“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.
— Benjamin Franklin
Workshops are a great way to improve your skills, meet people from other clubs, and gain inspiration from some of South Australia’s top photographers. Please note! All workshop participants are required to read and accept the Courses and Workshops Terms and Conditions available by clicking the coloured link.
2026 Workshop Schedule
Enrolments for these workshops will open one month in advance. Please continue to watch the website for any date changes and additional workshops as they are scheduled.
Post Processing Using a Simple Workflow in Photoshop 14 and 28 February — David Munro.
Birds in Flight 7 March — Bill Shields.
Landscape Photography Workshop 18 April and 2 May — Peter Barrien.
Architectural Abstracts 9 and 16 May — Martin Leitch.
Making Friends with your Flash 13 and 20 June — Shayne Cocks.
Post Processing Using a Simple Workflow in Photoshop 27 and 28 June - Yorketown — David Munro.
Adobe Lightroom (Basics) 4 and 18 July — Mark O’Reilly.
Adobe Lightroom (Intermediate) 8 August — Bill Shields.
Street Photography 12 and 19 September — Chris Schulz.
DxO Software - Life after Adobe - or better with it! 10 and 17 October — Alan Bevan.
Night Architecture 14 and 24 October — Peter Cheung.
Nature and Wildlife 31 October — Amanda Luker.
Photoshop post processing using a simple workflow
Photoshop post processing using a simple workflow
Date — Time — Location
14 and 28 February — 12 pm to 4 pm — Meeting Room 1, State Library of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide.
Outline
Photoshop is a large, complex, and comprehensive application and can be daunting to learn. This course introduces a simple yet powerful workflow in Photoshop for post-processing your RAW files. By introducing only a small number of concepts and tools and consistently using them, the aim is to give you confidence and success in processing your images in Photoshop. Once you have practice and experience with this workflow, you should be able to build on it to learn more complex areas of PS.
The Tutor – David Munro
David Munro took up photography as a retirement hobby around 2017, developing a keen interest in landscapes and nature. Since then, he has won several awards at local, national and international competitions. These include the overall winner at the 2018 SA Seniors Card ‘Through the Lens’ Competition, winner of the aerial category in the 2021 International 360° Photo Awards, an APS gold medal at the 2024 Edwardstown National and two first places in the 2024 SAPF Annual Exhibition. David currently holds the EFIAP and FAPS honours distinctions.
In his professional career, David was an Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide and has over 34 years of teaching and research experience in Computer Science.
Requirements
No prior Photoshop experience is assumed, but some knowledge of Lightroom Classic is required.
The latest versions of Lightroom Classic and Photoshop, as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, will be used in the program. However, almost everything covered in the course should work the same way in older versions. Please ensure you are using Lightroom Classic and not other versions of Lightroom, as they are different software programs.
Sections of this course are interactive. Hence, you will need to bring along a laptop with Lightroom Classic and Photoshop already installed. Raw images will be provided for practise, but if you have images on your own you would like to work on, please ensure that the Lightroom catalogue on your laptop can access them and that they are in raw format. Any genre will do, but landscapes are great to practise on.
Preparation
Course notes will be distributed to participants approximately 10 days before the course starts. Additionally, a number of RAW images will be made available for download for the second session. Other handouts will be provided after Session 1
The sessions will cover the following topics:
Starting in Lightroom
Lens correction
Some noise reduction and sharpening
Adjust highlights (for landscapes)
Horizon straightening and optionally first crop
Creating a user preset
Moving to Photoshop
Setting up your workspace
Keyboard commands and general navigation
Duplicating the background layer
Removing dust spots and unwanted items
Photoshop crop tool
Saving your work back to Lightroom
Workflow principles
Brightness adjustments
Contrast adjustments
Colour adjustments
Final adjustments
Creative sharpening/clarity
Creative effects/filters/plugins
Non-destructive edits using Adjustment layers
Auto curves
Adjustment layers
Layer masks
Using Brushes
Solid colours and blend modes
Photo filters
Blend If
Final Adjustments
Merging up layers
Smart filters
Adding a stroke around the border
Some creative techniques - e.g. motion blur, Gaussian blur
Using external tools e.g., Topaz Denoise and Nik Collection
The course will be delivered over two sessions. What is covered in each session is fluid, depending on how everyone is progressing. However, here is a working guide.
Session One
A quick demo outlining the editing workflow the tutor uses.
Starting in Lightroom, then moving to Photoshop.
Interactive session with your laptops using what has been covered so far.
A brief introduction to Adjustment Curves, Layer Masks and Brushes.
Interactive session using what has been covered so far.
Some ideas you may want to try at home.
Session Two
Recap on Session One.
Workflow principles and non-destructive edits using Adjustment layers.
Interactive session using the elements from Sections 3 and 4.
As much on Final Adjustments as time permits.
Summary.
Cost
$100 per person. Coffee breaks and lunch are at the participant’s own expense. A café is located on the ground floor of the State Library.
Payment
Payment can be made by credit or debit card or via PayPal. Please visit the SAPF website https://www.sapf.org.au/courses for more information.
Agreement
Please read the SAPF Workshops and Courses – Terms and Conditions attached to this document (also available on the SAPF website under ‘Workshops’). Registering for and paying for the course constitutes acceptance of these terms.
Click here to download a PDF version of this.
Enquiries
Contact the SAPF Course Coordinator (Margaret Phillips), coursecoordinator@sapf.org.au