2011 – Page 30 – Zoom Yummy – Crochet, Food, Photography

berry parfaits recipe with step by step pictures

Are you looking for a bit of perfection?

If so, look no longer, because I’ve found it for you.

This dessert, oh, there’s just something amazing and addictive about the combination of cream cheese, whipping cream and berries. If you haven’t had the opportunity to taste this wonderful thing yet, then please, make it soon.

One or two cups of this treat will send you directly into another galaxy.

I know it because I’ve been there today. And I can’t wait to go again.

berry parfaits recipe with step by step pictures, ingredients

This is what we need.

berry parfaits recipe with step by step pictures, in a medium bowl, using your electric mixer combine the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla extract until smooth

This is going to be very short and easy.

1. First, in a medium bowl, using your electric mixer combine the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth.

For the work to be as easy as possible, the cream cheese should be at room temperature.

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photography, adjusting exposure with levels in photoshop

The title might seem a little too scary. But you totally don’t have to be scared when it comes to photography tutorials over here at this little site of mine. Because my tutorials are just not difficult. Maybe because my thinking doesn’t get difficult (uh-oh).

And so here I have another simple yet effective tutorial for you.

The technique that I’d like to show you today is magical. I have used it to edit my pictures for the past few weeks. Yes, only weeks, because it was just a few weeks ago when I discovered it. But man, do I wish I’d found it much earlier. As you’ll see, the Levels adjustment turns dull, lifeless images into ones that seem to pop right off the screen in a matter of seconds…

photography, adjusting exposure with levels in photoshop
Here is the original picture with no editing at all.

photography, adjusting exposure with levels in photoshop
And here’s the same picture, after I’ve made some Level adjustments.

As you can see, there’s more contrast in the picture, the colors are richer, the shadows are black and not gray, and the picture is brighter as well.

I like that. I like that lot.

Here are the steps that have transformed the picture:

Heavenly Berry Parfaits

Photography ~ Adjusting Exposure With Levels