Canon PowerShot V1
Why Closer Is Not Always Better When Photographing Birds
The impulse to shoot your subject at close range can be powerful, but there are several reasons why that’s not best for the animal—or the image.
PSSA 70th Anniversary
26 Stunning Fine Art Portraits That Celebrate Color and Creativity
HPS Audio Visual 2025
Encouragement / Challenge:
Spontaneously create an Audio Visual
- an AV for yourself
- or one you would like to share
- let it come from your heart
- it can be any kind of AV
- a start of a new AV you have in mind
Be creative, different, innovative, and original
Play – with abstracts, colours, an unusual piece of music / sound
Keep your eyes and ears open for ideas and opportunities
Re-discover the tools you have with your AV software
Edit the sound to your needs
As Marie Coetzee, one of the first HPS AV creators said in 1993 in our Newsletter:
“If you are attempting to follow the rules and regulations laid down for AV-competitions,
forget about it for the moment and rather follow your instincts and emotions. Decide on a
theme and go for it. Just do it!”
Photoshop Creative Virtual Summit

This online-only Summit will feature 4 days of classes, taught by 19 top instructors and artists – and you can watch for FREE. The instructor roster includes your favorites from past Summits and some new faces:
Aaron Nace, Anya Anti, Blake Rudis, Crista Cloutier, Cynthia Hauk, Colin Smith, Daniel Gregory, Dave Debaeremaeker, Gary McIntyre, Glyn Dewis, Jessica Johnson, Joel Robison, Kirk Nelson, Kristina Sherk, Renee Robyn, Sebastian Michaels, Ted Chin…and me :). That list includes best-selling authors, top YouTube instructors, MAX Masters, and amazing artists!
This summit is a little different as we focus more on the creative/artistic side of Photoshop. We’re talking fine art, conceptual compositing, image manipulation, textures, brushes and so on – in addition to classes on creativity, inspiration and sharing your work. It’s going to be 4 days packed with information that will include classes taught by artists and creatives.
If you want to be more creative with your Photoshop imagery, if you want to sell your work, if you dream of being a fine artist or of creating conceptual art, this event is for you. And if you simply want to get better at creating realistic composites and improve your skill in base skills such as selecting, masking, layers and more, you will benefit from this Summit.
And if you don’t consider yourself to be “the creative type”, this is the ideal event to help get your creative juices flowing!
Click here for a preview of the schedule of classes: https://www.pscreativitysummit.com/2025schedule
(it’s not 100% finalized yet, but it is unlikely to change).
Once again this year, we’ll be offering the opportunity to watch all the classes for free. Once a class is released, you’ll have 48 hours to watch (and rewatch) the class for free. After 48 hours, the classes get archived to the VIP Member area (an optional purchase that gives you lifetime access to watch the classes).
You can get all the details and sign up by visiting the summit page: https://www.pscreativitysummit.com/
PLEASE NOTE: Each day during the Summit you will receive an email with a link to that day’s classes, so it is CRITICAL that your email address is correct! Please triple-check it when you sign up.
18th Anual IPP Award
iPhone photography award Deadline : 31 March 2025
https://email.ippawards.com/t/r-e-thyujio-ojiykdyury-b/

The Fine Art of Photography by Martin Osner
Healing Tools in Photoshop: Picking the Right One


