Matt Ryan

I’m so far behind in my photo editing.  Last night I edited some photos from the Steelers vs. Falcons on October 7th.  I was looking through them for a good Matt Ryan photo for a friend of mine.  In my opinion, this isn’t the typical “good” sports photo, but I liked it.  So here he is….. As you can tell from his dirty uniform, the Steelers got to him a bunch on this day.

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Strip Sack

It was an extremely hot day on the sideline yesterday during the Steelers vs. Falcons game.  I’d rather have that then the freezing weather that comes with games later in the season, but it was a little to hot for football, if you ask me.  The Steelers had a good game in all three phases of the game (offense, defense, and special teams) regardless of the heat. 

I took this photo of T.J. Watt’s strip-sack of Matt Ryan towards the end of the game, which ended with the Steelers recovering the fumble in the End Zone for a defensive touchdown. 

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Shazier

I haven’t posted a football photo in a while, so today’s the day.  I took this photo of Ryan Shazier early in the 2017 NFL season before his terrible injury.  Honestly, I don’t know his current health status, but I hope he’s on his way to a full life recovery.  If he every plays football again isn’t important.  Getting back to everyday life skills and being fulfilled are the important items.  My thoughts are with him.

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Photolemur - Ryan Shazier

A couple of weeks ago, I was contacted by a new company that created a very simple new photo editing software.  They call it Photolemur.  Don’t ask me why, but I thought the name was different.  They asked me to test the software and share my experience on my blog, which I’m doing now.

This new photo editor is an Artificial Intelligence based system that enhances the photo itself.  It’s faster and smarter than the normal manual photo editor.  There is both a Mac and Windows version.

It’s very easy to use.  You drag or open the photo (it works with both jpg and raw file types) with Photolemur and it does its thing.  At that point you have two steps.  Step One is to adjust the one and only one adjustment slider to get the final photo look you want.  Step Two is to export (save) your photo wherever you want to keep it.

I’m sharing a series of photos below of Pittsburgh Steelers’ Ryan Shazier.  They are:

·      The original photo right out of the camera

·      The same photo run through Photolemur

·      A screen shot of the Photolemur software.   As you can see in this photo, the software has a slider bar you can move back and forth to see the before/after version of the photo.

I’ve tested Photolemur on a few different types of photos (landscapes, architecture, portrait, etc…) and it seems to work great on all of them.   The software is in pre-order phase right now.  It won’t be available for full release until April 18th.  In the meantime, you can check out their website and the software here:  https://photolemur.com

Now a little about this specific photo, which I took of Ryan Shazier before a Pittsburgh Steelers game last season.  It was freezing outside that day.  We didn’t have any snow on the ground, but believe me when I say it was very, very cold.  So why he would “warm” up prior to the game without a shirt, sweatshirt or coat, I have no idea.  But he did this a few times last season.  I assume he think it makes him tough.  I think it means he isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed.  Nothing like getting hyperthermia and draining your energy before a game that you’re being paid millions of dollars to play and you count on for your livelihood…..not the smartest idea.   

In my next blog post, I’ll share a landscape photo I processed with Photolemur.  Until then, have a great day.

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Photolemur edited version

Photolemur edited version

Original Photo

Original Photo

This is what the beta version of Photolemur's user interface looks like.  Version 2 for release on April 18th looks a little different.

This is what the beta version of Photolemur's user interface looks like.  Version 2 for release on April 18th looks a little different.