Fine Art Template

1. Flowers in the Garden: 06.10.2010; 4 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 7.1; 1/80; Sony DSC-W 120






2. Mudcracks: 05.29.2010; 1:00 p.m.; Utah; f 7.1; 1/1600; Sony DSC-W 120




I made this template by creating a new white template. I then used the rectangular tool and made a black square. I then copied that square and then brought up the free transform tool. I then moved it into position and pressed enter. I then held shift-option-cmd-t until I had five squares. I then aligned all of the squares so they would be centered on the page. I added the "KSS Photography" and then used a scanned image of my signature. I then added my own picture on top and sized it to the right size. I then linked the two parts and volia! It put my picture behind. I then moved them around to where I wanted them.

Photolusion

1. Hold on for dear life!: I created this by combining the two pictures below. In the light post picture I changed the curves slightly to enhance the clouds. I then selected the light post using the the quick selection tool and then changes the brightness, because the pole got darker when I changed the curves. With the picture of my roommate hugging the exercise ball, I selected the part I wanted to use in the other picture using the lasso and quick selection tool. I then moved that part over to the other picture. I made her smaller and made her hugging the light post. I then thought it looked pretty bland so I added the text and then vignette. For the vignette I created a new layer, filled it with black and then used the rectangular tool and used a 20px feathering and then deleted that portion. I then noticed some of the green from the ball was on the picture so I added a mask and masked out the slightly green parts.



2.Light Post: 06.16.2010; 3:30 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 1600; 1/50; Sony DSC-H50



3. Hugging exercise ball: 06.16.2010; 4 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 5; 0.62sec ; Sony DSC-W 120



4. VolcanoLusion: 05.29.2010; 8:30 p.m.; ID; f 2.8; 1/50; Sony DSC-W 120

This assignment was pretty fun. The last picture I took on my way home from my geology field trip. I saw it and thought that is looked like the mountain was a volcano because of the way the clouds were positioned.

Border Effects

Tree branch unedited: I didn't do any edits to the actual picture. I added a new layer and filled it with black. I then used the rectangular marquee tool and added 100 px feathering. I then deleted that and decreased the opacity slightly to get my finished product.



Tree branch unedited: 06.07.2010; 8:00 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 7.1; 1/100; Sony DSC-W 120



Romney edited: I created a new layer and then filled it with black paint. I then used the rectangular marquee and deleted the part I wanted. I then added stoke to the border and decreased the opacity of the border to show more of the picture.




Romney unedited: 06.07.2010; 8:00 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 7.1; 1/100; Sony DSC-W 120





Garden Bench edited: First I added the sponge filter. I then Added a new layer and filled it with white and then put the picture on top of the white layer. I added a black layer mask to hide the whole picture and then loaded the thick and heavy brushes. I used the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th brush with white to bring back the picture. I then played with each of the brushes to reach the desired effect.



Garden Bench unedited: 06.09.2010; 4 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 7.1; 1/100; Sony DSC-W 120



This was fun to edit these photos. My favorite was the brushed on effect. It was fun to be able to make a photo look like it was painted on the page. I also like the effect the burned border adds to pictures.

Night and Light

Light Post: 06.11.2010; 9:30 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/100; Sony DSC-W 120



Walk way: 06.11.2010; 9:30 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/4s; Sony DSC-W 120; 2 second timer



Tilted stairs: 06.12.2010; 12:30 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 1.3s; 1/100; Sony DSC-W 120
After I pressed the shutter I moved my camera in a circle to get this lighting effect.



Time flies: 06.12.2010; 12:27 a.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 7.1; 2.0; Sony DSC-W 120
I moved my camera slowly upward after I released the shutter button


Light line: 06.11.2010; 10 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 2.0; Sony DSC-W 120
I took this by Pressing the shutter button, and while pointing at the bright stadium lights I moved my camera around.

This assignment was pretty fun. I didn't do any edits to these pictures because I liked the way they were already. My camera is just a point and shoot but by changing the mode I was able to get a longer shutter speed. I wish I could have had access to a camera with larger settings, but these pictures turned out pretty well.

Week of photos

Template:



With photos:




I created the template in Photoshop using different tools. I used the rectangular tool to create all the boxes. I then added a gray stroke to them. I created the stars in the back by creating a new brush and painting it on with a new layer. I then used the clipping mask to insert the pictures into the template. I can easily use this template again, and add whatever photos I want. Or I could take a picture a week a different week.

Project 365

Tuesday: 06.01.2010; 7:30 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 5; 1/500; Sony DSC-W 120



Wednesday: 06.02.2010; 7 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/30; Sony DSC-W 120



Thursday: 06.03.2010; 5 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 7.1; 1/100; Sony DSC-W 120



Friday: 06.04.2010; 5 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 7.1; 1/100; Sony DSC-W 120




Saturday: 06.05.2010; 5 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 7.1; 1/100; Sony DSC-W 120



Sunday: 06.06.2010; 5 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/4; Sony DSC-W 120



Monday: 06.07.2010; 5 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 7.1; 1/100; Sony DSC-W 120



I really enjoyed this assignment. While it was a little hard to remember to take a picture each day, I managed to fulfill the assignment! I didn't do any edits to these pictures this week. I never realized how many things that I could take a picture of. Obviously there are some day where I got better pictures than others, but overall is was a fun assignment. The rain also help create some nice pictures, such as the one of the rainbow.