Portraits at Bannack

Fresh Shave

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Wednesday May 25, 2011

Bannack

f/5.6

1/125

This is a great shot in the saloon. I literally did nothing with it except crop it. There was very good lighting on that side of the shop coming in through the window. I think it turned out well because he was getting done posing in the chair and was about to get up so it turned out to be more of a natural pose.

Info man

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Wednesday May 25, 2011

Bannack

f/5.6

1/800

Here is a shot of our tour guide. He loved to talk and was very knowledgeable about the history of the town. I wanted a candid portrait of him so I brought out my longer 300mm lens so I could get the closer shot that I wanted. After getting the shot I played with the levels and increased the vibrance in photoshop.

ACTION BLUR & FREEZE

Freeze

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Wednesday May 25, 2011

Bannack

f/3.5

1/1250

Blurr

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Wednesday May 25, 2011

Bannack

f/22

1/20

In comparing these two photos you should not the difference in the shutter speeds. Obviously the slower one created the blurred person while keeping the background in focus and the shorter one got everything in focus. It was sunny outside so I did need to play with other settings like ISO so the picture didnt get blown out. I also had to use a tripod for the blurred shot.

REVERSE SHALLOW DEPTH

Post up

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Wednesday May 25, 2011

Bannack

f/4.5

1/1600

Field

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Wednesday May 25, 2011

Bannack

f/4.5

1/1600

These both were pretty simple shots just demonstrating the depth of field. Obviously there are different things in focus in each photo. All I did for these photos in photoshop was raise the levels a little bit and that was it. I did used the levels adjustment layer so that it would effect both photos I had in layers the same way.

MACRO Abstract

Truck

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Wednesday May 25, 2011

Bannack

f/10

1/80

Here I took a texture shot of a wall that sort of resembled tree bark. Then i took a macro shot of part of the old truck I found in a field and then put them together in Photoshop. First I put the texture shot and command clicked the green channel to get a selection, then I dragged that onto my truck photo and used a color burn blending option to blend them together.

HDR's

Wagon

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Wednesday May 25, 2011

Bannack

f/5

1/4000, 1/2000, 1/1000, 1/500, 1/250, 1/125

So this is my multiple HDR shot. I used 6ix different exposures consisting of -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3 which gave Photomatrix a lot to work with I think. I didnt really mess with anything after it was put into and HDR image. I took down the saturation a touch because the red was just a little bright and aded a vignette and thats about it.

Oven

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Wednesday May 25, 2011

Bannack

f/4.5

1/40

Here we have a simple shot of this cool oven (or I think it's an oven). I loaded the single image into Photomatrix and used tone mapping to get the richer colors to come out. After that i gave it a vignette in Bridge and thats all it needed.

Bannack 5

The town

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Wednesday May 25, 2011

Bannack

f/4.5

1/3200

This is an interesting shot. Basically this was my landscape attempt. So I took that and made 2 different single HDR shots in Photomatix (one for the sky and one for the landscape) then layered them in photoshop and masked the appropriate areas out. This helped me to get a more HDR looking photo from one shot.

Lone shed

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Wednesday May 25, 2011

Bannack

f/5.59

1/1000

This one was another attempt at landscape. Only this time I did the 3 shot HDR in Photomatrix so I didnt combine anything after in Photoshop. It turned out pretty nice, I like the darker stormy look this on got from it.

Hobby room

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Wednesday May 25, 2011

Bannack

f/3.5

1/80

This was a single HDR shot also. I basically just wanted to play with Photomatrix some more. I just loved all the shadows on the wall and how busy the photo looks. I tok this one into Bridge and added a vignette to make it pop a little more and that was it.

Pipe jar

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Wednesday May 25, 2011

Bannack

f/4.5

¼

Cool little pipe jar I found while roaming. I assume thats whats its called (I have not clue). For this one I just played with the levels a touch so it wasn't as dark on one side. Then I added a vignette and that was it.

Stovetop

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Wednesday May 25, 2011

Bannack

f/3.5

1/20

Last but not least this awesome looking stove I found. I really like the bright blue pan on top. Everything was really kinda plain until you see that. I liked this photo a lot and so I didnt do anything to it except add a vignette.

Enhancments

Josie

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Saturday, May 21, 2011 4:36 PM

Duck Pond

f/5.6

1/500

So here is a great shot of Josie. I did quite a bit of airbrush work mainly because of the harsh light that came through the trees on her nose and cheek. I also went in and lightened her eyes, lightened parts of her hair, and added more contrast to the background. After that i went into camera RAW and used an adjustment brush to lighten the exposure on he ear rings and then added a vignette.

Green

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Saturday, May 21, 2011 4:40 PM

Duck Pond

f/5.6

1/320

This shot didnt have harsh light to deal with so I didnt use as much airbrush but still used a little. Then I selected her yellow sleeves and used replace color to change them to a bright green. I added a vignette and changed the levels and vibrance.

Benched

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Saturday, May 21, 2011 4:55 PM

Duck Pond

f/5

1/1250

These are a couple of self portraits of me and Josie on a bench. I didnt like the way I looked in the first one but I liked the lighting on the background a lot. So I took the second photo where I like how I looked more but it had a darker background and I used match color to pretty much make the background of the one I liked look like the background from the first shot. Then I just cropped it and added a vignette.

Portraits

Shoulder and Up

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Sat May 21, 2011 11:37 AM

Duck Pond

f/5.6

1/400

I took this picture at the duck pond here in Rexburg and then took it into photo shop and did some touching up. Touch-ups included masking out everything but the background and blurring that along with a little more contrast on it. I also airbrushed her face a bit and took it into camera RAW where I lightened her ear rings and put a vignette on the edges.

Close

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Sat May 21, 2011 11:40 AM

Duck Pond

f/5.6

1/250

Like the previous one, I did some air brushing and also some non-destructive editing with levels and vibrance. Then I took it into RAW and added the vignette to make it pop a bit more.

Golfing

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Sun May 22, 2011 7:04 PM

Golf Course, Rexburg

f/5.6

1/400

Saw the flag on the golf course and just had to take something with it. Didn't do much with the photo. Just raised the levels a bit and the vibrance a touch. Put a little vignette on in RAW.

Candid

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Sun May 22, 2011 7:47 PM

Duck Pond

f/5.6

1/1000

Shot of the ladies getting things straight before the next shot. I added a vignette in RAW and played with the levels and the vibrance. Also added some contrast to this one.

Brunettes

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Sun May 22, 2011 7:29 PM

Golf Course, Rexburg

f/5.6

1/800

This one I went and airbrushed their faces a bit. Blurred the background and masked them out of the blrr effect while bringing back some focus to their feet by brushing at 70%. Added levels, vibrance, contrast and a vignette.

Early Morning

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Mon May 23, 2011 6:38 AM

Romney BLDG

f/5.6

1/125

An early morning janitor in the Romney making the floors shine. Didn't do much here in post. Once again just levels, contrast and added a Vignette.

RAW Edits

Backyard Flower

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Monday, May 16, 2011 8:10 AM

Rexburg ID

f/5

1/400

These were some flowers that sprung up in my backyard. I took the photo in to bridge to edit it in camera RAW. I boosted up the vibrance and added a vignette. I also upped the contrast a touch. The vignette really makes the boca stand out more and in turn really makes the flower pop more.

Dums

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Monday, May 16, 2011 8:10 AM

Rexburg ID

f/5

1/100

These are just some DumDums that were on my table in my kitchen. There was a nice overcast light coming through the window on them so it made for a nice still life. I used large aperture to get a lot of natural boca so i wouldn't have to add any later on. Then in camera RAW I added the a vignette and brought out the color by boosting the vibrance. I like the contrast of the vignette and the pink in the dumdum. Also I like how the vignette really made the back nice and dark.

Panoramic

Wood Stock

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Wednesday, May 13, 2011 4:24 PM

Rexburg ID

f/10

1/500

Tripod

For this compilation I took a bunch of photos of my back fence/fire pit. Then I took them into photoshop and photo-merged them. After getting a jpeg I opened it up in bridge where i edited it in camera raw. Here I darkened the exposer and used an adjustment brush to pain some lighter areas in along the fence. Then I added a vignette along with some saturation. I took the shots using my tripod and loosened the plate so I could swivel the camera and get a straighter shot.

Flexible Edits

Greenie

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Duck Pond

f/6.3

1/800

For this shot I used adjustment layers. First off I used one for levels and raised those a touch.Then I added the vibrance layer and raised the colors a little. Then I filled the mask with black paint and lowered my opacity to 50% and unmasked the beak area to bring a bit of the vibrant color back. Then I lowered the opacity more to around 25% and unmasked the greener areas of the head and neck. Then I added a new layer, filled it with black, got a huge feather brush and took out the middle so there were only edges left. Then gave it an overlay blend and lowered the opacity of the layer to 20%.

Gliding

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

Duck Pond

f/5.6

1/1600

For this shot I converted it to a smart object and then applied the ink outline filter on it. After that I once again filled the mask with black paint and lowered my brush opacity down to around 20% and began to brush away the mask over the ducks body. I like this effect because it actually makes the duck look sharpened while making the color more deep. And it has a extra glassy look when applied to the water.