Poster

Here's my photo from the posters in the Spori.

Bannack Ghost Town

 1) Not paying attention Bannack Ghost Town 2/22/11 1:45pm f/1.8 1/250

 Paying attention - Bannack Ghost Town 2/22/11 1:46pm f/1.8 1/250

 A leap for joy - Bannack Ghost Town 2/22/11 12:51pm f/5 1/300

 BOOOO - Bannack Ghost Town 2/22/11 12:42pm f/1.8 6 seconds

 Spring HDR - Bannack Ghost Town 1:15pm 2/22/11 f/2.8 1/250

 Spring HDR 2 - Bannack Ghost Town 1:15pm 2/22/11 f/2.8 1/50

 Spring HDR 3 Bannack Ghost Town 1:14 pm f/2.8 1.50

 HDR Photo - Combination of all three and done after left ghost town

 Oh hey - Bannack Ghost Town 2/22/11 f/3.0 1/500 12:36pm

 Hmmmm - Bannack Ghost Town 2/22/11 f/2.8 1/2500 1:01pm

Texture - Bannack Ghost Town 2/22/11 f/2.8 1/500 1:09pm


These pictures were all taken while out at Bannack Ghost Town last week. I was able to grab some very interesting shot around the town as I was able to work on this project. It was the first tie I had ever done HDR so needless to say, it didn't turn out very well at all. I think the only thing that really saved it was the texture that I overlaid on top of it.
The action freeze photo I felt turned out very well. It was just kind of a cool shot to grab. Some of my best photos from this adventure weren't the ones that I was required to take for this assignment so no worries, I still have some good ones that you'll be able to see in class for my posters and prints!

Scanography

For this project we were to scan images to make a picture and a collage. For the first one, the tie, we just had to scan one image to ensure we knew what was going on. The second image is my collage. It's a combination of the last three images. I simply just brought all of the images into photoshop and brought them all together. I was going for somewhat of a musical theme with this scan.
1) The Tie 2/13/11 4:54pm
2) Le Music 2/13/11 5:05-5:17pm

Borders

For this project we were assigned to make some borders to the images that we took. As seen above I made borders to three of the images above. I use the burned edges on the picture below. Of all of these photos and borders, I would have to say that the burnt edges is my favorite. I think that it really does a good job at setting the mood of the picture and it really helps to enhance things.

1) 2/12/11 Rexburg ID 4:04 1/500 f/4 Canon 60D 18-34mm
2)2/12/11 Rexburg, ID 4:14 1/500 f/8 Canon 60D 18-34mm
3) 2/12/11 Rexburg, ID 4:10 1/500 f/2.8 Canon 60D 18-34mm

Portait Edits

For these pictures I did some color editing in Adobe Bridge and Photoshop. I adjusted the vibrance, saturation, and fixed some blemishes here and there and whitened some teeth. I think the pictures turned out pretty well and she was once again a great subject for this project. The second picture was a candid shot. I was just flipping through my pictures and I happened to like this one quite a lot. I'm not that great at editing but I'm slowly getting it.
1) Smile - 2/5/11 4:32pm Rexburg, ID 1/100 f/1.8 Canon 60D
2) Kicking it Retro 2/5/11 Rexburg, ID 1/100 f/1.8 Canon 60D

Portrait Edits

For these pictures I did some color editing in Adobe Bridge and Photoshop. I adjusted the vibrance, saturation, and fixed some blemishes here and there and whitened some teeth. I think the pictures turned out pretty well and she was once again a great subject for this project. The second picture was a candid shot. I was just flipping through my pictures and I happened to like this one quite a lot. I'm not that great at editing but I'm slowly getting it.

1) Smile - 2/5/11 4:32pm Rexburg, ID 1/100 f/1.8 Canon 60D
2) Kicking it Retro 2/5/11 Rexburg, ID 1/100 f/1.8 Canon 60D

Portraits

This series of photos were taken of my friend Erica. We just found an old alley way which looked very rustic and we decided to take a few pictures there. We had to climb up on quite a few different things to get the shots we wanted. We got up to some pretty crazy heights which was rather startling but I made it out alive. She did an amazing job at being super photogenic and a lot of the pictures turned out great.
The other picture is of my friend Tucker. He enjoys videography so I captured him in his element of working on a video project while he was behind the camera.

1) Oh hey 2/5/11 4:43pm Rexburg, ID 1/125 f/3.2 ISO 1250 Canon 60D 50mm 1.8
2) Camera man 2/5/11 7:43pm Reburg, ID 1/50 f/1.8 ISO 6400 Canon 60D 1.8
3)BURRRR 2/5/11 4:27pm Rexburg, ID 1/500 f/3.0 ISO 100 Canon 60D 50mm 1.8
4) Chill 2/5/11 4:34pm Rexburg, ID 1/1000 f/2.0 ISO 100 Canon 60D 50mm 1.8

Bridge Edit

Here's a little edit I did in Adobe Bridge. I darkened the sky and brought out some of the colors in the sky. I'm just beginning at this type of editing so I'm not very good at all at it, if you can't already tell. I really enjoy this type of editing and am looking forward to getting a little bit better at it. I cropped the image a little bit too. I think the house really pops out just a little bit more now which is what I was going for. It turned out decent in my book.

1) The House 1/29/11 4:43pm Rexburg, ID f/4.5 1/500 Canon 60D 28mm f/2.8

Panoramic

Here's a panoramic shot that I recently took. Finding inspiration for this was really tough for me to do. I had never done a panoramic before and had no idea what to expect but I think it turned out well for a first time. The first picture is the panoramic and the other four are the pictures that I combined. As you can see I took out the car and the tall elevator shaft. When I merged the pictures the shaft didn't fit right at all so I just put in more sky. As for the car, it was just annoying and in the way. I edited the image in Bridge.

1) (All settings the same for each image) Old times Rexburg, ID (Train Yard) 1/29/11 12:10 - 12:13 pm f/5.0 Shutter Speed 1/250 Shot on a Canon 60D with a 28mm 2.8 lens

Edits

  

1) Tucker 11/ 22/11 11:11 pm Park City Utah 1/125 f/8.0
2) Sundance 11/22/11 10:21pm Park City Utah 1/320 f/8.0

In these pictures the top one is the edited image. What I did was add an adjustment layer and fixed the levels of the picture. Then I took the paintbrush tool and lowered the opacity to bring out certain parts of the images. For example, the image Tucker, I felt the mountains were a little washed out in the image. So what I did was darken the whole image with an adjustment layer then took the paintbrush tool and revealed more of Tucker since I felt like he was properly exposed in the original image.
I felt the images turned out great and really helped to make the subject pop out just a little bit more and for the background to be more vibrant and lucious to look at.

Flora and Fauna

 

1) Purple Flower - Salt Lake City Utah 1/22/11 1:27 pm 1/4000 f/2.8
2) Old Lights - Salt Lake City Utah 1/22/11 1:34pm 1/3200 f/2.8
3) Horns - Rexburg, ID 1/23/11 10:27 pm 1/250 f/2.8
4) Water fall - Salt Lake City Utah 11/22/111:31pm 1/4000 f/2.8

For this assignment we were to photograph Flora and Fauna. Nice and vibrant flora was very difficult to find in the middle of winter. However, with an open eye and ambition I was able to make things work. This weekend I went down to Utah so I thought it would be a great opportunity to snag some pictures. All of the flora pictures are from around the Gateway mall. I was able to find some nice scenery like the waterfall.
For the fauna part of this project I photographed some bull horns. My hardest thing with that was finding an interesting composition to work with. After trying many different things, this is what I decided to go with. I just photographed one side of them using the rule of thirds and put the tip of the horn out of focus.
For all these pictures I did some simple editing. I just raised the vibrance and saturation to make the pictures pop just a little more. The picture of the flower I darken some so the purple would pop out a little more from the background.

Blend

Here's a blend that I did. I simply blended two pictures and put some text on top. It shows my emotion towards music and how it serves as an escape for me in my life. I did some minor color correcting to the pictures and sharpened them up just a tad. I used tutorial 17 and 27 from the book.
1) Blended pictures
2) Keys 11/16/11 Rexburg, ID 7:45pm f/8.0 1/60 Manual Mode
3) John 11/16/11 Rexburg, ID 7:36pm f/8 2.5 1/250 Manual Mode

Color Study (Yellow)

1. Pavement 1/15/11 10:27am Rexburg, ID f/3.5 1/500 Manual Mode
2. Curb 1/15/11 9:46am Rexburg, ID f/8.0 1/60 Manual Mode
3. Bag 1/15/11 10:14 am Cal Ranch Store f/3.5 1/500 Manual Mode
4. News 1/15/11 9:42 am Rexburg, ID f/ 8.0 1/60 Manual Mode
5. Snow Curb 1/15/11 10:23 am Rexburg, ID f/8.0 1/60 Manual Mode

For this color study I decided to go with the color yellow. I had originally decided on blue but I felt more inspired by yellow once I got out and about. The yellow, in some pictures, symbolizes some cool things. I enjoyed how it was just hiding underneath the winter and snow waiting to come back out into the world. Also, in some instances the yellow seems rustic and beaten.
I think these pictures portray life in Rexburg right now. It desperately want to come out but it is hidden beneath the depths of winter time.