Portraits

Bubbles: 5/7/11; 9AM; 1/400; f4 Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi

Ashley was just sitting in the grass playing with her bubbles she got at a birthday party the night before. She was so proud of herself with all the bubbles she could make. I went along the side of the house and took a few. I really like how this one turned out because you could see the bubbles in the air as well as the ones coming out of the bubble straw. 

Labrums: 5/7/11; 3PM; 1/80; f5.6; Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi

They wanted a family shot by the waterfall. To be able to get the waterfall and all the kids in we put them up on the rock. I brought out the vibrance and the blacks to have the their shirts and the sunglasses pop. With pulling out the blacks it darkened the rocks and showed the water more. 

Leeann: 5/22/11; 1PM; 1/125; f5.6; Nikon D3000

I loved the door and how it was worn on the bottom. I asked Leeann if she would go in it and pose. She did a bunch of different poses but this one was the best and i felt you could see the door the most. I brought out the blacks so the door would stand out more and be darker. 

Megan: 5/22/11; 1PM; 1/125; f 5.6; Nikon D3000

All I did to this picture was add a vignette. Megan was just sitting down thinking while waiting for me to need her again for pictures and I saw the background behind her and loved the wall. I had her not move and took a couple. I like how shes not really smiling. You can tell she's thinking and I feel that brings out her personality. 

Signing: 5/22/11: 10PM; 1/60; f 4.5; Nikon D3000

My roommate fractured her foot so she was having another roommate sign in. I got down on the floor and quick took a couple shots. In Camera Raw I brought out the blacks and the contrast to darken it. I felt the coloring matched both of their style and didn't want to change it much more. 

Waterfall: 5/7/11; 3PM; 1/80; f5.6; Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi

Trevor was walking around with his hands in his pockets because he felt like such a man after hiking so far all by himself. He had walked over to the waterfall so I had him turn around and quick snapped the shot. I put some tint on it to bring out the blue in the water. His teeth were shadowed by his lips quite a bit so I whitened them and added vibrance to bring out the red in his shorts.  

Cheeto: 5/7/11; 3PM; 1/250; f3.5; Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi

I'm glad this picture turned out. Trevor was sitting on my lap and eating Cheetos and wouldn't let me take a picture of him. I put the camera in front of his face hoping that I would get it all in. As I did that he turned so I moved the camera and took only one shot and this is what I got. I bumped up the vibrance so the Cheetos would stand out more. But I didn't want to mess with much else. I wanted to keep the dirt on his face because we just hiked up a mountain and he's four and he was able to do it all himself and that reminds me.

Trevor: 5/7/11; 10AM; 1/400; f5; Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi

I was taking my flora and fauna pictures and Trevor was sitting on the rocks and said take a picture of me. I didn't have time to change any settings because he moves so quick so I'm glad it turned out. I bumped up the vibrance and lowered the clarity a little bit. Other than that I didn't edit this picture at all

Camera Raw

Trevor: 5/7/2011; 10AM; 1/320; f4.5; Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi

With Trevor I slightly got rid of some exposure, added fill light, blacks, contrast, vibrance, and saturation. I look way some clarity so the rocks would have a slight blur. I added some highlights and vignetting. I wanted the picture to look more life like and not flat and dull. I wanted more of the focus to be on him and so I had to make him stand out from the rocks. 

Waterfall: 5/7/2011; 3PM; 1/160 f5.6; Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi 

This waterfall photo is a raw image. I increased the temperature, brightness, fill light, vibrance, saturation and blacks. I look away some of the exposure. I wanted the picture to look a little bit more fake. The water turned that blue with the changes I made. I didn't have to mess with any of the hues. 

Train: 4/28/2011; 2PM; 1/40; f20; Nikon D3000

This photo I got rid of some of the exposure and brought out some of the blacks and made it more vibrant. I lessened the highlights and added vignetting. I added more of a blue hue so that the clouds would have more definition. 

Panoramic

Waterfall: Ogden, UT; 5/7/2011; 3PM 1/160 sec; f/5.6; Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi

I merged the photos together using photomerge. There wasn't too much space to fill in around the edges so I just cropped the photo down. I then enhanced the exposure and the saturation to bring out the wetness of the rock to more of what I saw with my eye. 

City View: 5/7/2011; 3PM; shutter speed: 1/160, 1/200, 1/100; f stop 10, 10, 7.1; Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi

I merged the photos together with photomerge. The unfilled spaces were in the top of the sky and the rock. I felt that There was enough of the white part of the sky and more than enough rock/mountain. Instead of filling it in I just cropped this picture as well. I then applied an exposure adjustment layer to bring out some more color in the sky.

Edits

I only used the filter smudge stick. When I took the picture I focused the camera on the first tulip so that the others wouldn't be as crisp. When adding the filter it emphasized the blurriness even more. 

Tulips: 5/7/11: 10AM: Perry, UT: f4.5: 1/500: Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi

I used the layers adjustment layer then used the multiply blending mode to lighten the foreground. It defined more of the clouds in the sky. It also made the mountain pop more. This was the layer that did the most to the picture. The others there was even less of a difference.  

Brinn: 5/7/11: 5PM: Odgen, UT: f4.5: 1/250: Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi

Flora and Fauna

Dandelion: 5/7/11: 9:30AM: Perry, UT: f5.6: 1/400: Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi

Lola: 5/7/11: 10AM: Perry, UT: f4.5: 1/250: Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi

Flower: 5/7/11: 5PM: Ogden, UT: f4.5: 1/250: Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi

Spider: 5/7/11: Perry, UT: f4.5: 1/500: Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi

Tulips: 5/7/11: 10AM: Perry, UT: f4.5: 1/400: Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xsi

I didn't do any editing in any of these photos. For all the pictures except lola I got close to the flower or ant that i wanted to focus on then I loomed in just a little bit to add some extra blur to the background. I tried to get different angles of the flowers to get a different feel for each picture. The spider picture I was first taking a picture of only the spider but as I was trying to figure out the best angle a ant walked into the view of the camera. Then I worked with angles for both of them. With lola I just waited until they were able to get the bunny facing the camera. I like how it turned out because it got their personalities really coming out in it.

Blends and Types

I used the blending option "multiply" to blend the fence onto the train. I used it at an intensity of 56%. I really liked the texture it put onto the building. I was just out taking pictures one day and got some random texture pictures. Some like this one I wasn't sure if I would use but I figured I would take it anyways. I didn't even want to try it when I was finding a picture to blend with the train. But since none of the others were looking quite right I tried it and it was the one that I liked the best. 

Train: 4/28/11: 3PM: Rexburg, ID: f5.6: 1/200:Nikon D3000

fence texture: 4/28/11: 4PM: Rexburg, ID: f8: 1/250: Nikon D3000

My roommate wanted her picture to say "Dance like no on is watching." So I used one of the pictures when she was facing the opposite way. I took a picture that I had of the inside of her jacket that had a satin texture and blended it over the top with the blending option overlay. I used it at an intensity of 85%. Then I created a text box with the words and used the blending option vivid light at 73%. I used a font that was more artsy and thicker lettering so it would show up but still keep the feel of dancing. Since dancing usually requires flow I incorporated it with the text. Instead of having it in one block format I had it slide across the photo.  

Dance: 5/1/11: 5PM: Rexburg, ID: f10: 1/250: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS

Jacket: 4/28/11: 10PM: Rexburg, ID: f4.2: 0.6: Nikon D3000

Color Study

Glass: 5/1/11: 1PM: Rexburg, ID: f4.0:1/6: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS

I set the camera on the table to get a good angle of the glass. Then I had my roommate drop red food coloring into the glass of water.  I took multiple shots as the color went into the glass. I didn't do any editing to this picture. 

Clock: 4/28/11: 10 PM: Rexburg, ID: f4.2: 1/60: Nikon D3000

My friends had this clock in their apartment I thought it would be a good contrast with black. I had my roommate hold it up to the black refrigerator as i took some shots. To give the background some more texture and the clock to pop out I blended some grass into the black.  

Cooking: 5/1/11: 12PM: Rexburg, ID: f4.0: 1/4: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS

After seeing we had a lot of red and black items in the kitchen my roommate arranged a random arrangement. After looking at the original picture I felt it blended too much with the background. I cut out the image and turned the background black. To make it pop out more I beveled and embossed it. 

Mikkah: 5/1/11: 5PM: Rexburg, ID: f6.3: 1/100: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS

My roommate at a red tutu so we went up to the upper fields and she danced around and posed until I got some good shots. The sun was setting so I needed to get a good angle so there wasn't too much light. I then cropped it and turned the picture black and white beside keeping the tutu colored.