This webinar is part of the Fred & Edie Greene Speaker Series

Layers & Masking Demystified
Hazel Meredith, APSA, HonNEC

Learn why layers are important – and useful – when working in Photoshop. I’ll review the various types of layers and how they can make your workflow easier. I will also show you how to apply masking to a layer – a task many feel intimidated by. It’s easier than you think!

Bio:
Hazel Meredith is an award-winning photographer and a sought-after teacher, speaker, and competition judge. She began teaching in 2007, and now does seminars at camera clubs and conferences across the U.S. – both in-person and virtual. She offers her own workshops and webinars, and has done webinars for several software companies.

She has written two eBooks on working with textures, and released two creative courses. She and her husband, Dave, produce the “Virtual Creative Photography Conference” with
attendees from around the world.

Hazel loves the creative aspect of photography and post-processing, especially the use of textures and software to create unique images. She is actively involved with the photographic community, and has held leadership roles and received honorary distinctions from several organizations. In the Fall of 2020 she was the recipient of the Ashbrook Award for Digital Imaging Instruction from the Photographic Society of America.

Non-members of the Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia can register for the presentation using the following link: Eventbrite

PGNS members can go to the members only page for the WebEx link to the meeting.

This webinar is part of the Fred & Edie Greene Speaker Series

Pet Photography
Larry Cowles, HonPSA, GMPSA/P, EFIAP/d3

While Larry’s program is centered around taking images of pets in the studio, he will also talk about using natural light. Many of us have pets that are part of our family and we want to have portraits of them like any other family members. They also make great subjects for competition images. Larry will discuss techniques of how to get your pet to look at the camera, compositional tools and developing a pet photography team to create great images.

Bio:
Larry is a retired Electrical Engineer with a passion for Photography. He joined PSA in 1983 and has been active in exhibitions having achieved over 15,000 acceptances and winning hundreds of awards from 100 countries and was the first person to obtain GMPSA/P, PSA’s highest level. Over the years he has held various offices in camera clubs, councils and PSA Chapters. He has judged or chaired many exhibitions. In PSA Larry is an ex-chairman of the Color Projected Imaged Division, Vice chairman of the Print Division and past Vice President and Managing Editor of the PSA Journal. He is a frequent judge, teaches photography and is a mentor. His photographic specialty is portraits.

Non-members of the Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia can register for the presentation using the following link: Eventbrite

PGNS members can go to the members only page for the WebEx link to the meeting.

This webinar is part of the Fred & Edie Greene Speaker Series

Creative Cellphone Photography
Stephen Patterson

A selection of photographs made with the iPhone 14 Pro over the past 2 years and the potential it has as a creative tool for artistic expression. I will discuss the differences in compositional approach, working with RAW files, focusing, working in bright daylight, slow motion photography, multiple exposure and much more.

Bio:
Stephen began making images with his camera close to 40 years ago after acquiring his first camera back in 1983. He quickly became fascinated and curious about what others were doing and began to get a collection of books by various masters of the art of photography. One of his first books was Ernst Haas, The Creation which he used as an example of what could be achieved with the proper use of composition and light. Shortly after that he got several of Freeman Patterson’s books that were extremely educational on many aspects of visual design and helped him enormously as well.

Stephen joined the Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia in 1983 after seeing a presentation by Mary Primrose on flower photography and that also opened new doors to nature photography, along with seeing the creative eyes of many other members of the guild back in the day.

Stephen has had several solo print exhibitions in Ottawa; The Museum of Nature in 1993, Toronto, the Gottlieb Gallery in 1993 and 1997, and ongoing displays there into the early 2000s. The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, in 1991.

Stephen was featured in the Canadian Nature photography book, The Last Wilderness, 1989.
He continues to create new images with his Camera as well as his iPhone 14 pro, and sees both as equally valid artistic devices, citing visual creativity as the more important aspect of artistic expression, over whatever device is used to create the photographs.

He has taught visual design workshops and has led photographic tours to many locations.

Non-members of the Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia can register for the presentation using the following link: Eventbrite

PGNS members can go to the members only page for the WebEx link to the meeting.