Fireworks – Think Differently
Summer brings many opportunities to photograph firework displays. Here are some tips to help you capture the event plus add some artistic flare. GETTING THE SHOT Scout your locations BEFORE it gets dark. You’ll want to include an interesting...
Full Moon Rising – Chicago Harbor Lighthouse
If the skies cooperate on the evening of Friday, April 19th, Chicago Photographers have a great opportunity to capture the full moon rising behind the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse. The full moon is rising at 8:00 PM on Friday night and with the sun setting just 25...
Chicagohenge | 5 Minutes
5 Minutes that’s all the time you’ll get the photograph Chicagohenge, so you better be prepared! Chicagohenge is a phenomenon when the Sun is rising and setting between the skyscrapers of downtown Chicago. Since the streets in the Loop are plotted directly...
A Weekend with Gerry van der Walt
Gerry van der Walt, a co-founder of Wild-eye Photo Safaris, visited Chicago Photography Classes over a weekend to conduct a workshop and a seminar. While it was a rather cold workshop, the images and education that the participants captured were priceless! Here are a...
Photographing the Lunar Eclipse – January 20, 2019
For those that can endure the fridged cold (forecasted to be about 3 degrees...below 0 with the wind chill), Chicago and a good portion of North America will be able to witness a Lunar Eclipse on January 20th beginning at 8:36pm and lasting until 1:30 am on Monday...
2018 Holiday Party
Below are the photos from the 2018 Holiday Party. A big thank you to Larry Engelhart of Deja Views Photography for capturing our memories of the evening.
Adobe Releases Many Updates For Lr & Ps (10/15/18)
This week at Adobe MAX, the company released many updates to all of its software in the Creative Cloud network including Photoshop CC and Lightroom Classic CC Below are all of the details regarding the update and two tutorial videos: How to check for Adobe Updates...
Photoshop Content-Aware Move Tool Tip
https://vimeo.com/283670851 Register for the upcoming session: Photoshop 1 & Photoshop 2
Photos From Sunrise & Boat Tour with Nick Sinnott (7/22/18)
The following are just of the few of the AWESOME shots of the morning. While we wish the rain would have held off, the clouds and reflections were great! Barb Pashup (@barbpashup) Chris Laughery (@clphotography69) Yvonne Kamps (@kampspix)...
Photoshop Chalk Talk (6/13/18) w/ Jim Welninski
Grab a cup of coffee, a notepad and enjoy watching and learning Photoshop techniques from Jim Welninski. Here are the links to the classes that Jim discusses in the video: Photoshop I Photoshop II Post-Processing Mastery
