New Member July 2025
Barb has recently “upgraded” from iPhone photography to a compact but very capable Sony RX100VII. It has a 1″ sensor with a 24-200mm fixed zoom lens. It squeezes all of Sony’s bigger camera features into a tiny point-n-shoot. She recently returned from a month-long trip to Japan and shared a variety of wonderful images taken with this pocketable camera. Her images of fog (weather) in Kyoto and Cabrillo Beach coastline during King Tides show off this camera’s output.
Barb shared photos taken at the Oct 26th Dios de los Muertos festival in Oceanside. She’s got a great eye for interesting detail and color. Using her Sony RX100M7 in great light, the 1″ sensor point-n-shoot tiny travel camera generated some incredibly detailed photos. Some of us (especially me) get so caught up in gear specs. We can forget the best camera for the job doesn’t always mean megapixels. It’s the photographer’s eye that is the best tool at creating interesting photos with whatever camera you are carrying. I hope she’ll share photos from her recent 1mo trip to Japan.
Barb shared a wonderfully lit still life of a whisk and vessel with a reflection added using a software effect (Reflect app). Her other images followed the storytelling theme – wide location shot, medium shot, and close-up detailed shot of graffiti art in San Diego. Some graffiti art is next level and her story captures this.
Barb, our newest member who joined in July, was traveling this month but she participated in the Velodrome Meetup July 22nd. She uploaded a large group of photos for the velodrome people to browse. Here is a sub-sample I grabbed of some of her best iPhone images:
