Day 31

This is what it looks like when the hotel confirms your room block, so the Save the Dates get assembled, then two weeks later you read in the newspaper that the hotel is closing. 

SOOC:

PS: Curves, contrast, saturation, color balance

Shutter speed: 1/60 sec
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 100
Focal length: 50mm
External flash: +1

Day 30

We're stumped on this one.  Any thoughts?  The boxes get me every time.  I have no idea what they are getting at!  (Yes, the answers are on the website, but I try not to cheat!)

SOOC:

PS: Curves, contrast, saturation

Shutter speed: 1/40 sec
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 400
Focal length: 50mm
no flash

Day 29

My broiler privileges should be revoked. This happens every stinkin' time!

SOOC:

PS: Curves, color balance, saturation

Shutter speed: 1/20 sec
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 400
Focal length: 50mm
no flash

Day 28

::sigh:: I hate getting gas.

SOOC:

PS: Curves, contrast, straighten, crop

Shutter speed: 1/15 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 400
Focal length: 50mm
no flash

Day 27

I love my spinning, auto-dispensing spice rack!!

SOOC:

PS: Curves, contrast, saturation, color balance

Shutter speed: 0.8 sec
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 100
Focal length: 50mm
External Flash: +1

Day 26

Hmm. Time to replace the windshield wipers...

SOOC:

PS: Curves, contrast, unsharp mask

Shutter speed: 1/40 sec
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 400
Focal length: 50mm
no flash

Day 25

I hope... the last trip for a while

SOOC:

I decided nothing could help this one, haha!

Shutter speed: 1/10 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 200
Focal length: 50mm
no flash

Day 24

Whoah. Definitely making these soon!

SOOC:

PS: Curves, contrast, saturation

Shutter speed: 1/50 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 200
Focal length: 50mm
External flash = +1

Day 23

Just about time to start packing.

SOOC:

PS: Curves, contrast, color balance

Shutter speed: 1/80 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 100
Focal length: 50mm
External flash: +1

Day 22

A whole day of chocolate making!   Here: dark chocolate ganache centers, waiting to be dipped in their chocolate shell.

SOOC:

PS: Curves, contrast, color balance

Shutter speed: 1/80 sec
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 200
Focal length: 50mm
External Flash: +1

Day 21

::sigh::
Is there anything more perfect?

SOOC:

PS: Minor Curves and contrast tweaks

Shutter speed: 1/80 sec
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 400
Focal length: 50mm
External Flash: +1

Day 20

Always welcome in our house.  And yes, there is another bottle in the freezer.

SOOC:

PS: Curves, crop

Shutter speed: 1/60 sec
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 200
Focal length: 50mm
External flash: +1

Day 19

My coworker's... other african violet.  Yup, peak of creativity over here...

SOOC:

PS: Curves, contrast, color balance

Shutter speed: 1/20 sec
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 400
Focal length: 50mm
no flash

Day 18

I'm a little behind in posting, but I have been shooting everyday!

Still working on papercrafts... this time accompanied by wine. ;-)

SOOC:

PS: Curves, contrast, color balance

Shutter speed: 1/20 sec
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 400
Focal length: 50mm
no flash

Day 17

WOOHOO!   YAY for Glee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SOOC:

PS: Curves, contrast, straighten, crop

Shutter speed: 1/40 sec
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 400
Focal length: 50mm
no flash

Day 16

Another try at dialing down the aperture, this time to f/2.8.  Still need some practice with this!

Saffron + risotto = huge WIN in my book!

SOOC:

PS: Color balance, curves, contrast, unsharp mask, crop

Shutter speed: 1/80 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
Focal length: 50mm
External Flash: +1

Day 15

Who doesn't love Monopoly?   I tried dialing down the aperture, for fun, to f/1.8, and ended up with a nice close up of the dog's behind.  I need more practice on that, haha!

SOOC:

PS: Curves, Color balance, contrast

Shutter speed: 1/80 sec
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO: 200
Focal length: 50mm
External flash: +1

Day 14

Heck YES.

SOOC:

PS: (curves)

Shutter: 1/60 sec
aperture: f/5.0
ISO: 100
Focal Lenght: 50mm
Ext. Flash: +1/3

Day 13

SOOC:

PS (curves, unsharp mask, contrast/brightness)

Shutter: 1/60 sec
aperture: f/5.0
ISO: 100
Focal Lenght: 50mm
Ext. Flash: +1/3

Day 12

Back to the kitchen on my WB quest, and I had the same problem as yesterday... what looks best on camera does not look best on the monitor. I ended up be happiest with the AWB. Hmmm.

SOOC:

PS: Curves

Shutter: 1/80 sec
aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 100
Focal Lenght: 50mm
Ext. Flash: +1

Day 11

Playing around with white balance settings (since I was unhappy with the dough in the kitchen the other day), I decided to try another room. Here I went from being too yellow on AWB to this - too blue (I put it on fluorescent thinking I had CFLs in the light, but I later realized that I don't). I guess this topic needs some more work! The blue pic looked great on camera, I thought I had it right. My computer monitor disagrees.

SOOC:

PS: Color balance, curves

Shutter: 1/80 sec
aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 100
Focal Lenght: 50mm
Ext. Flash: 2/3+

Day 10

Kale chips = awesome snack!

SOOC:

PS (Boost, color balance, crop):

Shutter: 1/80 sec
aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 100
Focal Lenght: 50mm
Ext. Flash: 2/3+

Day 9

I love cooking with wine!
SOOC:


PS (curves, unsharp mask, color, contrast)


Shutter: 1/80 sec
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 100
Focal length: 50mm
External flash: 1+

Day 8

My favorite magazine!

SOOC:

PS: (curves, brightness/contrast, unsharp mask (still learning how to use this one), saturation (this one, too))

Shutter: 1/60 sec

Aperture: f/3.5

ISO: 200 (whoops! forgot to change that back down after yesterday!)

50mm

External flash at 1+

Day 7

Time to make the bagels...

SOOC:


I am not ashamed to admit that sometimes, I use actions!

PS (Boost, color balance - though compared to the original, it looks overly blue.  I promise this is closer to the real color of my countertops!)

Day 6

Adventures in office plants.
SOOC:

PS: (curves, color, brightness/contrast)

Shutter: 1/30 sec

Aperture: f/3.5

ISO: 400 (whoops! forgot to change that back down after yesterday!)

50mm