by Sherri on November 11, 2009

No Hands Bridge surrounded by fog, Auburn, California. This image was processed using a combination of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 & Adobe Photoshop CS3.
No Hands Bridge is one of Auburn’s famous icons. It is really fun to photograph it, especially if you are able to capture it when it is surrounded by fog! You can do a search on this blog to see more photos I have taken of it.
Enjoy!
by Sherri on November 6, 2009

Sherri & Cocoa hiking along the North Fork of the American River, Auburn, California. This image was developed using both Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 & Adobe Photoshop CS3.
It’s been a couple of weeks since we took this hike. The color down in the canyon was looking pretty good then. This weekend, we are returning to a different location along the American River for more Fall photos. I’m really looking forward to getting out again. I’ve been tethered to my computer too long in one stretch.
I should have some new Fall nature images up next week for you all to see.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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by Sherri on November 3, 2009

The famous Foresthill Bridge, Auburn, California. It was processed using a combination of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 and Adobe Photoshop CS3.
What: The famous Foresthill Bridge.
Where: North Fork of the American River, Auburn, California.
When: A couple of weeks ago.
Who: Jeff, our dog Cocoa & I were taking a Fall hike.
How: The Foresthill Bridge was reflecting in a mud puddle. I thought that was pretty cool. So I took a series of photos of the mud puddle. This was one of my favorites.
Then, in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2, I rotated the photo so it was upside down and now you see the bridge right side up in the mud puddle.
Did anyone guess how this image was captured, before I revealed the answer?
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by Sherri on October 30, 2009

Fall color along the North Fork of the American River, Auburn, California. This image was developed using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.
Wow. It’s true. The older you get the faster time flies. I can’t believe it’s been two weeks, since I posted my last Top 10 Lightroom Tweets of the Week post!
Last week, Adobe Photoshop announced their Beta version of Lightroom 3. I haven’t had a chance to try it yet, but a lot of folks have and they have been tweeting about it – A LOT! [click to continue…]
by Sherri on October 22, 2009

Fall reflections on the North Fork of the American River, Auburn, CA. This image was processed using a combination of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 & CS3.
Adobe has just announced their Beta version of Photoshop Lightroom 3.
The good news is spreading like wildfire throughout the Twitter and facebook communities. I’m going to keep that wildfire going, by posting the news here as well.
If you have been wanting to try Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, but haven’t had the jingle in your jeans, now is your golden opportunity. [click to continue…]
by Sherri on September 18, 2009

Donna & Maya Bussinger rafting on the Middle Fork of the American River, Auburn, California.

Maya Bussinger rafting on the Middle Fork of the American River, Auburn, California.
I’m putting up a couple more photos from our recent rafting trip on the Middle Fork of the American River, with our friend Donna (former Professional Raft Guide) and her 4-year old daughter Maya. I hope they like them!
About the photos
These photos were developed using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2. Writing this post each week is two fold. I can share a wealth of Lightroom tips with you and I can also share one or more of my images, that I have developed using Lightroom.
Would you like to know what I did in Lightroom to improve these original images? If so, feel free to ask in the comments section below.
OK all of you Lightroomers. Here are your Top 10 Lightroom Tweets of the Week in random order. Happy Lightrooming! [click to continue…]
by Sherri on September 8, 2009

Donna & Maya Bussinger rafting on the Middle Fork of the American River, Auburn, California.
Donna & Maya Bussinger rafting on the Middle Fork of the American River, Auburn, California.
Yesterday was awesome! Jeff & I had the great opportunity to raft the Middle Fork of the American River (between Driver’s Flat and Mammoth Bar), with our friend Donna and her 4-year old daughter Maya.
This section of the the American River doesn’t draw the hoards of tourists from the Bay Area and LA like the South Fork does. There are a few reasons why. For one thing, it is only 7-miles in length. It also consists of only Class I & II rapids. Lastly, not many know about this run, which is why we love it so much. Now, I know after writing this a few more people will know about it. But, hey, if I don’t write about it someone else will. It may as well be me! [click to continue…]
by Sherri on July 25, 2009
North Fork of the American River, Auburn, California.
This image was captured just a little further downstream from the photo of the rocks I posted a couple of days ago. It will be available for purchase as a fine art print soon!
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by Sherri on July 24, 2009
Jeff & Cocoa cooling off in the North Fork of the American River, Auburn, California. I think I shall title this photo “Rear View!”
While down at the river Monday evening, I couldn’t resist capturing these two wading in this little kiddie pool. In particular, I wanted to get a unique composition of them!
It’s Friday again and time for 10 more HOT Lightroom Tweets. Here they are in no particular order.
- @LightroomQueen New blog post: TheLightroomLab.com reviews my book http://bit.ly/Otuc0.
- @gavinseim Hitting the \ key (backslash) in Develop mode will switch you between before & after views of your image.
- @MattBallard Lightroom Workflow: How To Get Your Photos To Look Like They Did On Your Camera LCD http://bit.ly/iOXeX.
- @micurs Optimizing Lightroom for Best Performance: Top Ten Lightroom Speed Tips – http://tr.im/sJGu.
- @nyip Outstanding lightroom tutorials http://www.jkost.com/lightr…
- @mwgray 27 FREE Presets and a PHD in Toning in Lightroom, get your credentials here – http://x-equals.com/blog/?p…
- @gavinseim Just updated the free Lightroom print template presets. You can get them here http://bit.ly/s2joE.
- @lightroomblog LRB Portfolio updated to 2.13. Bug fixes, new features, etc. http://bit.ly/M6lcm.
- @heninger Lightroom Tuesday! Tips, Tricks n’ Tutorials 4 the enlightened workflowist http://heninger.org.
- @gavinseim How to install and MANAGE Lightroom presets http://bit.ly/qn3A0. Back em up folks. Back everything up!
In case you missed my previous “Top 10 Tweets of the Week” posts, you can view them all by clicking on the Top 10 Tweets of the Week category on the sidebar of this Photo Blog.
You can retweet (RT) this post, by clicking on the lime green retweet button at the bottom of this post. It will take you directly to Twitter. If you don’t know about the importance of retweeting, please refer to this post by Jim Goldstein.
Coming next week – I will be in the woods next week. My Top 10 Tweets will resume in 2 weeks!
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by Sherri on July 23, 2009

“River of Gold,” Confluence of the American River, Auburn, California.
This is another one of my favorite images, from our photo shoot down at the Confluence of the American River on Monday.
I’m keeping this really short. The main reason for this post is to try out “NetworkedBlogs.” As soon as I hit the “publish” button on this blog post, it is suppose to post directly to my Facebook page.
Let’s see if it works!
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