Photo Dump

Photobook

This is a link to my PhotoBook

It was a fun experience compiling my images from this semester. I got to look back on all the photos that I took this semester and see how my photography has improved in just 12 weeks. I am proud of what I have done this semester and am excited to move forward and improve.

I themed my photobook off of the idea that photography has changed the way that I see the world. Since I started taking photos and paying attention to composition, angles, and light I notice these things more often than just when I am behind the camera. I pay attention to patterns and shadows. Photography has helped me to see the world in a new way and has changed my vision.

Fine Art Print

This is the image I chose for my first large print. Out of the camera, this image was really dark and I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to salvage the details.

To lighten the image I raised the shadows and the blacks. I desaturated the colors and bumped up the texture to make a more rustic feel. There is a lot of red in the hand and it’s distracting so I used a mask to pull out the red in just the hand.

I added masks to add a dodge and burn effect. I emphasized the shadows and the highlights to add more drama to the image.

Pro Tip: turn your screen brightness down to 50-75% so that you can tell how it is going to print. When a photo gets printed it always prints darker than it looks like on the screen.

Contests

Idaho Falls Magazine

Adobe Design Achievement

Top 5

This semester I have stretched myself and pushed myself to do things that I haven’t done before. I have grow in my abilities and my confidence in my skills. The following are 5 different images that I am proud of and feel show a range of what I can contribute as a photographer.

Macro Photography

Pay attention to the details. Close up photography helps to capture a size to bring the details to focus. For these images I used a 4x close up lens and a focal length between 80-135mm.

Tip: when doing close up photography switch to manual focus and move your body and/or camera before you adjust the focus.

 

Bannack Fine Art

 

Portrait Lighting

Natural Light/Ambient Light

Model: Martin

Natural Light/Ambient Light

Model: Stan

Model: Gerald

Strobe Light

Model: Rick and Kathy Toot

Continuous Reflector

David Duster

AD500 Strobe

Model: Meghan Nielsen

Before (Natural Light)-

After (Strobe Light)-

Creative Shots

Just Flew into Town this levitation image was created from different images. I set the camera on a tripod and took one image of the subject standing on a stool. Then I took the subject and the stool out of the frame and captured another image. I posted the two images together in photoshop and was able to remove the stool. This makes the illusion of the subject floating in air.

I found this small window in the bottom of the wall. The light coming into the room on the other side of the of the wall creating lines across the hallway.

The ability to tell a story is a powerful thing. It doe. It require a ton of words. You can tell a story with just one image. The image below is called “Lady of the House”.

Visuals are an important part of advertising. The image below is an example of using photography and editing to draw focus to what you are wanting to sell. With the image you want to tell a story to promote emotion.

With a longer shutter speed you create transparency in a moving subject. For this image I used a 15 second shutter speed and had the subject stand in one place for about 5 seconds and then move to a different position. This image was captured in just one frame.

 

 

Bannack Photo Series

Rooftops

Spent a day at the Bannack Ghost Town in Wyoming. All the old houses were fascinating and made you travel back in time. I wanted to capture a new perspective so I laid on the ground in front of each building to capture the rooflines and the sky. I used bracketing to help capture all the detail.

Change Your Perspective

I spent the weekend in Arizona enjoying the sun shine and the different scenery. The resort that I was staying at had some amazing landscaping. I loved sitting by the pool and admiring the beautiful flora and fauna, especially the palm trees. All of my images contain a palm tree. Being pushed to find new and different perspectives stretches the mind. A subject can look so different up close, with all the details, then from farther away.  You can create a far different emotion and message dependent on your perspective.

Below I have featured a few of my favorite images.

 

Depth of Field

All of the images below are various examples of depth of field. I used the Aperture Priority setting and they were captured in American Fork Canyon near Tibble Fork Reservoir, during Golden Hour.

DEEP

A deep depth of field is captured when points in the background, middle-ground and fore-ground are all in focus. It is easiest to find a deep depth of field when you have a large aperture number; larger number, larger amount of focus.

At the time these images were taken the sun was beginning to go down so I was in the shadow of the mountain. I would have preferred to use a larger aperture but I didn’t have a tripod and couldn’t hold the camera steady enough for a long shutter speed. . But even with a 5.6 aperture I was still about to achieve a lot of focus.

As a Duck Wades, 5/11/19, Tibble Fork Reservoir, Utah, 7:30 F5.3-1/250-ISO200-50mm

 

M&H, 5/11/19, Tibble Fork Reservoir, Utah, 7:30 F/5.6-1/100-ISO200-50mm

Peaking, 5/11/19, American Fork Canyon, Utah, 7:30 F/5.6-1/60-ISO200-50mm

At the time these images were taken the sun was beginning to go down so I was in the shadow of the mountain. I would have preferred to use a larger aperture but I didn’t have a tripod and couldn’t hold the camera steady enough for a long shutter speed. But even with a 5.6 aperture I was still about to achieve a lot of focus.

 

SHALLOW

On images where there is only one area in focus this is called a shallow depth of field. Having just one area in focus in an image draws attention to that area and pulls the audience in. Opposite from a deep depth of field, if you are wanting a small amount of focus you will want a smaller aperture number and a faster shutter speed. This will allow your camera to focus on just on element in the scene.

Foundation of Stone, 5/11/19, Tibble Fork Reservoir, Utah, 7:30 F/5.6-1/6-ISO200-50mm