California’s shelter-at-home order is making all of us a little antsy — so how about downloading a new Zoom background to remind yourself of the beauty of San Luis Obispo County?
Zoom, the popular video conferencing app, allows users to set up special backgrounds during online meetings. It’s as easy as saving the photos to your computer and then going into your Zoom settings to set it up.
Here are instructions from Zoom to display an image as your background. To make sure The Tribune’s logo isn’t in reverse, make sure to click off the “mirror setting.”
The Tribune has compiled a few of our favorite photos for you to use. From the Cambria Christmas Market to a walk along Pismo Beach, these pictures capture all of the wonderful things that make San Luis Obispo County home.
Just right click to save them to your desktop.
Once you download your favorites, make sure to share a screenshot of your next meeting with The Tribune on Facebook or Twitter (@SLOTribune) to help spread the word.
Highway 58 near Seven Mile Road, flowers cover the Temblor Range near Carrizo Plain in 2017. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
A yearling elephant seal turns the table on spectators by peaking up at them over a dune at the rookery next to Highway 1, Piedras Blancas in December 2019. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
The Field of Light display at Sensorio in Paso Robles is an art display made up of nearly 60,000 solar-powered lights situated just off Highway 46 East. Laura Dickinson ldickinson@thetribunenews.com
Shaun Perisho walks Bodie at Pismo Beach in March 2019 as the tide is out and sun blue skies came out during a break in the rain. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
A bald eagle finds a perch in a cottonwood tree near Orcutt Road on a 2017 afternoon. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
Higuera Street at Broad Street at 6:30 p.m. when the SLO Farmers Market would be happening, if not for shelter-at-home orders. Laura Dickinson ldickinson@thetribunenews.com
Wildflowers next to Soda Lake Road on Carrizo Plain in March 2017. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
Geese work out their pecking order as they enjoy the almost full Atascadero Lake after years of dry status in February 2017. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
A rainbow over Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. Laura Dickinson ldickinson@thetribunenews.com
A beer at Tap-It in San Luis Obispo. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
Talley Farms in rural Arroyo Grande. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
Children watch the Twelve Days of Christmas display in fascination. Huge crowds attended Cambria’s Christmas Market in 2019. Laura Dickinson ldickinson@thetribunenews.com
A United Express plane approaches the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
Sunset at Morro Bay, boats face inward in the marina as the tide goes out. Smoke from northern California wildfires in October 2017 contributed to red hazy sunsets. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
The front page of the San Luis Obispo Telegram Tribune on June 6, 1944.
Hot weather at the Charles Paddock Zoo in Atascadero in 2017 had Menderu the Malayan Tiger enjoying the water of the pool. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
Rocks falling off the hillside the size of bowling balls on Highway 41 between Morro Bay and Atascadero. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
Wildflowers were abundant in mid-June 2017 in the Sequoia National Monument with the high rain and snowfall. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
One of the shared bathrooms on the top floor of “The Establishment.” It is is the former hotel where Jack Kerouac lived in 1953. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
Rowdy samples the rails of the gate at the auction ring. Championship livestock auction at the California Mid-State Fair in 2017. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
Horses in parade regalia were a La Fiesta tradition. A collection of 4x5 inch negatives show San Luis Obispo’s La Fiesta de las Flores parade on Monterey Street on May 19, 1950.
Construction signals. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
Male elephant seal naps on the beach south of Piedras Blancas Lighthouse in January 2017. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
The old Sunny Acres orphanage in 2017. David Middlecamp dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com
This story was originally published April 29, 2020 at 5:05 AM.
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Kaytlyn Leslie writes about business and development for The San Luis Obispo Tribune. Hailing from Nipomo, she also covers city governments and happenings in San Luis Obispo. She joined The Tribune in 2013 after graduating from Cal Poly with her journalism degree.
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