The CanAm dekeSessions, a Video Review

Deke McClelland at Niagara Falls

Greetings from sunny (at least for today) but chilly Buffalo, NY. Deke’s here presenting four sessions at the CanAm Photo Expo—the 53rd annual gathering of the Niagara Frontier Regional Camera Club. We’re told that things are going to get pretty crazy later tonight down by the toasty warm indoor pool area.

I’ve ducked in to that pool area twice today when I just couldn’t get the Buffalo chill out of my California bones. But Deke won’t be by the pool tonight. He’s preparing and resting for the (count ‘em) four dekeTastic sessions he’s presenting tomorrow. I know, lucky Niagaran Frontier Photo Folk get to spend all day with Deke, if they wish.

Each session is based on a theme that’s informed by a curated collection of Deke’s Techniques. I thought I’d gather everything here so that the friendly, enthusiastic participants in Deke’s audience tomorrow will have an easy place to go for more information, so that those of you not here enjoying the Niagarian icy sunshine can follow along at home, and (mostly) so that Deke doesn’t have to memorize multiple complex URLs to share at the end of each session tomorrow. (For those of you not here, it’s like a little taste of live Deke without the wind chill factor.)

Click Read More to get a list of links to watch the movies at lynda.com. (Many of these movies are free at lynda.com, but if you’re not a member and you run across an exclusive movie you’d like to watch, you can get a free week’s trial membership by going to lynda.com/deke.) You’ll need to be a member of dekeOnline to jump to the list, but hey, that’s always free (sign up here).

Session 1: Camera Raw for Preliminary Post-Processing

Session 2: Taking the ordinary and making it extraordinary

Bonus: Thanks to the audience member (Bob, is that you?) for the question about using the High Pass filter for sharpening. Here’s a link to a movie from Deke’s Photoshop CC One-on-One: Intermediate course to hear more about Sharpening with the High Pass filter.

Session 3: Specialty Photography - Compositing, Panorama Stitching, and GoPro Processing

Session 4: Photoshop for Fun and Function

Many of these movies are free at lynda.com, but if you’re not a member and you run across an exclusive one you’d like to watch, you can get a free week’s trial membership by going to lynda.com/deke.

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  • Thanks for Posting These

    I have already used the “Enlarging a low-res photograph.” The results were so much more pleasing than what I tried to do in the past. It was great meeting you at the CanAm Expo.

    Anne Johnston Fera

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