Last Post of the Semester! (Hopefully)

1. Cid at Bannack: 10-7-09, 3:00 pm; Bannack, Montana; f/2.8, 1/25s; Sony DSC-H7

2. New York: 8-25-07, 3:25 pm; New York City, New York f/4.3, 1/160s; Canon A520

I really like these photos and I love how they turned out for the edits. I'm sure you know exactly what I did also because you probably did the same thing as well. I followed Sis. Esplin's tutorial to put the pictures in the rectangles, but I had a little fun with the first one and put it lightly as the background and I thought it added a nice effect. I also grabbed my signature from the photobook cause I really liked it.

Photographic Illusions

1. Cindy in a Bottle: 11-14-09, 5:30 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/8.0, 1/250s; Canon A520

2. Pool Problems: (photo-merge edit)

3. Pool Table: 11-14-09, 3:50 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/2.6, 1/8s; Canon A520

4. Cid at the Pool Table: 11-14-09, 3:45 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/2.6, 1/8s; Canon A520:

1. The optical illusion part of this shot is unedited, but I still did a few edits on the photo. I ran the rusty cage action on it, burned the edges, and cropped it.

2. This is my edit. I cut out the pool balls form shot three and moved them around in the air on shot four. I adjusted the size of the balls smaller and larger to change their depth of field, and I also tried to add a few shadows so it would look more realistic. Then I burned the edges of the photo.

3. This was just a shot of the table with the same lighting and camera position so that I could cut the balls from it.

4. This was the shot that I used with just Cindy, as you can see. I didn't tell her what I was going to do with the photo cause I wanted to surprise her, so I just told her to look dumbfounded. Actually, I lied. I actually used the word confused, not dumbfounded when I had her pose, but dumbfounded just sounded better written. Anyways, I've typed a lot, and if anybody reads this far, I'll be impressed.

Easier Panoramics

1. Train Yard: 11-6-09, 4:25 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/5.6, 1/500s; Sony DSC-HX1

2. College View: 11-6-09, 5:50 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/4.0, 1/500s; Sony DSC-HX1

3. Old Tracks: 11-6-09, 4:40 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/3.5, 1/500s; Sony DSC-HX1

The school must've just gotten new camera's, and they are pretty nice. They have a setting that takes panoramic pictures all in one shot. It also lets you take them up and down! I had fun with it and here's some of the photos. after their edits.

1. I warmed the colors up in this photo, burned the edges and also used an action called Yin/Yang, that helped me mask out a bad shadow.

2. I brightened this up a little and then I burned the sky some to bring out the color.

3. I boosted the colors a little, and used the burn and dodge to clean it up.

Three Photo Panoramic

I liked the other panoramic better, but I thought I better do one the real way to learn how to do it in photoshop and to get full credit! :)

1. Panoramic #1: 11-6-09, 4:30 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/7.1, 1/2000s; Sony DSC-HX1

2. Panoramic #2: 11-6-09, 4:30 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/6.3, 1/2000s; Sony DSC-HX1

3. Panoramic #3: 11-6-09, 4:30 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/5.0, 1/2000s; Sony DSC-HX1

4. Three photo panoramic. I had to close stamp out some cracks in the sky that for some reason showed up in photo shop when I put these together. I also put a burn on the edges and masked out the shadow.

2 Page Layout!

This assignment was really cool. I really liked the first template that we saw in class, so that is the one I decided to use. After editing all my photos I brought them over to the template file in photoshop one by one and put them in with a clipping mask. For some of them I played around with the angles and angled them slightly different than how they were in their original picture. I found some cool quotes on the web about photography so I though they would be fun to add for my text. Btw, since the 2 page layout is so big, I decided to put it up as size 12oo pixels instead of the normal 600 so it could be seen better.

Photo a Day

1. Lone Tree: 10-31-09, 4:15 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/4.0, 1/160s; Canon A520

2. Stairs: 10-31-09, 3:50 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/2.6, 1/25s; Canon A520

3. Old Lamp: 10-31-09, 3:40 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/2.6, 1/20s; Canon A520

4. Law Book: 9-26-09, 11:15 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/2.6, 1/8s; Casio Exilim Ex-Z50

5. Guitar: 9-28-09, 12:00 am; Rexburg, Idaho; f/2.6, 1/60s; Casio Exilim Ex-Z50

6. Sign: 9-29-09, 4:40 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/2.6, 1/60s; Casio Exilim Ex-Z50

7. Cologne: 9-27-09, 9:00; Rexburg, Idaho; f/2.6, 1/60s; Casio Exilim Ex-Z50

1. I did a few edits on this tree. I used an action to sharpen it and then I played around with the burn and dodge tools to get the sky bluer and the dark ground brighter.

2. For the stairs I warmed up the colors with an action and then burned the edges.

3. I used an action called "rusty cage action," and I thought it added a cool effect.

4. I didn't really need to edit this, but i sharpened it a little and warmed it up.

5. I slightly made it brighter and then sharpened it.

6. I sharpened this.

7. For this I just sharpened and burned it.

Edited portraits!

1 and 2. Beautiful Cindy: 10-24-09, 4:00 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/2.8, 1/30s; FujiFilm finepix S1000

3 and 4. Under a Tree: 10-24-09, 5:05 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/2.8, 1/70s; FujiFilm finepix S1000

5. One more of Cid and Casey: 10-24-09, 4:25 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/40, 1/125s; FujiFilm finepix S1000;

These edits were a lot of fun. On the first two pictures of Cindy on her laptop, I changed a few things. I changed the color of her shirt with a clipping mask. And I also touched up her teeth, eyes, and two little spots on her face.

Next I was really impressed with how much of a difference mixing the colors from another photo improved my original photo of Cid and Casey under the tree. This was really easy to do, but I think it went a long way.

Portraits!

1. Post Card: 10-24-09, 4:15 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/4.0, 1/75s; FujiFilm finepix S1000

2. Laying Down: 10-24-09, 2:20 pm; My apt, Rexburg, Idaho; f/4.0, 1/60s; FujiFilm finepix S1000;

3. Sideways couple: 10-24-09, 4:40 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/4.0, 1/70s; FujiFilm finepix S1000;

1. This is my favorite. For this picture I sharpened it and then put a burned edge around it. Also, I this time I was in the lab and the tutor showed me how to do the actions and I used actions for editing all of my pictures. Actions in Photoshop make things so much easier and there are some really cool actions!

2. I took this picture after reading the first liked website on the Ilearn page and it had ten tips to take better portraits. It had some great ideas and I tried to do them and I thought that this picture/ esspecially the lighting, came out amazing. I didn't do any edits to this picture.

3. This is another of my sister and her boyfriend and I actually rotated the image. Then I warmed the colors with an action and put a burned edge on it.

Picture Edits

1. Park Bench: 10-17-09, 11:25 pm; The Gardens on campus, Idaho; f/2.7, 20s; Sony DSC-H7

2. Gardens invite: 10-17-09, 11:15 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/4.0, 3s; Sony DSC-H7

These were both taken with a stand.

1. This one was a lot easier than it looks. You put a new white layer over the picture and then add a mask to that layer and change the opacity as you layer squares over the original image.

2. For this one I followed the tutorial in the book. I also adjusted the brightness.

Lights at Night

1. Secret Garden: 10-17-09, 11:10 pm; The Gardens on campus, Idaho; f/2.7, 5s; Sony DSC-H7

2. Pro macbook: 10-17-09, 12:35 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/4.0, 5s; Sony DSC-H7

3. Stadium: 10-17-09, 11:45 pm; Rexburg, Idaho; f/7.1, 3s; Sony DSC-H7

4. Night Moto: 10-17-09, 10:40; Rexburg, Idaho; f/2.7, 30s; Sony DSC-H7

All these pictures where taken with a tripod and on setting ISO80

1. This is my favorite. To me it doesn't even look like this picture was taken in the gardens. I adjusted the Hue and Saturation and raised the brightness and contrast just a little.

2. I took this in my room with all the lights off. All I did was sharpen the image.

3. This picture is interesting to me. I can't figure out how the field is in such good focus, yet I was able to streak the lights like I did... It was on a stand and I moved the arm to have the camera look down before the shudder closed. I didn't do any photoshop to this one.

4. This was a sweet bike on campus. I adjusted the balance and also the hue and saturation.

For some reason it wouldn't let me post more than 5 images on blogspot so I had to split my posts up...

1. Sewing Machine: 10-7-09, 5:15 pm; Bannack, Montana; f/2.7, 1/30s; Sony DSC-H7

2. Ghost Home: 10-7-09, 5:35 pm; Bannack, Montana; f/5.6, 1/320s; Sony DSC-H7

3. Gravestone: 10-7-09, 6:15 pm; Bannack, Montana; f/2.7, 1/50s; Sony DS

1. The sewing machine: for this one I did the photofinishing to sharpen the image, blur the edge, and then I changed the sat and hue a little bit.

2. The House: I also did the photo finishing tutorial on this one as well and in addition I put a dark border around the edge.

3. Tombstone: this was my photo that we took during the few minute competition in the graveyard. I didn't make any changes to it.

More Bannack photos

1. Haunted Hallway: 10-7-09, 2:00 pm; Bannack, Montana; f/8.0, 4"; Sony DSC-H7

2. Family Portrait: 10-7-09, 4:15 am; Bannack, Montana; f/3.2, 1/20s; Sony DSC-H7

3. Double Portrait: 10-7-09, 4:20 am; Bannack, Montana; f/3.2, 1/30s; Sony DSC-H7

1. Ghost Photo: I probably didn't need to do any changes to this photo, but I did the photo finishing technique again from #30 in the book.

2. I didn't need to do much to this picture cause Cindy is just so pretty!

3. A bunch of people were taking pictures of Anica's pretty smile so I thought this was fun to get the back of another camera. I added a little blur to the background and sharped the foreground so you could see the camera's display better.

HDR - Ghost Window

1. Ghost Window - HDR

2. Minus 1 - Ghost Window: 10-7-09, 12:15 am; Bannack, Montana; f/4.0, 1/200s; Sony DSC-H7 - Tripod

3. Zero - Ghost Window: 10-7-09, 12:15 am; Bannack, Montana; f/4.0, 1/100s; Sony DSC-H7 - Tripod

4. Plus 1 - Ghost Window: 10-7-09, 12:15 am; Bannack, Montana; f/4.0, 1/60s; Sony DSC-H7 - Tripod

Is there much to say about these? These were HDR plus and minus 1.

HDR - Hotel Mead

1. Hotel Mead - HDR

2. Minus one - Hotel Mead: 10-7-09, 11:30 am; Bannack, Montana; f/5.6, 1/1250s; Sony DSC-H7

3. Zero - Hotel Mead: 10-7-09, 11:30 am; Bannack, Montana; f/5.6, 1/640s; Sony DSC-H7

4. Plus One - Hotel Mead: 10-7-09, 11:30 am; Bannack, Montana; f/5.6, 1/320s; Sony DSC-H7

These are HDR photos taken with a tripod of course and I slightly added some color and some lighting.