Flora and Fauna

1. Dark Horse - 09-28-10; 8:30am; Rural Rexburg; f 5.6; 1/500; Canon Rebel Xs
2. Light Horse - 09-28-10; 8:30am; Rural Rexburg; f 5.0; 1/800; Canon Rebel Xs
3. Red Leaves - 09-28-10; 7:30; Rural Rexburg; f 5.6; 1/50; Canon Rebel Xs

I went shooting early in the morning and it was so much fun! These are just three of the many pictures I took. With "Dark Horse" I adjusted the brightness and contrast, as well as the saturation. I did mask out the saturation on the horse so he didn't look funky. On "Light Horse" to get the focus and color I wanted on the horse I had to go back and put the saturation up on the sky so that it looked more realistically blue. I am really proud of "Red Leaves" and this is why. I didn't have to do any editing. That is the original photo. Well until next time...happy shooting...pictures that is.

Flexible Filters and Adjustment Layers

1. Spout - 09-28-10; 7:45am; Rural Rexburg; f 5.6; 1/1000; Canon Rebel Xs
2. Yellow Truck 09-28-10; 9am; Rural Rexburg; f 5.6; 1/200; Canon Rebel Xs

For "Spout" what I had taken felt too dark especially on the actual spout so I wanted to lighten it up using Adjustment Layers. I used Screen to lighten the spout and put a 50% opacity mask on the water so that it didn't lighten up as much as the spout. For "Yellow Truck" I converted the image to a smart object then I put the Cutout filter on and messed with the levels of the filter to adjust it to what I wanted it to look like.

EDITating

 

1. Mallory Layton: 09-20-10; 4pm; The Pines Parking; f/18; 1/200; Canon T1i
2. Harley: 09-20-10; 3pm; The Pines Parking; f/4.5; 1/640; Canon T1i

Once I took the Harley photo I knew I liked it and wanted to use it. I got a texture from a concrete block outside my apartment in some new building they are doing. Then I blended the two using overlay. I played with a lot of the blending modes but for this shot I decided I liked overlay best. With Mallory I had taken some fun pictures of her but didn't really know what I wanted to do with them. Then it dawned on me that I could do the repeat and fade type special type effect. I had fun with it.

Look at the stars, Look how they shine for you, And everything you do, Yeah they were all YELLOW

 

1. Motobike: 09-20-10; 3pm; The Pines Parking; f/5.6; 1/640; Canon T1i

2. All lines point go - 09-20-10; 4pm; BYU-Idaho Campus; f/8; 1/250; Canon T1i

3. Playtime! - 09-20-10; 3:30pm; Porter Park; f/16; 1/100; Canon T1i

4. Flowers and Grass 09-20-10; 3pm; The Pines Parking; f/13; 1/200; Canon T1i

I started shooting with a couple colors in mind. Brown was one of my options and the other was yellow. I had the hopes of taking all my pictures in mustard yellow since it is a very popular color to wear. However outside I found many different and fun yellows so I went a shooting. I tried to vary my shots but found it difficult to incorporate yellow in a deep depth of field so I chose three shallow depth of fields and one deep.

5 Pictures from Will Gierke's past

 

1. Orchard Flower: 6/5/2010–1PM; BYU-Idaho Orchard; F/8; 1/400; Canon Rebel XS - Tripod;
2. Jumping! 6/5/2009–11:20 PM; Rexburg, Id; F/3.3; 1/40; Sony Cyber Shot
3. Liz and Dave: 4/25/2009 - 10:40am; Rexburg Temple; F/5.0; 1/125; Sony Cyber Shot
4. Lower Falls Valley: 7/3/2009 – 1:27 PM; Mesa Falls; F/3.3; 1/1000; Sony Cyber Shot
5. "Our" Mountain: 7/17/2009 – 7:51 PM; Menan Buttes; F/3.3; 1/80 Sony Cyber Shot

Once upon a time Will Gierke had to choose pictures from his past. He tried to find a variety of times and locations. He loves spending time in nature so naturally he picked some from his excursions in Idaho. Also his friends and family are important to him so he decided to feature a couple of them.