Painting with Shadow and Light - Video and Demonstration

Painting with Shadow and Light
GNPA DeKalb Chapter Meeting
Monday October 20, 2025
6pm-8pm
Embry Hills Library, DeKalb Count Public Library
3733 Chamblee Tucker Road
Chamblee, 30341 United States

Join us as we watch a video excerpt from the recent 2025 Lightroom Virtual Summit featuring Colin Smith, "Painting with Shadow and Light"

In his video Colin presents his unique way of combining dodge and burn techniques to create photos that have so much depth they almost appear 3-dimensional.
Colin utilizes the Lightroom AI Masking tools in combination with these techniques making it easy for anyone to make their photos pop like never before. We will learn:
How to approach a photo and find a good candidate?
How to chisel the details in your image
How to use the advanced settings for the Lightroom brush tool
How to utilize AI masks to speed up your work.

After the video presentation we will practice this technique on member photos so please bring your photos on a flash drive.

Colin Smith is a Los Angeles based trainer, photographer and digital artist. He is founder of one of the worlds most popular websites for creators, PhotoshopCAFE.com. Which has received over 50 million visitors. As a leading trainer, Colin has written 21 books, and too many video courses to count. When he isn’t at his computer, Colin can be found pursuing his passion of travel and capturing beauty with this drone and camera.
website: https://www.photoshopcafe.com