Top 10 Lightroom Tweets of the Week

by Sherri on October 30, 2009

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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…]

Top 10 Lightroom Tweets of the Week

by Sherri on October 16, 2009

Oak-Leaves-and-Pine-NeedlesIt is amazing what you can find, if you keep your EYES WIDE OPEN!

This image was also captured during our walk in our neighborhood on Wednesday. This is exactly the way Mother Nature placed these oak leaves and pine needles on their background. I don’t think I could have done any better at arranging them than she did!

Of course, it was developed using the amazing Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2, just like all of our images are now. I think I will try experimenting with a few more presets on this one in the future. It has so many possibilities! [click to continue…]

Fall Has Arrived in Our Neighborhood

by Sherri on October 15, 2009

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Fall in rural Auburn, California.

This image was captured yesterday, during our first Fall photo shoot of the year.

Jeff, our dog Cocoa and I went on a 3-mile walk in our rural Auburn neighborhood. It had just stopped raining and everything looked fresh and clean. There were photo opportunities everywhere!

First, I spotted the tree, because I was on the hunt for Fall colors.  But, it alone wasn’t enough to create a good photograph. Then, I noticed the horse in the background. I decided to create a unique composition, by focusing on the tree limb and using a large aperture to throw the horse out-of-focus.

Who says you have to drive long distances to find great Fall subjects? They are as close as your own backyard!

More Fall images from our neighborhood coming soon!

Yall Come Back Now Ya Hear?

Top 10 Lightroom Tweets of the Week

by Sherri on October 2, 2009

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Goose at sunset, Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.

WOW – you have to see this one. I hope I don’t bore you by posting another Goose image, but I have one more I would like to share with you. This one was taken a little bit later than the other two, as the sky was turning a brilliant pink.

This image as well as most of the images I post on this blog and on facebook will be available for purchasing as a print, or for licensing.

About the photo

Of course, I enhanced the color a little bit in Lightroom. But, this is pretty close to the way it looked straight out of the camera!

Well, it’s been 2 weeks since my last Lightroom Tweets of the Week post. Normally, I would have all of my Tweets picked out and semi ready to include here already. That is not the case today, because I have been working on a BIG Website project for the past few weeks. I guess I had better go on over to Twitter and see what else I can find! [click to continue…]

Vertical or Horizontal?

by Sherri on August 18, 2009

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Goose silhouette, Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.

Goose silhouette, Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.

When you have a really good subject in front of you like this Goose, it’s always a good idea to shoot more than one photo of it. Try shooting your subject in both formats (vertical & horizontal) at the minimum. Here is the horizontal photo of this Goose, that I posted last week.

Which one do you prefer?

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Top 10 Lightroom Tweets of the Week

by Sherri on August 7, 2009

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Silhouette of a Goose at Utica Reservoir, Alpine County, California.

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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River of Gold

by Sherri on July 25, 2009

American-River-Rocks-3North 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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“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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Wednesday’s WOW: American River Rock Art

by Sherri on July 22, 2009

American-River-ArtAmerican River Rock Art, otherwise known as “Cairn,” Confluence of the American River, Auburn, California.

This image of the stack of rocks was taken on Monday, during our “Dine & Dip” down at the American River.

To escape from the heat after several days in a row of triple digit temps, we decided to take our dinner to the river. Following dinner was a very refreshing and welcomed dip in the crystal clear North Fork of the American River. I think this could become a weekly habit! [click to continue…]

Wednesday’s WOW – Ethereal Webs

by Sherri on July 15, 2009

Ethereal-Webs-2Backlit spider webs covered with dew, Auburn, California.

One fall morning while on a hike, I found these webs all lit up beautifully with backlighting and covered with dew.

Why this photo makes me say WOW!

  1. Backlighting – Backlighting is one of my favorite types of lighting. I think it worked really well here.
  2. Colors – I really love green & blue together. I think the two colors compliment each other well. Our house is even decorated with green & blue.
  3. Uniqueness – It’s not every day you get to witness dewey, backlit spider webs. If it hadn’t been for the fact that I was trying out my brand new first DSLR (a Nikon D70) and looking for things to photograph, I could have missed this opportunity. The others I was hiking with didn’t even notice them!

I hope you keep your eyes wide-open next time you are out and about with your camera. You just never know what you might stumble upon!

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