Thursday, December 1, 2011

Eyes: 10/20/2011, 5:24pm; Bannack Montana; f/5.2; 1/500 sec; ISO 200; focal length 9.5 mm; no flash; Panasonic DMC-LZ8

I didn't do any editing on this photo, just took a fun shot and it turned out really good. I thought the coloring and lighting turned out really well and didn't need to be edited.
I entered it in the photographic society unedited photo contest. It was the story telling one and I thought it told a good story because her eyes are so wide and almost terrified.
Contest website: http://www.byuiphotographics.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

1. Clock: October 1, 2011, 11:18am; Salt Lake City UT; f/3.3; 1/1000sec; Panasonic DMC-LZ8

Friday, November 11, 2011

Poster

Lily: October 8, 2011, 3:20pm; BYUI gardens; f/5.7; 1/30sec; Panasonic DMC-LZ8; Mode-Pattern

I chose this image because it made me think of summer and things being alive, it also really reminded me of Mont, who I love. I took this picture by getting as close as I could, which was still kind of far away, and then zooming in. I wanted to get the reflection as well as the the flower and lily pads, so I was careful to leave enough room for the reflection to fit into the picture.  The editing I did on this was pretty basic. I adjusted the saturation to make the blue and green brighter. I adjusted the levels quite a lot because the flower in the middle was a little blown out, so I adjusted it until the flower was where I wanted it to be, then I went and masked out the areas that didn't need as much darkening. I used a smart filter to sharpen up the image. I sharpened it the most on the flower so that would be the main focus of the picture.  

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Week 8, Night and light





1. Speeding cars: 11/2/2011, 9:24pm; Rexburg ID, Porter Park; f/8; 8.0sec; Panasonic DMC-LZ8
2. Time for Ice cream: 11/2/2011. 9:22pm; Rexburg, Porter Park; f/8; 8.0sec; Panasonic DMC-LZ8
3. My Name?: 11/2/2011, 9:43pm; Porter Park; f/5.0; 8.0sec; Panasonic DMC-LZ8
4. Lamp post light: 11/2/2011, 9:30pm; Porter Park; f/8; 8.0sec; Panasonic DMC-LZ8
5. Slide: 11/2/2011, 9:34pm; Porter Park; f/3.3; 8.0sec; Panasonic DMC-LZ8

I didn't do any editing on any of these except for the last one, there was a ghost Rebekah in the slide picture, so I used the paint brush at a low opacity, and by matching the color to the background I painted over myself so I wasn't blocking any of the picture. You can still kind of tell where I was though. On all the picture I used a really slow shutter speed, and held the camera still on a tripod, except for the fourth picture. This one I used a slow shutter speed, pointed the camera at a lamp post, and moved my camera around as I was taking the picture.