Club Resources
©Karen Kader - “Hummingbird” 2nd Place OCC Nature, Feb. 2023
OCC Handbook
Print Label Sheets
OCC By-Laws
Print Entry Sheet
Mentor Program
Digital Competition Instructional Video
YouTube Videos
Colormunki Monitor Calibration Instructions
Educational Programs and Tutorials
Resizing and Exporting Photos for Showing and for Competition…
Most photographers use Adobe programs - either Lightroom and/or Photoshop for post-processing and editing of their photos. The submission of the proper size of photos for showing and/or competition is challenging for beginning photographers and often is based on the type or version of the program used.
Adobe Lightroom is available in more than one form - primarily Lightroom Classic and Lightroom Creative Cloud (CC). For further confusion, at times, Lightroom Classic also is described as Lightroom Classic CC.
New versions and changes by Adobe are inevitable. However, this link is helpful for describing the current differences: https://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/lightroom-cc-vs-lightroom-classic/
Lightroom Presentation
Photoshop Tips
HDR Presentation
Depth of Field Presentation
Critiquing Images
Elements of Good Pictures
Shooting Panorama Pictures
Educational Websites and Online Training
New Camera Gear
Rockbrook Camera
https://www.rockbrookcamera.com
(Shop Local and support Rockbrook Camera at their locations in both Omaha and Lincoln NE.)
B&H Photo, NYC.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com
(Highly competitive pricing, huge selection, excellent service. If you know what you want, this is the first place to start.)
Really Right Stuff
https://www.reallyrightstuff.com
(Top-shelf engineering and impeccable service.)
Printing Services
Timmy's Treehouse Print Studio
13595 Giles Road Suite C
Omaha, NE 68138
402.770.0065
https://www.timmystreehouse.com
Bay Photo
https://bayphoto.com/
Sam’s Club
(Site to view 500 pics).
Plugins, Apps and More
Silver Efex Pro is a great plugin for black & white photography
Skylum for Luminar AI
On1 Photo Raw is a great image editor program
https://www.on1.com/
Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop programs
https://www.adobe.com/products/catalog.html
Moon photography
Topaz Labs for Denoise, Upscaling, Sharpening, Deinterlacing
Ephemeris
The Photographer's Ephemeris Web App
Jim Nix
See Jim on YouTube, he shares easy to follow instructions on various plugins as well as processing techniques. You can also visit Jim's Website
Online Contest Sites
Participating in online contests and looking at many other photos in a variety of categories helps expand photographic horizons.
BetterPhoto.com - limited participation free membership; $50 per year for basic annual membership; judging is done by site owner
https://www.dpchallenge.com/ - limited participation free membership; membership is $25 a year or $5 a month; judging/voting is by members