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The SLO Bytes Photography Group serves the general San Luis Obispo County areas of the California Central Coast. We are a Special Interest Group of the SLO Bytes PC Users Group; SLO Bytes
The members are digital photographers and computer enthusiasts. Our meetings are normally held via Zoom on the second Sunday of each month at 2:00 pm.


The next meeting will take place on June 8th 2025 beginning at 2:00 pm via Zoom
The topic will once again be Learn or Improve a Skill and Demonstrate Its Use for Better Photos



Notes from the Meeting of 05/18/2025
TOPIC: Learn a Skill and Share It

Ralph Sutter showed images of a Kiwi plant leafing out, weed abatement and lathe projects.
In the last case, he compared photo editing using both Luminar Neo and Adobe Photoshop Elements 2025

Alan Raul, using ACDSee used perspective control on a DNG file and did final adjustments in Adobe Photoshop using Camera Raw and the Spot Healing Brush Tool.
He then showed 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. He referenced a YouTube video which was released 2 weeks ago. Ask Tim Grey -Perspective Correction Options
and Why I Use Auto ISO on Leica Cameras (and Why You Should Too)

Kaye Raul
illustrated her method of backing up her camera's SD card without a computer by using a USB hub, a card reader the camera's SD card and a target SD card

Stanford Brown offered photos of his cruise aboard the Norwegian Cruise Lines' Pride of America including an active volcano on Hawaii.
He then demonstrated how to navigate Amazon Photo's on-line personal photos by continuously pressing the left and right arrow keys

John Waller revealed ways to erase selected items in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom highlighting Find Distractions

Our next meeting will take place on June 8th
The topic will once again, be Learn or Improve a Skill and Demonstrate Its Use for Better Photos.
Here are the meeting dates for the rest of 2025
July 13
August 10
September 14
October 12
November 9
December 14

See the Links page for tutorials and other resources

Ralph Sutter