Arrivals

 

This break has been one all about the new addition to our family. Emmitt was born on the 21st of December and was our little christmas present. He's the first grandchild on our side and man is he cute.

Cutouts

1. Chevy Cutout - 9/28/10; 7:45am; Hibbard; 1/640; f/9; Canon Rebel Xs
2. Matt's Aveo  - 9/28/10; 7:45am; Hibbard; 1/640; f/9; Canon Rebel Xs
3. Horse Full Shot - 9/28/10; 7:30am; Hibbard; 1/160; f/5.0; Canon Rebel Xs
4. Horse Partial Cutout - 9/28/10; 7:30am; Hibbard; 1/160; f/5.0; Canon Rebel Xs

These are some pictures I took a little earlier on this semester. I decided they would be the best to use for cutouts. I really enjoyed learning how to use refine edge it helped out a lot. I've done a lot of cutting out for different advertising assignments and I wish I had know about this earlier. I didn't actually do any other edits to these shots. I just took them as were. hehe.

Night and Lights

1. Angel and His Shadow - 11/10/10; 11:12pm; Smith Building; 20 sec; f/11; Canon Rebel Xs; Tripod
2. Two Circles - 11/10/10; 10:45pm; Smith Building; 10 sec; f/8; Canon Rebel Xs; Tripod
3. Psychedelic Joe -  11/10/10; 11:30pm; Smith Building; 6 sec; f/3.5; Canon Rebel Xs; Tripod; Flash
4. The Sea - 11/10/10; 11:05pm; Smith Building; 8 sec; f/11; Canon Rebel Xs; Tripod
5. Light Race - 11/11/10; 1:20am; The Pines; 1.3 sec; f/7.1; Canon Rebel Xs;
6. Red v. White - 11/11/10; 1:20am; The Pines; 1.3 sec; f/22; Canon Rebel Xs;
7. Light Tracks - 11/1/10; 10:15pm; The Cedars; 1.3 sec; f/4.0; Canon Rebel Xs

I had so much fun with this assignment! I love night and light shots. I did a smart sharpen on the shots  with Joe and Allen. This actually makes the glow sticks look pretty cool too. With the picture of Joe jumping I added some contrast as well. I did some cropping on Allen's picture to focus it on the important part of the picture. Oh and on Light Tracks I add some brightness for the trees. On Light Race I bumped up the vibrancy which helped the background color. Hope you all enjoy!

36x24 Poster of Serenity

1. Serenity: 09-28-10; 7:30; Hibbard, Id; f 5.6; 1/50; Canon Rebel Xs

This is my picture that I used for the Poster. It printed as a 36x24 in a black frame. I took it out in Hibbard during the beginning of the semester on the Flora Fauna trip.

Photolusion

1. Photolusion - Shooting Lights: 11/1/10; 10:22pm; Rexburg, Id; 2sec; f/4.0; Canon Rebel Xs

2. Brake Lights: 11/1/10; 10:20pm; Rexburg, Id; 1.3sec; f/4.0; Canon Rebel Xs

3. Will in Intersection: 11/1/10; 10:22pm; Rexburg, Id; 2sec; f/4.0; Canon Rebel Xs

Photolusion was kind of hard for me to think of. This kind of just happened. I decided to do some night photography and I was walking home from doing it and decided to get some brake light shots streaking across the scene. I looked at the Brake Lights picture on my camera and decided I needed to run out and do something in the middle of the intersection. I had to wait a couple minutes before there weren't any cars there. I had a ten second timer so I set it then ran and I held pretty darn still for a 2 second shutter speed. Afterwards in photoshop I bumped up the brightness but masked out the lights part. Photolusion is all around good times.

Photo A Day - Project 365

From Left to Right
1. Lexi: 10/30/10; 4:15pm; Byu-Idaho Stadium; 1/64; f/6.3; Canon Rebel Xs
2. Rexburg Rainbow: 10/31/10; 6:15pm; Rexburg, Id; 1/64; f/4.5; Canon Rebel Xs
3. Fallen Leaves: 11/1/10; 8:15pm; Byu-Idaho Campus; .4 Sec; f/1.8; Canon Rebel Xs
4. Pumpkin 40: 10/29/10; 8:30am; Rexburg, Id; 1/32; f/14; Canon Rebel Xs
5. Wheat: 10/29/10; 10:45am; Byu-Idaho Campus;  1/160; f/22; Canon Rebel Xs
6. Contemplating at Night: 11/1/10; 8pm; Byu-Idaho Campus; .4 sec; f/1.8; Canon Rebel Xs
7. Dry Waterfall: 10/29/10; 10:30am; Byu-Idaho Campus;  1/100; f/8; Canon Rebel Xs

This was a hard assignment. I missed class on Tuesday so I didn't know about it until Thursday so I had some make up to do. I really did enjoy shooting however, seeing that it was Halloween weekend. I loved doing the night photography with the leaves and the self portrait. It was hard to get myself in the depth of field but I did it. I tried to use a clipping mask but it didn't work so I ended up just adjusting the frames with the pictures and it turned out well. Below is the template I used.

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.