Hello All,
Here are my notes from the SLO Bytes Photo Group Meeting held on 07/12/2020
TOPIC: Artistic Growth; Learn a new skill for use inside or outside the camera and present it to the group.
The meeting took place via Zoom
Ralph Sutter Showed the Links Page at
https://slobytes.org/digital/links.htmlHe called attention to
Reading Histograms and
Shooting in Full Manual Exposure
Anticipating possible Zoom problems, Ralph mentioned that he had previously uploaded his slide shows to YouTube at
Created with DaVinci Resolve;
https://youtu.be/GUWVx14bDXk and
Created with Irfanview;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2idXKYwrR10Kaye Raul showed how she used Photoshop to transform still images into simulated oil paintings. She also spoke about in-camera adjustments such as focus peaking and focus assist. She then shared stunning close-up images achieved with these tools.
Alan Raul explained how he went about cleaning the sensor on his camera, urging other members of the group to learn more by following the link,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-7ciRxh6s8John Waller explored time-lapse photography and astro photography, experimenting with different iso, aperture and speed settings to achieve optimum results.
Linda Styerwalt alerted everyone that there is currently a comet passing overhead near the Big Dipper. Learn more at
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-to-watch-comet-neowise-before-it-disappears-thousands-of-years/NEXT MEETING: Sunday, August 9th, 2020@ 2:00 pm
The topic is Artistic Growth-Phase Two; Held over by popular demand
Learn a new skill for use inside or outside the camera and present it to the group. The meeting will take place via Zoom
A Zoom invitation will be e-mailed to Photo Group members shortly before the meeting.
The meeting schedule for the remainder of 2020 is as follows
September 13th
October 11th
November 8th
December 13th
Ralph Sutter
