Have you ever heard the phrase: Everything but the kitchen sink? This photo made me think: Everything and the kitchen sink. (Except it’s a bathroom sink. But it’s a sink so I hope you’ll spot me the flexibility in phrasing.)
I love the randomness of this collection. Another of my favorites from my outing to Philomath on Friday, I had much success finding photoographs along the outside of the Architectural Salvage store. I’ll have to go back and visit when it’s open sometime, I bet there are even more opportunities for random goodness to photograph inside.
All of the photos of this series have been edited using Lightroom 3
I am in love. Absolute, and total love, with Lightroom. What a fantastic piece of software for editing and organizing photos. It’s intuitive and powerful, and I’ve been in desperate need of the organization piece. I’m getting lost in all of the editing possibilities, and it’s just plain fun. I’m not sure why a photographer would bother with Photoshop! (OK, not totally true, I know I will still use Photoshop Elements for layers, but I’m enamored at the moment so I’m allowing myself to be dramatic.)
Here are a couple of videos I’ve watched that help explain why you would use one or the other, via Kent Weakley and Adorama TV. (The Adorama TV video is the one I watched first, and it helped me decide to go with Lightroom as my next software, but Kent’s is a nice overview and is shorter.) You can substitute “Photoshop Elements” for “Photoshop” in any of these conversations, both integrate with Lightroom the same way, I’ve found. How awesome is that?
Maybe, just maybe, with the combo of Lightroom and Photoshop Elements, I’ve discovered I have everything and the kitchen sink. I’m one happy gal.
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Thanks for all the info, Kat. You’re making a good case for Lightroom, but it sounds like there is still a learning curve that requires a book. Maybe possible for me in 2012 when things calm down. I will check out the videos.
Love your photo!
Kat,
I love your collection of everything AND the sink. What an eclectic mix of delightful objects, all pulled together into a single whole by your camera frame.
My college professor has tried to talk me into taking the Lightroom course and I am tempted, oh so tempted, after reading your enthusiastic review. However, I do have Adobe Bridge and Camera Raw which I use as my initial editor and photo organizer. (and I taught myself ACR using Scott Kelby’s Digital Photography book – wonderful resources!)
The kitchen sink indeed. It’s so lovely to see you finding new things to be excited about because that’s what it’s all about…x
Lightroom was a steep learning curve in the Library mode. The rest was not so hard. But you all should know about Julianne Kost on the Adobe tv. She is terrific on her video tutorials.
Kat, your enthusiasm for Lightroom is impressive. I recently upgraded to PSE10 (from version 6), largely because I couldn’t afford the price of Lightroom. Frankly, I’m very disappointed. It turned out to be no more functional for my needs than what I already had. And the organizer, which I thought would be better so many versions later, has actually changed for the worse, and is now so slow as to be unusable. It’s frustrating to feel that I wasted my money. I should have held out and saved up for Lightroom after all. 🙁
I think I’ll start doing that now!
Lee, I abandoned the Organizer feature in PSE long ago, for just that reason. Lightroom’s organization capabilities are so much better, you can’t even compare them. I’ve imported all of my images from the past 7 years into one catalog (over 80,000 images) and it’s actually USABLE. Keep an eye out, you can find discounts on Lightroom here and there that make it more affordable. I’d been eyeing it for a while when I got a code for $200 off by participating in the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk, so you just never know!!