CMPG August Hands On Meeting: A Touch of Color Challenge (19 Aug 2026)

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:30:00 GMT

CMPG Hands-On Meeting

A Touch of Color Challenge

When:

Wednesday, 19 August 2026, 6:30 to 9:00 PM (sunset: 7:57 PM)

Where:

Meet at Tiber Park in Old Ellicott City, at Maryland Avenue and Main Street, across from the B&O Museum.

Introduction:

Our next Hands-On Group activity is the Touch of Color Challenge. This is an activity for all skill levels. We’ll explore downtown Ellicott City shooting in Black & White. But there is a twist. While processing, we’ll add color to compliment the visual interest of the photograph. At least two techniques will be provided in the form of processing tutorials.

Overview:

Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive. – Elliott Erwitt*

We'll explore Old Ellicott City for about an hour in small groups on what I hope will be a lovely summer evening. We'll meet back at Tiber Park to discuss our experiences. Please bring your patience and cooperation and remember this is an exercise - please do not overly frustrate yourself. Make this an enjoyable experience.

Submit up to 5 images from this challenge.

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What to bring:

Camera
Favorite walk around lens

What to prepare:

Shooting in B&W and Raw processing.

Reference:

* Elliot Erwitt, Magnum photos, multiple internet sources

CMPG Sept General Meeting: Colin McNaught, "Lightroom To The Rescue!" (02 Sep 2026)

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Join us for our General Meeting, on Wednesday, September 2nd, 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

Central Maryland Photographers Guild upcoming events

CMPG August Hands On Meeting: A Touch of Color Challenge (19 Aug 2026)

CMPG Sept General Meeting: Colin McNaught, "Lightroom To The Rescue!" (02 Sep 2026)