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You are invited to the next meeting of the Washington Area Computer User 
Group (WAC), scheduled on Saturday, May 12th from 12:30 PM to 3:30 
PM at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center 
Parkway, Fairfax, Virginia. The meeting is free and open to the public.  
Preregistration is not required to attend.

The May 12th WAC meeting will feature two presentations about 
photography.

Traveling presents a number of challenges for taking photographs, 
whether using traditional film or digital equipment. Arctic and 
equatorial climates offer special challenges. Religious views, cultural 
differences and political situations present other challenges. 
Photographing children and other wild animals can be stimulating and 
frustrating. Besides cameras, what other equipment should you take? In 
what ways are film and digital photography alike? Are there any special 
considerations for travel outside the U.S.? What special considerations 
are there in using digital equipment? How can you get decent photos in 
bad weather? WAC member Lorrin Garson will answer these questions.  
Primary focus will be on amateur photography with both point-and-shoot 
and Single Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras, with emphasis on the latter.

Professional photographers prefer to shoot digital camera raw images. 
What is camera raw and why are they switching to it? Is this important 
to me? What's the benefit of shooting camera raw? WAC member Chuck 
Roberts will demonstrate camera raw images and how to deal with them 
using Adobe(r) Photoshop(r) Elements 5.0 and Photoshop Lightroom(tm) for 
digital photographers. In addition, he'll demonstrate how both Photoshop 
Elements 5.0 and Lightroom help with managing your photos to assist you 
in locating that special photo in your collection.

WACUG is a non-profit general interest computer user group that supports 
the Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux operating systems. For more 
information, call the WAC AnswerLine at (703) 370-7649 or visit our 
web site at http://www.wacug.org/.