Club Resources

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©Allen Kurth

“Hang On Cowboy”

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OCC Handbook

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Print Label Sheets

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OCC By-Laws

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Print Entry Sheet

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Mentor Program

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Digital Competition Instructional Video

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YouTube Videos

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Colormunki Monitor Calibration Instructions

Educational Programs and Tutorials

Resizing and Exporting Photos for Showing and for Competition…

Most photographers use Adobe programs - either Lightroom and/or Photoshop for post-processing and editing of their photos.  The submission of the proper size of photos for showing and/or competition is challenging for beginning photographers and often is based on the type or version of the program used.  

Adobe Lightroom is available in more than one form - primarily Lightroom Classic and Lightroom Creative Cloud (CC).  For further confusion, at times, Lightroom Classic also is described as Lightroom Classic CC.  
New versions and changes by Adobe are inevitable.  However, this link is helpful for describing the current differences: https://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/lightroom-cc-vs-lightroom-classic/

  • Lightroom Presentation

  • Photoshop Tips

  • HDR Presentation

  • Depth of Field Presentation

  • Critiquing Images

  • Elements of Good Pictures

  • Shooting Panorama Pictures

Educational Websites and Online Training

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The word 'CREATIVELIVE' spelled out in individual letter blocks.
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New Camera Gear

Rockbrook Camera
https://www.rockbrookcamera.com
(Shop Local and support Rockbrook Camera at their locations in both Omaha and Lincoln NE.)

​B&H Photo, NYC. 
https://www.bhphotovideo.com
(Highly competitive pricing, huge selection, excellent service.  If you know what you want, this is the first place to start.)

Really Right Stuff
https://www.reallyrightstuff.com
(Top-shelf engineering and impeccable service.) 

Printing Services

Local Labs

Timmy's Treehouse Print Studio
13595 Giles Road Suite C
Omaha, NE 68138
402.770.0065
https://www.timmystreehouse.com

Rockbrook Camera
https://www.rockbrookcamera.com
(Shop Local and support Rockbrook Camera at their locations in both Omaha and Lincoln NE.)

Mangelsen’s Digital Printing and Framing

https://mangelsens.com

National Labs

Bay Photo

https://bayphoto.com/

White House Custom Colour

https://www.whcc.com

Sam’s Club
https://photo.samsclub.com/?mid=2025_glass_services_custphoto

Plugins, Apps and More

Silver Efex Pro is a great plugin for black & white photography

Skylum for Luminar AI

On1 Photo Raw is a great image editor program

Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop programs

Moon photography

Topaz Labs for Denoise, Upscaling, Sharpening, Deinterlacing

Ephemeris

Jim Nix 
See Jim on YouTube, he shares easy to follow instructions on various plugins as well as processing techniques. You can also visit Jim's Website

Online Contest Sites

Participating in online contests and looking at many other photos in a variety of categories helps expand photographic horizons.  
BetterPhoto.com - limited participation free membership; $50 per year for basic annual membership; judging is done by site owner
https://www.dpchallenge.com/ - limited participation free membership; membership is $25 a year or $5 a month; judging/voting is by members