Professional Template

This is a nice, useful template to learn because I can put any picture in these very easily. It's a very nice way of showing off your pictures. I liked learning how to do it. Please let me know if any of you want any of my pictures in print. :)

Photo Illusion

This was a really fun assignment! We had to take one picture that wasn't edited and make it look like something was off. Then we could edit one in photoshop. It was fun to think of different ideas for what I could do. The one that I thought of last minute was the one that looked the best and the one I chose.
I thought it would be fun to play around with my little brother and sister and their egos. My little brother is always teasing my little sister about being short. So in my photo illusion, I had Lucas stand back and Miranda come forward and made it look like Lucas was so small, he could fit in Miranda's hand! I had him act like he was gonna take a big step off of her hand and I thought it looked great!

1- Giant leap
2- 11/15/09 5:00 pm
3- Rigby, Idaho
4- F- Stop 10 Shutter Speed 1/200
5- Cannon Rebel t1i

This one we thought up in our apartment as I was playing around with a different idea, but I thought this one turned out better, so it's going on the blog. It was really fun to make this look real. I know it still needs some work, but I thought it was fun!

1- Gimme the apple!
2- 11/15/09 10:00 pm
3- Rexburg, Idaho
4- F- Stop 3.5 Shutter Speed 1/30
5- Cannon Rebel t1i


1- Gimme the apple! background
2- 11/15/09 10:00 pm
3- Rexburg, Idaho
4- F- Stop 3.5 Shutter Speed 1/30
5- Cannon Rebel t1i


1- Gimme the apple! Dave cut out
2- 11/15/09 10:00 pm
3- Rexburg, Idaho
4- F- Stop 3.5 Shutter Speed 1/30
5- Cannon Rebel t1i

Panoramic

I had some problems with this assignment. If I had a camera and a tripod, I could have ended up with a great picture, so I think this is another assignment that I would like to further explore. Also, the newer versions of photoshop have a better Automate than CS2 which I realized on Saturday night, too late to make it to the school. However, I was able to piece together (with my amazing photoshopping skills ;o) ) about three or four of my pictures to make this panoramic. But this is something I would like to work on.


Adding some edits to make it interesting. I adjusted some colors, put a few filters on and masked to create this picture.

1- Snake River at Heise
2- 10/10/09 6:00 pm
3- Ririe, Idaho
4- F- Stop 4
5- Sony



1- Snake River at Heise
2- 10/10/09 6:00 pm
3- Ririe, Idaho
4- F- Stop 4
5- Sony

Photo Book Layout

This photo book template allows different photos to be placed in the same template with little work and no redesigning. This template is taken from Sister Esplin's examples. All I had to do was size and place my pictures and create a clipping mask. This allows the pictures to fit with the boarder around it and look like this page was designed specifically for my pictures. To place different pictures in the template, all you have to do is delete the first pictures, place them, create a clipping mask and you're done! This is a time saver!!
Template

Personalized with my pictures

A Week of Photos

This assignment gave me a great opportunity to pack a camera around every day. There are some things that can't wait until you have a camera to happen, and when you don't, it can be disappointing to miss the chance of a great picture. Because I had a camera all week, I got to take some great once-in-a-lifetime shots (geese) and some shots that I see every day, but hadn't taken a picture of yet (mailboxes). I hope you enjoy the shots I took as much as I enjoyed taking them. But I doubt you will. :)

1- Mailboxes
2- 10/27/09 3:15 pm
3- Rexburg, ID
4- F-Stop 18 Shutter Speed 85 sec
5- Cannon Rebel T1i

1- Dave in the fall
2- 10/29/09 5:45 pm
3- Idaho Falls, ID
4- F-Stop 4 Shutter Speed 320 sec
5- Cannon Rebel T1i

1- Geese
2- 10/31/09 5:30 pm
3- Idaho Falls, ID
4- F-Stop 5.6 Shutter Speed 640 sec
5- Cannon Rebel T1i

1- Tree On Fire
2- 10/29/09 7:20 pm
3- Idaho Falls, ID
4- F-Stop 4.6 Shutter Speed 1000 sec
5- Cannon Rebel T1i

1- Ducky
2- 10/31/09 5:20 pm
3- Idaho Falls, ID
4- F-Stop 5.6 Shutter Speed 250 sec
5- Cannon Rebel T1i

1- Night Temple Trees
2- 10/31/09 7:40 pm
3- Idaho Falls, ID
4- F-Stop 4.5 Shutter Speed .3 sec
5- Cannon Rebel T1i

1- Snow on the Fall
2- 10/30/09 11:15 am
3- Rexburg, ID
4- F-Stop 2.5 Shutter Speed 2000 sec
5- Cannon Rebel T1i

Luminousity

What a fun edit! I loved learning how to do this. I think that it could come in handy when making a poster or something that needs some strong design elements. I loved playing with fonts and the different letters in the word. This is a fun tutorial and turned out some great edits.



1- Taylor Edit
2- 10/25/09 5:35 pm
3- Rigby, ID
4- F-Stop 2.7
5- Sony



1- Dave
2- 10/24/09 8:30 am
3- Rexburg, ID
4- F-Stop 3.5
5- Sony

Portraits

This was a great project for me. I like taking snap shots of people, but I have never taken portraits. It was fun to think about what would make a good shot and make it happen.
I was working on the grounds crew when we got this shot. Becca has some great blue eyes that really pop in the orange and yellows of the leaves. Plus, she had a great time jumping in leaves for me.

1- Becca
2- 10/23/09 4:00 pm
3- BYU-Idaho
4- F-Stop 2.7
5- Sony
My husband and I were up early this weekend and I got this shot right after sunrise. I liked how the sun lit up different parts of his face and that the sky was nice and blue and not blown out behind him. Morning is a great time to take some amazing shots.

1- Dave
2- 10/24/09 8:30 am
3- Rexburg, ID
4- F-Stop 3.5
5- Sony
I liked taking pictures of my cousin Taylor because she has some really great expressions, but it was hard to make a two year old sit still for very long! I finally had to wait until she was tired, and I got some precious shots. She is such a cute girl.

1- Taylor
2- 10/25/09 5:30 pm
3- Rigby, ID
4- F-Stop 2.7
5- Sony

1- Taylor and her Yarn
2- 10/25/09 5:45 pm
3- Rigby, ID
4- F-Stop 3.2
5- Sony

Edge Effects

I enjoyed playing with some of my pictures and finding good boarders to come with them. With the bridal picture, I did not take the picture (because it's a picture of me), but Lavinda Hedman from Forever Yours Photography did. She did a great job.
I did a painted on look with a few different paint brushes at different opacities with a double boarder to make this picture pop. I matched the colors of the boarders with the brightest and darkest colors in the picture. Adding text in the boarder with my new last name and my wedding date really finished this picture off.

1- Bridal
2- 10/5/09 6:30 pm
3- Ammon, ID
4- F-Stop 2.8 Shutter Speed 1/60 sec
5- Cannon
This was a picture I took in Bannock. With a double faded boarder, it really set off the sharpness of the photo and the blur of the background.

1- Tick-Tack-Toe boarders
2- 10/7/09 3:30 pm
3- Bannock, MT
4- F-Stop 2.7
5- Sony

Lights at Night

Whew! Getting married in the middle of the semester is not something I would recommend! But we did it and I'm back from my honeymoon now. Time to play catch-up on my photos.
My family loves fireworks. The night before my wedding, we decided to light off a bunch of them and have a little bit of a party with both me and Dave's family. It was really fun, but I was torn between the excitement of lighting off the fireworks, and standing back to take some pictures. As a result of trying to do both, I only got a few good pictures. But then I had Dave write his name with sparklers and took some interesting pictures of his nephew. I hope that when things calm down a little bit in my life, I will be able to explore this technique a little better.

1- Dave
2- 10/15/09 9:00 pm
3- Rigby, ID
4- F-Stop 2.8 Shutter Speed 2 sec
5- Sony

1- My favorite combo
2- 10/15/09 8:00 pm
3- Rigby, ID
4- F-Stop 2.8 Shutter Speed 2 sec
5- Sony

1- Blossoming Boy
2- 10/15/09 9:15 pm
3- Rigby, ID
4- F-Stop 2.7
5- Sony

1- Fireworks R Fun
2- 10/15/09 8:00 pm
3- Rigby, ID
4- F-Stop 2.8 Shutter Speed 2 sec
5- Sony

HDR Photos

First step to making a HDR photo is taking three pictures. One picture is under exposed, one is correctly exposed, one is over exposed. The HDR program compiles these three pictures together to create a high definition photo that looks great. Enjoy these pictures from Bannock, Montana.
Before



After

1- The Dentist Chair
2- 10/07 4:40 pm
3- Bannock, MT
4- F-Stop 8.0
5- Sony
Before



After

1- The Mason Temple
2- 10/07 10:40 am
3- Bannock, MT
4- F-Stop 5.0
5- Sony
Before



After

1- The Mason Temple
2- 10/07 11:00 am
3- Bannock, MT
4- F-Stop 5.6
5- Sony

Best of Bannock Montana

I noticed a definite trend in my picture taking through the trip to Bannock. I liked the close up abstract shots. But I did get a few good ghost shots and a good portrait. Thanks Bre for helping me out and being a fantastic model! This trip was so fun and I was so glad to have the opportunity to take a whole day and devote it to shooting great shots. Thanks Sister Esplin for making this trip so fun and educational.

1- Blue Glass
2- 10/07 2:00 pm
3- Bannock, MT
4- F-Stop 2.7
5- Sony

1- Barrel
2- 10/07 1:50 pm
3- Bannock, MT
4- F-Stop 2.8
5- Sony

1- Hall Ghost
2- 10/07 3:50 pm
3- Bannock, MT
4- F-Stop 8.0
5- Sony

1- Tic Tack Toe
2- 10/07 2:10 pm
3- Bannock, MT
4- F-Stop 2.7
5- Sony

1- Bre Protrait
2- 10/07 2:10 pm
3- Bannock, MT
4- F-Stop 2.7
5- Sony

1- Chain
2- 10/07 12:20 pm
3- Bannock, MT
4- F-Stop 4.5
5- Sony

1- Stair Ghost
2- 10/07 4:00 pm
3- Bannock, MT
4- F-Stop 8.0
5- Sony