NFRCC has made the following courses, seminars and training material available to all of our members
| Topic | Description | Presenter | Video | Additional Material |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burning & Dodging | Burning and Dodging are photographic techniques which permit the photographer to lighten (dodge) or darken (burn) the exposure applied to parts of an image. | Mary Lou Frost | Link to YouTube Channel | Lesson support files & downloads |
| HDR Halo Removal with Luminosity Masks | A lesson on techniques for reducing the “halos” which often appear on our HDR images where dark and light areas converge. | Mary Lou Frost | Link to YouTube Channel | Lesson support files & downloads |
| Sharpening Techniques | Learn methods to sharpen your images | Mary Lou Frost | Link to YouTube Channel | Lesson support files & downloads |
| The Text Tool | Learn to use the Text Tool to create custom watermarks | Mary Lou Frost | Link to YouTube Channel | Lesson support files & downloads |
| Camera Raw | Working with Raw Files (Develop Module in Lightroom) Working win Adobe Camera Raw (Develop Module in Lightroom) including the benefits of developing jpeg images in ACR | Mary Lou Frost | Link to YouTube Channel | Lesson support files & downloads |
| Further Development of Raw Files (Develop Module in Lightroom) | Further Use of Adobe Camera Raw (Develop Module in Lightroom) | Mary Lou Frost | Link to YouTube Channel | Lesson support files & downloads |
| Selection | Learn how to create a selection, work with popular selection tools, and fine-tune the edges of a selection | Mary Lou Frost | Link to YouTube Channel | Lesson support files & downloads |
| Clone Stamp Tool and Healing Brushes | “Fixit Images” requiring the Clone Stamp Tool for Development Using the spot healing and healing brushes, including minimizing wrinkles on skin and removing glare from glasses | Mary Lou Frost | Link to YouTube Channel | Lesson support files & downloads |
| Moving an Image into a New Background | Extracting an Image from its background and moving it into a new document. | Mary Lou Frost | Link to YouTube Channel | Lesson support files & downloads |
| Extracting an Image and Creating a New Background | Extracting a hard-edge subject and creating a new background | Mary Lou Frost | Link to YouTube Channel | Lesson support files & downloads |
| Luminosity and Exposure | Understanding Luminosity and Histograms including Camera Use and Post Processing | Mary Lou Frost | Link to YouTube Channel | Lesson support files & downloads |
| Special Uses of Luminosity Selections | Advanced applications for Luminosity Selections: “Detailing the Dark,” “The Orton Effect,” and “Blending Images with Varying Exposures.” | Mary Lou Frost | Link to YouTube Channel | Lesson support files & downloads |
| Transform Tools | A presentation on the common transform tools: free transform, perspective, skew and distort. | Mary Lou Frost | Link to YouTube Channel | Lesson support files & downloads |
| Creative Image Techniques | Developing Creative Image, including Mirroring, Mandalas, Kaleidoscopes and Tiny Planets. | Mary Lou Frost | Link to YouTube Channel | Lesson support files & downloads |
| Introduction to Photo Compositing by Rick McKenzie | Compositing multiple images in Photoshop | Rick McKenzie of the Hamilton Camera Club | Link to YouTube Channel | |
| Introductions to Street Photography from Beginner to Advanced by James Maher | Introductions to Street Photography from Beginner to Advanced | James Maher of the Hamilton Camera Club | Link to YouTube Channel | |
| Special Text Effects | Creating text using background files and other special effects techniques | Mary Lou Frost | Link to YouTube Channel | Lesson support files & downloads |
