Notes for the SLO Bytes Photo Group Meeting of 08/14/2022

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Hello All,
Here are Alan's Notes for the SLO Bytes Photo Group Meeting of 08/14/2022
TOPIC: New Skills, New Thrills Again
The meeting started promptly at 2 pm. We had 6 people in attendance with the meeting ending at around 3:50 pm with no break taken.

Ralph Sutter did not attend the Photo Group session this time. Instead, he set out on a 5-day kayak paddle in the San Juan Islands near Anacortes WA.
Still, he was present in spirit, leaving some images and videos with Alan Raul and asking that Alan pick and choose the content from the following options
New content on the SLO Bytes Photography Links Page;
www.slobytes.org/digital/links.html
Sundry images using closeup rings, portrait background removal and Irfanview Compare
Kendama; a Japanese ball and stick toy turned on a wood lathe
Video of a Tippy Top video on YouTube; https://youtu.be/T6tnngJQUD0
Tippy Top video on YouTube (Playing with the Tippy Top):
https://youtu.be/j-rK0iECHj4
Chicks video on YouTube chronicling the delivery of 10 baby chicks: https://youtu.be/tWhFB3oGFxA

Kaye Raul demonstrated the power of the new presets available in Lightroom Classic version 11.4 released in June. She followed that showing the HDR plugin now available in Luminar Neo contrasting Neo with the ease of using Aurora HDR which Luminar is no longer updating.

John Waller showed off more impressive photographic capabilities of his recently purchased Samsung S22 Ultra phone. He also showed the NEW photoshop feature which removes anything from photo (Multi image Content Aware Fill). https://youtu.be/J60YZTdAUsw
He also linked a video "Can I process the JWST data better than NASA?"
https://youtu.be/DVuonz26P0w

After reading a B and H Photo article, Alan Raul decided to explore Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) photography. ICM photography is an impressionistic and abstract style of shooting that has no rules - it all comes down to moving your camera over a long exposure. After researching more about ICM photography, he found out you can also have a similar ICM result from previously shot images using the Moton Blur filter in Adobe Photoshop.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/tips-and-solutions/intentional-camera-movement-photography-part-1-introduction
Just one of many ICM videos available on YouTube
The Liquid Landscape
https://youtu.be/OMPuQBvnKWQ
Olga Karlovac Photography - an abstract expressionist photographer
https://olga-karlovac-photography.com/
The Female Street Photographer Who Only Takes Blurry Photos
https://youtu.be/r7wF7d04aX8

Stanford Brown showed images while taking his walk around Paso Robles.

The next meeting will take place on September 11th beginning at 2:00 pm. The topic for the meeting is open-ended. Members are encouraged to try new techniques and share with the group the results of their experiences.
The meeting will be held via Zoom. An invitation will be e-mailed to Photo Group members shortly before the meeting.
The meeting schedule for the remainder of 2022 is as follows
October 09
November 13
December 11

Ralph Sutter for Alan Raul