business
VPPA Summer Seminar
Administration and Information
in Portsmouth September 13th, 14th, 15th
Technology Management and she is a Certified Professional Photographer who has been
More details to follow.
working
as
a
professional
photographer and doing all of her own retouching for over a decade. (continued on page 3)
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(continued from page 2) Photoshop Basics & Retouching... Join her as she teaches you some of the Photoshop basics, such as using layer masks, levels, clipping masks, cloning, and many other tools available to you. She will also use a few images to walk you through her retouching process from start to finish, demonstrating how to fix bad skin, remove stray (and sometimes over-the-top-crazy-frizzy) hairs, add bits of clothing where needed (to cover bra straps, extend skirts, lessen cleavage, etc.), how to use liquefy to fix client insecurities, and many other steps that she takes in her process. She will touch on some of her favorite and most used filters and provide you with a cheat sheet filled with lots of great Photoshop shortcuts. If time permits, Tracy will also show you how she removes objects from their backgrounds, which can be very useful when creating composites, or if you need to change the background of an image. If you’ve always wished that you could do more with Photoshop, there is no better time or place to learn!
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NOTES FROM THE LIBRARIAN
Each month we will feature a few available titles that the library has. Contact Timorah Beales, the Librarian, to check them out.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, CAPTURE. By Bob Davis. Book plus DVD. Beginner to advanced. Learn how to see light, find quality light, work with both natural and artificial, use modifiers, travel with lighting gear and more!
THE ART OF DIGITAL PHOTO PAINTING by Marilyn Sholin. 2009. Learn how to use Corel Painter X to add dimensionality and charm to portraits, landscapes and beyond.
PROFITABLE PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE DIGITAL AGE by Dan Heller. 2005. Digital has changed so many things. Be sure your business has evolved! A-Z information.
VPPA Membership Application What prompted you to become a member of VPPA? Who encouraged you to join? When you think of these answers, remember that there are photographers in our community who have not yet been introduced to the benefits of becoming a member of VPPA. Share your stories and experiences with them. Do you have a colleague or a member of your staff that is interested in becoming a member of VPPA? No need to look any further. The membership application can be downloaded by clicking here or visiting VPPA.org.
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