Portraits

 

1.  Cassie; Bannack; 10/20/11/ 1:16 PM; F/5; 1/40; Focal Length 40; Iso 100; Canon T2i
2.  Jenni; Bannack; 10/20/11 4:58 PM;  F/4; 1/40; Focal Length 24; Iso 200; Canon T2i

So I usually don't like shooting portraits too much, but at Bannack I tried to take more portraits than I would usually.  I always wanted to shoot a portraits like the one I shot of Cassie.  I shot it using side lighting from a window and she was just standing in a room with a really dark background.  The shot of Jenni turn out well I think.  I shot multiple portraits of her.  This is a shot that came right out of my camera.  The only thing that I did to it was slightly air brush her face so that her skin tone was a little more even.

Enhancements

      

      

  

1.  Airbrush/Spot Heal \ Rexburg \ 10/13/11 \ 4:35 PM \ F 8 \ 1/125 \ Canon t2i
2. Replace Color  \ Rexburg \ 10/13/11 \ 4:30 PM \  F 8 \ 1/125 \ Canon t2i
3. Match Color  \ Rexburg \ 10/13/11 \ 4:33 PM \ F 4.5 \ 1/80 \ Canon t2i

On the first image I did removed some blemishes by using the spot healing tool, and I also air brushed his face a little bit to even out his skin tone.  On the second image I tried using the replace color adjustment and it didn't come out well but I tried to find the right image to use this effect for and this is the best I came out with. I work on the for about an hour and it still turned out bad.  I just tried to change the color of the lime green on his hat and watch to a darker green.  And on the last image I just used the match color to make this image a little more lively.  It made the image more vibrate and I really like the effect the image had. I will be using the match color on more of my images, but in a less flashy way.

Portraits

1. Life of a photographer \ Provo \ 10/8/2011 1:24 PM \ F 5.6 \ 1/500 \ Telephoto lens \ Canon t2i
2. Full body \ Rexburg \ 10/13/2011 4:15 PM \ F 4.5 \ 1/80 \ Canon t2i
3. Candid play \ West Valley \ 10/8/2011 4:32 PM \ F 4.5 \ 1/60 \ Canon t2i
4. Head and Shoulder \ Rexburg \ 10/13/2011 4:50 PM \ F 8 \ 1/125 \ Canon t2i
5. Posed \ Rexburg \ 10/13/2011 3:14 PM \ F 7.1 \ 1/80 \ Canon t2i
6. Side \ Rexburg \ 10/13/2011 4:45 PM \ F 8 \ 1/125 \ Canon t2i

So I wanted to take a array of different pictures and not use the same subject over and over again.  I think my biggest issue that I have with taking portraits is remember that I need to really watch was my aperture is.  Because at time I want to have a blurry background and at time I want to have more in focus so finding the right aperture is key to getting a good portrait.  I think the candid shot was the hardest image to try and get because my little nieces were just running around none stop but I finally found two of them just playing off away from the rest of the group so I just followed them until I could snap a good image.

Camera Raw Edits

1.  Posing Duck; Provo; 10/2/11; 2:23 pm; f/5; 1/125 sec.; focal length 93; Iso 100; Canon t2i
2.  Baby Sunflower; Provo; 10/2/11; 2:25 pm; f/5.6; 1/160 sec.; focal length 200; Iso 100; Canon t2i

So on these jpegs, I didn't shoot in raw, like a usually do.  So I shot in jpeg and put them into bridge and open them up in camera raw and just sharpened them up a little bit, lighten the flower image a little big in the background and brought out the color of the flower.  With the duck I actually darkened it a little bit and brought out the color of the feathers.

Panoramic Photos

1. Provo Pana; Provo; 4:32 PM; 9/17/11; f6.3; 1/125 sec.; Focal Length 30; Canon T2i

2. Teton Pana; Rexburg; 5:30 PM; 10/3/11; f16; 1/125 sec; Focal Length 33; Canon T2i

So Panoramas are something that I discovered like two months ago and have been trying to do more and more of them.  I just love the way they make me feel, it makes the viewer feel like they are in the image and I love it!  But I took this picture of the Provo temple a couple weeks ago(knowing that we need a panoramic image).  But its a pretty straight forward image I didn't edit it all I did was put the three images into photoshop and then blended them.  And with the image of the teton drive in I just stuck it into photoshop and blended them together and touched up the color a little bit using the adjustment layers(selective color).

Flexible Edits

Purple Skies; Rexburg; 7:50; 9/19/11; f/5.6; 1/50 sec; Focal Length 18; Canon t2i
Blue Skies; Rexburg; 7:55; 9/19/11; f5.6; 1/40 sec; Focal Length 47; Canon t2i

With purples skies I added film grain filter and used the selective color adjustment. So I adjusted the color(gray) and then made the image a smart object and added the film grain filter.  Then I masked out the film grain effect at the bottom.

With blue skies I just simply added a adjustment layer(selective color).  And made the image whole image a little littler and then just masked out the effect on the forground to make it darker

Flora & Fauna

Sunflower; West Valley, UT; 9/17/11 2:30 PM; F/4.5; 1/80 sec.; Focal Length 29; Canon t2i

Duckie; Provo; 10/2/11; 4:10 PM; F/5; 1/320 sec.; Focal Length 100; Canon t2i

Bee/Flower;  Provo; 10/2/11; 4:30 PM; F/5.6; 1/160 sec.; Focal Length 175; Canon t2i

So I pulled out my telephoto lengths for some of these pictures.  The red flower/bee and duck picture were taken on the same day with the same lens. But the sunflower picture I took in September at my sisters house and I knew that this picture would come in handy.  All three pictures are straight out of the camera and aren't edited at all.