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Here is a blog showing all of my photography and editing skills while I was in a Digital Imaging class this past semester. 


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Enjoy!


Cassandra

Additional Photos

1. Happy Couple, 3/5/11-12:08pm, Idaho, f/8, 1/125 sec, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

This is an additional Camera Raw photo used for my Photobook project. I mainly messed with the coloring and the leveling in camera raw. 

Final Poster

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I chose this images because it makes people think and wonder what it is. I like letting people use their imagination as to how this picture came about. I have a firepit in my backyard in Utah that has a chimney on it. I noticed the embers would fly out the top and they were fairly bright, so I wanted to see if I could do a light photo with them if I kept my shutter open. I climbed to the top of the roof and had my mom stoke the fire, causing a million embers shooting out the top for 15 seconds while I stood still. The effect was perfect. I didnt move at all, the embers shot out in all different directions. I then did a slight sharpen and an adjustment layer to make the darker areas darker. I then masked out that layer so that they lighter areas wouldnt be too dark. Then I used the burn tool to get just the super exposed embers to be slightly darker. 

1. 2/20/2011-8:07pm, Layton, UTah, 15 sec, f/3.1, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

Bannack Favorites

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1-5. 2/22/2011, Bannack Montana, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS 

Bannack Reverse Shallow Depth

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Nail

For this assignment we had to do a reverse shallow depth of field for the same shot. I just focused on the foreground and then background in the different pictures so that one of them is in focus in each photo.

1-2. 2/22/2011, Bannack Montana, 1/2000sec, f/3.1, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS 

Bannack HDR

 

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These pictures I used the free trial of Dynamic Photo. For the top photo I took three different exposure shots and blending them in HDR, and the cabin I used only one photo. 

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1-4. 2/22/2011, Bannack Montana, 1/3200 sec, f/8, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS 

Bannack Portraits

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These were my portrait shots. I liked the view of Virginia through the window, and the angle of Blake leaning against the log cabin. I thought the different textures in both shots would give a nice contrast. 

1-2. 2/22/2011, Bannack Montana, 1/100 sec, 1/50 sec, f/8, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS 

Bannack Fast Action Shots

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Knock Knock

This was my ghost shot. I had a 6 second shutter speed and I had Virginia stand still the whole 6 seconds, and Blake stood there for 3 seconds and then dove behind the door area. It gave it a really eery cool effect like he was haunting her and she didnt even realize it.

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Share the Love

This is def one of my fave shots I have taken. I had everyone hold hands and jump while I clicked a fast shutter speed and captured them in mid air. My shutter was about 1/320sec to capture them perfectly like this. I love everyone's expression. I added a slight adjustment as well. 

1-2. 2/22/2011, Bannack Montana, 1/320, 6 sec,  f/4, f/5.6, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS 

Bannack Macro Shots

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Our assignment for this was to take a macro shot, and a texture macro shot and then do a blend of them together. I liked the lock because it was like a piece of modern life mixed with the older Bannack life. I just did an overlay blend to blend the two images together.

1-2. 2/22/2011, Bannack Montana, 1/160, f/3.1, f/7.1, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS 

Fine Art Template

This was a fun one to do, but I did have a struggle getting the clipping mask to do all of my squares, so I had to get some help with this one. I took this photo when I was doing my fauna and floral post, and I like the way the sky looks, and I felt it created a nice template.

1. 1/19/2011-2:34pm, Rexburg Idaho, 1/2000 sec, f/3.1, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

Light/Night Photos

Death By Light

This is the motion light picture. My camera can only go up to fifteen seconds for a shutter speed, so that is what I had to work with. This is the chimney for my outside fire pit. The embers were sparking out and I sat with my shutter speed open while they flew in the sky. 

1. 2/20/2011-8:07pm, Layton, UTah, 15 sec, f/3.1, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

Heavenly Guitar

This would be my very obscure light painting. I used the glow sticks from the dollar store to illuminate the guitar so paint the guitar in the dark. I used a fifteen second shutter speed to try and get as much light from the glow sticks as I could to make the guitar a glowed, soft look.

2. 2/16/2011-7:29pm, Rexburg, Idaho 15 sec, f/3.1, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

The Fog

I thought the light in my backyard was neat in a really creepy way, so I used this for my camera motion shot. I opened my shutter for fifteen seconds and I panned my camera across the sky, which is why the lights look like they are being dragged. I wanted it to have a scary, foggy feel. 

3. 2/20/2011-8:06pm, Layton, Utah, 15 sec, f/3.1, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

Scanography

1. Musical Epiphany 

This was the scan that was unedited. I took my guitar chord to my amp and all of the picks I collect and arranged them. I wanted it to be colorful. 

2. I Spy

This was my collage scan. I scanned what feels like a million images, and I couldnt decide on one, so I decided to use them all. I wanted to replicate the "I Spy" books that I loved as a kid. I just did a black background and selected each different item from the scans and copied them a couple times and sized them and splurged them on the screen. Have fun exploring ;) 

Scans:

*Scanned in the Spori Lab 2/12/2011*

Edge Effects

1. Helping Hands

This was a photo I took while I was doing the portraits blog. I adjusted the levels slightly and decided to use the sprayed edges effect. I thought it gave it more of a fairytale effect. 

2. ManLand

I  just wanted to capture this moment while the boys were in their own little world talking about cars. I used the brushed edges effect to make it more manly because it feels like a manly picture. 

3. Peas in a Pod

This was taken one night while my best friend Merinda and I had a sleepover in the living room. We had to capture that night. I used the burned edges effect and added a stroke to bring more attention to our faces. Merinda and I always joke about how opposite we are, and I think the border accents that.

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1. Helping Hands, 2/5/2011-3:50pm, Rexburg, Id, 1/200 sec, f/8, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

2. ManLand, 1/22/2011-2:28pm, Rexburg, Id, 1/25 sec, f/8, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

3. Peas in a Pod, 2/5/2011-8:35pm, Rexburg, Id, 1/60 sec, f/8, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

Enhancements

1. Lost in Thought

This was my roommate's eyes, she has the best eyes ever! For this photo I did some portrait enhancements. I sharpened the eyes and then did a reverse mask effect, so only the eyes showed. Then I used the brush tool and lightened and smoothed her skin around her eyes a bit, and to make her eyebrows more blurred and the same color as her hair. I then used a gaussian blur effect and turned the opacity down to about 50% so it would smooth the skin a bit more; I masked out the eyes. 

2. Sunset Beauty

Ironically, this photo was not taken as sunset. I used the match color effect from another photo listed below. It gave it more of a pink glow and I loved it. 

3. Balancing Blue

This was my color replacement effect photo. I changed the color from red to blue. 

1. 2/5/11-3:37pm, Train Tracks in Idaho, 1/1000 sec, f/3.1, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

2. 2/5/11-4:03pm, Train Tracks in Idaho, 1/160 sec, f/8, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

3. 2/5/11-3:57pm, Train Tracks in Idaho, 1/125, f/8, Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

Before Edits:

*Below is the photo that was used for the replacement color