creative boarder edits

Smoke and Mirrors. Rexburg, Idaho. 10:15 p.m. F/11, 115.0. Nikon D3000 with tripod.

This picture I really think turned out pretty good. Maybe its not the best photo but i like the way it came out. I tried it a couple of times and the wind picked up in this shot blowing the smoke. It is not as sharp as i would have liked it but what can you do. I did the border effect from tutorial 13. I thought out of all the ones I tried 13 matched the style best. I couldn't get the stroke to show up for some reason but we can figure that out later.

Night lights

1. YES, Rexburg, ID. 2-23-10, 11:22 p.m. F/10, shutter speed was set on bulb for about a minute. Nikon D3000
2. Stars, Beaver Dick Park, Rexburg, ID. 2-22-10, 1:30 a.m. F/11 also set on bulb. Nikon D3000

I love this sort of stuff i think its fun and there on few limits to the creativity that can be accomplished. This night though was so dang cold I couldn't feel if i was holding the button down still. I really like the wispy clouds and the blurred stars. The moon was brighter than I thought it would be but still cam out great. I boosted the contrast a little on each photo and messed with some of the levels and saturation.

photos for panoramic

1. head- My apartment, Rexburg Idaho. F/4.5, 1/20, nikon d3000
2. legs- My apartment, Rexburg Idaho. F/4.5, 1/20, nikon d3000
3. feet- My apartment, Rexburg Idaho. F/4.5, 1/20, nikon d3000

I was trying to think of other things to take panoramic photos of, thinking outside the box. So i did one of my roommate and my car and some buildings. These shots i did some small edits on just adjusting the saturation and stuff.

Panoramic edits: What else can go wrong

I think panoramic photos are cool! I, however for the life of me, can't get it to work the right way. the first two seemed to work really well, they were only 3-4 photos. The last two were supposed to be a 360 degree shot of my room and the last was a 180 degree, during the editing i couldn't get all the pictures to line up. Woe is me. i like the way the bedroom one looks and my roommate looks like a giant.
P.S. i couldnt get rid of the cracks where the photos line up.

Photo week template

Using a pre-made template,I rearranged the photos a little bit to add some contrast to the whole template. I think if I had to do it all over again I would custom make my template so I could get the photos exactly how I wanted them.

7 day photo journal

1. Wednesday- Conversation- 2/03/10, 11:38 pm. Orem, UT. F/5.6, 1/15, Nikon D3000
   
2. Thursday- Road trip- 2/04/10, 11:00 pm. Kaysville, UT. F/5.6, 1/6, Nikon D3000
   
3. Friday- Sick Day-2/05/10, 8:30 am. Rexburg, Idaho. F/5.6, 1/13, Nikon D3000
   
4. Saturday- Frozen Sun-2/06/10, 10:25 am. Driggs, Idaho. F/13 1/320, Nikon D3000
   
5. Sunday- Shut down- 2/07/10, 5:12 pm. Idaho Falls, Idaho F/10, 1/40, Nikon D3000
   
6. Monday-Fire- 2/08/10, 10:17 pm. R Mountain, Idaho. F/5.0, 1/200. Nikon D3000
   
7. Tuesday- Ice- 2/09/10, 5:41 pm. Sugar City, Idaho. F/4.8, 1/800. Nikon D3000

This was a fun assignment to try. I cant imagine doing a whole year though. It got pretty ugly trying to make things in my apartment interesting. Luckily the ones i took outside turned out well. I tried to have each one tell a story of the day. For example, Friday was a sick day, i dulled down the color trying to make the pills look groggy. I did some small edits on this nothing to big a few layers mostly trying to make them not so blown out.

Edits: Enhancements

1.Leah, 1/27/2010. Driggs, Idaho. F/9.0 1/200. Nikon D3000
2.My Eye, 9/8/2009. Road trip to California, probably I-15. F/2.8, 1/30. Cannon powershot

With this edit assignment i had some major issues, especially with the eyeball. i liked the idea of easily changing the color of my eye. I may have under estimated the easiness. I wanted to change my green eye with brown highlights to a blue with brown highlights. At first it would only work if i messed with the saturation of the replacement color, then it came out all tie-died. So eventually i got somewhat of the goal.
On my friend Leah, i just whitened her teeth and took some freckles off of you chin and cheek bones. game over

Portraits... are hard

1. Our mustaches. 1-24-2010, Idaho Falls, Idaho. F/4.5, 1/80. Nikon D3000
2. "Don't make Faces" 1-27-2010, Driggs, Idaho. F/ 9.0, 1/200. Nikon D3000

The first picture was just fun to do. I mean who doesn't like mustaches. I had to crop this photo a lot because i set in on the side table with the timer function so its a little centered. I did some light editing on both of the photos, mostly with hue/saturation and levels.
This second photo i tried to get them to look nice but he kept making faces and she kept getting mad. So I feel like the elbow nudge and look of disapproval captured the event.