 Our guest speaker today was our own club member and professional photographer John Egan. John gave the members an update on whats new in the world of digital photography. Unfortunately the projector was not working and John had to give his talk without the aid of graphic examples. He did a great job. John's first subject wa  s Pixels. He began by explaining a bit about pixels, and said pixels are really just photovoltaic diodes. He said that more pixels do not necessarily guarantee you better photos. Smart phones have high pixels but very small sensors. To get the best photos you need a large sensor with larger pixels. The sensor size is the key. He mentioned the red, green and blue filters (see slide) and how they combine to build colours. |
John 's secong point was the growth of mirrorless cameras. He and Maria had just returned from a Wedding Photographers conference in Las Vegas and mirrorless came ras were the main new product. The standard DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) has a mechancial mirror that shows you what the lens sees and when you take tyhe picture it moves out of the way. Mirrorless cameras use a video screen like a smartphone. The advantage is they are lighter and all electronic. (see photos at right) |
His third point in his presentation was a new photo editing program called Skylam. It was for sale at the convention and John bought a copy and was very impressed. It is an easier software to use than Photoshop, and allows the user to improve a photo in less than two minutes. See the two light house photos below. This first one is rather dull while the second was improved with Skylam in about 90 seconds. |
 Before photo |
 After photo |
John answered a number of questions and was thanked by President Paul. |