Hello All,
Here are my
Notes for the SLO Bytes Photo Group Meeting of 06/08/2025TOPIC: Learn or Improve a Skill and Demonstrate Its Use for Better Photos.
Ralph Sutter opened the meeting with images shot both with his Samsung S22 phone and Sony A7iv camera. He compared the closeup capabilities of each.
Alan Raul continued the same theme from last month, i.e., setting his Leica Q3 minimum shutter speed of 1/250 second and a maximum ISO of 3200. The camera uses the minimum ISO of 100 by default and adjusts higher if needed. The camera selects the best aperture to have the lowest possible ISO. His sample images were shot at the Pismo Beach sign and Avila Beach at the Friday Farmer?s Market.
Kaye Raul demonstrated Adobe Lightroom Presets. She applied them to Rose Parade Flyovers, and the Morro Bay stacks.
Stanford Brown used
Polar Photo Editor to modify images of his grandmother?s house. He also experimented with Goggle Gallery for photos on his Samsung phone.
John Waller delved into astro photography with a free program called
Sequator;
https://www.startools.org/links--tutorials/free-image-stacking-solutions/sequator Using photo stacking, he brought out more details in his images of the night sky.
He then applied Photoshop?s
Object Find and selected parts of a photograph to modify colors.
https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements/features/tips-tricks-object-removal.html At the end of the session, Ralph referenced a link on the club?s website with recommended setups for
Sony?s A7iv camerahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfxxkYOMsFc&ab_channel=MagicWeddingPhotographer Our next meeting will take place on July 13, 2025. The topic is Low Light Photography
Here are the meeting dates for the rest of 2025
August 10
September 14
October 12
November 9
December 14
See the Links page for tutorials and other resources;
https://www.slobytes.org/digital/links.htmlRalph Sutter
