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Nicole S. Young

Nicole S. Young

Photographer and author. I specialize in food photography and write books about photography.

I'm a photographer and author, currently living in Portland, OR. I'm passionate about photography, art, writing, and music ... and I love connecting with other artists and photographers.
My work mostly consists of people and food photographs and I make my living as a stock photographer with iStockphoto and Getty Images.
I'm also an author with Peachpit Press and Craft&Vision (you can view them all here). I'm also ACE certified in Adobe Photsohop CS4/CS5 and work as a Help Desk Specialist with the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP).

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About 9 weeks ago Sunrise, Sunset

I met up with +Brian Bonham at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm this morning to photograph the sunrise which was, unfortunately, quite uneventful. The weather was cold and windy, and the sunrise went from dark to grey. 

I know what you're thinking ... there's a goregous sky in the photo! Well that, my friends, was made possible with the power of +Adobe Photoshop (and a sunset sky I photographed in Australia.) :) I took the tulip fields and added a more interesting sky to show what I wished we could have seen.

#blog  
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About 8 weeks ago The ones you don't expect...

Sometimes when you're out with your camera you have to be vigilant of those unexpected moments ... the times when you see a beautiful scene, gorgeous light, or just a perfect spot altogether. I've had too many times in my life where I was driving and saw something beautiful but just didn't stop to photograph it, so when I was out with +David Daniels yesterday I made certain that we stopped when one of these moments was staring me in the face.

And I'm so glad I did :)

(Purchase a print of this image: http://nicolesy.me/17BLyPK)
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About 8 weeks ago Return to Panther Creek

One of the first waterfalls I visited up here in Oregon was at Panther Creek Falls with +Brian Matiash, +Varina Patel, +Jay Patel, +Michael Riffle and +Patricia Davidson. I was instantly taken in by this place ... a beautiful stream dropping off to a massive waterfall ... it is certainly a sight. So on
+David Daniels's last full day in Portland I decided to head out there with him and +Jeffrey Yen to squeeze in some last bits of waterfall goodness. Then, while we were there +Michael Riffle randomly happened to show up with his family! I thought that was pretty cool :)

I was also happy to have found a few compositions I didn't photograph on my previous trips out to the falls; it's definitely one of those places where there is a lot of potential for different types of photographs.

Prints of this image: http://nicolesy.me/17Jcihp

#Waterfall   #washington   #photography  
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About 6 weeks ago Lupine Sunset

I had a fantastic evening watching the sun set alongside +Brian Matiash and +Brian Bonham last night. We went up to Rowena to photograph the wildflowers ... many of the sunflowers had started to wither and just looked icky, so I found a nice patch of purple as my foreground instead.

(Also, a quick shout-out to +Rick LePage for the inspiration and location info.) :)

Processing Info: 
- 7-shot HDR, processed in Nik's HDR Efex Pro
- Final touches in Lightroom 4
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About 10 weeks ago Falling Sideways

The moss is glowing and the leaves are green ... it's spring in the CRG! This month will be filled with photographing as much of Oregon as I can fit in-between "normal" work and trying to get our house sold before moving to Cali with my man,
+Brian Matiash. He just got a job at +Google so we're headed there to make it our new home :)

I had an excellent day at the Gorge with +Karen Hutton, +Joe Dolister & +Brian Matiash. We even brought little Kodak along and he was my little assistant for the day (http://nicolesy.me/Y5I6sw) ;)

Purchase a print of this image: http://nicolesy.me/Y7D5E8
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About 4 weeks ago Sunset in the Barossa Valley

In Feb/March +Brian Matiash and I visited +Australia and we were lucky to spend a few days in the Barossa Valley. We were (intentionally) late to dinner so we could photograph this beautiful scene at sunset, which was literally right out the back door of our room at The Louise (http://www.thelouise.com.au/).

I really wish we could have spent a few more days in that area, we saw so much but barely scratched the surface.

#Australia  
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About 6 weeks ago No better way to spend a Friday night...

... than out photographing the sunset with my favorite people. :) I'm out with +Brian Bonham & +Brian Matiash at Rowena in Oregon along the Columbia Rover Gorge. So pretty here ... and so peaceful!

Edited with +Snapseed #snapseed
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About 4 weeks ago A Kodak-moment on our walk today :)
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About 7 weeks ago The Oregon Coast

I needed to take a break from eBook layout-ing, so I thought I'd process a photo I took when my friend +David Daniels was in town visiting  We took a trip out to the coast, and while we didn't have much of a sunset, we did have some good texture in the sky.

Processing Info: This is a combination of two photos (one for the water, other for the sky and rocks), and I did all of my stylization inside of Lightroom using one of my "Nicolesy Presets", as well as a few tweaks here and there. (This was the Golden Spiral preset from the "Down Under" preset pack: http://store.nicolesy.com/products-page/all-products/down-under/)
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About 10 weeks ago The Great Blue Ocean

I just love bright, blue water for long exposures ... it adds so much to the photo. I photographed this along the Great Ocean Road in +Australia last month; +Brian Matiash and I couldn't help but find some flowing water to plop our cameras next to. :) (I used an ND filter to block a bunch of the light through my lens and blur the water in the bright Aussie sun.)

#seeaustralia  
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