HDR Photos

I took these photos of a door in a cabin that had a crooked foundation. I used a tripod to keep steady and changed the settings to take the shot.


Photo Info:
1. Crooked Door - 5/21/10, 5:00 p.m., Bannack Ghost Town, f/6.3, Shutter Speed 1/6
2. Crooked Door - 5/21/10, 5:00 p.m., Bannack Ghost Town, f/6.3, Shutter Speed 1/13
3. Crooked Door - 5/21/10, 5:00 p.m., Bannack Ghost Town, f/6.3, Shutter Speed 1/25

Macro Abstract

I took the shot of the sewing machine inside one of the buildings. I wanted to get a good angle and get a lot of good boca in it. The texture shot I took while we were in the abandoned warehouse. It was an old wall that was falling apart. During the editing process, I set the texture shot as a new layer and set the transparency level to 23%. I also used a screen adjustment layer on the background layer. 

Photo Info:

1. Sewing Machine - 5/21/10, 4:00 p.m., Bannack Ghost Town, f/2.7, Shutter Speed 1/40

2. Texture Shot - 5/21/10, 11:00 a.m., Bannack Ghost Town, f/4.5, Shutter Speed 1/250

Reverse Shallow Depth

I had a hard time taking reverse shallow depth. A lot of the pictures I took had both the foreground and background in focus. I'm happy with how this picture turned out because I was able to get the background out of focus. I also like the detail shown in the wood and rusty nail. I used the macro option and then focused on the nail to get the background out of focus. Then for the second picture, I focused on something else far away and then moved the camera to point at the cabin and nail. This brought the background into focus and the foreground out of focus. 

Photo Info:

1. Nail & Cabin - 5/21/10, 2:00 p.m., Bannack Ghost Town, f/2.7, Shutter Speed 1/500

2. Nail & Cabin - 5/21/10, 2:00 p.m., Bannack Ghost Town, f/2.7, Shutter Speed 1/800

Action Blur and Freeze

The first photo was taken inside one of the buildings on the main street. I focused on the hallway, had Handsome Rob start walking, and then took the shot. It was pretty light in the hallway. If it had been darker, the shot might have been better. The next image was taken outside on the main street. Josh was posing for a few of us and we had him jump off the steps. I'm super excited about this shot because his pose is awesome. When I took this shot I focused on the steps, waited for him to jump and then shoot the picture. The last picture was taken later in the afternoon by the gallows. Jared and I had Riley stand on the stump and then jump off. I focused the camera and then shot the picture when Riley had jumped into the air. He's a little too good at playing dead. 

Photo Info:

1. Ghost Shot - 5/21/10, 1:00 p.m., Bannack Ghost Town, f/5.0, Shutter Speed 0.5

2. Josh Mid Air - 5/21/10, 1:00 p.m., Bannack Ghost Town, f/4.0, Shutter Speed 1/200

3. Creepy Riley - 5/21/10, 4:30 p.m., Bannack Ghost Town, f/4.0, Shutter Speed 1/60

Portraits

These are two portraits taken at Bannack Ghost Town. The one of Josh was taken outside the old hotel. I wanted a really natural laugh so I told him to think of dead dogs. This picture isn't edited. The picture of Riley was taken later in the day near an old shed behind the buildings. I used a tripod for these shots which made it really easy to take several shots in a short amount of time. 

Photo Info:

1. Joaquin Phoenix - 5/21/10, 1:00 p.m., Bannack Ghost Town, f/4.0, shutter speed 1/200. 

2. Justin Timberlake - 5/21/10, 4:30 p.m., f/4.0, shutter speed 1/160. 

Editing in Raw

I took the first picture and edited it in Camera Raw. I fixed the picture's exposure and brightness. I altered the image's contrast, clarity, and saturation. I also warmed the temperature a little. Oh and I did take this picture myself. I used a self-timer and put my camera on a post nearby.

Image Info:
1. Bre and Liz - 5/15/10, 7:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/9.0, 1/200, Canon PowerShot SD400

Panoramic Image

I took these three images and then blended them into one photo. I used a fresco filter and then I used a mask to remove the filter from my roommates. Then I boosted the yellow in the image and used a luminosity adjustment layer. The final product is below. 

Photo Info:

1. Sheila and Liz - 5/15/10, 8:36 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, 1/320, Canon PowerShot SD400

2. Abandoned Cabin - 5/15/10, 8:37 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, 1/500, Canon PowerShot SD400

3. Brush - 5/15/10, 8:38 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/5.6, 1/320, Canon PowerShot SD400

Adjustment layer and smart filter

These are the original pictures before I edited them. One was taken in Rexburg and the one of my niece was taken at the beginning of the Spring semester with my brother's camera.

For the dog image, I gave the entire image a sepia tone. Then I used a darken layer filter. Then I used the paint brush to erase the filter where the dog was. For the photo of my niece, I gave the image an overlay image filter to brighten the whole image. Then I went to the filter gallery and selected a water color filter to make the background look painted. Then I used the paint brush tool to erase the filter where my niece is. I think it makes her costume really pop. Here are the final edited images below!

Photo Info: 

1. Stray - 5/10/10, 7:40 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/3.5, Canon Power Shot SD400

2. Emi - 4/23/10, 1:00 p.m., Dallas, TX, f/4.5

Flora and Fauna

I took these pictures in three different locations. First of all, let me just say that it is extremely difficult to take a picture of an animal unless its tied up. Birds fly away from me, dogs will not come to me, and ducks will only come if I tempt them with bread.

These images aren't edited or cropped. I tried my best to get close to the dog but he wouldn't look at the camera. I used the macro mode to take the shot of the leafy bud.

Photo Info:
1. Stray - 5/10/10, 7:40 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/3.5, Canon Power Shot SD400
2. Duck - 5/10/10, 8:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/4.9, Canon Power Shot SD400
3. Leafy Bud - 5/10/10, 8:30 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, Canon Power Shot SD400

Color Blending

I thought this assignment was really fun and I learned a lot about blending images. I just kind of experimented with a lot but I think it turned out well. I took the photo with the bridge and used it as my background. I then took the wheel photo and cut out just the wheel to layer on top of the background. I used a linear layer effect. Then I took the textured wall background and used an overlay effect to place on top. I added some text and got the final product. 

Here is my final product. I wanted to erase a little bit of the texture in the sky but I couldn't figure out how. But overall, I'm happy with the final product. 

File Info:

1. Bridge - 5/3/10, 7:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, Canon Power Shot SD400

2. Wheel - 4/26/10, 6:00 a.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, Canon Power Shot SD400

3. Wall Texture - 5/4/10, 11:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, Canon Power Shot SD400

Color Study - Brown

I chose the color brown because there is a ton of it in Rexburg. I tried to stick with more bronze shades rather than just flat brown.

1. Wheel
2. May 1, 2010 6:00 at night
3. Rexburg, Idaho

1. Fenced in
2. May 2, 2010 at 7:00 in the morning
3. Rexburg, Idaho
4. This might have been too early to take photos. I had a difficult time finding light without having too many shadows.


1. Crickety Bridge
2. May 2, 2010 at 7:30 in the morning
3. Rexburg, Idaho
4. I like this photograph because I think this is a gorgeous place in Rexburg and not everyone knows about it.


1. Rusty fence
2. May 1, 2010 at 6:00 in the afternoon
3. Rexburg, Idaho
4. I enlisted the help of my best friend Michael. He came with me to shoot some photos but refused to be in any of them. I had to take this one really quickly.