VIRGINIA PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS’ ASSOCIATION
TIDEWATER DISTRICT
JUNE 2014 | VOL. 19 #6
2014 OFFICERSSECRETARYTREASURERLT GOVERNORGOVERNOR
Richard St.Peter, FP
(757) 372-7021
Erin L. Clark, CPP
(757) 472-2955
Tracy McGee, CPP, AFP
(757) 513-0388
Bob Harper, CPP
bob@bobharper
photography.com
(757) 325-8300
Photoshop Basics and Retouchingwith Tracy McGee, CPP, AFP
Learn more about this month’s workshop on pages 2-3.
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
informative tips that will help better your studio’s
sales presentations with clients.
This month’s meeting...
Photoshop Basics and Retouching with Tracy McGee, CPP, AFP
Date: Monday, June 16, 2014
Time: Social begins at 7pm, meeting begins at 7:30pm
Location: Kaiser Custom Images
401 Waters Rd.
Chesapeake, VA 23322
(757)382-9537
Tracy McGee has a
Bachelors Degree in Business
Administration and Information
Technology Management and
she is a Certified Professional
Photographer who has been
working as a professional
photographer and doing all of
her own retouching for over a
decade.
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Save the Date!VPPA Summer Seminarin PortsmouthSeptember 13th, 14th, 15th
More details to follow.
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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 LIBRARIANEach 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 PAINTINGby 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 AGEby 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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