Key Elements Of

Post-Production Photography

Ken Graff, a professional photographer for a half-century but now retired, will give his annual instructive program at the next Flagpole Photographers meeting on Thursday, June 10, at 7:30 pm, at C.H. Booth Library. Mr Graff has been the speaker for the June meeting of the club for the past several years. His topic will be digital photography post-production using Elements, an orphan of Photoshop.

Mr Graff first worked with a portrait studio before accepting a position with the District Attorney of  New York City as a crime scene photographer and then spending over 30 years as the chief staff photographer at Union Carbide. This latter position found him with assignments around the globe from Armenia to Zimbabwe.

Mr Graff made an early conversion from film to digital photography while at Union Carbide in the mid 1990s. First he scanned film to adapt to the digital age and later made the total commitment  when digital cameras improved to match and surpass film in quality.

Though retired, Mr Graff continues to operate a professional consulting business for professionals and serious amateurs and has been a speaker at photography and computer workshops throughout the country.

Most professional photographers, says Mr Graff, will use Photoshop for file management and editing, but that Elements, which is about ten percent of the cost of Photoshop, is a perfect alternative for many other photographers, and incorporates many photoshop features. Elements also has many features that are related to other programs such as Lightroom, Picasa or Aperture, thereby making his program appeal to a variety of photographers.

The Flagpole Photographers club will also have its final competition of the year before recessing for the summer. The assigned category is People/Emotion and winners will be chosen by three visiting judges, including Antoinette Gombeda of Bridgeport, a vice president for many years of New England Camera Club Council and who has served several times as co-chairman of the NECCC’s annual conference in July at the University of Massachusetts.

Club members may also enter competition in both Open Color and Black and White categories.

Visitors are welcome and more information is available at the club’s website, FlagpolePhotographers.com, or by calling 203-426-2316.