The Sylva Photo Club will host seminars covering “GIMP” and “Lightroom” at the Cullowhee Methodist Church on the Western Carolina University campus.

“GIMP” will be held at 2 p.m. Oct. 10. “GIMP” is a free software photography-editing program and has some of the features of Photoshop. Roger and Lisa Bacon will cover some of the manipulations commonly used to enhance photos; selecting, cropping, lightening, darkening, gradient fills, and the uses of layers. Several photos will be used to illustrate the techniques. They will also teach Movie Maker and Google Photos, which are free programs that could enhance your photo editing experiences. Movie Maker is good for making slide shows with or without video clips. Google Photos is for sorting, editing, and storing (free cloud) photos. A brief introduction to each program will also be given. Members are free, visitors a $5 donation applied towards a membership.

Lightroom will be a special full-day seminar presented by Robert McAnally from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 17. McAnally has spent 40 years working with computers and 20 years with film photography. In 2002, when he converted to digital photography, he started using Photoshop 7 with the first Windows Lightroom. The cost for this full day seminar, including lunch, is a $40 donation for visitors (not applied to membership) and $35 for members. Reservations are required for the full-day seminar. Please send email or phone and provide name, phone number, and email so that the reservation can be confirmed.

Membership to the Sylva Photo Club is a $20 donation; $10 for students per year. 

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