Hello All,
Here is my report o the November 10th meeting of the SLO Bytes Photo Group
TOPIC: Transformations
Ralph Sutter opened the meeting, calling attention to the Links Page;
https://www.slobytes.org/digital/links.html, of the Photography Group website
Sutter summarized the new content; Comparison of Image Viewers;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_image_viewers,
4K Slideshow Maker
https://www.4kdownload.com/products/slideshowmaker/and Pixabay;
https://pixabay.com/Then, using the
Slideshow feature of
ACDSee, Ralph showed transitions of ice, radish seeds, ramen, coffee beans and burning matches
Alan Raul followed with an illustrated history of Pismo Beach, its City Hall and Fire Station.
Next, he changed focus to the town of Pismo Beach.
Alan showed the group how he used the raw filter on jpg images to reveal details that were otherwise unavailable.
While the filter can't draw on the details present in true raw images, it offers opportunities for development beyond the scope of jpgs not using the raw filter.
John Waller showed the transformation of his fire-damaged house from bare walls to finished spaces. He then brought his camera outside and documented how his yard changed. He used progressive images of his fields to illustrate modern growing techniques of Ikeda Farms. Finally he went to the end of Grand Avenue and cataloged the changes to the beach from storm surge to recovery.
Kaye Raul used Adobe Lightroom for creating different views of the piers of Avila. She also captured changes in leaves, pumpkins, flowers and trees.
Stanford Brown presented Symbols of Transition featuring falling leaves, decomposing trees, blooming roses, acorns and Paso Robles skies.
He then narrated the evolution of his back yard from move-in many years ago to present day.
After everyone made their presentation, Stanford asked what photo editors each of us used and our recommendations for someone looking for a basic editor.
The editors commonly mentioned were Adobe Photoshop;
https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html Adobe Lightroom;
https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom/plans.htmlACDSee;
https://www.acdsee.com/en/index/and Luminar Neo;
https://skylum.com/luminarA consensus choice for light editing on PCs was Irfanview;
https://www.irfanview.com/Alan pointed out that both
Microsoft's Windows and
Apple's MAC operating systems have quite capable built-in photo editors.
The last meeting of the SLO Bytes Photo Group in 2024 will take place on December 8th beginning at 2:00 pm.
The assignment is to take your camera to the Embarcadero in Morro Bay and photograph whatever interests you.
See the Links Page;
https://www.slobytes.org/digital/links.html for tutorials and other resources
Ralph Sutter
