Category: Tips

Adobe Lightroom Free Tutorial Videos

There are thousands of these and I would encourage you to do your own searches and look until you find a site where the tutorials and presentation are to your interests.

  1. PetaPixel: This Free Masterclass Teaches Adobe Lightroom in Just 30 Minutes
  2. FixThePhoto: Free Lightroom Tutorials
  3. PhotoTraces: Top Free Lightroom Tutorials for Beginners
  4. Adobe: Lightroom and Photoshop – Creative Cloud Photography
  5. Adobe: Edit, organize, store, and share photos from anywhere

John Williamson

One-On-One Training!


In addition to your membership in the Kanata Seniors Centre and Camera Club, you are able to take advantage of the one-on-one training available.

Need help on figuring out your digital camera, how to download images to your computer or network, how to improve them with Photoshop, how to manage your digital assets, including backup and recovery, how to protect your personal data?  All of these and more is available with the Tech Tutors at the Kanata Seniors Centre. 

Learn about your computer, tablet, phone or e-reader from these experienced instructors in one-on-one tutoring sessions. Using Kanata Seniors Council computers, or your own laptop or device, they can help you get things going and keep them working right.

These sessions cost $8.00 per hour or you can book three one-hour sessions for $20.00.  If you want to book a session, check in at the Reception Desk at the Kanata Seniors Centre to see what times are available.

For more information you can go to the Seniors Council web site and check out the Technology Help link.

John Williamson

Orchid Show

This is a reminder that the Ottawa Orchid Society annual show is coming up on April 27th and 28th. They allow the use of tripods Sunday morning from 9:00-11:00.

This is a great opportunity to shoot some amazing flowers.

For more details, check out their website.

Motion Photography

Here are five videos on Motion Photography which were presented at the April 5th 2019 meeting.

Digital Photography 1 on 1: Episode 15: Panning by Mark Wallace from Adorama TV

Shutterspeed – Easy Explained. Photography Tutorial for Beginner by Benjamin Jaworskyj

Canon: Tips for Shooting Vehicles in Motion with Kevin Wing

How to Photograph Motion at Night by Ryan Visima from Black’s

Capture Motion Blur Ep 105: Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey: Adorama Photography TV

Phil Tughan

Daylight Saving Time

If you’re one of the lucky people who have a camera that knows when to “spring ahead — fall back” you can ignore this blog post.

This message is for the rest of us.

Don’t forget to change the clock in your camera so the time recorded in the EXIF data of your images is correct!

Negative Space Photography

Here are four videos on Negative Space Photography which were presented at the March 1st 2019 meeting.

Negative Space in Photography Tutorial by Visual Art Photography Tutorials

Photography Composition Tutorial – Negative Space Photography Using a Cup of Coffee by Visual Art Photography Tutorials

Photography Tips – Negative Space in Photography by Mike Brown

Photography Composition – Simplification and Negative Space by Ted Forbes from The Art of Photography

Phil Tughan

Photo Editing Courses

The Hazeldean branch of the Ottawa Public Library is offering two introductory courses on photo editing that may be of interest to some of our camera club members.

The first is Basic Digital Photo Editing (Demo Only) on March 4th from 6-8 PM

The second is Basic Digital Photo Editing (Hands On) on March 25th from 6-8 PM

Both courses require registration with the library as described in the links above.

Black & White Photography

Here are five videos on Black and White Photography which were presented at the February 1st 2019 meeting

Exploring Black and White Photography from Lynda.com

Setting Your Camera for Black and White by The Snap Chick

Exploring Black and White Photography Tutorial – Using Shadows By Visual Art Photography Tutorials

Exploring Black and White Photography Tutorial – Tips on How to Create Mood By Visual Art Photography Tutorials

9 Quick Tips for Better Black and White Photos by Jamie Windsor

Phil Tughan

Total Lunar Eclipse

Robert Allan, a new club member sent along this link about photographing the upcoming total lunar eclipse on Sunday evening January 20th. He also provided a link to this page which shows the local start, maximum and end times.

To plan your photography, remember that The Photographers Ephemeris – available for  web, Android, and iOS – will show you moonrise and set azimuths for your location.

If you get any images of the eclipse that you want to share with the club, email them to us here and we’ll put them on the website.

<added 2019-01-16>

Ko Fung sent a link to this Global news item on the eclipse which includes a time lapse video of a lunar eclipse and explains why this is a super blood wolf moon.