by Sherri on June 5, 2009
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.
- @blackstar 10 Ways to Fight for Your Digital Rights as a Photographer http://twurl.nl/73sxyv
- @newmediaphoto Do you let clients stomp all over you? http://bit.ly/16V1ly
- @enlightphoto Travel & Leisure: Best Views of US National Parks they could find = mediocre. You get what you pay for http://bit.ly/BUDkH
- @FreelanceSw: 12 Breeds of Client and How to Work with Them http://bit.ly/yUgTr
- @davidsanger: Finding stolen Stock Photos with Tineye: Fakorama http://bit.ly/13M8Be
- @jimgoldstein 5 Tips to Get The Most Out of Twitter | JMG-Galleries – Jim M. Goldstein Photograp… http://bit.ly/1blPUd
- @ricksammon Top 10 Tips for Successful Social Media Marketing: http://tinyurl.com/lrurzp
- @younesbounhar Learn to see creatively http://younesbounhar.com/blog
- @paul_indigo How much photographic equipment do you really need? by http://bit.ly/RBdZq.
- @chasejarvis Consequences of Creative Vision (the final straw!) http://twurl.nl/zpx5c6
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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by Sherri on June 3, 2009
American River Rocks, near Weimar, California.
This is a close up photo of the large rock Peg was sitting on in this photo. These little rocks were arranged just like this, when I stumbled upon them.
Holes like these are created by the water washing over the large rock into a small hole. When a little rock gets caught inside the small hole, it tumbles for a long time, making the hole bigger. Eventually, more rocks make their way into the hole as they did here.
I could have missed this photo opportunity, if I hadn’t paid attention to the smaller details in my “big picture.”
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by Sherri on June 1, 2009
Peg spotted a rock with a built-in seat.
Jeff and I went on a great hike/photo shoot with our friend Peg on Memorial Day Weekend. We were planning to hike the “Codfish Falls Trail” near Weimar. But, when we got down to the river, it was way too crowded for our liking. So, we crossed the bridge and hiked the trail on the other side of the river. Jeff and I had never hiked on this trail before. It was awesome! [click to continue…]
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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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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by Sherri on April 29, 2009
Wild Sierra Iris, Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, near Coloma, California.
These beautiful Wild Sierra Iris were growing along the trail at the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, the day of our hike with friends. They are a common wildflower here in the Sierra Foothill’s and can be found along many hiking trails. One of the other places I have found them is at Hidden Falls Regional Park in Auburn.
The original image did nothing for me, but I didn’t want to dump it. It was taken at 1:00 in the afternoon under harsh lighting. It also lacked vibrance. I decided to work with it a bit in Lightroom 2 and this is what I came up with. I set the Clarity to -100 to give it a softer look and set the Vibrance to +70, which made the colors pop. 
This is what this photo looked like straight out of the camera.
I have 2 questions for my viewers.
1. Which one do you like best?
2. Can you identify this species of Wild Iris?
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