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.