by Sherri on September 22, 2009
Camp Fruit Salad, Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.
I'm not a Food Photographer. But, I like to pretend to be one once in awhile.
This photo was taken during our recent camping trip with friends to Utica Reservoir. Putting the salad and arrangement together was a collaboration. I had the Gingham tablecloth. Vicki had the blue enamel bowl. Kim supplied the cloth napkin. We all supplied the ingredients.
It was a lot of fun and I'm happy with the results. I think it will work just fine as a "Camping Stock Photo."
The Makeover
Photo #1 - To develop this image, I used Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Photo Management Software. To improve my original image (see below), I did the following:
- Created a Virtual Copy.
- Used the Nikon D300 Preset and increased the exposure by 1/2 of a stop.
- Set the Clarity to +40.
- Set the Vibrance to + 60.
Photo #2 - This is the way the photo looked straight out of the camera.
Camp Fruit Salad, Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.
I hope you enjoyed this photo makeover.
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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!
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by Sherri on September 4, 2009
Sunrise and kayaks at Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.
You may have noticed that I didn't post my Lightroom Tweets last week and maybe you didn't.
My plan at this time is to post them every other week, until I get the Website project I'm working on closer to finished. It may work out that I continue to post them every other week. That will give everyone more time to try the tips out, including me!
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by Sherri on August 21, 2009
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!
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by Sherri on August 14, 2009
Sunset at Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.
You can just about count on a great sunset and sunrise at Utica Reservoir. When we first visited this mind blowing place 26 years ago, our experience was no different. You can read all my posts about Utica Reservoir
here.
This week I have a surprise for YOU! I went through all of my past "
Lightroom Tweets of the Week" and handpicked
some of the ones that have been most helpful to me up until now.
Which ones have been the most helpful to you?
Please let me and the other readers of this blog know your answers, by leaving a comment in the comments section below. Many thanks!
Here are the "Best of the Best Lightroom Tweets of the Week!"
- @LightroomQueen Use LR for contact sheets, verses PS for more control. It also saves as it goes. Add your ID plate 2 personalise.
- @ dianeschuller Scott Kelby's book http://tinyurl.com/nmzwtu is a must have to get the most out of Lightroom.
- @ephotopros Lightroom 2 Twip: Experiment on a virtual copy, not the original. CTRL/Command ' to make a virtual copy.
- @MattKloskowski on Lightroom Killer Tips - Don’t forget about History > http://twurl.nl/k2x2nx.
- @xequals if you haven't been playing with the Luminance sliders in Lightroom you're missing out! http://x-equals.com/blog/?p...
- @RichLeighton Lightroom Keyboard Shortcut Quick Reference http://bit.ly/BORl2.
- @gmwils Watching Terry White's Lightroom workflow video: http://bit.ly/pt6hz.
- @ashumittal Creating a Triptych in Lightroom http://bit.ly/1Tjc8.
- @MattKloskowski Posted another Before/After Lightroom & Photoshop tutorial on my blog. Check it out http://tiny.pl/3k6d.
- @pixum Add a light Source in Lightroom in 5 Easy Steps. http://bit.ly/77jkl
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.
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by Sherri on August 7, 2009
Silhouette of a Goose at Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.
This photo was taken soon after we landed at Utica Reservoir, during our recent camping trip.
After Jeff and I and our friends Jeff and Kim decided on a campsite, Kim and I wandered down to the lake to scout out photo opportunities. We had to run back to camp to grab our cameras. The conditions couldn't have been any better. The lighting was perfect. A gaggle of Geese flew in to greet us. Beautiful clouds surrounded us. Everything lined up perfectly! We photographed the heck out of those Geese. The photo shown here is one of my favorites from the ones I captured.
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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!
Thank you for visiting. If you would like to leave a comment, simply click on the "comments" link (add your message in the box) at the bottom of this post.
You can also sign up for a "free" subscription to this Blog. Just look in the upper right hand side of the Blog under "Subscribe to Sherri's Blog." Then, either click on the orange button, or enter your email address and click on "subscribe."
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by Sherri on July 17, 2009
Digital art photo of Jeff & Cocoa in silhouette, near Truckee, California.
Howdy folks! It's that time of the week again. Are you ready for 12 more really awesome Lightroom Tweets? Well, that's just what your going to get. This week you are going to get 10 plus 2
bonus tweets. Enjoy!
Here are your 12 Lightroom Tweets of the Week in random order.
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by Sherri on July 10, 2009
Death Valley Nature Abstract - One of my favorite subjects to photograph when I'm not photographing people is nature close-ups. While Jeff & I were exploring Cottonwood Canyon in Death Valley National Park a couple years ago, I spotted this "Face in the desert." I wasn't leaving until I got a photo of it I was happy with. Of course, the original didn't look this good. Using the amazing
Adobe PhotoShop Lightroom 2 Photo Management Software, I was able to achieve the results you see here.
Do you see what I see? I see a face with one eye open and one eye closed. There is even a mouth. The nose is pretty deformed. I'd love to hear your opinions about this photo.
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by Sherri on July 3, 2009
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.
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