Sharon’s collection is probably the best group of color-themed shots. She’s got a great eye and there’s always a little mystery or wit to the photos she shares. Guess what subject is the the green/yellow/orange/red photo is of.
Day: July 17, 2024
17 July 2024 Theme Food/Color: Heather
Our newest member has some great feedback to offer the group during photo share. Plus she’s presented some wonderful images. One thing I’ve discovered with attending these meetings each month. Everyone has a unique vision on what catches their eye or how they compose. Heather’s photos are a great example of that. After seeing her photos a few times, I can start to see her photographic style.
17 July 2024 Theme Food/Color: John
John missed the meeting but shared a great photo of an owl – something I’m always looking to photograph.
17 July 2024 Theme Food/Color: Barbara
Like other participants in this month’s meeting, Barbara shared both recently shot photos and ones from her photo archives. She always seems to find great images when visiting local spots. She is a great example of why having your camera with you, when going out for the day, can have great results.
Finding a large group of great food shots, unless you are visiting the San Diego Fair, is difficult. So like others, she pulled some delicious looking images worthy of a desserts magazine, from her collection.
17 July 2024 Theme Food/Color: Gary
Gary shared three color-themed photos this month. His backyard, the last few months, has been a great location to photograph. Just goes to show you don’t have to travel far to find great photos.
17 July 2024 Theme Food/Color: Cathy
Like all of us, Cathy had a wide variety of photos to share this month. Some photos were from a recent trip to Colorado, the San Diego Fair and some were from her photo archive. As we become more proficient at post-processing and as the software improves. Re-processing or recovering older images is becoming a common practice. Cathy shared some older travel images that had promise but may have had technical issues. Using post-processing techniques she’s learned and some of the newest tools. She shared these images, explaining the processing used.
17 July 2024 Theme Food/Color: Jim
Many of us rely on finding theme-related images in our photo archives is we are unable to take new ones. The recent warm weather makes taking your camera out less appealing. But motivation is one thing about being a member of the photography interest group. You often push yourself to get out an take new photos.
I did both this month, relying on some recent photos from my 2023 trip to Japan, and a local photo ‘walk-about’. I’ve been wanting to do some macro photography using the focus shift feature of my camera. So I setup on some flora I spied when walking the dog. Like astrophotography, macro photography takes some practice especially when using focus-shift on windy afternoons. So like astrophotography, macro photography will be something I’ll do more to get better. The local walk-about was to an area of Oceanside where I thought I might find some color – wall murals are common near the beach. I loved that a few of the photos I shared were a little bit better because of happy accidents. A bright orange car and bicyclist riding by the Cafe 101 mural; the train reflecting between the algae mats at Buccaneer Beach Bridge.
17 July 2024 Theme: Food & Color
July’s themes were Food and Color (or colorful food). Participants shared a wide variety of subjects because a color theme can be virtually any color subject. We chose a broad theme this month because the last few months have been pretty specific, appealing to members who enjoy post-processing.
Barbara
Cathy
Gary
Heather
Jim
John
Sharon