Category: Albums
Photos shared during UCSD PhIG monthly meetings
Jim Wilkinson
For Apr 19 2023 Theme ‘Eyes’
Jim Wilkinson joined the UCSD Retirement Association Photography Interest Group in 2019 when he retired after working 39yr at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Most of his career he worked for the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI; calcofi.org) as a seagoing oceanographer and programmer/analyst.
Since retiring, when not helping with his grandkids, he and wife Carol, travel in their travel trailer around the Western US.
Flickr – https://www.flickr.com/photos/187679885@N03/
Instagram – @foto.ikigai
Photo Website – www.fotoikigai.com
RV Travel Journal – www.smallwanders.net
Cathy Presmyk
Flickr – https://www.flickr.com/photos/191492375@N08/
For May 17 2023 Theme ‘Abstract’






For Apr 19 2023 Theme ‘Eyes’
Tutorial: Adding Bokeh w/ Photoshop 2022-2023
I love bokeh and when shooting with my micro 4/3 Olympus or Panasonic camera, bokeh isn’t as good. Adobe Photoshop 2023 (& 2022) have include ‘neural filters’ – artificial intelligence filters – that can recognize and auto-select (auto-mask) the main subject. The amount of blur is a slider that can really add a nice bokeh effect to soften a background. The latest version is excellent at simulating depth-of-field – making the plane of the subject sharp. This works with any photo you can import & edit in Photoshop so any camera format – micro 4/3, APS-C, Full-Frame, iPhone.
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June 2023 Theme Travel: Jim
Carlsbad Flower Fields Are Blooming!
Free (w/admission) Canon Workshop Apr 16th

























































