Man kayaking on Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.
This photo was captured as Jeff, Kim and I were heading for the Lily Pond that Jeff had discovered earlier that day. We were starting to get a little nervous, as thunder bumpers were rolling in. The last place we wanted to be during a storm is in a boat on the lake!
Fortunately, the threatening looking sky rolled out of there about as fast as it rolled in. We were happy little kayakers once again! [click to continue…]
Couple and their dog kayaking on Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.
This is a very typical scene at Utica Reservoir. If you are into kayaking or canoeing and you have a dog or two, then Utica Reservoir is for YOU!
We fit right in here. We have a dog and we love to kayak and canoe. I’ve never seen so many people paddling with their dogs as I did here. It was really fun to witness!
More photos of our adventure to Utica Reservoir to come!
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I took this photo of my friend Peg, during our kayak adventure on Lake Faucherie, Tahoe National Forest, California.
As promised, you are going to get twice as many top Lightroom Tweets this week. I hope you will find them useful. If not, maybe you will find some new and interesting people to follow on Twitter. Have a great weekend everyone and Happy 4th of July!
Here are 20 awesome Lightroom Tweets handpicked especially for you! As always, they are in no particular order. [click to continue…]
Photo #1 - Kayaking on the South Fork of the American River, near Coloma, California.
Today’s makeover is just for fun. This photo probably wouldn’t cut it for publication, but we don’t have to be serious all the time do we?
Every since I started using Lightroom 2, I haven’t done much with PhotoShop CS3. I used to love playing around with the filters and the distort filter Spherize was one of my favorites.
Photo #2 - This is what the photo looked like straight out of the camera.
The Makeover – (Lightroom)
The Makeover – (PhotoShop CS3)
I used the distort filter Spherize. What I like about this filter is that it brings the subject in closer. It also kind of looks like the photo has a frame around it.
I hope you enjoyed this “Monday’s Makeover.” Opinions are always welcome!
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Kayaking Lake Clementine, Auburn, California.
Back by popular demand is another round-up of favorite Lightroom tweets. Once again, I have way too many to include in this post. That means, I will be doing the same thing again next week.
Thank you to all of you who either commented on last week’s blog post, started following me on Twitter, retweeted me, or included me in a post. A HUGE thanks to @MattKloskowski for featuring me on worth-a-click on the Adobe Lightroom Killer Tips Website. [click to continue…]
Kayaking on the South Fork of the American River, near Coloma, California.
I have rounded up another group of my favorite photo related “Tweets of the Week” for you all. I hope you like them too. Please let me know in the comments section below if you picked up any new folks to follow, or any useful information. You can also suggest a favorite photo related tweet of yours, for an upcoming post.
Here is my “Top 10 Photo Related Tweets of the Week” in no particular order.
Here are the links to the last 2 weeks Top 10 Photo Related Tweets of the Week in case you missed them:
Week 1 – Top 10 Photo Related Tweets of the Week
Week 2 – Top 10 Photo Related Tweets of the Week
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 – Top 10 Lightroom Tweets of the Week
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Horr Pond Camp, Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park, California.
If you are looking for solitude, look no further. This park gets less than 2,000 visitors annually.
Just be sure to BYOB! No, I’m not talking about booze. BYOB stands for “bring your own boat.” That is the only way you will get to experience Ahjumawi.
I’d like to see this photo used on the cover of a Northern California kayaking or camping guidebook.
Note: Be sure to read my other posts on Ahjumawi. I’ve still got a couple more coming too!
Jeff & Cocoa (Dirt Road Dawg) heading out for an afternoon paddle, at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park.
Poor Jeff. He usually has the dog in his kayak, because I usually have the camera in mine. The 2 don’t mix, as you have probably figured out.
We paddled out to the first campsite to check it out. We got a late start and we had a dog with us, which slows us down. So, the first campsite was as far as we were gonna get that day. That was okay. It was a scouting trip after all!
We hung out there for 3-4 hours waiting for the light to get better for photography, before paddling back to the truck.
I will post a couple more photos from our adventure next week.
Jeff and Cocoa preparing for our kayak adventure, at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park, California. Notice Mount Shasta on the left.
Most people have never heard of California’s Northeastern most State Park, Ahjumawi Lava Springs. IÂ hadn’t heard of it either, until the name jumped out at me while reading over the California State Parks brochure. [click to continue…]
This photo of Mount Shasta was taken from the boat launch at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park.
Jeff and I were loading up the kayaks for our paddle at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park. I looked up and there was Mount Shasta staring at me.
I thought it would be good to capture a closer up view of this beauty, in addition to the wide angle shot in my last post.
