Those that subscribe to or are considering subscribing to Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop may wish to consider taking up the current offer that can be found on Amazon. They are offering an Adobe Creative Cloud Photography 12 Monhs Plan with 20GB cloud storage, Photoshop + Lightroom for both PC/Mac Download – currently just £73.71 for 12 Months. Buying these discounted packages, which appear from time to time, are a great way to keep your subscription cost down.  Admittedly, however, it is still more expensive than the competing 'pay once' products!

If you are looking at alternatives to Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, you might also be interested in the current offer from Serif for Affinity Photo which see's this Photoshop competitor now priced at just £23.99 for a perpetual license. Yes, you read that right!! As with Adobe Photoshop there is a steep learning curve but for those with Photoshop experience, that reduces significantly as the workflows, keyboard short-cuts etc are very similar if not identical. There are also lots of online tutorials on Youtube as well as at Serif itself. Well worth looking at perhaps if you don't like Adobe's subscription model. For more information, visit Serif.

Hope everyone is ok whilst in lockdown.  Beginning to get used to it a bit, but only a bit.  I miss being able to get in the car to go and do something, especially my golf.  Sorry its been a while since I wrote out to you all, but I have only just got my laptop back after being repaired.  I am still having problems, but a different problem in that I now can't open any of my raw files in Photoshop Elements.  I hope he can sort it for me, but at present it is proving difficult.  

Below is a message from Julia Rich for anyone who is interested in an online photography course.  There is a FREE online photography course offered by Karl Taylor Photography for those who wish to learn about using their cameras.  It is a series of short videos on various aspects of photography and is both simple and comprehensive, covering the necessary basics that everyone needs.  Its also an enjoyable watch - whether you are starting out in photography or already know a lot - so something to relieve boredom over the next few weeks if you wish.  Here is a link to the site: https://www.karltayloreducation.com/free-photography-course/?fbclid=IwAR0l4QzxeTQnxBWAfp2qLHn7rTigIFsAT4PU4S4zEN2ONe8144WSxOsScZw  

Don't forget tonight at 7.30 is the Webinar with Paul Sanders, courtesy of Exeter Camera Club, the link is below. Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/478572613

Club members will no doubt remember that each year the Club participates in an international competition against clubs from the US, Australia and South Africa. Last year we were without a club participating from the US. This year we were joined by the Charlotte Camera Club from Charlotte, North Carolina. The South African club is the Creative Camera Club from Cape Town. The Australian club is from Albany in Western Australia. Each club submits 30 images and this year they were judged independently by a panel of 3 judges.

Dear All, following an extremely kind and generous offer from Exeter Camera Club (ECC), we have an opportunity to participate in a webinar this coming Thursday evening organised by ECC. The speaker is Victoria Hillman, a zoologist photographer and the title of her talk is 'The Wonderful World of Macro'. ECC are funding the entire cost of the webinar.  All we have to do to participate is to download the necessary desktop application and log in at 7.30 on Thursday evening.  The webinar platform being used is 'GoToMeeting', which is very similar to the Zoom conferencing software that you may have heard of in recent days.  I have used this software recently and it is very straightforward. The GoToMeeting desktop application itself is free and may be found here:  https://support.goto.com/meeting/help/download-now-g2m010002 I will circulate the specific link that will enable you to join the webinar itself as soon as it is received.} I hope as many of you as possible will take advantage of this excellent opportunity. Regards, Alex