March 20 2023 @7pm ET. Valencia Reserve Photography Club Chris and Jim Guld, also known as Geeks on Tour, will be teaching about taking and editing pictures on your phone – for both iPhone and Android users. Chris Guld is an award-winning Google Photos Product expert. New camera features in recent smart phones using artificial intelligence can – with just a click of a button – do some amazing things. Topics to be covered include:

• Practical tips for smartphone photography
• Background blurring after the picture is taken, especially useful for portraits
• Magic eraser
• Using motion photos (Android) and Live photos (iPhone): Very useful tools whether you want to show a diver at the exact moment of hitting the water or making sure everyone in a group photo has their eyes open

Using the Slides:

• Slides: Arrows will move forward and back thru the slides,
• 3-dot menu “Enter Full Screen” to see slides larger.
• Clickable links will open videos.

Chris private link to Valencia Reserve slides

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As we take more and more and more photos, we need something that will manage them without work on our part. Google Photos is the most popular photo management tool available today because automatically collects the photos you take with your phone. For all those lazy people, like me, who want the benefits of a lifetime of organized photos without the work. But, it’s not for everyone. It is a new way of doing things and some people like the old way!

YouTube Playlist of Geeks on Tour Google Photos tips

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1/25/23 – A Potpourri of Google Photos Tips & Tricks with Chris & Jim. Including Recent Improvements for faster and easier searching with Google Photos; Advanced photo searching techniques, including smarter naming of photo albums; How to share your album or a single photo with relatives and friends; Using motion photos (Android) and Live photos (iPhone): These are handy tools to ensure everyone in a group photo has their eyes open; Using motion photos (Android) and Live photos (iPhone)—handy tools to ensure everyone in a group photo has their eyes open; Background blurring; Face unblurring after the picture is taken, Color focus and the Smart Object Eraser.

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Dec 5 2022 @12 noon ET. Tech for Seniors Chris and Jim Guld, also known as Geeks on Tour, will be returning for a presentation to cover taking pictures with your smartphone. Chris Guld is an award-winning Google Photos Product expert. New camera features in recent smart phones using artificial intelligence can – with just a click of a button – do some amazing things. Topics to be covered include:

• Compare “big” cameras to smartphones
• Changing lenses
• Using Panorama
• Using Motion/Live photos
• Computational Photography

Using the Slides:

• Slides: Arrows will move forward and back thru the slides,
• 3-dot menu “Enter Full Screen” to see slides larger.
• Clickable links will open videos.

Chris private link to Tech4Senior slides

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Nov 28 2022 @10pm ET. Golden Gate Computer Society Chris and Jim Guld, also known as Geeks on Tour, will be returning for a presentation to cover taking pictures, editing pictures in your phone and organizing them – for both iPhone and Android users. Chris Guld is an award-winning Google Photos Product expert. New camera features in recent smart phones using artificial intelligence can – with just a click of a button – do some amazing things. Topics to be covered include:

• Google Photos – recent improvements: photo grid and “best of month” features.
• Background blurring after the picture is taken, especially useful for portraits
• Face unblurring, also after the picture is taken
• Smart object eraser
• Color focus
• Advanced photo searching techniques, including smarter naming of photo albums
• Using motion photos (Android) and Live photos (iPhone): Very useful tools whether you want to show a diver at the exact moment of hitting the water or making sure everyone in a group photo has their eyes open

Using the Slides:

• Slides: Arrows will move forward and back thru the slides,
• 3-dot menu “Enter Full Screen” to see slides larger.
• Clickable links will open videos.

Chris private link to Golden Gate slides

YouTube playlist of Google Photos tips

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