Week 8 - Panoramic Photos

Here are the three photos I put together


and here is the final product. I used the photo merge tool in PS to put these together. Then I changed some levels and did a match color on another photograph where I really liked the colors in the sky. I also took out the telephone wire going through the middle of the photo as well as a few of the really bright and distracting lights.

Week 7 - Photo Journal - Edit - Book Spread

Right now this is just a one page spread. I'm trying to figure out what I want to do with stripe - I don't want it to totally cut the page in two pieces but I do need something besides just the photos and text. Any ideas????

This photo shows the two page spread - in case you were wondering. The line down the middle won't show up in the final book.

Week 7 - Photo Journal

Photos from each day this week

Friday June 5 - Thursday Jun 11


Camera Info: Nikon D50; Shutter Speed: 1/90; F stop: 4.5; No Flash; Date 6/5/09; BYU I gardens


Camera Info: Nikon D50; Shutter Speed: 1/60; F stop: 5.6; Flash; Date 6/6/09; Corbin Eating Cake
Camera Info: Nikon D50; Shutter Speed: .7 sec; F stop: 5.6; No Flash; Date 6/10/09; Sunflower


Camera Info: Nikon D50; Shutter Speed: 1/6; F stop: 4; No Flash; Date 6/7/09; Rolls
Camera Info: Nikon D50; Shutter Speed: 1.5 sec; F stop: 5.3; No Flash; Date 6/8/09; Forks


Camera Info: Nikon D50; Shutter Speed: 1/45; F stop: 5.6; No Flash; Date 6/9/09; Light/brick wall
Camera Info: Nikon D50; Shutter Speed: 1/750; F stop: 5.6; No Flash; Date 6/11/09; Temple View from my apartment - yes it's ok for you to be jealous of this view - it is pretty amazing!

Week 6 - Portraits

Photo Information:
Ball Player: Nikon D2X; Shutter Speed: 1/125; F stop: 9; Studio Lighting; Date: 4/16/09; Rexburg ID- studio on 3rd floor of library (Studio Equipment and camera belong to Jeff Smith - but I set it up)

Cody: Nikon D50; Shutter Speed: 1/125; F stop: 4.2; Date: 8/25/07; Salem Pond - Salem UT

Boys in the field: Nikon D50; Shutter Speed: 1/250; F stop; 4.8; No Flash; Date: 5/26/08; Payson Canyon, UT

Terese and me: Nikon D50; Shutter Speed: 1/400; F stop: 4.5; Date: 6/23/2007; Pearl City, Oahu Hawaii - one of my favorite portraits I have EVER taken.

Photo information will be coming on these and the photos below shortly. Click on photos to enlarge. To view more portraits click HERE

Week 6 - Portrait Edits

Photo Information:
Studio: Nikon D700; Shutter Speed 1/160; F stop: 11; Studio Lighting; Date: 5/29/09; taken for Mother's Weekend in the BYU - I bookstore (Equipment of Jeff Smith) - Edits - I smoothed out the faces a bit and took out the extra glare out of their eyes - so they just have one light rather than two in their eyes. I also added a burn layer and masked out the people so the background would be darker and the people would stand out more.

Corbin: Nikon D50l Shutter Speed: 1/500 ; F stop: 5.3 ; No Flash; Date: 7/9/08 ; San Clemente Beach California - Edits - I changed the levels - cropped the photo in a bit - used the clone stamp to take out any remaining objects so it would just be sand behind him. I put the photo on a plain white background and used a mask and rectangle objects to take out the stripes. I also used a rectangle shape to make the white border around him. Then I used a black shape to bring him back into the photo. Then I added a mask of levels and added a mask to that to take off the extra color from him - but I wanted the darker color on the rest of the image. Then I added text (two separate layers) and then I made sure they both had the same effects on them.