Photography Post- portraits

T'Ana-f/3, 1/400, BYUI Gardens, 10/7/10, 6:45pm, canon rebel

A Soldier's Visit- f/1.8, 1/125, BYUI Gardens, 10/11/10, 5:55pm, canon rebel

Environment Pic: This picture was taken while they were on the couch watching a movie- Cuddle Time- f/1.8, 1/8, 10/15/10, 1:32pm, canon rebel


Dune Love- f/2.0, 1/60, sand dunes, 09/30/10, 6:55pm, canon rebel

These pictures I have taken over the past 2-3 weeks. I really love portrait photography and trying to capture personalities. Dune Love was taken as an engagement picture, the others were just taken for fun.

Edits

Blemish edits:

Kaiti and Clayton: f/3.5, 1/400, Rexburg Nature park, 6:36pm, 9/30/10
In this picture I went through and corrected blemishes and uneven color in their skin.


Replace Color:

Cutie Baby: f/1.8, 1/125, my living room in Rexburg, 10/10/10, 3:17pm

I used the replace color edit to change the color of Katie's shirt.


Match Color:

Before:

Katie's Family- f/2.8, 1/500, Rexburg Nature Park, 5:30pm, 10/15/10

Match to:

Aiden- f/2.8, 1/500, Rexburg Nature Park, 5:30pm, 10/15/10

Result:


I used the picture of the baby boy to match color to the one of the family. I did this because I need to use the baby's head from his picture and put it into the family picture. Matching the color helped to make sure the final edit looks more realistic.

Camera Raw

Before:


After:

Apples: f/7.1, 1/25, BYUI Gardens, 5:02pm, 10/08/10, Canon Rebel

In camera raw I adjusted the vibrance, saturation, clarity, blacks, noise reduction and I also added a black lens vignette. I took this picture in the gardens after it rained, I really like how it came out.

Panoramic

I really had a hard time with the Pano pic. So I am trying again to make sure I have a decent one for my photo book! Here it is:


Temple: f/22, 1/60, 6:30pm, 10/14/10, Rexburg, Canon Rebel
This pano is 4 pictures merged together, but since I have already graded for my other one, I am not going to load the other 4 pics for time's sake.







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Temple: f/7.1, 1/125, Rexburg, 6:34pm, 10/10/10, Canon Rebel
I took three images standing by the ricks. I merged them in photoshop and then used an adjustment layer to bring some light back to the grass. I did not brighten the Temple up because I liked how there was some natural light highlighting pieces of it.

Bannack Macro

Wallpaper- Bannack House, f/5.6, 1/60, 3:30, 9/27/10, Canon Rebel


Macro Leaf- Bannack, 4:26, 9/27/10, F/2.5, 1/4000, Canon Rebel


Blend- I used a mask to blend the two above images together. Then I masked out the leaf but left some of the wallpaper pattern on the leaf.

Bannack Reverse Shallow Depth

Handle- f/4, 1/25, 3:12, 9/27/10, Bannack Hotel, Canon Rebel, increased sats and vibrance


Railing- f/4, 1/40, 9/27/10, Bannack Hotel, 3:12pm, Canon Rebel, increased sats and vibrance

I like how my reverse shallow depth pictures turned out. I was able to get the yellow coloring on the wall and a good brown color from the railing. I also like how the light from the window highlights some of the stairs.

Bannack Action Blur and Freeze

Ghost- f/18, 6.0 shutter, 9/27/10, Bannack, 1:32pm, Canon Rebel

Action Freeze- f/16, 1/60, 9/27/10. Bannack, 1:09pm, Canon Rebel

Ghost Door- f/11, 1/4, Bannack Church, 1:58pm, 9/27/10, Canon Rebel

I had a difficult time with these pictures. I think I was in bad lighting when I tried to do the ghost because you cannot really see her face. I also tried blurring the door as it was shutting, and I kind of got the effect I was going for.