Connecting Photographers: Share, Learn, and Grow with the Digital Imaging Group
As a member, you'll gain access to exclusive webinars, networking events, and a platform to showcase your work.
Monthly Zoom Meetings
* First Tuesday of each month at 9 AM Phoenix Time.
* Meeting times shift between Mountain Time and Pacific Time.
* Zoom link emailed to members a couple of days prior to the meeting.
* Presentations are recorded and accessible via the Past Meetings page.
Member News
* Showcase your photography and connect with a like-minded audience by requesting your own portfolio gallery on the DIG website—just email Kathleen Reeder at karphoto@kathleenreeder.com to get started. Your personalized gallery URL makes it easy to share your work and grow your creative presence. Explore our Member Portfolios to see the diverse work of our community.
* For those who use (or want to get more comfortable with) Adobe Photoshop—and how integrate it with Lightroom / Camera Raw, there is an upcoming 5-day virtual training event. This summit is positioned as a beginner / foundations program, taught across 45 sessions by a team of well-known Photoshop educators. You can sign up for a free pass (to view recordings for up to 48 hours after release) or purchase a VIP pass for lifetime access. Read more/Sign up...
Photoshop Virtual Summit: Foundations
Dates: February 23–27, 2026
Format: 100% online; sessions are released daily
* Join fellow photographers from 11 am - 3 pm on February 28, 2026 for a fun Photographer’s Day in Vulture City. Vulture City is a great location for old buildings and junk but a good background for period people pictures. At this Photographer’s Day, they will have people dressed in period costumes that will pose for photographers at their direction. There may even be some on horses. This is a great photographic opportunity. Read more...
Next Meeting
March 3, 2026
Presentation Time: 9 AM MT
Speaker: Lisa Langell
A nature photographer and birder from the age of eight, Lisa is the founder of Langell Photography, LLC. She started her business in 2010 after long vibrant careers as a floral designer, educational psychologist, consultant and in helping launch and manage two startups that grew into leading companies in the Ed-Tech space. Since then, she has earned numerous awards and has been published in Outdoor Photographer, Arizona Highways, Ranger Rick, Images Arizona, and more. She is an Image Master for Tamron Americas, an Ambassador for Fotopro Tripods, and is a judge for ViewBug.
Lisa loves creating nature photography and art that is inspired by her background in psychology and design. When Lisa isn’t having fun making photographs, she’s thriving on teaching photography—both via engaging online/webinar-based classes and in her in-the-field sessions. She specializes in Alaska, Florida, Arizona and beyond. Her humility and passion for teaching and photography shines through! Lisa provides photographers with memorable, fun, and caring experiences that enrich, invigorate and expand photographers’ skills and portfolios in wonderful ways
Presentation Title: Post-Processing Tips: Not Just the How—But the Why
Presentation Description: In this interactive session, Lisa works directly on images submitted by your club members while sharing her editing process. [A shared dropbox link was sent out from Jerry Smilack to members on Feb 7th for image submission.] She goes beyond basic adjustments to explain the why behind each decision, using visual psychology and storytelling to guide the viewer’s eye and bring out the best in every image.
Editing is more than just moving sliders or applying presets. Truly effective post-processing starts with understanding why each adjustment is being made and how those decisions shape the final image. In this unique and highly interactive session, Lisa Langell takes a deep dive into the psychology, strategy, and intention behind strong edits—while working live on photographs submitted by members of your own camera club. Using real images from participants, Lisa will demonstrate how small but thoughtful adjustments can dramatically improve composition, storytelling, and visual impact. She’ll explain how visual psychology affects the way viewers experience an image and why certain edits guide the eye more effectively than others. More than just showing “how” to adjust contrast, color, sharpness, or cropping, Lisa explains “why” those choices matter—and how they change the emotional tone and message of an image. Throughout the session, she’ll work in real time using a range of tools and techniques to enhance your club members' photos. This hands-on approach provides valuable insight into creative decision-making and shows a variety of editing styles that can be applied across genres, from nature and wildlife to portraits and abstracts. Whether you're just starting to explore editing or you’ve been processing your work for years, this session will give you fresh ways to think about your post-processing choices. You'll leave with a deeper understanding of how to make your images not only look better—but feel more intentional, impactful, and complete.
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