Spring, 2013
Volume 6, Issue 1

Woodrum-Media - 1619 N. Bowman, Danville, IL 61832
info@woodrum-media.com - http://www/woodrum-media.com - Phone:217.443.4403

Updated Brochures for all Woodrum-Media Services now Available

Over the past few weeks, Woodrum-Media has been working on updating and revising all the brochures. There are now new brochures describing the following services available through Woodrum-Media:

• Portrait Photography Services (Click here)
• Commercial Photography Services (Click here)
• Wedding Photography (Click here)
• Custom Photo Lab Services (Click here)

All of these brochures are available on-line and can be found at http://www.woodrum-media.com

Upcoming Exhibitions and Shows

Les Woodrum will be exhibiting his photography in at least two local shows this season. The first is coming up on June 22-23. This will be the annual Danville Art in the Park. Les will also be exhibiting at the Salt Fork River Art Festival at the Sleepy Creek Vineyard in Late September. Both of these shows have become favorites for Les to exhibit at.

Les began his career back in 1977 exhibiting in the original Danville Art League Art in the Park show winning a third place finish. In recent years, he has won the Photography Division several times, a Best of Show Award in the Danville Art League Show, and numerous purchase awards.

The Salt Fork River Art Festival is just a real fun time with lots of music, great wine (since it is held at the Sleepy Creek Vineyard), and good food. I hope to see all of you at one of these shows.

Les is currently in negotiations with a prestigious gallery in Chicago to exhibit his work. When this show is finalized, all of you will be the first to know.

PHOTOSHOP

This class will introduce you to the basics of working with Photoshop CS-5.1 for retouching photographic images.

Students will be able to use techniques for selecting images in order to edit and retouch images,

they will be able to create new images using the pen tool and the drawing and painting tools. Participants will be able to create and edit images using layers and make photo composites and montages.

Class Schedule- Wednesday nights 6-8:00pm,
September 11 through October 2
At the DACC Village Mall Office

Southern Illinois Fall Tour being Planned

Plans are underway in conjunction with Danville Area Community College to offer a Fall Colors Photo Tour to Southern Illinois. Stops would include Garden of the Gods, Giant City State Park, Cave-In-Rock, and the LaRue Cypress Swamps to name a few.

The tentative date for this tour is October 21-23, a three day, two night trip. More details should be available later this summer.

2013 Calendars Still Available

There are still a few 2013 calendars available for those of you wanting one or needing additional. The 2013 calendar features 12 scenes all within a two-hour drive from Danville. The price per calendar is $15.00. Calendars will be available in my booth at Arts in the Park or you can call 217-443-4403 to reserve your copy.

Check back next November for the publishing of the 2014 calendar.

Backing up photo files is one of the most important issues that concern me when it comes to digital photography. I have always had a rule that I must have two back-up copies prior to reformatting a camera disk.

With the ever-increasing file size of today’s digital cameras, this is becoming more difficult to accomplish. Ten years ago, one was able to place 150-200 images on a CD. But with cameras now recording in the 15-23mp range, a person is sometimes lucky to get 50-75 images on a CD. And since I still use medium format film for many of my art photos, these images can have file sizes upwards of 120mb in size. At that size, I can only get 4 images on a CD.

So what is the cure to get those digital files backed up? Since last October, I have subscribed to Carbonite on-line back-up service.

There are many back-up services available and they all operate about the same. In my situation, I utilize a 2TB external hard-drive to save the first copy. Then behind the scenes, Carbonite comes in and backs up any new files automatically.

If you are a new user to on-line back-up, there are a couple of things that you might need to be aware of. First, if you have multiple computers or external hard-drives, there is an extra fee for that. It cost me about $115.00 per year to back-up a PC, a Mac and an external hard-drive.

The second thing to be aware of is how long the initial first-time back-up will take. The initial backup of my entire system took 34 days – YES, 34 DAYS. But now that the entire system is backed up, you do not even notice when your computer is backing up to the on-line service.

Photo of the Quarter

French Canyon Falls – Starved Rock State Park

Less than a 2-1/2 hour drive from Danville is a wonderful park if you like to photograph waterfalls. Starved Rock State Park near Ottawa, IL features dozens of canyons and 19 waterfalls. The day I was there, seven or eight of the falls were inaccessible due to floods on the Illinois River. But that also meant there was plenty of water falling at the falls I could get to.

Camera – Canon XSi with 18-55mm lens