On Wednesday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Green Briar Park Fieldhouse, 2650 W. Peterson Avenue, Chicago, Green Briar Camera Club will host a presentation on how to use special effects in Adobe Photoshop. Our program will feature Bob Benson, former president of the Chicago Area Camera Clubs and winner of many photographic awards.

The title of Bob’s talk is “Photoshop FX – Or: Even Though I Don¹t Want to Take Pictures in the Rain, Sometimes I Like the Effect.” He will demonstrate how to create weather: fog, lightning, snow, rain, rainbows, and realistic reflections using tools in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. He will show how some images can be altered to an advantage using these techniques.

All are invited to the presentation!

The following images were awarded top honor in their category  at the February 2012 Competition.

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Category: Digital Projected Image (DPI)

DPI of the Month – “Only Shoot Me From my Good Side” by Jeff Lynch

Category: Specials (Architecture or Buildings)

Print of the Month – “Gothic” by Steve Zasadny

Category: Live Capture

Print of the Month – “The Cat That Ate the Rabbit” by Phyllis Brauer

Category: Small Color A

Print of the Month – “Pink Sky, Cold Ice” by Steve Zasadny

Category: Small Color B

Print of the Month – “Quiet Moment” by Bill Grabinski

Category: Large Color

Print of the Month – “Winter’s Fury” by Steve Zasadny

Category: Small Monochrome

Print of the Month – “Leonora” by Ken Linka

Category: Large Monochrome

Print of the Month – “Snowfall on Spring Creek” by Bob Dietz

The Special Category theme for April is “Flowers and Gardens”, but there won’t be much blooming in our backyards before that. Fortunately, the Chicago Flower & Garden Show is scheduled for March 10-18 at Navy Pier. Besides plenty of fresh subject matter to photograph, there will also be Masters Photography Classes on Sunday and Monday, March 11-12th. Click here to download a .pdf of the details of this two-day class, Focus on Flowers: Creating Floral Portraits.