the tinkering taker

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Monday, February 6, 2012

The first two images were taken in the BYU-I photo studio on the third floor in the library. It was fun to get to use! I and another girl were shooting pictures for another project, but I just had to share the candid! The other images I had the most fun with. I drug my cousin's daughter all around Saturday to do some pictures. She's such a diva, and simply sassy. I used CameraRaw to edit these images, and sharpened her lips and eyelashes in the side profile.

Individual Candid (while waiting for
group set up) Bro. Skinner: Feb. 2, 2012;
3:14pm; Rexburg, ID BYU-I Studio; f/14;
1/20; tripod, flash, studio lights
and backdrop

Group: Feb. 2, 2012; 3:18pm; Rexburg, ID BYU-I Studio; f/11;
1/100; tripod, flash, studio lights & backdrop

Head & Shoulders: Feb. 4, 2012; 12:40pm;
Archer, ID; f/4.0; 1/320

Profile: Feb. 4, 2012; 11:00am; Rexburg, ID; f/1.8; 1/320

Full Body: Feb 4, 2012; 1:25pm; Hibbard, ID; f/4.5; 1/200

Blog 5: Enhancements

The first image my color match. I used two of the original images to get this unique color blend. I color matched with the same image as the enhancements. I increased luminance to increase light, and fade to blend the two colors more.

For the second image, I removed the black in the background and then used a teal color as my replace color. I changed my levels, and used the healing and brush tool both to remove unwanted spots and to smooth skin.

On the third image, I edited white balance, blacks, and contrast in CameraRaw. I wanted this image to have a bit cooler WB. I used the spot healing and tool brush on her face to remove blemishes and smooth skin. I added a bit more color to her lips and cheeks. I used the sharpen- unmask sharpen tool to sharpen the model's eyes.

Color Match

Replace Color

Enhancements

Color Replace: Feb. 4, 2012; 11:04am;
Rexburg, ID; f/2.5; 1/250;

Color Match: Feb. 4, 2012; 11:00am;
Rexburg, ID; f/1.8; 1/320; tri-pod

Enhancement: Feb. 4, 2012; 12:38pm;
Archer, ID; f/4.0; 1/250

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Blog 4: Panoramas

Yay for Panoramas!! For both of these, I went to the outskirts of Rexburg, as I call them, because I'm not really sure where Rexburg begins, and where else this would be. Its out up by the temple. I had fun taking pictures here a few weeks ago, and decided it would be a good place for a panorama.

The first panorama is made up of just 4 images. I took about 8, but only merged 4 of them together after some trial and error (the 4 looked better than all 8 together). I used my tripod so that I wouldn't have as much waste on the top and bottom of the image, then used the Content-Aware Fill to fill in some of the sky, and some of the snow in the foreground. After that, I used a brush to blend some of the sky a little more. I then saved it as a psd & a jpeg. I opened the jpg in CameraRaw and used that to crop it. I then increased the saturation, blacks, and contrast, and brightness. I decreased exposure a little. I used an adjustment brush to
get the blue in the sky more vibrant, as well as darkening the tops of the buildings, and the sides of the up close buildings.

The second panorama is made up of 7 images. I followed the same steps for photomerge and content aware fill and cropping. I used Camera Raw to increase saturation, especially the yellows and oranges. Even though there was no pink in the original sky, I used an adjustment brush to add some pinks and purples to the sky to make it more interesting. I may go back and edit out the powerlines, cellar, and sprinkler.

Panorama 1: Outbuildings

Panorama 2: Rocky

Panorama 1 Images: January 28, 2012; 11:35pm;
Rexburg, ID; f/13; 1/320; tripod

Panorama 2 Images: January 28, 2012; 11:49pm;
Rexburg, ID;f/13; 1/200; tripod

Blog 4: CameraRaw

These images were edited using CameraRaw. I have been using CameraRaw for awhile now, but am learning new things about it! This first image was rather dull and unappealing. Looked like nothing special, but I began playing with the first palette of tools. I used the HSL/Grayscale pallette to move around the saturation of certain colors. I wanted the reds to be more orange, and the blues more aqua. I used an adjustment brush with a decreased exposure and brightness, but increased saturation to make the sky more vibrant.

The second image I also edited in CameraRaw. The original image was way over exposed and flat. I increased the recovery, decreased the exposure, and increased saturation. I then went to the HSL/Grayscale pallette and adjusted the reds and blues. I then added two adjustment brushes. One I decreased the exposure and brightness, but increased the saturation. This brush I used to add the dark edges that made the outbuilding look a bit more menacing. I then used another brush with normal exposure and added brightness to create the brightest spot in the center of the building/image. Overall, I really like how this one turned out!

Gorgeous Decay

Enter Your Doom

Gorgeous Decay: January 16, 2012; 4:11pm;
Ouskirts of Rexburg, ID; f/5.0; 1/320

Enter Your Doom: January 16, 2012; 4:15pm; Outskirts of
Rexburg, ID; f/3.5; 1/160

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Blog 3: Flora & Fauna

For this project, I used the plants on campus to find my 'inspiration'. I edited the images in CameraRaw after loading them into Bridge. I really like the bokeh I can get with a low f/stop and so you'll notice that the apertures are all close numbers. The lighting that I was able to get on the "Rain on the Leaf" is my favorite because its dark in the background, but so focused and well lit in the foreground.

Scarlet & White: January 8, 2012; 4:15pm;

Rexburg, ID, BYU-I Campus; f/1.8;

1/1250

Green Whispers: January 8, 2012; 4:37pm; Rexburg, ID; f/1.8;
1/200

Rain on a Leaf: January 12, 2012; 1:40pm;
Rexburg, ID; f/2.5; 1/2000

Blog 3: Flexible Edits

Winter Glass: January 16, 2012; 4:11pm; Rexburg, ID -
Outskirts by farming; f/5.0; 1/320.

This first image I used the 'distort filter' and chose 'glass'. I moved the distortion to 17, set the smoothness at 2, picked canvas as the texture, and put the scaling at 151%. I then used the built-in mask to remove the glass distortion value from just my husband's face.

For the second image I used the brightness/contrast adjustment. I then chose the "screen" option. I used the mask option to remove the adjustments from the background.