RESCHEDULED: CMPG Sept General Meeting: Colin McNaught, "Lightroom To The Rescue!" (05 Sep 2026)

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT

RESCHEDULED!!!

Due to a scheduling error, we need to change the date for the September meeting to SATURDAY September 5th. We'll have cheese and crackers!

WJoin us for our General Meeting, on SATURDAY, September 5th, at 6:30pm! After some time to mingle, we will begin the meeting at 7:00pm. Our speaker will be Colin McNaught. This meeting will be In-Person ONLY, at The Lutheran Village at Miller’s Grant. Click for MAP

Lightroom to the Rescue!

Recent improvements to Lightroom have made it easier to correct and enhance pictures that otherwise were destined for the discard pile. Colin will review some of the new improvements in Lightroom’s Masking and Remove Tool features. He will then demonstrate using Lightroom how he has used these new features to ‘rescue’ and enhance several of his own images. In addition, using some of the images taken on his recent trip to Africa, he will show how the masking tools can be used to create ‘Low Key’ images.

Colin has an engineering background and has held technical and managerial roles in the field of Medical Imaging (e.g. MRI systems). His interest in photography started in the 50s using his dad's Kodak bellows film camera and their darkroom (bathroom) and home-built enlarger. On Colin’s retirement 15 years ago, his interest in photography was rekindled and he joined DPCA and purchased his first digital camera, an Olympus micro-4/3 EM-1. He and his wife Cheryl traveled extensively in their RV and produced a weekly photography travel blog. His main focus is travel/wildlife photography and they recently returned from a two week Safari in Africa and are planning trips to New Zealand and the Brazil Pantanal in ’26 and ’27. You can see some of his images on his website at maczeropix.com.

Colin and his wife have other retirement hobbies. The last time they visited Millers Grant was to play a concert with Cheryl playing the flute and Colin, the Northumbrian Small-pipes.

The meeting will be at The Lutheran Village at Miller’s Grant, 9100 Fathers Legacy, Ellicott City, MD 21042 Learning Center, Terrace Level. Click here for a map:

https://cmpg.photography/Maps

CMPG October General Meeting: Ruth Saunders, "The Photography Collection at UMBC" (07 Oct 2026)

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Join us for our General Meeting, on Wednesday, October 7th, at 6:30pm! Our speaker will be Beth Saunders, Associate Director and Curator of Special Collections and Gallery at UMBC. This meeting will be In-Person ONLY, at The Lutheran Village at Miller’s Grant. Click for MAP

The Photography Collections at UMBC

The Photography Collections at UMBC began in 1974 with the purchase of over 5,400 photographs by documentarian Lewis Hine. Today, the collection includes over 7 million photographic items including negatives, contact sheets, prints, and equipment. This presentation will provide a brief overview of the history of the Photography Collections at UMBC and some of the collection's highlights. It will also explore the current exhibition at the AOK Gallery, Lewis Hine in Maryland and provide an overview of the groundbreaking photographs that helped to change child labor laws in the United States.

Beth Saunders is Associate Director and Curator of Special Collections and Gallery at the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, University of Maryland Baltimore County. A specialist in the history of photography, she holds a PhD and MPhil in Art History from The CUNY Graduate Center and a BFA in Studio Art from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Beth previously held positions at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Sotheby’s, New York and has taught at Baruch College, Rhode Island College, and the Rhode Island School of Design. Her book Developing Italy: Nationalism and Networks of Early Photography is under contract with Brill.

An outing to visit the gallery will be announced at a later date.

The meeting will be at The Lutheran Village at Miller’s Grant, 9100 Fathers Legacy, Ellicott City, MD 21042 Learning Center, Terrace Level. Click here for a map:

https://cmpg.photography/Maps

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RESCHEDULED: CMPG Sept General Meeting: Colin McNaught, "Lightroom To The Rescue!" (05 Sep 2026)

CMPG October General Meeting: Ruth Saunders, "The Photography Collection at UMBC" (07 Oct 2026)