Week 10: Fine Art Template

Here are three fine art templates I created using three pictures from this semester. I think this is a fun way to display a photo. I did notice that it only works with certain photos since it breaks the image in pieces. I think the last of my three works but not as well as the other two.

Week 9: Straight Photolusion

For this photo I decided I wanted to do I Rexburg Temple snow globe. So I found a little plastic fish bowl, sprayed it with fake snow and had my roommate hold it up with the temple in the background. I think it turned out ok. Since it was dark it didn't come out super clear. I used a tripod but with the shape of the plastic bowl things reflected and it distorted the temple a little. It was fun though, I think I might see if it works better in the day.















1. Temple Snow Globe: 11-17-09; 8:51 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/5; 1/60; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

Week 9: Photolusion Blend

I call this image "Living in a shoe". For this assignment I took five images, four I had and one new image. To create a new image by blending the together. I started by blending the sky into the grass background using a mask. Then I used the lasso tool to pull the shoe out and place it on top. I added a shadow and blended it into the background. I then took pieces of the house, put the behind the shoe and used a mask to blend that image in. Last I used the quick selection tool to pull out the people, used a mask to bend, and added a shadow. I also messed around with saturation and levels on some of the images. It was kind of fun and makes me think of kids stories about characters living in shoes.











































1. Sky: 5-19-09; 5:26 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/10; 1/160; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

2. Grass: 5-19-09; 5:27 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/8; 1/125; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

3. Shoe: 11-17-09; 3:55 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/4.5; 1/2 sec; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

4. Couple: 7-10-09; 3:08 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/6.3; 1/60; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

5. House: 5-16-09; 4:41 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/8; 1/125; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

Week 8: Panoramic

This is my panoramic. I found all these old cars out on the road that leads to Beaver Dick Park. The hard thing I found with panoramic images is getting the exposures the same. I found the images on the right were much darker then the left. So what I did was add layers with the screen on it to lighten the right side. Then I masked out the left until I found they matched up better.

Week 8: Panoramic Pics

Here are the images I used for the panoramic. I used 16 pictures but for some reason I couldn't get all of them to upload. I found it hard to get them all looking the same. I guess I learned this works best using all manual settings. Luckily photoshop is amazing!

Panoramic Images: 11-8-09; 4:47 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/6,.3; 1/320; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

Week 7: Photo a day template

This is the template I created for the photo a day spread. I used a texture picture I had taken for my background and increased the saturation and dropped the opacity. I then made the seven boxes I wanted my photos to be placed in. I added a stroke and drop shadow to all of the boxes. Text was added and the photos were placed in the rectangle shapes by using the clipping masks. Which is a very useful tool, I enjoyed learning how to do this! This trick is quite handy because it allows you to make a basic layout and then easily insert images and text in minutes.

Week 7: Photo a day

This assignment was fun. The hard thing was getting yourself to remember and get out to take a photo each day. I decided for this assignment to shoot things around Rexburg. Things we may pass by but not really notice unless we are paying attention. I still tried to keep them all giving the same feel of small town in Idaho.




















































1. Lines: 10-26-09; 5:43 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/11; 1/500; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

2. Chair: 10-27-09; 5:24 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/6.3; 1/320; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

3. Tire: 10-28-09; 5:06 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/4.5; 1/100; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

4. Bench: 10-29-09; 5:37 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/10; 1/400; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

5. Old Paint: 10-30-09; 4:23 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/5; 1/200; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

6. Marry-go-round: 10-31-09; 4:57 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/5.6; 1/80; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

7. Rustic Metal: 11-1-09; 3:17 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/5.6; 1/80; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

Week 6: Portraits

I think portraits are fun. I Love how you can just capture the people and their personalities! You can especially see they fun in capturing personalities in the last image.


































1. Karly: 3-21-09; 1:37 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/na; 1/na; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

2. Baby: 10-22-09; 11:43 am; Rexburg, Id; f/11; 1/250; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

3. Tara and Ryan: 10-21-09; 8:57 am; Rexburg, Id; f/4; 1/60; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

Week 6: Portrait Edits

This is my color match images. The first image is the photo I pulled the colors from. The second it the original and the third is the final picture.






























1. Brooke 1: 10-25-09; 5:28 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/4.5; 1/80; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

2. Brooke 2: 10-25-09; 5:28 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/4.5; 1/50; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

3. Brooke Edit: 10-25-09; 5:28 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/4.5; 1/50; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI
Edited using color match tutorial.


Here is my luminosity edit done by following Corey Barker's tutorial.


















1. Brooke: 10-25-09; 5:28 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/4.5; 1/50; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI
Edit using Corey Barker's luminosity tutorial in photoshop

Week 5: Edge Effects

1. Chair: 5-19-09; 5:28 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/5.6; 1/80; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI
Edited using Brushed-on effect with Cutout and poster edge filters.

2. Flowers: 5-16-09; 4:54 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/5.6; 1/50; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI
Edited with Burned Bored effect.

Week 5: Night and Light

I enjoy doing photos at night or with light. I think it was really fun to do the light painting photographs. Also while I was at home this week in Arizona there happened to be a thunderstorm off in the distance so it was fun capturing that. I also took a picture of the snow a while ago before the sun came up. It was still dark but the coloring that can come out at that time is amazing, nothing you could get during the day!





























1. Light Painting: 10-17-09; 9:56 pm; Tucson, Az; f/11; 10 sec; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

2. Light Painting: 1-23-08; 11:39 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/na; na; Sony DSC-H1

3. Lightning: 10-17-09; 10:09 pm; Tucson, Az; f/5.6; 5 sec; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

4. Snow Building: 6-18-09; 4:15 am; Rexburg, Id; f/20; 30 sec; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

Week 4: HDR

Here are my shots for HDR. I think this is so neat and I definitely want to try this again. One thing I would do differently is make sure there wasn't wind if taking pictures of plants. You can see some movement in my photos, plus I probably need to make sure they line up perfectly. It was fun!

































1. Tree: 10-11-08; 5:43 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/5; 1/100; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI


2. Tree: 10-11-08; 5:43 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/4; 1/60; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI


3. Tree: 10-11-08; 5:43 pm; Rexburg, Id; f/4; 1/30; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI


4. Edit: Combined three images using Dynamic Photo

Week 4: Bannack Best/Old Photos

The first seven images are from Bannack when I went with my roommate last fall. I couldn't go on the trip this time so I have these images and three new images I took of older things in Preston. I just have to say I tried to find some interesting older buildings, but nothing beats Bannack. Its a great place for shooting!


































































1. Ghosts: 10-8-08; 4:47 pm; Bannack, Mt; f/na; na; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

2. Metal Ring: 10-8-08; 3:54 pm; Bannack, Mt; f/na; na; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

3. Zoey: 10-8-08; 1:24 pm; Bannack, Mt; f/na; na; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

4. Ghosts piano: 10-8-08; 12:05 pm; Bannack, Mt; f/na; na; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

5. Nails: 10-8-08; 11:37 am; Bannack, Mt; f/na; na; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

6. Door: 10-8-08; 3:27 pm; Bannack, Mt; f/na; na; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

7. Church: 10-8-08; 3:28 pm; Bannack, Mt; f/na; na; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

8. Springs: 10-8-08; 1:23 pm; Preston, Id; f/5.6; 1/320; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

9. Door: 10-2-08; 1:20 pm; Preston, Id; f/5.6; 1/200; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI

10. Church: 10-2-08; 1:06 pm; Preston, Id; f/11; 1/500; Canon ESO Digital Rebel XTI