Our July meeting started on a somber note. The Birmingham Temple lost their Rabbi in a tragic auto accident the night before. We are deeply saddened by this loss. Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine was loved by all and will be missed by this community.

We moved on with our meeting and after the general Q&A we kicked right into full gear with a "live" photo shoot. MacGroup member and professional photographer Andy Greenwell brought in some professional lighting (Alien Bees) and a professional model. Andy gave important tips about positioning the lights and how to white balance your camera using a gray card. After getting his white balance set, he took a light reading with his Sekonic Light Meter. He then fired off a few shots with his Nikon D2X and then Terry imported those shots into Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Next we switched to a different "always on" lighting system. The Westcott SpiderliteTD5 was used with a medium sized softbox. Terry used this light have a "what you see is what you get effect" because there is no flash. After Andy positioned the light and took light readings with his light meter, Terry then took some shots with his Nikon D80 while being tethered to his MacBook Pro using a USB cable. This way each shot went directly into Lightroom as they were being taken.

Q&A from the Meeting

Q. You mentioned that there would be a more in-depth Lightroom video posted. Where is it?
A. You see my full 80 minute Lightroom 1.1 Workflow Video here. You can also subscribe to Terry's Adobe Creative Suite Video Podcast here in iTunes. iPod not required. You can watch these videos on your Mac for FREE. There are well over 100 episodes there.

Q. During the meeting you showed an example of a retouch job on Faith Hill for Redbook. Can we get that URL?
A. Sure, it's here.

Q. At the end of the meeting you walked us through a "gear guide" presentation with links to all the gear that you used. Can we get a copy of that presentation?
A. Absolutely! You can download the Gear Guide PDF here.

Q. You mentioned that you have taken Andy's Lighting Class. Where can I find out about the next class?
A. Download the flyer here.

Q. I won or bought Scott Kelby's Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers. It covers Lightroom 1.0. Is there a 1.1 update?
A. Yes, Scott has produced a 1.1 addendum to the book that you can get in PDF by going here.

Q. You ran out of time before showing the Web module in Lightroom. Do you have an example of the output?
A. Yes, you can check out Terry's Montana gallery which was created from and uploaded to the web using Lightroom.

Q. In your retouching example, you mentioned that there were 3 things that you do. What were they?
A. I sharpen image (now in Lightroom 1.1 with great new controls), I lighten the eyes/teeth and I smooth the skin mostly on women. Here's an example (shot with the Nikon D80 and lit with the Westcott Spiderlite TD5).

Q. You said that you were using a Wacom Tablet during the retouching. Which model?
A. I use Wacom tablets at home and on the road. For travel, I use the Intuos 4x6 tablet. At home I primarily use the Cintiq.

Q. Want more tips?
A. I didn't get a chance to show this site at the meeting, but MacGroup member John Glick, has some great tips on his site.

Q. The new AirPort Extreme seems to be working great at the meeting. However, I have noticed that I can't send email while connected at the meeting?
A. AT&T blocks Port 25 (the common port for sending email) for non-SBC Yahoo! accounts. So you'll have to check with your email provider for instructions to send email when not on their network. If you have a .Mac email account, the sending instructions are here. Also note that using your povider's web mail interface should also work for sending email when not on their network.

Q. The iPhone wasn't mentioned at this meeting. Will we be covering it?
A. We'll definitely be covering the iPhone at some point. A little over 50% of those that answered our online survey would be interested in an iPhone meeting. Probably at a pre-meeting meeting (2-3PM). However, in the meantime check out Terry's exhaustive iPhone Review.

Congratulations to Our Lucky Door Prize Winners!

Prize	Ticket #	Winner
Micro Center 1GB Thumb Drive	9857513	Sharon
The Digital Photography Book	9857777	Tim
Lightroom For Digital Photographers Book	9857677	Tom
Symantec USB Card Reader/Hub	9857714	Mike
The Digital Photography Book	9857490	Jan
Lightroom For Digital Photographers Book	9857813	Paul
Adobe USB Card Reader	9857733	Donna
Lightroom For Digital Photographers Book	9857631	Judy
LaCie 250GB Firewire External Drive	9857535	Ken
Lightroom For Digital Photographers Book	9857590	Dolores
The Digital Photography Book	9857624	Ken B
Symantec USB Card Reader/Hub	9857641	Jay
Lightroom For Digital Photographers Book	9857515	Sharon
on Plug-in Suite 3 - Photoshop Plugins	9857616	Dave M
The Digital Photography Book	9857429	Bill W
Lightroom For Digital Photographers Book	9857611	Hosain
Polaroid 4MP Digital Camera	9857858	Karen
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom	9857491	Jan
CS3 Tour Goodie Bag - CS3 Design Standard	9857798	Ken R
CS3 Tour Goodie Bag - Lightroom & others	9857430	Bill W

Thanks Bruce Mandel of Mandel Video for Recording Our Event

Special Thanks

I would like to thank the meeting volunteers that helped out at our last meeting. Especially Jack Beckman for the wonderful TicketDrum app, Calvin Carson, the Grey's and the Stones for working the registration table as well as Loretta & Elaine. Also the Genius Table folks: Bill, Phyllis, Yvonne, Chita and Jack. Shirley Kussner for videotaping. Lastly Joseph Grey and Louis F. Levin, CPP for taking photos and all the members who offered a helping hand.

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Next Meeting August 19, 2007 - Main Meeting: MacGroup Celebrates 21 Years! special guests from Prosoft Engineering - Prosoft will show their award winning utilities for the Mac.