Eastside Camera Club - Education

We feature a brief educational presentation at some of our meetings, and publish this set of educational articles about photography written by our members.

• Photography Terms, by Timothy Griffin
   
  
• Image Impact!, by Bill Buchanan, presented at the February 15, 2024 Monthly Meeting
   
  
• Bill Buchanan's HDR Education at the October 19, 2023 Monthly Meeting: Presentation and Notes
   
  
• Dock on a Lake - Au Train Lake - MI, by George Norkus, October 23, 2022
   
  
• Creating Realistic Reflections, by Lorell Leon, March 18, 2021
   
  
• (Simplified) How to Photograph an ISS transit of the Sun or Moon
   
  
• Education - How to photograph an International Space Station transit of the Moon
   
  
• How Jeff Made His Mt Clemens Library Print - ECC Education Presentation on Feb 18 2021
   
  
• How to Create a Diptych in Photoshop
   
  
• How to Create a Diptych in Lightroom Classic
   
  

Club Training Videos

• Setting the White and Black Point in Lightroom for Maximum Tonal Range in Your Images

Some of our education discusses software that club members use in their photography.

• Adobe Photography Plan, at $120/year is a steal, giving frequently-updated versions of Lightroom (powerful photo management and editing) and Photoshop (pixel-based editing with layers, masks, compositing, etc).
   
  
• Bill's List of Desktop Software
   
  
• Bill's List of iPhone apps
   
  
• The Windows software used to display the slide show during ECC Meetings

We retain a library of books and videos about photography that our members are welcome to check-out. Email us EccMacombMi@gmail.com to check-out an item from our library.

Here are some eBooks available online:

• Long Exposure Photography (Timothy Griffin, 2021) (PDF format)
   
  
• Long Exposure Photography (Timothy Griffin, 2021) (ePub format, for your e-reader)
   
  
• Light in the Landscape (Ian Worth)

And we suggest these educational videos

• Organizing in Lightroom with Scott Kelby

Mentoring List

• If you need some one-on-one help, here is a list of mentoring volunteers and their specialties