Week of photos

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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.

Portraits

1. Michelle: 05.23.2010; 5 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 7.1; 1/320; Sony DSC-W 120




2. Fixing Dino Bones: 05.27.2010; 2 p.m.; Lehi, UT; f 4.5; 1/30; Sony DSC-W 120



3. "I can hear the bells:" 05.23.2010; 5 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 7.1; 1/1000; Sony DSC-W 120



4. Ashley: 05.23.2010; 5 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/160; Sony DSC-W 120



5. Roomies: 05.23.2010; 5 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 7.1; 1/125; Sony DSC-W 120




These pictures were pretty fun to take. I adjusted the levels on number 1,3, and 4. I changed the saturation on number 2 and then used a mask to bring back the chairs and the man working. I then cropped the image. I wanted to show the time differences between the old dinosaur age, and the man working to uncover it now. Number 2 was taken at the Dinosaur Museum at thanksgiving point. The guy in the picture is working on a dinosaur bone that will be put together later. We got a behind the scenes tour which was really fun.

Portrait Enhancements

4. Color Replacement edited: I selected the bow and the red part of her shirt. I then went under image, adjustments and then selected the color from her bow. I then played with the sats and lightness and hue to get a green color. I cropped the picture slightly. I then selected Ashley and put a gaussian blur in the background. I then used a mask to get the desired affect around Ashley and the background.



5. Color Replacement unedited: 05.23.2010; 8 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/40; Sony DSC-W 120



6. Courtney edited: I first changed the levels slightly. I whitened her teeth by selected her teeth with the quick selection tool and lasso. I then opened the saturation tool. I changed the master control to yellows. I took down the saturation and then brought up the lightness.



7. Courtney unedited:05.23.2010; 5 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 7.1; 1/160; Sony DSC-W 120



1. Michelle and Ashley edited: I adjusted the levels slightly and then went to image, adjustments, and then match color. I increased the luminance and color intensity, and decreased the fade.



2. Michelle and Ashley Unedited: 05.23.2010; 5 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 7.1; 1/100; Sony DSC-W 120



3. Roommates (match color): 05.23.2010; 5 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 7.1; 1/125; Sony DSC-W 120


These edits were pretty fun. My favorite was the replacement color. It was cool to be able to change a color of one person to another color. The Match color one didn't turn out too great, because Michelle and Ashley have bad lighting on their faces. I like that fact that I now know how to whiten a person's teeth, even though there wasn't too much whitening I had to do in this picture.

HDR editing

1. HDR Warehouse: I used the free trial of Dynamic photo for the HDR affect. I changed the filter light and used the Halo matrix portion. I then adjusted the brightness, color saturation, and dramatic light radius. I also changed the surface smoothness. I used the full button and left the filter on color. I added a soft vignette, and then edited the image size in photo bee.



2. Old Warehouse: 05.21.2010; 11 a.m.; Dubois, ID; f 8.0; 1/160; Sony DSC-H50



3. HDR Out the Doctor's Window: I used the free trial of Dynamic photo for the HDR affect. I changed the filter light and used the eye catching method. I then adjusted the brightness, color saturation, and dramatic light radius. I played with several options on match color and decided to leave it the same. I used the color filter and then changed the dramatic light radius.



4. Out the Doctor's Window dark: 05.21.2010; 1 p.m.; Bannack, Montana; f 5.6; 1/320; Sony DSC-H50; Tripod; Timer; -2 Exposure compensation



5. Out the Doctor's Window Regular: 05.21.2010; 1 p.m.; Bannack, Montana; f 4.0; 1/200; Sony DSC-H50; Tripod; Timer



6. Out the Doctor's Window Light: 05.21.2010; 1 p.m.; Bannack, Montana; f 3.2; 1/60; Sony DSC-H50; Tripod; Timer; +2 Exposure compensation


I used a tripod to take these pictures. I manually change the exposure compensation to -2 and +2 to create a more drastic change. I also set a 2 second timer to prevent shaking. I really like using dynamic photo, as you can see it drastically changed the pictures.

Action blur and freeze

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1. Jeri Jumps!: 05.21.2010; 4 p.m.; Bannack, Montana; f 6.3; 1/60; Sony DSC-H50



2. Ghost in Hotel Mead: 05.21.2010; 1 p.m.; Bannack, Montana; f 8.0; 10; Sony DSC-H50; tripod; timer


The shot of the blurred action wasn't too hard. Before Jeri jumped I focused my camera and then pressed all the way when she jumped. Taking the picture of a "ghost" was really hard and frustrating for me. It took so many tries to get it to look good. I had no idea what I was doing so was grateful for help from my group. In the ghost shot I used a tripod in a dark room. I set my shutter speed to 10 and then set the timer for 2 seconds so I wouldn't shake the camera. Sarah then sat on the window seal and then moved half-way through the shot creating the see-through effect.

Reverse Shallow depth

1. Old barrel: 05.21.2010; 3 p.m.; Bannack, Montana; f 2.8; 1/20; Sony DSC-H50



2. Inside Old Barrel: 05.21.2010; 3 p.m.; Bannack, Montana; f 3.2; 1/60; Sony DSC-H50


I really enjoyed taking these two pictures. I had a hard time focusing on the outside, but finally got a good shot. The second one is a little darker than the then first one. I wanted to take a picture of the different parts of the barrels in the gold refinery.