Presented by: Jürgen Lobert
Run time: 1:48:53

This is an instructional and technical program by night photographer Jürgen Lobert to introduce photographers to light painting and light drawing at night. 
Adding artificial light to photos taken at night can be done through a number of techniques. Light painting adds additional light to existing surfaces, but light drawing is one of the few techniques where a photographer can actively create unique and intriguing content, rather than simply photographing existing sceneries.

The following topics are covered: Introduction to light painting equipment & settings Trigonometry for photographers: the exposure triangle Capturing time so you can spend it on painting Adding light Exposure considerations and the square root paradigm Angles: how geometry creates intrigue Buy or do it yourself: the light painter’s toolbox Light Painting: How to convert a flashlight into a paint brush Light Drawing: Unleash your artistic side The three secret techniques for mastering light painting and drawing. Post-processing considerations Resources Throughout the presentation, Jürgen will demonstrate a number of light painting tools, show how to use them and how they look like in the many visual examples.

Presented by: Kah Wai Lin, EPSA, SPSA·
Run Time: 1:16:32

In this webinar, Dr. Kah-Wai Lin will tell you four pro tips in crafting better images in landscape photography: how to use the lights to create emotion; how to use long exposure to create dynamism; how to use the perspective of vision to create visual impact; and how to use composition to create a story.

Presented by: Tirtha Dasgupta, FPSA, SPSA, EFIAP·
Run time: 50:53


This is a pre-recorded webinar on the history of photography that was created to celebrate World Photography Day - 2020. There is a second webinar of a PowerPoint presentation that was converted to a video that augments the webinar - there is no sound associated with that second video.

Presented by John Walrath 
Run time: 1:40:05

Join John Walrath, Datacolor’s Imaging Training & Technical Support Manager, for a look at a color-managed workflow to help you make your best prints. He will share strategies and best practices for color management, accurate display calibration, printer calibration, and the printing process. John will use several examples of his own work to demonstrate these principles that will help you share your vision with others through print.

Presented by: Valerie Jardin
Run time: 1:27:53

If you are an introvert and the simple thought of getting close to a stranger makes you sweat, or simply if it feels too sneaky or obtrusive, know that there are other ways to practice the beautiful genre of street photography without getting close to your subject. This presentation will show you ways to be more incognito on the streets while also preserving the anonymity of your subjects. This presentation will also help you get back on the streets during this temporary era of social distancing.

Presented by: Peter Scifres, GPSA
Run Time: 1:10:54

Join Pete and learn how to get out at night and make your own beautiful and unique Landscape Astrophotographs. Topics will include how to select locations and times that will result in good images; personal safety while in the field after dark; what equipment to use and how to set it up; composition considerations; and some post-production tips. There will be at least one case study tying all this together. If you have ever marveled at the quiet beauty of the night sky, this is your chance to begin – or improve -- making memories of those experiences.

Presented by: JC Carey
Run time: 1:38:26

Have you been frustrated with lighting? Do strobes and flashes intimidate you? Do you have a headache when adding artificial light to a scene? Have you been stuck creatively with your photography? If you've always wanted to get better results with your lighting but were fearful of the process then join JC Carey as he demystifies lighting into the simplest steps possible so that anyone with a basic understanding of camera functions can start producing more dynamic images immediately. With tips and tricks that can be used with any lights, you add to your creative arsenal JC will talk about the basics and dive into some more advanced concepts. In three easy steps, JC will take you from Fear to flash. Topics covered: Lens selection and how it relates to lighting TTL vs Manual Camera modes High-Speed Sync/Rear Curtain Sync Off Camera Lighting Modifying the light."

Presented by: Bill Barnett, APSA, GMPSA, August 13, 2020
Run time: 53:33

Today there is a lot of interest in infrared photography. It is a way to explore new worlds and capture fine art images. It changes the appearance of an image by creating false tones or colors. It stimulates your creativity. In this program, Bill will explore what infrared (actually near-infrared) radiation is and how it renders photographs of the world. Pure infrared radiation produces only black and white images, but also including part of the visible spectrum allows colored images to be created. The images shown in this program are the result of an extended personal project where images from across Connecticut were captured using a series of filters. Filters include a normal visible filter and a variety of filters that admitted infrared radiation plus part of the visible spectrum. Each filter produced a different result. Bill will begin by briefly describing the Infrared Connecticut project and the reasons it was undertaken. He will describe the equipment used and compare the photographs that can be obtained using different filters. Finally, he will describe the post-processing steps required for each type of filter. The presentation will conclude with a showcase selected from the many images captured during the project.

Presented by: Lisa Cuchara, August 6, 2020
Run time: 1:13:02

This program will cover in-camera techniques as well as post-processing tips for creating stitched images. Stitched images can be great for panoramas, composite backgrounds, and for tight areas. The logistics and benefits or taking two vertical images at 30-40mm rather than one horizontal at 17mm will be discussed. Multi-image and multi exposure-image combinations will also be presented, for example, many of my panoramic images are 77 images combined, 11 verticals across with 7 exposures each. Vertoramas can also be created to help with building keystoning and/or to add impact.

Presented by: Charles Needle
Run time: 1:01:48

Presented by: Shawn Carey
Run time: 1:57:04

East Africa evokes images of vast grasslands teeming with exotic animals. Enormous herds of wildebeests, zebras, antelopes, and gazelles graze under the watchful eyes of Africa’s great predators. It is nature at its most wild. In a region abundant with wildlife, perhaps no country is as celebrated as Tanzania. Home to the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park, Tanzania is a nature enthusiast’s paradise.

For this special presentation, join wildlife photographer Shawn Carey on an adventure into the heart of Tanzania. We’ll take a safari vehicle into the country’s spectacular national parks and see the “Big Five”—African Elephant, Black Rhino, Cape Buffalo, Lion, and Leopard—in all their glory. Along the way, we’ll search for and photograph Cheetahs, Giraffes, Black-backed Jackals, and Hippos. And we’ll encounter a panoply of Tanzania’s wonderful and amazing birds, including the Greater Flamingo, Lilac-breasted Roller, Little Bee-eater, Giant Kingfisher, and Grey-crowned Crane—the country’s national bird. If you’ve ever dreamed of visiting East Africa and its incredible wildlife, this is a journey you’ll never forget. And it may just have you planning your own African adventure.

Shawn Carey (Migration Productions) produces bird and wildlife-relate multi-media presentations, videos and photo workshops that have been presented all over the United States. Shawn moved from his home in Pennsylvania to Massachusetts in 1986 and started watching birds in 1988. His avid interest in photography was joined with a newfound passion for birding and he began to combine the two in 1991. By 1994, he and good friend Jim Grady started Migration Productions as a way to present their multi-image slide presentations to a live audience.

Shawn’s photos have been published in the Boston Globe, New York Times, Mass Audubon Sanctuary magazine, Science magazine, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary magazine, and many others over the last 20 years.

Run time: 1:46:24
Presented by Clifford Pickett

What if I told you your workflow can be automated down to just one click to organize and two clicks to find any image you’ve ever taken? Yeah. The best workflow is one that requires the least amount of work possible. The least amount of you possible. Less work, more flow. The problem with most workflows is that they don’t work, not all the time. If your workflow doesn’t work all the time, it doesn’t work at all. Come learn how to make Lightroom work for you. Come learn the last solution you’ll ever need to deal with your growing photo library so you can get back to doing what you love.

Presented by: Susan Magnano
Run time: 1:26:51

Susan Magnano has dedicated many nights to the art of creating long exposures that stand out from the rest. She will cover everything from how to adjust your camera settings to ND filters, to expanding your artistic vision through the use of light painting, light graffiti, and night portraiture. Together, we will test the limits of your creativity with long exposures and see how you can apply it to all fields in photography.

Presented by: Hema Narayanan, QPSA
Run time: 1:01:21

There is a limitlessness to the Sky. When we look up at the clouds in the massive vastness of the sky, we observe formations, moving clouds or clouds that appear to have faces, shapes and patterns in them. The Drama of the Clouds is a big part of Nature’s character. Nature’s best reward to us photographers are the infinite opportunities for photographing sunrises, sunsets and sun rays piercing through the clouds, creating striking imagery. But, think of these images without clouds? Without clouds, landscapes or sunrise/sets can be dull and dreary, making us cut out the sky and lay emphasis on foreground elements instead. On the contrary, witnessing the puffy, bulbous, stormy clouds lit up in myriad manners, can make the scene appear more colourful, alive and dramatic.

The goal of this webinar is to get you thinking about how you can look up more and capture the skyscapes and understand few nuances of this genre. Hema’s presentation will cover the following topics with illustrations: 1) Weather Conditions 2) Usage of Right Filters 3) Exposure Length 4) Use of light correctly 5) Composition and 6) general tip on post-processing. She will also share two rare phenomenons she witnessed in the Himalayas that occurred amidst the clouds.

Focusing on the Details
Run time: 1:18:02

Lisa will discuss the love for RUST and their approach to and experience with photographing historic and abandoned buildings, urban decay, etc. This program will include techniques for wide-angle and close-up photography including the use of HDR (high dynamic range), EDR (extended dynamic range), HDR-panoramas, and light painting in this program. Equipment and techniques used to bring out the beauty and drama of these subjects will also be discussed as we show our fascination with RUST. The program is aimed to inspire you: inspire you to visit new "old" places and to get to know them well enough to tell their story, inspire you to capture high dynamic range images and to light paint, and inspire you to create art from decay. Urban exploration (UrbEx) is the art of finding and exploring abandoned locations. Not all locations are technically "urban" or even "abandoned". The term abandoned is used VERY loosely. It is not "being abandoned" that attracts us to a place, it is the history, beauty, decay, charm, and architectural details (which contrast so drastically with today’s vanilla architecture). Another definition of UrbEx is the investigation of seldom seen man-made structures, a definition more consistent with our quest, since our subjects may be FAR from abandoned (like the architectural grandeur of bustling Grand Central Terminal or the surprising drama of the [empty] neo-Gothic Eastern State Penitentiary), but these sites count as "unseen" because few people actually stop to appreciate beautiful prison architecture or the jaw-dropping details of Grand Central.

Run time: 1:41:59
Presented by: Jorn Hansen

Birds are in many ways a photographer’s dream with their exquisite plumage and beautiful eyes. Combining this beauty with feeding, courtship and social/antisocial behavior as well as flight provides enormous photographic opportunities. However, there are difficulties; birds are often small, are in constant motion and are usually not willing models. Based on a number of years of experience, this presentation addresses many of the challenges that need to be overcome in order to obtain bird photographs that illustrate interesting behavior while simultaneously being technically acceptable/excellent photographs. The seemingly simple yet fundamental photographic elements of focus and exposure can in fact be very challenging; interesting behavior is often over in a fraction of a second so focus and exposure must be correct the first time. When using long lenses, getting a rapidly moving bird in the frame and keeping it in the frame requires practice, knowledge, technique and luck; furthermore, capturing a pleasing composition adds another layer of difficulty. A once in a lifetime observation must be captured and captured correctly when it occurs. 

The presentation discusses lessons learned trying to capture ordinary and extraordinary behavior. The subjects covered include light quality; use of on-camera flash; studio-style flash setups; backyard photography; approaches to exposure and focussing; capturing feeding, aggression and reflections; techniques to improve the success of flight photography. The presentation concludes with a discussion of equipment selection and camera/lens settings followed by some favorite photographs. 

Run time: 1:18:24
Presented by James Maher

Wabi Sabi with Lisa Cuchara
Presented May 14, 2020
Run time: 1:03:57

This program explores the beauty of imperfect and/or unconventional subjects. As nature photographers we often seek out the flowers, leaves and such that are perfect, with no blemishes or defects. 

This program highlights subjects that are not perfect, such as flowers that have character, double headed flowers, decaying fall leaves, the deformed coneflower that stands out as flawed and hence different and beautiful, rust as it creates abstract patterns amidst the decay, etc. We will also explore the concept of slowing down and appreciating the beauty of everyday life, things that might be overlooked. 

As purveyors of rust and decay we appreciate the perseverance and beauty of “life after humans” as cars and equipment falls apart and succumbs to oxidation and decay. Wabi-Sabi teaches us to find beauty in everyday life. It is a kind of anti-aesthetic, an alternative to the dominating discriminatory ideas we hold about beauty. “Wabi means a beauty of elegant imperfection. Sabi means aloneness. Together, they suggest the beauty of ‘the withered, weathered, tarnished, scarred, intimate, coarse, earthly, evanescent, tentative, ephemeral.’ ~ Crispin Sartwell, Six Names of Beauty. It is a way of honoring that everything is impermanent, and we are always in a state of both becoming and falling away. It is used to describe a particular philosophy that beauty can be found in the old, the everyday, the imperfect. Wabi Sabi applies to more than nature and the seasons of change and decay, but it also to the “Life after Humans” arena or UrbEx (urban exploration). As a side note, the term Wabi Sabi can also be part of the social movement of embracing imperfection of your physical traits as a human being, especially with respect to self-perception and celebrating imperfection in a society that encourages people to be perfect and pressures people to be flawless.

Presented by: Don Toothaker of Hunt's Photo Education
Runtime: 1:45:16

Black and white photography is not only alive and well in the digital age, but it is also better than ever before. Personal growth in photography is rooted in the fundamentals of exposure and composition and no genre teaches you more about each than working in monochrome. How does one see and create images in black & white in the modern, digital world?

Join Hunt’s Photo Education’s Don Toothaker to learn, understand, and discuss the characteristics that make for a strong image in Monochrome. He will take you through the process of how to find images that are most suitable for monochrome (and those that are not). The goal of this webinar is to get you thinking as much as possible about how you can utilize black & white to further your photographic creativity and add it to your arsenal of imagery.

Creative & Impactful: Nature Photography in High-Key Style 
Webinar by: Lisa Langell

Presented by: Frank Smith
Run time: 1:18:42

Presented by: Jackie Kramer
Run time: 1:26:01

Join Jackie Kramer as she takes us on a journey through her digital garden where she will share a variety of techniques to bring out the character in floral subjects. She will offer examples showing how to reflect the personality of a flower and how to shoot straightforward macro images with selective focus, shoot-throughs, abstracts, multiples, textures, and more. Hear her rationale as it applies to decisions in the field pertaining to the selection of the subject, background, approach, composition, lighting, exposure, and depth of field. You will leave with a desire to put some of these ideas into action as you create your own unique images.

Presented by Padma Inguva 
Run time: 1:00:56

While countless photographers attempt to photograph churches, few succeed in capturing images that are as breathtaking as the churches themselves. The reason is - photographing the inside of a church is hard. It takes an advanced skill-set to capture the three-dimensional beauty, found in reality with such high dynamic range, and then to convey the same level of emotion in the two-dimensional plane of a photograph.

In this program, Padma Inguva showcases her portfolio of images of places of worship, the equipment she uses, how she plans her visits, the research she does, proper etiquette while photographing, camera settings for both tripod and handheld capture, Image processing post-capture techniques that bring to life the images she captures.
Here is a link to her portfolio: https://www.padmasworld.com/religious-spaces

Padma Inguva is well known for her flower photography. However her passion for photography goes beyond her incredible love for photographing flowers. It extends and encompasses the architectural world and all its wonders that include photographing places of worship especially interiors. As a photographer and a student of Civil Engineering, she incorporates the two disciplines into an art form. Her appreciation of Neoclassical Architecture has led her to travel the world to capture some of its magnificent religious structures.

Presented by Rad Drew
Run time: 53:48

Run time: 49:42 
Presented by: Jerry Hug, APSA

Jerry Hug covers the following:

• Purchasing a Cell Camera and pre-planning your purchase for photography.
• Setting up the resident Camera app and Photo settings for maximum results.
• Favorite applications (apps) for Photography - (Apps for shooting and apps for editing.)
• Organizing your images on your mobile devices.
• Adding Mobile equipment: Lens, Stabilization, Extending shooting with battery chargers and various homemade aids.
• Traveling advantages and disadvantages of Cell Phone photography
• Creative editing and developing a unique style.
• Storing your images
• Printing your images directly from your mobile devices to inkjet printers.

Greg Rostami, Topaz guru gave an exciting webinar of the cutting-edge A.I. solutions from Topaz Labs:
- Upscale your photos 600% with unprecedented quality using A.I. GigaPixel.
- Remove high ISO noise and sharpen your photos with A.I. Clear.
- Convert any JPEG to RAW and increase dynamic range in A.I. JPEG to RAW.
- Create an art masterpiece from your photos with A.I. ReMix.

Agenda:
- Welcome and introductions
- Presentation & Demonstration
- Questions if possible

PSA members who are already logged in, can view or download the webinar recording at: https://psa-photo.org/index.php?webinars. Those who are not logged in, will find it, after login, under Education>Webinar Recordings

Duration: 1:27:42
Given by: Abba Shapiro

Get a special look into Luminar 3 and learn about the all new Library features that can help you sort, rate and filter your images and much more to help you quickly organize and edit your best images! 

Some of the topics we will be going over: 

• Explore the new Library features in Luminar 3
 
• Look at Sorting, Rating, and Filtering 

• Examine the new QuickEdit Workflow 

• Unique AI and Image Aware Filters in Luminar 

• and more! 


Presenter: Abba Shapiro is the Senior Evangelist and Trainer for Skylum Software as well as a Professional Photographer and Author who conducts workshops around the globe.

Presented by: Nadia Filiaggi, EPSA, EFIAP
Run time: 32:13

Nadia will explain the very basics of the Photo Travel Definition, sentence by sentence by using lots of images as examples. Her aim is to assist PT entrants to understand which images are suitable for Photo travel sections so as to increase their chances of Acceptances in International Exhibitions. Images that do not adhere to the PT definition and those that would probably score low are also addressed. Members are provided with links to further educational material.

Presented by: Joanne Stolte, HonPSA, MPSA, EFIAP, ESFIAP
Run time: 1:07:03

This webinar is a companion to the Portfolio Webinar presented by Dan Charbonnet, HonPSA, EPSA, and covers different aspects of the Portfolio development process. Joanne will describe the educational features of this PSA Distinction program; provide tips for creating a Bronze Portfolio, and proceeding to Silver and Gold Portfolios, and show sample Portfolios to help the participant envision creating their own portfolio.

Presented by John Andrew Hughes, APSA, PPSA
Run time: 1:05:48

Presented by Dan Charbonnet, HonPSA, EPSA, May 28, 2020
Run time: 31:30

The PSA Portfolio Distinctions program includes the need for an OVERVIEW IMAGE in addition to the images in the portfolio.  The design of the Overview Image can make or break a successful portfolio no matter how good the individual images are.  This webinar covers how to craft the Overview Image and what to consider when arranging the thumbnails of the individual images in the Overview Images instead of just randomly placing them.

Webinar available for viewing in the Member's Only area

Given by Roy Killen, GMPSA, EFIAP, APSEM

This webinar will explain the process of obtaining Star Ratings and Recognition of Photographic Achievement (ROPA). It is recommended that participants download the “Star 1-5 Application Instructions” and the “Star Ratings Application Spreadsheet” from https://psa-photo.org/index.php?stars-and-ropa prior to the webinar. 

PSA members who are already logged in, can view or download the webinar recording at: https://psa-photo.org/index.php?webinars. Those who are not logged in, will find it, after login, under Education>Webinar Recordings