Week 6, HDR

1. School house: October 20, 2011, 3:38pm; Bannack Montana; f/5.7; 1/400; Panasonic DMC-LZ8
2. Old Truck: October 20, 2011, 5:53pm; Bannack Montana; f/4.0; 1/320; Panasonic DMC-LZ8
3. Old town: October 20, 2011, 3:49; Bannack Montana; f/4.0; 1/400; Panasonic DMC-LZ8

On both pictures I used a tripod to take the shots, the first one I blended three pictures together using photomatix. I had a hard time getting the sky to look how I wanted it too. I finally took it into Photoshop and adjusted things there. I sharpened it, and adjusted the levels, I also made the background a little less sharp then the school house. For the truck I didn't do much editing in Photoshop, I adjusted the vibrancy to make the truck have brighter coloring, and masked it out of the rest of the picture. I also sharpened the truck a little.

Week 6, Macro Abstract

1. Organ: Oct. 20, 2011, 2:31; Bannack Montana; f/3.3; 1/8; Panasonic DMC-LZ8
2. Tree Bark: Oct. 20, 2011, 2:23; Bannack Montana; f/3.3; 1/100; Panasonic DMC-LZ8

For the first shot I wanted a cool key shot, so I got really close and took a couple of shots with a low f stop. In Photoshop I adjusted the levels, and I adjusted the vibrancy to make the colors show more. I masked out certain areas that I wanted either lighter or darker, I also made it sepia, and lowered the opacity of the layer so there was still color in it. I made it black and white as well, and lowered the opacity quite a lot so there was only a hint of it left.
The tree picture I just took kinda fast, trying to get a good texture shot. In Photoshop I adjusted the vibrancy to make the yellow show more, and I adjusted the levels. Then I blended the two pictures together and reduced the opacity of the texture shot so it would only show a little.

Week 6, Reverse shallow depth

1. Barb wire: October 20, 2011, 4:04pm; Bannack Montana; f/ 3.3; 1/1000; Panasonic DMC-LZ8
2. Old can: October 20, 2011, 4:05; Bannack Montana; f/3.3; 1/640; Panasonic DMC-LZ8

The first picture I took focusing it one the barb that was up close, so the background would be blurred. In Photoshop I adjusted the levels a little. The second picture I took focusing on the can in the background, so it would be in focus. In Photoshop all I did was adjust the levels a little.

week 6, action blurr

1. Jumping: October 20, 2011, 1:04pm; Bannack Montana; f/7.1; 1/640 sec; Panasonic DMC-LZ8
2. Ghost: October 20, 2011, 12:32pm; Bannack Montana; f/3.3; 3.2 sec; Panasonic DMC-LZ8

I didn't do any editing on the first picture, when I took it I made sure the shutter speed was pretty high, then took the shot right as she jumped. On the second picture I used a really slow shutter speed, it a dark room. I had her stand still for about one second and then move, as I was taking the shot. The only editing I did on this one was to make it black and white.

Week 6, Portraits

1. Hope: October 20, 2011, 12:48; Bannack Montana; f/3.3; 1/15; Panasonic DMC-LZ8
2. Green chair: Oct. 20, 2011, 3:18; Bannack Montana; f/4.9; 1/20; Panasonic DMC-LZ8

For the first picture I took it standing by the window so the light wouldn't be shining right into the camera, but would still be shining on her. In Photoshop I did basic air brushing, eye sharpening and I tried something new this time, I used an empty layer to add a little blush and eye shadow. I brought the vibrancy way up so you could see the wall is actually yellow, then I masked it out over her so she wouldn't have crazy coloring. I also adjusted the levels a little.
For the second picture I liked the lighting on her, but it was really blown out behind her, so I did a color match, and then masked it out around her so the background would be darker, but she would stay the same. I did some air brushing and did the empty layer with blush and eyeshadow again. I lightened her hair by changing the picture to screen, then masking out everything but a little pit of her hair.

Enhancements

1. Hannah: October 14, 2011, 6:29pm; Rexburg ID; f/8, 1/13; Panasonic DMC-LZ8
2. Hannah sister: October 1, 2011, 11:45am; Salt Lake City UT; f/7.1; 1/200; Panasonic DMC-LZ8
3. Walking; October 1, 2011; 11:31; SLC UT; f/3.3; 1/1000; Panasonic DMC-LZ8

The first picture is the color match one, I used another picture that I took in the same place, only the exposure was better. I lightened it up a little after I changed the color. I also sharpened it and did a little air brushing.
The second picture was really dark at first, but I really liked it, I used the adjustment brush in camera raw to lighten up around the girl, I think I might have gone a little to far and made it look a little unnatural but I didn't realize this till I finished with all the editing and looked at the picture as a whole. After I lightened it up I went to photo shop and started brushing up her skin. She has really nice skin naturally but because I did so much lighting it was a little green and fuzzy looking. so I adjusted the color till I thought it looked good. I sharpened her eyes, and added a little lighter color to her hair. I also added a blurred background and then masked her out.
The last picture all I really did was select the shirt and replace the color. I did a little adjusting of the levels, and sharpened it a little as well.

Portraits

 

Group posed

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Individual side

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individual head and shoulders

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Individual standing

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Group activity

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Work

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1. Dad and Elizabeth: October 1, 2011, 11:30am; Salt Lake city UT; f/8; 1/200; Panasonic DMC-LZ8
2. Hannah roommate: October 14, 2011, 6:29pm; Rexburg ID; f/3.3; 1/200; Panasonic DMC-LZ8
3. Joseph: October 1, 2011, 12:03; Salt Lake City UT; f/3.3; 1/1000; Panasonic DMC-LZ8
4. Hannah standing: October 14, 2011, 6:32pm; Rexburg ID; f/3.3; 1/160; Panasonic DMC-LZ8
5. Pumpkin carving: October 10, 2011, 8:17pm; American Manor, Rexburg ID; f/5.6; 1/8; Panasonic DMC-LZ8
6. Justin Pugmir: October 14, 2011, 9:30pm; Sammy's, Rexburg ID; f/2.8; 1/45; Samsung Techwin KENOX S860

The first shot I started by using an adjustment brush in camera raw and lightened up around the people. Then I took it into photo shop and did some air brushing. I started with the skin, then went on to sharpen their eyes and teeth, I adjusted the girl's eye brows a little as well. I used the liquefy tool a tiny bit to widen their eyes a little and to make the girl's hair look a little fluffier.
The second shot I adjusted the lighting a little, mostly in the sky to make it darker. I did some basic air brushing on her skin and sharpened her eyes. I also cropped the picture a little and added a bit of a blur in the background.
The rest of the pictures I did about the same kind of editing as the first two, except for the pumpkin carving one. This picture had really bad lighting so I tried a match color with a picture with better lighting. it turned out okay, but it looked a little unnatural so I desaturated it a little then added some of the color back in. I added all of the color back in on the pumpkin so it would be brighter.