Workshops are a great way to improve your skills, meet people from other clubs, and experience the inspiration provided by 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.
Workshops coming up
The following workshops will be available for enrollment approximately one month before the workshop date. Please note the dates and check back here to secure your spot. Workshops fill up very fast.
Photoshop Workshop: 12 July and 26 July – David Munro
Lightroom Workshop at Kadina: 26 July and 27 July – Mark O’Reilly
Street Photography: 6 September and 13 September – Chris Schulz
Making Friends with Your Flash at Port Lincoln: 27 September - Shayne Cocks
DXO Software - Life After Adobe: 11 October and 25 October - Alan Bevan
Nature and Wildlife: 18 October – Amanda Luker
Post processing using a simple workflow in Photoshop 12 July and 26 July 2025
Post processing using a simple workflow in Photoshop 12 July and 26 July 2025
Location and time
Location: Meeting Room 1, State Library of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide.
Time: 12 pm to 4 pm
Photoshop is a large, complex, and comprehensive application that can often 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 using them consistently, the aim is to give you the confidence and success you need to process your images effectively in Photoshop. Once you have practice and experience in this workflow, you should be able to build on this to learn more complex areas in PS.
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 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, with over 34 years of experience in teaching and research in Computer Science.
Requirements
No previous experience with Photoshop 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 function similarly 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 practice. If you have images of your own that you would like to work on, please ensure that the Lightroom catalogue on your laptop can access these images 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 start date. 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 off 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. The content 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
An interactive session with your laptops using what has been covered so far
A brief introduction to Adjustment Curves, Layer Masks and Brushes.
An 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 using your credit or debit card, or via PayPal.Please visit the SAPF website https://www.sapf.org.au/coursesfor 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 and paying for the course assumes you accept these terms.
Enquiries
Contact the SAPF Course Coordinator (Margaret Phillips) at coursecoordinator@sapf.org.au