Holiday Edit

I had a lot of fun with this edit. I first enhanced the saturation to make the colors very deep. Then I copied the layer and added a mask. I then added a radial blur and masked out the flag so that everything but the flag was blurred.

Fourth of July Weekend

I had a lot of fun taking pictures of the fireworks. Once I realized that I had to push the button early in order to capture the actual firework, my pictures turned out a lot better. The picture of the temple was taken at sunset after a rainy day. The sky was gorgeous and the lighting was great.

Temple; Rexburg; July 2, 2009; f/3.8; 1/8; Canon PowerShot A400

















Firework; Idaho Falls; July 4, 2009; f/5.6; 1.6 Canon PowerShot A400

Firework confetti; Idaho Falls; July 4, 2009;f/5.6; 1.6 Canon PowerShot A400

Water Edit

I cropped one of my water shots and added a fish eye effect to it. It wasn't anything dramatic but it gave the water a more exaggerated effect.

Water

This week's assignment was to take pictures of water with either stopped or blurred motion. Here is some of my work. All of the pictures were taken in the BYU-Idaho gardens. These pictures were taken while it was overcast.

BYU–Idaho Gardens: 6/11/09; 1 p.m.; Rexburg; f 5.0; 1/200; Sony DSC W120

1. BYU–Idaho gardens: 6/11/09; 1 p.m.; Rexburg; f 7.1; 1/80; Sony DSC W120

1. BYU–Idaho gardens: 6/11/09; 1 p.m.; Rexburg; f 2.8; 1/100; Sony DSC W120

Finished Panoramic

I used the photomerge tool in Photoshop to merge my 6 pictures together. I have to say I had my doubts about how well it would work with my pictures, but it turned out really well. After I did it, I had to flatten the image in order to eliminate the cracks.

Individual panoramic shots

Field1: 6/17/09; 8:30 p.m.; Rexburg; f 3.8; 1/500; Canon Powershot A400

Field2: 6/17/09; 8:30 p.m.; Rexburg; f 3.8; 1/500; Canon Powershot A400

Field3: 6/17/09; 8:30 p.m.; Rexburg; f 3.8; 1/400; Canon Powershot A400

Field4: 6/17/09; 8:30 p.m.; Rexburg; f 3.8; 1/500; Canon Powershot A400

Field5: 6/17/09; 8:30 p.m.; Rexburg; f 3.8; 1/500; Canon Powershot A400

Field6: 6/17/09; 8:30 p.m.; Rexburg; f 3.8; 1/500; Canon Powershot A400

So this week's assignment was to take several individual shots and then merge them together in photoshop. Here are the individual shots. They aren't anything special but in the next post you'll see how they turned out after the photomerge tool. I didn't use a tripod but used my hand and rotated it like I would have a tripod

Finished Template

Here is the finished product! I was a little sad because I had to crop out one of my friends on the Thursday square. Other than that it turned out fine. I didn't make any changes to the template because I really liked it as it was!

A Photo a day!

So I had a lot of fun with this project! Friday's picture was of the HUGE storm that we got and we just happened to be walking in the middle of it and I had my camera with me. Saturday we went to Idaho Falls for the day and this picture was us on the way down. Sunday's picture is of a rainbow but it is really faint. Monday was my roommate's birthday and we made her wear a crown all day long. Tuesday is a picture of my planner and my to-do list because it was a really busy day. Wednesday is a picture of my co-worker dancing at work. Thursday (this morning) is a picture of me and some friends at breakfast. I had a lot of fun with this project and am going to try and continue taking at least one picture every day to document my day!

Color Replacement

For this edit, I used the magnetic lasso tool to select Tyler's shirt. I then changed the hue to change the color of his shirt from sky blue to a minty green. It was a bit difficult to do since his shirt was divided up by his guitar and his sunglasses and I had to do it in about 3 sections. Here is the before and after

Tyler; Rexburg; May 26, 2009; f/3.8; 1/50

Portraits

My niece; May 30, 2009; Yellowstone; f/5.6; 1/45; Canon EOS D10

My brother and my nephew; May 30, 2009; Yellowstone; f/5.6; 1/45; Canon EOS D10

Britney; Rexburg Nature Park; May 9, 2009; f/4.0; 1/400; Sony DSC-H7

Night and Light and Edge Effects

For this week's edits we had to take pictures at night using light and add some sort of border to them. The first picture is a burned border and the second picture is a flexible vignette.

Rexburg, 5/27; f/32; 30 seconds; Nikon D60

Rexburg, 5/27; f/32; 30 seconds; Nikon D60

6 Best Bannack Shots

Light through the old car

5/15/09; Bannack, Montana; Aperture 5.6; shutter speed 1/250; Sony DSC-H50

Treasure Chest

5/15/09; Bannack, Montana; Aperture 2.7; shutter speed 1/13; Sony DSC-H50

Main Street in Bannack

5/15/09; Bannack, Montana; Aperture 5.6; shutter speed 1/500; Sony DSC-H50

The ghost shot:)

5/15/09; Bannack, Montana; Aperture 8; shutter speed 5; Sony DSC-H50

Reflection through the window
5/15/09; Bannack, Montana; Aperture 4; shutter speed 1/125; Sony DSC-H50

shallow depth of field

5/15/09; Bannack, Montana; Aperture 4; shutter speed 1/250; Sony DSC-H50

Bannack Grunge!!

So on Friday, May 15, we went on a Photo Excursion to Bannack, Montana. We spent the whole day taking pictures. Here are some of my edits.

5/15/09; Bannack, Montana; Aperture 2.7; shutter speed 1/40; Sony DSC-H50

This is the original image. It is of the layers of wallpaper which were added to as the years went by. The tour guide affectionately called those layers of wallpaper "layers of life". I adjusted the levels, added some effects, and added some text to get the next picture.

The finished effect

This shot is a picture of Hotel Meade. I did an overlay blending mode with a texture shot I took of some faux bricks. I got some grunge font and blended it with 'screen' blend.

5/15/09; Bannack, Montana; Aperture 5.6; shutter speed 1/400; Sony DSC-H50

The faux bricks

5/15/09; Bannack, Montana; Aperture 2.7; shutter speed 1/50; Sony DSC-H50

The finished product

Flora and Fauna

1. Yellow Flower: 5/9/09: Rexburg: f/5.6: 1/400: Sony DSC H50
2. Temple Flowers: 5/9/09: Rexburg: f/5.6: 1/800: Sony DSC H50
3. Ladybug: 5/9/09: Rexburg: f/5.6: 1/400: Sony DSC H50
These shots were a lot of fun. The picture with the ladybug was one of those perfect moments when you are so glad to have a camera in hand for that specific moment! The flower ones were a lot of fun to shoot as well. This definitely made me more aware of the beautiful things around me!

Adjustment Layers

For this picture, I added an adjustment layer and mask to change the image to black and white. I then used a brush to add color to the flowers.

High Dynamic Range: After!

For this week's project, I took 3 different pictures with 3 different exposures. Then I used PhotoMatix to merge them all and get the best feature from each one into one to create a High Dynamic Range. Here's the finished product!

High Dynamic Range: Before

So our project for this week was High Dynamic Range. We had to take 3 different pictures at 3 different levels of exposure and then combine them into one with the best features of each one. Here are the original 3 pictures and in the next post I'll show what they look like when they've been combined.

image 1: light: old warehouse: May 5, 2009: f5.6: 1/1500: Canon PowerShot A400
image 2: medium: old warehouse: May 5, 2009: f5.6: 1/1250: Canon PowerShot A400
image 3: dark: old warehouse: May 5, 2009: f5.6: 1/640: Canon PowerShot A400