Final Poster Print

Bannack Vibrance

Bannack, 10.20.11, 5p.m. - f/4.0, 1/320 - Canon Powershot SX130, 24x36 print size

I chose this image because I really loved the overall beauty and vibrance of the picture.  I thought the colors were absolutely stunning.  This photo is HDR and after I did that I did some brightness and contrast in camera raw with an adjustment brush.  I also made the photo a bit sharper in photoshop.

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These were the three original pictures that I blended together in HDR.  The were all 2 exposures apart. 

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Night and Light

1. Blurred Lights: 

Light Streak

Idaho Falls, 11.5.11, 9p.m. - f/8.0, 6sec. - Canon Powershot SX130, Tripod

2. Light Sketching:

Peace

Idaho Falls, my living room, 11.2.11, 9:30 - f/3.4, 4 sec - Canon Powershot SX130, Tripod

Love

Idaho Falls, my living room, 11.2.11, 9:30 - f/3.4, 2.5 sec - Canon Powershot SX130, Tripod

Happiness

Idaho Falls, my living room, 11.2.11, 9:30 - f/3.4, 2.5 sec - Canon Powershot SX130, Tripod

My name backwards

Idaho Falls, my living room, 11.2.11, 9:30 - f/3.4, 4 sec - Canon Powershot SX130, Tripod

written love

Idaho Falls, my living room, 11.2.11, 9:30 - f/3.4, 4 sec - Canon Powershot SX130, Tripod

These were a lot of fun because you can pretty much write any kind of message or draw absolutely anything with light! Words were hard to write though, because you have to learn to write backwards and do it fast.  This is now my husbands new hobby, he was a lot of help on this project!

3. Camera Motion: 

Star

Idaho Falls, my house, 11.4.11, 8:00 - f/8.0, 4sec - Canon Powershot SX130

Edwards Theater

Idaho Falls, 11.5.11, 9p.m. - f/8.0, .3 sec - Canon Powershot SX130

It is amazing how lights create these lines and shapes just by holding the light in place and moving your camera around.

4. Light Painting:  

Decoration

Idaho Falls, my house, 11.4.11, 8:30 - f/4.5, 3.2sec - Canon Powershot SX130, Tripod

Swirls

Idaho Falls, my house, 11.4.11, 8:30 - f/4.0, 5sec - Canon Powershot SX130, Tripod

I took a lot of these to get it just right and to get a cool effect on the second one.  I used a small white flash light and a red laser pointer to make these.  I think they turned out really pretty.

Edit: Fine Art Template

These were really easy to make.  I drew a black rectangle and hit opt-cmd-t to bring up the transform options.  After that I held shift and dragged the rectangle to the side.  I pressed enter to lock it and then proceeded to hit shift-opt-cmd-t three more times.  Once I had the five rectangles aligned I inserted an image that I had made the same size as the template.  I dragged the image over the top of the page and then right clicked on the image layer and chose clipping mask......and wal-ah! I love these templates.  I think they are so fun and look really professional at the same time.  

Scannography

Collage Scan

This image was created by scanning in all six sides of a rubix cube as well as two other images of a bracelet and earring.  I found they scanned best when I left the top of the scanner up.  I put them all together in photo shop by decreasing the sizes of the images and blending them together on a black background.  I added a stylize effect to the cubes which made their edges glow.  I'm not really sure what this is supposed to be, but I thought it looked neat! :)

I used my Lexmark Pro Scanner at home, it's not the best, but it did the job!

One Scan

One Scan

Both of these photos were taken in one shot.  It took me awhile to arrange them in a way that they were clear and how I wanted it to look, but I really liked the end product.  I just used a bunch of things that reminded me of my wedding day.  After I got these shots off the scanner that I liked, I edited it a little bit in camera raw.

Edge and Border Effects

Double Fade Border Effect

I think this is my favorite effect because it really enhances the photo.  I used tutorial #12 in the book for this one.  I used the rectangle tool with the shape layer on the outside border and used the rectangle tool with the fill pixels for the inside border.  I chose that color of blue because I thought it went well with the picture.

Flexible Brushed-on Effect

I used tutorial #11 in the book for this one.  I used the thick and heavy brushes to give it the effect I wanted.

Burned Border

I used tutorial #13 in the book for this image.  It was really easy to do! I just copied the layer, added the multipy blending mode and then used the rectangle marquee tool to select the inner border.  Then I hit delete and it took the inside back to the original image and kept the outside darker.  I copied the layer once more to make the border extra dark.

Contest Entry

Blue Berries

Lava, ID, 9.30.2011, 6:20p.m. - f/5.0, 1/50 - Canon Powershot SX130

Alyssa

Rexburg, ID, 9.23.2011, 4:00p.m. - f/4.5, 1/30 - Canon Powershot SX130

Jenae

Rexburg, ID, 10.12.2011, 5p.m. - f/5.0, 1/100 - Canon Powershot SX130

Temple

Idaho Falls, ID, 10.8.2011, 4:30p.m. - f/4.5, 1/125 - Canon Powershot SX130

Dusty and Rascal
Pocatello, ID, 10.2.2011, 2p.m. - f/5.6, 1/400 - Canon Powershot SX130

Horses

Pocatello, ID, 10.2.2011, 2p.m. - f/5.6, 1/400 - Canon Powershot SX130

I chose to enter these photos in the Idaho Falls Magazine contest.  Here is a link to the website: http://www.idahofallsmagazine.com/gallery/contest.cfm. I liked this contest the best because you could you pictures from all over East Idaho, which is where all my pictures have been taken. They also had many different categories.  I entered my pictures either in the portraits or nature and wildlife categories.  I chose these pictures because they are my favorites and I am really hoping someone else will like them too!  I especially love the two horse pictures because I think they are so beautiful and I think it shows them perfectly in their environment.  

Bannock Best

Boiler

Bannock Ghost Town, 10/20/2011, 2:30p.m. - f/3.5, 1/30 - Canon SX130

Door Knob

Bannock Ghost Town, 10/20/2011, 5:15p.m. - f/4.5, 1/6 - Canon SX130

Broken

Bannock Ghost Town, 10/20/2011, 4:00p.m. - f/4.0, 1/640 - Canon SX130

Fence

Bannock Ghost Town, 10/20/2011, 2:50p.m. - f/5.0, 1/125 - Canon SX130

Through the Fence

Bannock Ghost Town, 10/20/2011, 1:30 - f/4.0, 1/400 - Canon SX130

Old Stove

Bannock Ghost Town, 10/20/2011, 2:40p.m. - f/3.4, 1/25 - Canon SX130

Wooden Buildings

Bannock Ghost Town, 10/20/2011, 1p.m. - f/4.0, 1/640 - Canon SX130

Pretty Boots

Bannock Ghost Town, 10/20/2011, 4:00 - f/5.6, 1/500 - Canon SX130

Doorway

These were all my favorite pictures, besides the ones I used for my other assignments.  I tried to get a variety of images and objects.  I enhanced the color, brightness and contrast on all of them, making them look more the way I saw them in real life.  I also did HDR on two of them (I love HDR!).