Border Edits

1. Lexi - 10/15/10; 7pm; Menan, ID; 1/60; f/5.6; Canon Rebel Xs
2. Serenity - 9/28/10; 6:30am; Rexburg, ID; 1/200; f/4.0; Canon Rebel Xs
3. Janaye - 10/19/10; 9:30am; Rexburg, ID; 1/50; f/5.6; Canon Rebel Xs


The border edits were fun. I did a number of differents edits but these were the ones I liked the best. For Lexi I did the Flexible Vignette but decided to add a double border. For Serenity I did the Burned Border and added some text. For Janaye I did the Double Fade Border and changed the color so it wasn't just white.

Scanography!

Scan Info: Scanner: HP Deskjet F4480; 1-4 Scanned at 12pm 10/26/10; 5 scanned at 11pm 10/25/10 All scanned at 200 ppi

I had a lot of fun with these scans. With the Guitar Blend I took the three scans and used multiply blending mode on the strap then I literally multiplied it by copying the layers. I also masked out everything except the capo I wanted from that scan. I edited color for the guitar by adding vibrance and saturation. The money scan took me quite some time to get ready. I started out with the money and the two dollar bill but it felt like it lacked something so I started looking for an American Flag. I found a friend who had an Old Navy shirt. It was perfect so I draped that over the money and love how it turned out.

Portraits

1. Camille and Janaye Hug - 10/19/2010; 9:30am; Downtown Rexburg; 1/50; f/5.0; Canon Rebel Xs
2. Camille and Janaye Post - 10/19/2010; 9am; Downtown Rexburg; 1/40; f/6.3; Canon Rebel Xs
3. Camille - 10/19/2010; 9am; Downtown Rexburg; 1/50; f/5.6; Canon Rebel Xs
4. Janaye Door - 10/19/2010; 9am; Downtown Rexburg; 1/64; f/5.0; Canon Rebel Xs
5. Janaye Steps- 10/19/2010; 9:30am; Downtown Rexburg; 1/50; f/5.6; Canon Rebel Xs
6. Janaye Tree - 10/19/2010; 9:20am; Downtown Rexburg; 1/50; f/5.6; Canon Rebel Xs
7. Janaye Tree 2 - 10/19/2010; 9:20am; Downtown Rexburg; 1/50; f/5.0; Canon Rebel Xs
8. Joe on his Bike - 10/19/2010; 9am; Downtown Rexburg; 1/320; f/5.6; Canon Rebel Xs
9. Cheerleader - 10/16/2010; 2pm; Stadium; 1/250; f/10; Canon Rebel Xs

I'm in love with portraits. They are so much fun! I found out that my camera doesn't take the sharpest of pictures so with everyone of these I smart sharpened them. Then I adjusted the vibrance, saturation(only slightly) and contrast. Because of the smart sharpen on a few of them I had to heal brush some acne out that had been accentuated by the sharpen effect. I edited cheerleader in Raw to adjust the lighting and such to how I wanted it. It was nothing too big but I enjoy the flexibility of the adjustment brush.

Match, Replace and Portrait Enhancement

1. Live, Laugh, Love - 10/19/2010; 9am; Downtown Rexburg; 1/64; f/5.6; Canon Rebel Xs
2. Live, Laugh, Love Orig - 10/19/2010; 9am; Downtown Rexburg; 1/64; f/5.6; Rebel Xs
3. Color Source - 10/19/2010; 9am; Downtown Rexburg; 1/64; f/5.6; Canon Rebel Xs
4. Pink Door - 10/19/2010; 9am; Downtown Rexburg; 1/64; f/5.0; Canon Rebel Xs
5. Yellow Door - 10/19/2010; 9am; Downtown Rexburg; 1/64; f/5.0; Canon Rebel Xs
6. Joe Edited - 10/19/2010; 9am; Downtown Rexburg; 1/64; f/5.6; Canon Rebel Xs
7. Joe Original - 10/19/2010; 9am; Downtown Rexburg; 1/64; f/5.6; Canon Rebel Xs


I had a lot of fun with these edits. I thought the live, laugh, love one was a cool shot but when I looked at it on my computer I determined I needed to change the color so I matched it with another shot that I thought had a warmer tone to it. The pink door was originally yellow and so was her flower. I thought it would be fun to change it up so I replaced the yellow with pink. With Joe I sharpened the picture with smart sharpen but that made his acne stand out. I wanted to make him look even better than he already did so I smoothed the complexion of his skin by using the paintbrush tool and blending it. He loved it.

RAWrrrr

1. Shanty Raw: 10/9/10; 1:30pm; Parker, ID; 1/200; f/6.3; Canon Rebel Xsi w/flash
2. Shanty Original: 10/9/10; 1:30pm; Parker, ID; 1/200; f/6.3; Canon Rebel Xsi w/flash

I thought the original was a pretty cool picture so I decided to use it as my raw edit. I don't remember using a flash but however either way the building was dull and I thought the picture could be a lot cooler. In raw I turned up Recovery and Vibrance on the whole picture. Also I turned down lights and darks on the tone curve, turned the yellows down and added a slight vignette. Also just on the wood using an adjustment brush I enhanced the wood by changing brightness down 100, contrast up 100, and sharpness up a little bit.

Panorama'd

1. Dunes Panorama: 10/9/10 2pm; St. Anthony Sand Dunes; f/14; Canon Rebel Xsi w/ flash
2. Pan 1: 10/9/10 2pm; St. Anthony Sand Dunes; 1/25; f/14; Canon Rebel Xsi w/flash
3. Pan 2: 10/9/10 2pm; St. Anthony Sand Dunes; 1/40; f/14; Canon Rebel Xsi w/flash
4. Pan 3: 10/9/10 2pm; St. Anthony Sand Dunes; 1/50; f/14; Canon Rebel Xsi w/flash
5. Pan 4: 10/9/10 2pm; St. Anthony Sand Dunes; 1/50; f/14; Canon Rebel Xsi w/flash
6. Pan 5: 10/9/10 2pm; St. Anthony Sand Dunes; 1/50; f/14; Canon Rebel Xsi w/flash

I took a little trip out to the dunes. It was a pretty dreary day but I snapped some Panorama shots that I really like. I didn't like the lack of colors so in Photoshop I bumped up the saturation, vibrance, and contrast. Also I didn't like the gray skies so I changed them to a slight blue using color balance and a mask. My friends were playing in the sand.

HDR

1.  "River HDR" 9/29/10 3:40pm; Bannack Ghost Town; f/14; Canon Rebel Xs - Tripod
2. "River Dark": 9/29/10; 3:40pm; Bannack Ghost Town; 1/125; f/14; Canon Rebel Xs - Tripod
3. "River Light": 9/29/10; 3:40pm; Bannack Ghost Town; 1/8; f/14; Canon Rebel Xs - Tripod
4. River Medium": 9/29/10; 3:40pm; Bannack Ghost Town; 1/25; f/16; Canon Rebel Xs - Tripod
5. "Shelf HDR": 9/29/10; 1:30pm; Bannack Ghost Town; 1/140; f/3.5; Canon Rebel Xs
6. "Shelf": 9/29/10; 1:30pm; Bannack Ghost Town; 1/140; f/3.5; Canon Rebel Xs

I had a lot of fun learning how to use this program. I love what it can do to liven up an image. I took three imperfect shots of the river and was able to blend them to get a pretty vibrant shot of the river and all the trees around it. Also I took an indoor shot of a shelf I took. I used eye-catching on both of them but also played around with temperature(Kelvin) and light tuner as well as curves and color equalizer. I don't feel like either of these are extreme examples of HDR and that's why I like them. Oh and I cropped my fingers out of the river shots.

Macro Abstract

1. "The Leaf": 9/29/10 2:00pm; Bannack Ghost Town; 1/32; f/5.6; Canon Rebel Xs
2. "Original Leaf": 9/29/10 2:00pm; Bannack Ghost Town; 1/32; f/5.6; Canon Rebel Xs
3. "Wood Texture": 9/29/10 1:30pm; Bannack Ghost Town; 1/40; f/5.6; Canon Rebel Xs

For this Edit I used the overlay blending mode at a 72% opacity to blend these two pictures together. I also added brightness to the leaf but decrease the brightness in the top right of the leaf photo because it stuck out funny with the overlay on. I also clone stamped the light line out of the leaf photo.

Reverse Shallow Depth

1. "Knobs of an Oven": 9/29/10 12:32pm; Bannack Ghost Town; f/5.6; 1/8; Canon Rebel Xs
2. "Knobs of an Oven too": 9/29/10 12:31pm; Bannack Ghost Town; f/5.0; 1/16; Canon Rebel Xs

For these shots I just focused on a different knob to get different effects and to show the shallow depth of field in different places.

Blur/Freeze

 

1. "My Ghost" 09/29/10 2:20pm; Bannack Ghost Town; f/22; 16 sec; Canon Rebel Xs
2. "Leaves!": 09/29/10 4:40pm; Bannack Ghost Town; f/4.0; 1/500; Canon Rebel Xs
3. "Vampiric Ghost": 09/29/10 2:15pm; Bannack Ghost Town; f/32; 16 sec; Canon Rebel Xs

I have played around with ghost shots before so those were quite fun. My subject in all three of these is Natalie Larsen. In "My Ghost" it was really whited out when I shot it because the previously location I was using for Ghost shots was darker. But I liked the shot so I made it black and white and turned down the brightness. For "Leaves" I just barely turned up the saturation and for "Vampiric Ghost" I adjusted saturation as well as turned down brightness and turned up contrast.

Portraits

1.  "Sitting on a Truck": 09/29/10 9:30am; Dubois; f/11; 1/500; Canon Rebel Xs
2. "Green Room": 09/29/10 9am; Bannack Ghost Town; f/4.0; 1/125; Canon Rebel Xs
3. "Kelsey": 09/29/10 9:40am; Dubois; f/10; 1/500; Canon Rebel Xs
4. "Meeshell Jewell": 09/29/10 3:15pm; Bannack Ghost Town; f/5.6; 1/16; Canon Rebel Xs - Tripod
5. "Natalie Larsen": 09/29/10 12:40pm; Bannack Ghost Town; f/4.0; 1/1000; Canon Rebel Xs

This was my first time doing real portraits. I say real because usually I just point and shoot and then  maybe I put it up on facebook. I loved shooting people. Anyway "Meeshell" and "Natalie" contain brightness/contrast edits with some masking, while "Sitting on a Truck" and "Kelsey" contain some small saturation and color balance edits. "Green Room" contains only saturation edits.