Sweet Shot Tuesday

Have you all been outside enjoying the summer weather? If you’re in Houston or Key West, perhaps you’re wilting – but for those of us who spend 6 months a year under a blanket of snow it’s been awesome outside shooting! Can’t wait to see what you all have up your sleeves!

A BIG HUGE thank you to Studiopress who sponsored our last week’s giveaway! The winner of the Genesis for Wordpress and Pixel Happy child theme licenses is Catherine at Halsey Happenings who shared this gorgeous pool-fun shot:

Shoot me an email, Catherine! An aside – if you’re not already a fan of Catherine’s blog, run don’t walk. She has amazing light in her images.

In other photo news – Lightroom 3 has been released out of beta. You can download it now for a free 30-day trial – there’s a button on my sidebar that leads right to it. I urge you to try it – since it costs nothing, you have nothing to lose. It’s about a 9 minute download on DSL, faster on cable. And if you decide to buy it – you don’t have to redownload, you can plug in the license code. Easy, right?

When I was trying to decide what I thought Sweet Shot Tuesday photographers would benefit from most, I knew at some time I wanted to give away 2 of the books that helped me most.

One participant will receive a copy of each book! Woot. If you don’t feel like waiting, here are links to find them yourself.

It was Bryan’s book that totally made aperture versus shutter speed click for me… um… click… get it? Kelby’s book is the first in the series of 3 – each filled with no-nonsense, casual kind of writing in the way you’d have a conversation. No fluffy technical stuff.

Without further ado – hit me with your best shot!