Portrait

1. This was taken right next to a window to show some nice lighting. I wanted to take a photo that would show some personality. I liked that there weren't any really strong colors to distract from the photo.

2. Taken from a distance, this photo is of my girlfriend Bethany posing for me even though it was cold. I liked that the greens were all around her, yet the focus is still on her.


1. 10/25/09; 3:30pm; Apartment; f 2.8; 1/30; DSC-S600
2. 10/4/09; 6:00pm; Gardens; f 4.5; 1/25; DSC-S600

Photo Edits - Colorize


1. This was a photo I did for a client at work. I was asked to restore it and decided to do a little more and worked with adding some color.

2. I used the tutorial from I-learn and set the background as blue instead of white.


1. N/A; N/A; N/A; N/A; N/A; N/A
2.10/25/09; 4:30pm; Apartment; f 6.3; 1/125; DSC-S600

Bordering Shots

I just did a simple border on this picture to accent the colors that are already in it. I didn't want to do anything too dramatic, since that might take away from the image itself.

I applied a rough border on this one using the brush tool.

Night Shots

1. This was shot through the window of the car, it was done without a tripod, but when it turned out I liked that the lines weren't perfectly straight.


2. This was taken at the Gateway in SLC. The shot had some little girls running through it but they didn't show up with the long exposure. The fountains weren't going at the same time, but they seem to be in the picture.


3. Taken outside of the Conference Center in SLC, this shot was at a red light, the long exposure made the appearance that they were moving really fast, even though they were just starting after the red light.


4. The lights turned out really nice in this one, even though I didn't have a tripod, the shot came out the way I wanted.


1. 10/17/09; 9:30pm; Temple Square; f 8; 8"; DSC-H50
2. 10/17/09; 9:30pm; The Gateway SLC; f 8; 1/4; DSC-H50
3. 10/17/09; 9:30pm; Temple Square; f 8; 3"; DSC-H50
4. 10/17/09; 9:30pm; Temple Square; f 8; 4"; DSC-H50

Bannack HDR

Linking the above photos into one photo makes the picture below. I lowered the default saturation and also leveled up the vivid colors just a little bit. I tried the picture with more saluration and also more vivid colors the first time, but then decided that it looked too fake, even though the colors were very bright and interesting.


Here are some other examples for HDR shots that I took:

Bannack

1. I shot this looking out of the Hotel, i though it looked like a nice angle to show the barber shop. I also made this into an HDR shot.

2. One of the buildings up on the hill, i thought it looked nice with the hill in the background, and the colors seemed to work nicely.

3. This is my ghost shot. I took it inside the hotel, i left my hand there for a few seconds and then removed it to make the illusion that my hand is ghost-like.

4. I zoomed in all the way for this shot to create the illusion of a shallow depth of field. It seemed to work nice and i tried to compose it in a nice way.

5. For my motion shot i chose to do the merry-go round. I think it was the only thing there that i saw moving. I purposely made it blur only a little bit, so that you could still tell what it is.

6. Close up of a log by the jail.

7. Jason posed nicely for this one, i took several angles and this one seemed to turn out the best.


1. 10/07/09; 4:30pm; Bannack; f 8; 1/40; SONY DSC-H2
2. 10/07/09; 12:30pm; Bannack; f 4.5; 1/400; SONY DSC-H2
3. 10/07/09; 4:30pm; Bannack; f 3.5; 8 seconds; SONY DSC-H2
4. 10/07/09; 12:30pm; Bannack; f 3.7; 1/1000; SONY DSC-H2
5. 10/07/09; 5:30pm; Bannack; f 8; 1/13; SONY DSC-H2
6. 10/07/09; 12:00pm; Bannack; f 2.8; 1/250; SONY DSC-H2
7. 10/07/09; 1:00pm; Bannack; f 2.8; 1/320; SONY DSC-H2

Smart Filters


Filter
A smart filter was applied and then i went a little crazy with those effects in photoshop.




Mask
The hue and saturation were changed as well as the levels to brings some more color in this already colorful picture.
Ants - This picture was taken during my mission in Argentina, it was a close shot and my camera doesn't have a macro setting, so i had to sort of fool with it to get a shot with some depth of field.


Bull - This was a fun little bull, he acted like a dog, so we could take some pictures, i chose to go in really close and grab a irregular angle to make the shot a little more interesting.



Leaves - The leaves are turning all sorts of cool colors right now, I measured the focus on the far leaf, so that the ones closer would blur out a little.



Pond - The ponds in the gardens always provide some fun pictures, the focus was set on the floating rock on the right side.




Ants: 07/05/2006; 10am; Argentina; f 2.8; 1/40; SONY DSC-S600
Bull: 06/12/2006; 1pm; Argentina; f 4; 1/200; SONY DSC-S600
Leaves: 10/04/2009; 8pm; Gardens; f 2.8; 1/30; SONY DSC-S600
Pond: 09/27/2009; 6:30pm; Gardens; f 5.1; 1/125; SONY DSC-S600