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Welcome to the DPC Newsletter for May 2020

• Stay Safe
• Live Q & A session every Wednesday - 7.30pm.
• Courses and Corvid 19 Update
• Virtual Lightroom & Photoshop Courses
• May Newsletter Theme is “Look Down”

Stay Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives

Let me start by say that I hope everyone is safe and keeping well as we enter week six of lockdown. Considering everyone has limited freedom to go out to take pictures I've have been so impressed with the images being posted on Facebook and the 52 Week Project. Keep up the good work.

Live Question and Answer Session every Wednesday.

I will be doing a virtual Q&A session every Wednesday from 7.30pm until about 9pm. This will be on Zoom Webinar which is very easy to use and works on all computers, phones and tablets. Simply click the link below and follow the instructions. Please remember to enable your video and audio when you join the Zoom Meeting. You will need to let me know if you want to join so I can send you an invite.

You can ask me any photography questions you would like me to answer and you are welcome to send me images for editing tips or constructive feedback. Please try not to send full size files.

Upcoming Courses

Like everyone else I'm watching the daily updates for an easing of the lockdown and planning course accordingly. During May we are hoping to run a Macro Course and the Bird and Landscape Course at the end of the month. If there is an easing of restrictions it may be possible that small groups might be allowed so it might be feasible to run courses with certain extra precautions.  

I’ll aim to run any courses that are postponed ASAP on the date that suits the majority of attendees.

All group courses are postponed until at least 15th May 2020 and I will review the situation as things develop.
A huge thank you to everyone who simply postponed their courses until things improve. Please keep an eye on the Facebook Group for up to the minute updates.

Online Virtual Lightroom and Photoshop Courses

I’m  already running virtual online Lightroom Courses and I want to run Photoshop courses too. If you have a Lightroom subscription then Photoshop is included so you may as well use it. Contact me if interested.

Initially I will be running these courses as 221s, but at the normal group course price of £135, rather than the usual 221 price of £199.

This is the same great training you would get on a normal group course only we will be working from home. We will be using the Zoom (free to you) software. You will be able to see my screen and I will be able to see yours if needed. There will be regular breaks throughout the day.

The learning outcomes are exactly the same and you can ask questions. Full hand outs are provided plus everyone get a free 121 hour after the course to resolve any problems.
You can find more details here - https://digitalphotographycourses.co.uk/lightroom-course-2

The May Newsletter Theme is “Look Low"

April could be considered the month of Starlink satellites and meteors so many people, me included, spent many hours looking skywards. This month I want to reverse that and start looking low down. Obviously this will probably bring flowers and insects to mind but anything below knee level will be cool. Remember to post the the Facebook Group.

Stuck at home ideas

I've already posted an idea on the FB group for objects from unusual angles but here are a few other ideas from students for photography at home.

Here are some photography suggestions from the Facebook Group members.

1. Macro - If you don't have a Macro lens then use the close-up filter in the DPC kit.
2. Food photography - Combine your photography and cooking skills.
3. Spring - plenty of new flowers in the garden.
4. Water splashes - Best with flash or try 1/2000th sec in bright backlit sunlight and dark background.
5. Reflections - Mirrors, stainless steel, glass or water.
6. Tools from the shed/garage/loft???
7. Solitude and/or time?
8. Household theme- textures, shapes, foodstuffs?
9. Creative abstracts
10. Easter - chocolate, Easter eggs, chocolate, bunnies, more chocolate.
11. Pets Portraits
12. Shadows - glasses on a book maybe or ornamants with their shadow.

Don't forget to post your images on the DPC Facebook Group.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalphotographycourses/

Cheers
Glen, Jacqui and Misty.