Panoroma

Guitar: 1/30/11 6:01pm Brooklyn apts; f 8.0; 1.6; canon t1i

I had a great idea for a panorama this weekend but it fell through. Luckily I tested a few on my guitar. I merged the photos together in photoshop and then turned them black and white by lowering the saturation all the way. I then adjusted the shadows and highlights. After cropping the image I flattened it.

RAW Edits

Original:

No Parking: 1/14/11 3:52pm; Rexburg; f 4.0; 1/1600 canon t1i

Edited:

This is the image I'm sending to Sister Esplin through i-learn, but I decided to post it up here anyways. There isn't a lot of color in this photo so I didn't change any of the saturation or hues. I increased the brightness, clarity and the contrast. I also played with the levels a little.

leaf: 1/15/11 3:12pm; Gardens; f6.3; 1/100; canon t1i

Edited:

I had never edited a JPEG in RAW until this assignment. Coming from the photo crew from scroll I thought that was a sin, but it looks like its possible and does a pretty good job. I put this photo into bridge where I then hit cmd R to bring it into bridge. I adjusted the sats, added contrast, clarity, and added a little vibrance. I then adjusted the levels increasing the highlights while intensifying the shadows and darks. I also boosted the saturation of the red.

Adjustment Layer/Smart Filter

sunset: 1/22/11; 5:17pm; upper fields, Rexburg; f 6.3; 1/640; t1i canon

Origional
Edited:
This image was perfect for learning how to use an adjustment layer. I first went to the fill/adjustment layer button (which looks like a yin yang) and choose levels. I then, under layers, choose the multiply blending mode which darkened my image and really made my sunset pop. I clicked on my mask in my adjustment layer and then choose the paintbrush tool. Then after putting the black paint in the foreground I went over the snow with 100 percent opacity. I thought the picture looked great before but the results of this edit has now made that trudge through the waist deep snow worth it.

snow trail: 1/22/11; 4:12pm; outskirts of Rexburg; f 20; 1/80; t1i canon

Original
Edited:

This is my first time ever using a smart filter. Before I did anything, I adjusted the levels of my photo which was overexposed. The snow and the fog were an interesting challenge. With that fixed, I then converted my image into a smart object by going to layer--smart object--convert to smart object and boom! Now you can add multiple filters without ruining the origional image while maintaining complete editing flexibility. Exploring filters is rather addicting and time consuming, so for times sake I only added two filters, watercolor and ocean ripple. I then clicked on my smart object layer which would enable me to mask out part of the effects of my filters. Using 100 percent opacity I went over the snow trail. I felt like it popped out a little two much so then with about a 14 percent opacity I went over the edges and top of the trail so it would look like it gradually meshed into the effects of my photo.

Flora and Fauna

1/22/11; 5:12pm; Near baseball fields, Rexburg; f 6.3; 1/160; t1i canon

I took this photo really close to sunset because I love how the light comes through the leaves and plays off the orange. If I could take this photo one more time I would have given it a higher f-stop so everything would be in focus. There is one leaf in this photo that for some reason my eyes always draw to but of course its the one leaf out of focus. Regardless I still like the contrast. To make it stand out a little more I slightly adjusted the levels and moved the saturation up 4 points so the orange would glow.

tree: 1/22/11; 2:25pm; taylor chapel entrance; f 5.6; 1/1000; t1i canon

I was walking past the Taylor and for some reason this shot caught my eye. Shooting in the middle of the day leaves harsh shadows but I really liked how they looked on this tree. Its hard to tell in this photo but the bark was glistening with thawing ice, but I couldn't quite catch the effect on my camera. Despite being able to catch exactly what my eye could see, I still like the composition and shallow depth of field.

chubbs: 1/23/11; 10:26pm; Brooklyn Apartments; f 4.5; 1/40; t1i canon

Finding an animal this weekend proved harder than I thought so luckily I found one that couldn't run away. This is chubbs. He was a great model until in my frustration with the lighting I used one quick shot with flash. He decided I wasn't very friendly after that. Realizing my inconsiderateness toward the helpless fish I finally managed to get this decent shot without using flash or a tripod. I adjusted the levels and also corrected the white balance which before made the picture look very yellow because of the florescent lighting in the room.

Blend and Type

Sun statue: 1/15/11; 3:16pm: Gardens- campus; f 4.5; 1/100
Bricks: 1/14/11; 4:17pm; downtown Rexburg; f 9.0; 1/100

For the sun statue and the bricks I adjusted the levels and enhanced the saturation. I then added a new layer and mask. I put the bricks on the sun and used the opacity tool to blend the two images together. I then opened a new document in photoshop and used the text tool to write "shine" I changed the color to yellow and gave it a charcoal filter.

Color Study

road sign: 1/14/11 11:20am; Rexburg 2nd South Street; f 9.0; 1/250 canon t1i

Emergency: 1/14/11; 9:57pm; Rexburg-campus; f 5.6; 1/80 canon t1i
Snowman: 1/17/11; 8:57am; Brooklyn Apartments; f 14.0; 1/60 canon t1i
blue house: 1/15/11; 2:54pm; Gardens; f 8.0; 1/60 canon t1i

Blue seemed to find me this week so I chose it for my color study. On all of these images I slightly adjusted the levels. I also sharpened all four with smart sharpen and slightly enhanced the saturation by just boosting the blues and cyans so they would stand out a bit more. The only one I did anything different to was my emergency shot. When adjusting the levels I brought out the shadows and then cropped the image slightly because there was a glare from a nearby street lamp.

Cut Outs

flower: 8/25/10; 4:56p,; Pocatello-roadside; f 5.6; 1/60

boat: 8/10/10; 5:25:am; Bear Lake; f 3.5; 1/50

Both of these are also past photos of mine that I thought looked fairly simple to attempt a cutout. I used the magic wand to quickly grab my flower and made a few minor adjustments with the lasso tool. I then put it on a new page and feathered it ever so slightly. The partial cutout was a little more tricky. I first used the magic wand brush to select the boat going over it again with the lasso for a more precise cut. After saving my selection I created a new layer and put a rectangle over the top portion of my photo that I wanted white. I reversed it, put the new layer on the old one, hid part of a layer and I had my partially cutout boat. Unfortunately I forgot to feather this photo, and learned the hard way that photo's can't be feathered after they're deselected and flattened.

Past Photos

Firetruck: 11/21/10; 5:28pm; Aberdeen-junkyard; f 5.0; 1/60 t1i
Danica: 8/15/10; 5:37pm; Pocatello-my backyard; f 4.0; 1/320 t1i
Photolusion: 11/1/10; 5:57pm; Rexburg-park; f 4.5; 1/40 t1i
Tod: 8/13/10; 7:37pm Pocatello-Jensen Hall; f 5.6; 1/500 t1i
Lake: 8/10/10; 6:29pm; Bear Lake; f 3.5; 1/160 t1i

These are a few of my past photos that I'm particularly fond of because they are all my firsts. First picture I ever took at sunrise, my first frozen action shot, first portrait, first attempt at photolusion, and at the top is my first picture that's ever taken first place in a contest. The last couple of months really has brought a lot of exciting firsts for me with my development in photography. I'm excited for what the future will bring. The only photo that is edited is the 2nd one of my niece Danica. I turned it black and white and slightly adjusted the levels and contrast.