Fine Art Templates

Photo Descriptions:

1. This is one of my favorite pictures that I took at the beginning of the semester. I really liked the way the water and the bridge look together. There are no edits to the image. I made a template with 5 squares and then dragged this photo on top. 

2. I took this picture when I went with my family to Peru. It was taken a little ways outside of Cusco near the Sacred Valley. There were no edits added to this photo. I also added my name to both fine art templates and used Helvetica Neue as the font choice. 

Photo Info:

1. Rexburg Bridge - 5/3/10, 7:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/5.6, 1/800, Canon PowerShot

2. Peru - 6/11/08, 1:00 p.m., Cusco, Peru, f/5.6, 1/320, Canon PowerShot

Photolusions

Photo Descriptions:

1. The first photo I took when we went on the field trip to Bannack. We found some gallows and Ryley decided to jump off and make it look like he was hanging. He stood on a stump and I focused my camera on him. Then he would jump in the air and I would take the picture while he was in mid-air. I took several shots of him doing this and I used another picture of this for a different post as an extra photograph. 

2. For this photolusion blend, I took a picture of my roommate Sheila posing on the ground looking behind her so it would look like she was looking down at the ground. Then I took a picture of a brick wall in the middle of Rexburg. I cut out Sheila using the quick selection tool. Then I sized down the picture of Sheila and then dragged it on top of the brick wall image. Then I added a luminosity adjustment layer to Sheila and took out the color in both the brick wall image and the sheila layer. I tried to make it look like Sheila was actually climbing the wall. I wasn't sure exactly how to go about doing this but I think it turned out all right. 

Photo Info:

1. Ryley - 5/21/10, 4:00 p.m., Bannack Ghost Town, f/4.0, 1/250, Sony DSC H7
2. Sheila - 6/22/10, 7:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/3.5, 1/320, Canon PowerShot
3. Brick Wall - 6/22/10, 7:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/3.5, 1/400, Canon PowerShot

Edge and Border Effects

Photo Edits:

1. I bumped up the saturation of the original photo and then I added a sprayed edge effect to the image. I chose a white background because no colors in the photo really stood out to me. I also used the maximum settings for the spray radius. 

2. I added a sprayed edge effect to this photo and used the eye dropper tool to pull the green out of her shorts and make it the color of the border. I also added her name in a cute font at the bottom corner. 

3. I added a brushed-on effect to this photo and used several different brushes to create this border. I enlarged the canvas size as well. I also used an artistic filter on the original image. 

4. There are no edits done to this image. 

Photo Info:

1. Water Tower - 6/2/10, 6:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/9.0, 1/200, Canon PowerShot

2. Kylie Mei - 4/15/10, 6:00 p.m., Broken Bow, Oklahoma, f/2.8, 1/60, Canon PowerShot

3. Sheila - 5/15/10, 8:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, 1/640, Canon PowerShot

4. Slide - 6/5/10, 9:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, 1/30, Canon PowerShot

Night and Light

I did minor editing to the first three photos. I brightened the images and bumped up the saturation a little in all three. For the last picture, I edited it in camera raw. When I took this picture, me and my roommate bought some glow sticks and then broke them on a playground. I couldn't have much light in the photo otherwise the glow stick liquid wouldn't really glow like I wanted it to. I spun the merry-go-round causing the glow stick liquid to slide down and streak, then took my picture. It really didn't turn out like I wanted it to but I tried. It looked really cool in person. 

Photo Info:

1. Movie Theatre - 6/14/10, 11:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, 1/8, Canon PowerShot

2. Main Street - 6/14/10, 11:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, 1/8, Canon PowerShot

3. Lights - 6/14/10, 11:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, 1/8, Canon PowerShot

4. Playground - 6/14/10, 10:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, 1/8, Canon PowerShot

Week of Pictures

I created this custom photobook page in Illustrator and then saved it as a template and a jpg for this blog. To make the pictures the sizes I wanted I created a square on top of the white square and then made a clipping mask to make the picture the size I wanted. I wanted to have these photos look like those instant cameras when they print out pictures. I didn't know what theme to use since all my pictures are pretty different so I just chose contrasting colors that I liked. The first image is the template and the second is the final photobook page. 

Week of Photos

Photo Editing:

1. I used a screen adjustment layer to lighten the picture up a little. Then I used the paint brush to take out the adjustment layer in the sky, the train, and the buildings. I also used the headlights of my car when I shot the picture to get some light into the photo in the foreground. 

2. For this photo, I just bumped up the saturation a little bit. I like how this picture turned out. When I shot the picture, I tried to get a good amount of reflection in the puddle. 

3. There is no editing done to this photo. 

4. I used an adjustment layer to lighten up the foreground of the picture. Then I used the paintbrush tool to take the adjustment layer out of the background. I also used my car headlights to get some light into the photo. 

5. For the playground photo I used an adjustment layer to lighten up the picture. Then I used the paintbrush tool to take out the adjustment layer in the sky and the swings. When I took the photo, I focused on the people while they were swinging. Then when they were in the air, I shot the picture. 

6. There is no editing done to this photo.

7. There is no editing done to this photo. I shot this as I was passing by in my car. 

Photo Info:

1. Tuesday: Train Tracks - 06/1/10, 9:45 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, 1/8, Canon PowerShot

2. Wednesday: Truck - 06/2/10, 7:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/5.6, 1/200, Canon PowerShot

3. Thursday: Creepy Trees - 06/3/10, 8:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/5.6, 1/500, Canon PowerShot

4. Friday: Scary House - 06/4/10, 10:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, 1/8, Canon PowerShot

5. Saturday: Playground - 06/5/10, 9:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/3.2, 1/640, Canon PowerShot

6. Sunday: Pond - 06/6/10, 7:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/5.6, 1/400, Canon PowerShot

7. Monday: Temple - 06/7/10, 9:00 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, 1/40, Canon PowerShot

Editing Portraits

Photo Edits:

For the first picture, I followed the portrait enhancement tutorial and used some of their tricks. I fixed her skin and used a gaussian blur to clear her skin up a bit. I also added some saturation to her lips and lightened her eye color to a lighter brown. I also added some saturation in the background of the photo. I also brightened the whole picture a bit. 

For the second picture, I used the match color tool. I took the original image and matched the colors to the next picture. The third picture is the final image with the best lighting and skin tone. 

For the third final edited picture, I used the color replacement tool. I thought this was the coolest thing to use. I made several layers on the original picture. I selected the blue in Michael's sweatshirt and then changed it to purple. This also changed the color of their jeans a little which I really liked. On a separate layer, I selected the gray of her sweatshirt and changed it to yellow. I really like the effect this created. 

Photo Info:

1. Sheila Parkbench - 06/1/10, 7:30 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, 1/400, Canon PowerShot

2. Sheila and Michael - 06/1/10, 7:30 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, 1/640, Canon PowerShot

3. Sheila and Michael - 06/1/10, 7:30 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/3.2, 1/320, Canon PowerShot

Portraits

These are a few of the portraits I took of my friends Michael and Sheila. For the first picture of Michael, I desaturated the picture and then added more saturation to the yellow in his skateboard. For the second picture of me and Sheila, I used a tripod to get the shot. I also used the color replacement tool and replaced both of our sweatshirts with contrasting colors. I also bumped up the saturation in the sky. The last two pictures are not edited. 

Photo Info:

1. Michael Skating - 06/1/10, 7:30 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/6.3, 1/250, Canon PowerShot

2. Sheila and Bre - 06/1/10, 7:30 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/5.6, 1/320, Canon PowerShot

3. Michael - 06/1/10, 7:30 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, 1/120, Canon PowerShot

4. Sheila - 06/1/10, 7:30 p.m., Rexburg, ID, f/2.8, 1/400, Canon PowerShot