by Sherri on May 29, 2009
Paragliding over the Cronan Ranch, Pilot Hill, California.
I’m doing another Top 10 Photo Related Tweets of the Week. Last weeks post was such a huge success in terms of spreading great information, it just might become a weekly habit!
Hopefully, you will find new folks to follow and/or tweets that you missed during the week. That is the beauty of Twitter. We are all in this thing together and the only way it will work is to help one another.
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, you will learn all about it when you read #2 below.
- @jimgoldstein Why Social Media Matters to Photographers | JMG-Galleries – Jim M. Goldstein … http://tinyurl.com/p224md
- @jimgoldstein The Birds and the Bees of Social Media Connectivity http://tinyurl.com/pe35en
- @scottkelby talks about his shots in Nikon World Magazine http://is.gd/HmF0
- @damienfranco 20 Amazing Photographers From Around The Internet http://tr.im/mFRm
- @fotozine 8 Daily Photo Blogs That Provide Inspiration – http://is.gd/Ild8
- @ricksammon Sex, Lies and Photoshop: http://bit.ly/1216aE
- @BHPhotoVideo Three ways to shoot a quick, last minute portrait. http://bit.ly/g5w6t
- @featureshoot: Q&A with Photo Editors- Loyalty vs. New Talent: http://bit.ly/bt79n
- @davidsanger Hollingsworth on Stock Photography and the future http://bit.ly/13brQp and http://bit.ly/10il7Z
- @ricksammon And now for something complete different from me. See today’s blog post about Successful Social Media Marketing: http://bit.ly/gLEob
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by Sherri on May 27, 2009
Paraglider getting a bird's eye view of the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California.
If you are looking for a great place to have a paragliding adventure, check out the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park.
This shot was taken during our most recent hike at the Cronan Ranch. This guy (I think his name was Randy) was having a great flight and he put on a great show for the camera.
As it turns out, the majority of the group (about 8-10) he was flying with that day were “Baby Boomers.” That was really cool, because photographing active Baby Boomers is one of my specialties. I stumbled upon a gold mine, when I found these guys! [click to continue…]
by Sherri on May 22, 2009
Whitewater rafting on the South Fork of the American River, near Coloma, California.
Thanks to my friend and fellow photographer, Richard Wong, I have done something I thought I’d never do. I jumped on the Twitter bandwagon! For months, I would read his little Twitter message on his Photo Blog and found it quite amusing at times. But, I really didn’t understand anything about it. So, what did I do to satisfy my curiosity? I did like millions of other curious folks are doing and I signed up for my “free” Twitter account. Once I signed up, it was easy to read all of his posts and it cleared up things a bit. But, I still didn’t really get the hang of it, so I put it on the back burner for a few more months. [click to continue…]
by Sherri on May 19, 2009
Flying A Service Station, Truckee, California.
Do you remember the Flying A Service Station’s? If you do, you are giving your age away.
This is the one subject that stood out from the rest, while visiting Truckee recently. It was really fun to photograph. I took a whole series of photos of it and these were two of my favorites.
Close up shot of a gasoline pump at the Flying A.
A closer up view of the pump reveals that premium gas was going for 27 cents per gallon. Imagine that!
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by Sherri on May 14, 2009
Digital Art photo of Old Town Truckee, California.
Truckee is perhaps one of the most charming and popular mountain towns in California. It is close to Lake Tahoe and offers year-round recreational opportunities.
We stayed in Truckee at the “dog friendly” Inn at Truckee, during our recent road trip. I highly recommend this place if you are visiting the area with your pooch. It is very reasonable, has a spa and hot tub and even includes continental breakfast. It is also close to Old Town, which is one of the areas I was photographing during our stay in Truckee. Our dog, Cocoa, gives it 3 paws out of 4, based on the rating system in the California Dog Lover’s Companion Guide Book.
About the photo:
I used my favorite creative filter in PhotoShop CS3 “Poster Edges” to achieve this look.
Helpful links if you are planning a trip to the Truckee/Lake Tahoe area:
http://www.truckee.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truckee,_California
http://www.innattruckee.com/home
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by Sherri on May 12, 2009
Couple sitting in front of Grant’s General Store & Museum, Virginia City, Nevada.
Virginia City was a fun place to visit. While wandering around town looking for great photo subjects, I spotted this couple isolated from the crowds. What caught my eye was that they were both dressed in white, matching the old building they were sitting in front of. I also loved the way they were so beautifully framed by the arch. Framing your subject is a great way to add impact to your photographs.
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Downtown Virginia City, Nevada.
Jeff & I just had to make it to the ghost town Virginia City during our recent road trip. Neither of us had been there since we were kids. To top that off, my Mom and Dad ran away and got married there over 70 years ago, after knowing each other for just 3 short weeks!
It looked like I remember it, although there are more tourists and it has gotten pretty commercialized over the years. But, all in all, it’s still a fun place to visit!
About the photo
I used the Antique Grayscale Preset in Adobe PhotoShop Lightroom 2, to achieve the “old time” look.
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Lake Tahoe, Nevada Panorama.
Creating a panorama photograph is something I’ve wanted to try for a long time. I guess I was waiting for the right opportunity to present itself. Well, that moment finally happened, while we were visiting the Lake Tahoe area a few days ago.
Can you figure out what vantage point this was taken from? How many photos do you think were taken and stitched together to create this image? How do you think they were stitched together?
I’d love to hear from you. Please leave your answers in the comments section below. I will explain how this Lake Tahoe Panorama was created later on this month, after I receive a few comments.
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Panorama Photo Update:
How this photo was created – To create this panorama, Jeff & I each took a series of 4 images. We made sure to overlap each image about 20% and to keep the horizon in approximately the same position in each photo. We decided that the series that Jeff took was the best of the two.
How this photo was developed – Using Lightroom 2.0, Jeff selected the 4 images in the order they were taken. Then he right clicked and selected export to PhotoShop as a panorama. Then PhotoShop automatically stitched the 4 images together. Then all Jeff had to do was crop off the ragged edges.
Jeff riding his Quad along the shore of Prosser Reservoir, Truckee, California.
This shot was taken during our recent road trip to the Truckee/Lake Tahoe area to capture travel, adventure and lifestyle photos for our stock files.
The first stop during our road trip was at Prosser Reservoir for a little Quad fun and photos. This photo is one of my favorites from our photo shoot.
Photo Details – In Camera
This pan photo was shot on a Nikon D300 with a Nikon 70-200 zoom lens attached, using the following camera settings: ISO 100, shutter speed 1/10 sec., aperture f 20.
Post processing in Lightroom
I set the Clarity to +100 and the Vibrance to +45.
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