The links shown below take you to youtube recordings of online events run on behalf of the Nature Group. The list will be updated over time with new events being added, and possibly older events being removed.
Monochrome for Nature Photographers (Oct 2020)
Presented by Dr Ian Wilson ARPS (October 2020). Ian shows the various techniques and tricks that can be used to create good monochrome images showing how to perfect that image in terms of tonality, sharpness and impact. He demonstrates using the Raw conversion in both Lightroom and Photoshop and also includes the use of specialist packages such as Silver Effex (Nik).
Layers and Masks (Aug 2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaFQCeYnFSE&t=4s
Presented by by Dr Ian Wilson ARPS. Ian demonstrates how to use Layers and Masks in Photoshop to improve the post processing of your Nature Images.
Gaining a Distinction in Natural History (Jul 2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsxJzAGZKZc&t=3680s
Presented by Mick Durham FRPS (July 2020). Mick is the acting Chair of the RPS Nature Distinctions Panel. He explains the criteria needed for each distinction type and through a series of examples of individual images and panels the quality and presentation standards needed to gain that distinction.
Raw Conversion Repeat Session 2 (different images June 2020).
Presented by by Dr Ian Wilson ARPS. Ian demonstrates the best methods to use when converting your RAW image into Lightroom and Photoshop. Hints and Tips on getting the best out of your image without compromising quality.
Raw Conversion for Nature Photographers (June 2020)
Presented by by Dr Ian Wilson ARPS. A repeat of the earlier presentations but using different images. Once again Ian demonstrates the best methods to use when converting your RAW image into Lightroom and Photoshop. Hints and Tips on getting the best out of your image without compromising quality.