My Morning Concoction—Organic Cup of Joe (D163)

Tasra Dawson —  February 10, 2010 — 10 Comments

As much as I love a good cup of Starbucks coffee, after reading enough nutrition books and watching a few documentaries, I realized it just wasn’t good for me. So while I refuse to give it up entirely, I decided to find an alternative that would work on a more regular basis. This is what I created…

tasra365 morning coffee My Morning Concoction—Organic Cup of Joe (D163)

The taste is phenomenal and I have the added benefit that I don’t feel guilty drinking it. I start with 1/2 cup organic almond milk (or regular milk if we’re out of the other), then 1 scoop of the Kaffree Roma (caffeine free roasted grains), 1 scoop Organic Cocoa Powder, 1/2 packet Stevia, a dash of cinnamon and cloves. Warm it up piping hot and enjoy!

Simplifying the Image Watermark Process
You may notice a new banner/watermark on the left side of my image. I just received a trial set of the MCP Finish It Action Set, which helps you prepare your photos for the web. I’m thrilled to try it out because I get SO tired of having to manually add a watermark to each image. You may have even noticed that the last month or so I just stopped. It was becoming too much of a time drain and the current version of Lightroom doesn’t do a good job.

I’ll be playing around the next couple days to see what I like best. I’d love to get your input. The program has everything from thin frames to color bars to rounded edges, and each image is automatically sharpened for the web, converted to sRGB for best monitor colors, re-sized to fit a blog, and provides the option to include a logo.

Be Honest
I’d really like your opinion on the first one I tried above. It may be a little big, but I kinda like it too. What are your thoughts? What are you using and what have you seen that you really like? Give me your honest feedback… I can take it!

Manual: Page 76—Shooting Options.

Images: Looked at images by Erin J Saldana and SPA photogs on Facebook.

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Author, designer, photographer, teacher... just an artistic curious girl learning to live insanely great and sharing what I learn along the way.
  • Judy

    Isn't that officially a banner and not a watermark?

  • Judy

    Sorry, I didn't mean that to sound unfriendly.

    • http://tasra365.com tasra

      That's okay. I thought I mentioned that it was a watermark/banner because I guess technically I'm using a banner to “watermark” or copyright the image. For me, I'm not as concerned about what it's called as I am about having an easy solution for it. What do you use?

  • simplykuni

    I've been wanting to automate my watermark as well. I found this tutorial to make a watermark action. I'm going to give it a try tonight.

    Eric

  • Judy

    I don't currently use anything but I'm think of doing something with a logo down in a lower corner. Kinda like what you've done on the side. I'm thinking something that looks kinda like a seal.

  • Judy

    Isn't that officially a banner and not a watermark?

  • Judy

    Sorry, I didn't mean that to sound unfriendly.

  • http://tasra365.com tasra

    That's okay. I thought I mentioned that it was a watermark/banner because I guess technically I'm using a banner to “watermark” or copyright the image. For me, I'm not as concerned about what it's called as I am about having an easy solution for it. What do you use?

  • simplykuni

    I've been wanting to automate my watermark as well. I found this tutorial to make a watermark action. I'm going to give it a try tonight. http://bit.ly/4zADYW

    Eric

  • Judy

    I don't currently use anything but I'm think of doing something with a logo down in a lower corner. Kinda like what you've done on the side. I'm thinking something that looks kinda like a seal.