Additional Bannack Photo

1&2. Serenity: 1-20-2011; 1


1. Ghost Town: 1-22-2011; 11:45 a.m.; Bannack, MT; f 3.5; 1/30 sec; Canon PowerShot SX1
Edited in Camera Raw. Blacks were darkened, contrast and vibrancy raised. Clarity was also increased.  0 IS

Poster Project

Original:

1&2. Serenity: 1-20-2011; 10:31 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f 6.3; 1/40 sec; Canon PowerShot SX130 IS

In Camera Raw, I maxed out the recovery, slightly increased the fill light, raised the darkness of the blacks, and added brightness. Also, clarity, vibrance, saturation, and sharpness were increased. On the "Effects" palette in Camera Raw, I added a black oval-shaped vignette. Lastly, in Photoshop, I added a black edge around the photo by increasing the "canvas size" under the "Image" menu. A few white spots were removed through extensive use of "content aware fill", the clone tool, the patch tool, and the paint brush. Text was also added.

I took this image on a sunny day inside the BYUI green house right after the plants had been watered. Aside from making the basic edits in Camera Raw, I took the image into Photoshop and added the type using the type tool. I applied the desired gold color by using the eyedropper tool to match some of the natural yellow in the leaves. The hiragana characters were taken from an oriental font and then colored to match the romji spelling of the Japanese word. Lastly, more black was added to the edges of the picture by increasing the canvas size and the annoying parts of the white wall which were seen in my draft were removed. I accomplished this by selecting the area with the lasso tool, hitting delete, and selecting content aware fill. Sadly, it turnout out pretty messy, so I used the clone tool, patch tool, and paint brush to fix the area.  Once the image was ready, I altered the image size, printed it as a PDF, and took it to a large format printer on my flash drive. 

2 Minute Cemetery Shots

 1. Twisted: 2-22-2011; 5:28 p.m.; Bannack, MT; f 3.4; 1/125 sec; Canon PowerShot SX130 IS
Edited in Camera Raw. Temperature, recovery, blacks, contrast, claarity, vibrance were raised. Saturation was decreased.


2. Brick & Mortar: 2-22-2011; 5:29 p.m.; Bannack, MT; f 3.5; 1/200 sec; Canon PowerShot SX130 IS
Temperature, recovery, fill light, blacks, contrast, and clarity were raised.


Above are my two favorite pictures that I took during the 2 minute cemetery shot contest on our way home from Bannack. I suppose they are not very creative but I enjoyed taking them. Since we were being timeed, I simply switched my camera to Auto mode and snapped as many shots as I could. The one I selected for the contest was "Twisted". The picture was taken on macro mode (Tulip). To bad we didn't have any time to take some ghost shots.

Bannack HDR

HDR:

Originals:

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HDR (1 shot):

Original:

1. Decay: Combination of photos 2, 3 & 4
 Cropped to reduce ghosting since I did not have a tripod at the time.


2. Decay Normal: 2-22-2011; 12:24 p.m.; Bannack, MT; f 7.1; 1/10 sec; Canon PowerShot SX130 IS 

3. Decay Dark: 2-22-2011; 12:25 p.m.; Bannack, MT; f 7.1; 1/50 sec; Canon PowerShot SX130 IS

4. Decay Light: 2-22-2011; 12:25 p.m.; Bannack, MT; f 7.1; 0.4 sec; Canon PowerShot SX130 IS

5. Hotel Mead: 2-22-2011; Combination of photos 6, 7 & 8
  Cropped to reduce ghosting since I did not have a tripod at the time.

6. Hotel Mead Normal: 2-22-2011; 3:44 p.m.; Bannack, MT; f 8.0; 1/125 sec; Canon PowerShot SX130 IS  

7. Hotel Mead Dark: 2-22-2011; 3:44 p.m.; Bannack, MT; f 8.0; 1/500 sec; Canon PowerShot SX130 IS 

8. Hotel Mead Light: 2-22-2011; 3:45 p.m.; Bannack, MT; f 8.0; 1/60 sec; Canon PowerShot SX130 IS 

9 & 10. Dusty Chair: 2-22-2011; 3:25 p.m.; Bannack, MT; f 3.4; 1/80 sec; Canon PowerShot SX130 IS 


On the trip, my tripod broke; thus, when shooting my photos that I wanted to use for my HDR shots, I had to be very careful to capture the exact same shot. Since my camera did not have a bracketing option, I would take one shot with a regular exposure. Then, I would take the same photo with a -2 exposure and then a +2 exposure. The exposure of the picture could be changed by pressing the plus/minus button on the side of my camera. Once the photos were taken, I opened them in Dynamic Photo. The program then tried to line up the photos as best as it could taking the best lighting from each shot. Sadly, my images were not perfect matches so I had to adjust the images manually using the sliders in Dynamic Photo. Due to some ghosting which could not be erased, I then cropped the edges of the image which I could not match together. From there, I went through the tone mapping area, adjusting the brightness, vibrance, and source of light for the picture. Lastly, for the chair picture, I simply used one image and allowed the program to bring out the colors. Aside from the edits available in Dynamic Photo, I did not make any other edits.

Bannack Macro Abrstract

1. Rusty Wagon: 2-22-2011; 12:47 p.m.; Bannack, MT; f 3.5; 1/500 sec; Canon PowerShot SX130 IS
Increased recovery, fill light, blacks, brightness, contrast, clarity, vibrance, and saturation.


2. Peeling Wallpaper: 2-22-2011; 11:29 a.m.; Bannack, MT; f 3.4; 1/3o sec; Canon PowerShot SX130 IS
Fill light, recovery, blacks, brightness, contrast, and clarity were increased.


3. Wagons of Old: 2-22-2011; Combination of pictures 1 & 2
Vivid light blending mode was used at 100% opacity.


I captured the picture "Rusty Wagon" on Aperture Priority mode (AV) with the tulip (macro mode) turned on. I set my aperture low to get the background blurry. In addition, I metered my shot on the screw and then re-framed my shot. For "Peeling Wallpaper", I simply selected the tulip mode and took the picture on the auto mode. After editing both the images in Camera Raw, I opened the shots in Photoshop. Using the move tool (V), I clicked on my texture photo and dragged it on top of the "Rusty Wagon" picture. From there I went through the blending mode options listed in the drop-down menu at the top of the layers pallet. After testing the majority of the modes, I decided to use Vivid Light. Although the result is a little over the top, I though the effect looked really unique and dynamic. Also, it added a bit of a grudge aspect to the image. After all, it is supposed to be abstract. 

Bannack Reverse Shallow Depth

1. Winter Foliage: 2-22-2011; 12:04 p.m.; Bannack, MT; f 4.0; 1/200 sec; Canon PowerShot SX130 IS
Recovery, fill light, blacks, brightness, contrast, and vibrance were heightened. 


2. Winter Brown: 2-22-2011; 12:04 p.m.; Bannack, MT; f 4.0; 1/320 sec; Canon PowerShot SX130 IS
 Recovery, fill light, blacks, brightness, contrast, clarity, and vibrance were heightened.

On aperture priority mode (AV) I selected a relatively love aperture. Then, by pressing the shutter half way, I metered on the plant. Then I re-framed my shot, still holding down the shutter, and then pressed the shutter all the way down.  Next, I followed the same process but focused on the background instead so that the foreground would be blurry. It was difficult to re-frame the shot exactly the same, but I did the best I could. All in all, I liked how the pictures turnout. While I tried this method on several different objects, I thought that these two photos displayed reverse shallow depth the best.

Bannack Action Blur & Freeze

1. Sleeping Ghost: 2-22-2011; 1:57 p.m.; Bannack, MT; f 8.0; 8 sec; Canon PowerShot SX130 IS
 Recovery, fill light, blacks, brightness, contrast, clarity, vibrance, and saturation increased. A black vignette was added.


2. Snow Fall: 2-22-2011; 2:33 p.m.; Bannack, MT; f 5.4; 1/125 sec; Canon PowerShot SX130 IS
Saturation, sharpness, vibrance, clarity, fill light, and blacks were raised. 

3. Snow Blur: 2-22-2011; 2:30 p.m.; Bannack, MT; f 4.5; 1/125 sec; Canon PowerShot SX130 IS
Recovery, clarity, sharpness, vibrance, saturation, blacks, contrast, and brightness were increased. 

These photos proved to be very difficult since my tripod broke upon arriving to Bannack. Thus, it took multiply tries to keep specific items sharp. For "Sleeping Ghost" I borrowed a friend's tiny table tripod. Placing it on a table, I had my subject sit in a dime location in the Bannack Chapel. On manual mode (M), I set my aperture as high as it would go and changed my shutter speed to 8 seconds. Next, I had my subject sit in the seat for six seconds and then had him quickly move out of the scene. I though the resulting picture turned out quite nicely. As for "Snow Fall", I went to a really bright area outside and had my subject throw snow in the air. On shutter priority mode (TV), I set my shutter to a fast speed to catch the action. It took a couple tries but this photo turned out to be the sharpest. Even though I wanted "Snow Blur" to come out sharp, it didn't. However, I really liked the coloring of the picture, so I deiced to post it anyway for fun.