Photobook extras

These are the photographs I used in my photobook but were not in my blog before. Enjoy!

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1. Emily: 3-14-11; 3:25pm; BYUI, ID; F/5; 1/15; Nikon D3000
2. Brett: 3-14-11; 3:37pm; BYUI, ID; F/3.5; 1/25; Nikon D3000
3. Lilly Pads: 1-27-11; 9:37am; BYUI, ID; F/5.3; 1/8; Nikon D3000
4. Garden: 1-27-11; 9:35am; BYUI, ID; F/20; 2sec; Nikon D3000
5. Hay: 1-17-11; 8:22am; Idaho Falls, ID; F/7.1; 1/200; Nikon D3000
6. Door: 2-22-11; 11:40am; Bannack, MT; F/4.5; 1/2000; Nikon D3000
7. Wheel barrow: 2-22-11; 12:43pm; Bannack, MT; F/10; 1/160; Nikon D3000
8. Ghost house: 2-22-11; 11:43am; Bannack, MT; F/4; 1/1250; Nikon D3000
9. Bannack Hotel: 2-22-11; 1:13pm; Bannack, MT; F/9; 1/320; Nikon D3000

Final Poster

1. "Hanging Flower" 18x24 poster print framed (white)

    "The Simpler Things of Life" 18x24 poster print framed (red)

2. 1-27-11, 8:53am, Benson Green House- BYUI

    1-27-11, 9:54am, Benson Green House- BYUI

3. Nikon D3000, F/4.8, 1/60

    Nikon D3000, Aperture Priority, F/4.5, 1/160

4. Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Border

    Brightness, Contrast, Vibrance, Exposure, Border

5. On the first flower picture, I increased the brightness as well as the contrast so that the flower would pop a little more. I then decided that I wanted to increase the saturation of the picture but only in certain parts. I increased it and masked out much of the background so it would not be so green. I then created a border which had the multiply effect on. To that border, I added a half inch black border on the outside as well as a small black line on the inside.

For the second photograph, I again increased the brightness and contrast significantly. I increased the vibrance also. Then, I increased the expsoure. I realized that the amount of exposure I wanted to increase the flower in the foreground was a different amount than I wanted for the background. I created two separate adjustment layers and masked out the flower in one and the background in the other to create the effect that I wanted. I then created a border the same way as the previous photograph.

I chose to have two photographs because I thought that I would be more likely to hang smaller ones in my own home. I then picked these flower pictures for the same reason. I am failry picky about what goes on my walls so I wanted it to be something that I really would hang and these pictures from the green house ended being just those shots.

Macro Abstract

 

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1. Wheel: 2-22-11; 11:51am; Bannack, MT; F/4; 1/200; Nikon D3000
2. Pine needles: 2-22-11; 4:49pm; Bannack, MT; F/5.3; 1/50; Nikon D3000
3. Macro Edit: Overlayed photos, lowered opacity, mask

Unfortunately I did not take a lot of macro pictures while I was at Bannack. I used this photo of a broken wheel and a photo of pine needles that I took. I layed the pine needles over the photo of the wheel. I then decreased the opacity to around 65%. I then masked out the part of the wheel that I wanted to show through clear.

Action Blur & Freeze

Action Blur

Action Freeze

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1. Praying Ghost: 2-22-11; 12:49pm; Bannack, MT; F/13; 4sec; Shutter Priority; Nikon D3000
2. Joy: 2-22-11; 4:42pm; Bannack, MT; F/5.6; 1/1000; Aperture Priority; Nikon D3000

It was interesting to me to take ghost shots. I had never taken photos like these ones before. Having a tripod is key. I set my tripod up and set it for 4 seconds. About half way through the exposure, Lai ran out of the picture giving it a ghostly effect. For the second picture, while the subject was jumping, I used a quick shutter speed and caught her in the air. You have to be in a pretty light place for this to work.

Portraits

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1. Bannack Portrait 1: 2-22-11; 1:25pm; Bannack, MT; F/6.3; 1/1000; Nikon D3000
2. Bannack Portrait 2: 2-22-11; 1:24pm; Bannack, MT; F/6.3; 1/800; Nikon D3000

I took the majority of my portraits outside. It was light outside even though it was cloudy. Both of these portraits are posed in front of one of the old houses in Bannack. On the editing side, I gave their skin a more air brushed look by applying a slight Gaussian blur. I also sharpened their eyes and lightened the pictures.

Reverse Shallow Depth

Blurry Background:

Blurry Foreground:

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1. Tools 1: 2-22-11; 1:16pm; Bannack, MT; F/5.3; 1/125; Nikon D3000
2. Tools 2: 2-22-11; 1:16pm; Bannack, MT; F/5.3; 1/160; Nikon D3000

In one of the locked buildings in Bannack, I saw this table of tools by a window with great lighting. I thought that they would be great for this reverse shallow depth assignment. For the first photograph, I focused on the tool in the foreground. For the second photo, I focused on the hammer in the back which in result, the foreground objects got blurrier.

HDR

Multiple Exposure HDR:

 

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1. Gold Mill First: 2-22-11; 3:31pm; Bannack, MT; F/3.5; 1/2500; Expo Comp -2; Nikon D3000
    Gold Mill Second: 2-22-11; 3:31pm; Bannack, MT; F/3.5; 1/500; Expo Comp 0; Nikon D3000
    Gold Mill Third: 2-22-11; 3:31pm; Bannack, MT; F/3.5; 1/60; Expo Comp +2; Nikon D3000
2. Gold Mill HDR: Edited with Dynamic Photo

 

 

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1.The Workplace: 2-22-11; 3:11pm; Bannack, MT; F/3.5; 1/30; Expo Comp -2; Program; Nikon D3000
2. The Workplace: 2-22-11; 3:11pm; Bannack, MT; F/3.5; 1/8; Expo Comp 0; Program; Nikon D3000
3. The Workplace: 2-22-11; 3:11pm; Bannack, MT; F/3.5; 1/2; Expo Comp +2; Program; Nikon D3000
4. The Workplace Edit: Edited using Dynamic Photo


Single Exposure:

Original Shot

Edited Shot

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1. The Masons: 2-22-11; 1:20pm; Bannack, MT; F/6.3; 1/1000; Nikon D3000
2. The Masons Edited: Photo Dynamics, Increase saturation

I really like the look of HDR photos. Because I did not know how to set my camera to bracketing while we were at Bannack, I changed the exposure compensation for each of these photographs. I shot a negative two, zero and a positive two exposure. The way that you can change your exposure compensation is by going into the program mode and hold the +/- button and scroll to the desired compensation. Dynamic Photo works great too. It takes all three photographs and combines the best lighting. I then made a few adjustments with curves to change the lighting to the way that I liked it best. On the single exposure shot, you put just the one photo into Dynamic Photo and it will change the lighting. I then added saturation and masked out the sky in Photoshop.