I love photoshop!

I love photoshop!

I read this blog-ish page almost daily. They always have amazing design ideas and inspirations.

I tried out one of their tutorials, and came up with this. Also see my facebook page - pics #14 & 59 (Em for Pres)!

I originally took this pic last Christmas (2007) when we all got matching hats for our trip to Brianhead. The final came out ok for how underexposed the original was...

Specs of original pic:
1/400 second
ISO 400
F13
Focal Length: 18mm

PS - I have more images for sale now! Someday istock and dreamstime will concede to having some of my portfolio on their site...

Firefighters

Haha, I'm having fun with plastic, paper and fire tonight. Firefighters are plastic toys. Trees are a photoshopped printout of some trees in the Uintah mountains. The fire is real, but on a MUCH smaller scale. This is a composite of the 4 images shown, and lots of layers in photoshop :)

Specs don't really exist, because it's a composite of so many images, but here are some facts:

-4 years to create (1st image taken with a point and shoot Canon 2mp in August 2004)
-2 hours+ shooting firemen and flames
-2 hours of photoshop messing with adjustment layers
-1 bored husband asking when we can do something fun. :)

Army Dudes

Haha, so I was searching for some photo ideas, and ran across these photos on flickr. I got all crazy and ran to the dollar store to buy some army dudes. Every dollar store has them, right? Wrong. Had to check a few. Then I spent a couple hours shooting, and this is one of my favs.

Specs:
10sec
f/8
ISO 200
41mm focal length
18-55 kit lens
430 EZ Flash with green post it
Lighter

My drawing

I've been thinking lately I really don't consider myself an artist, but I tell everyone I'm a designer. But a designer should be artsy and understand light, and lines and perception, right? Well, I was always taught if I want to do something, I can. I just have to try. So a week or two ago in church, I decided to draw what I saw. This is what I came up with...maybe I'll take some art classes after I graduate. I love school :)

PS...I got accepted as a contributor to 3 stock sites - istock, dreamstime, and bigstock photo. Only 1 image has been accepted for sale so far, but I'm gonna keep trying!

Desolation

Yellowstone National Park

So I log into my email a few days ago, and there is an email from istock. What they call 'hot-shots.' Their fav's for the week. And I see a shot very similar to my shots at Mammoth hot springs.

Then I get thinking maybe I can sell my pics for something. So here I go being all crazy and trying again. I'll let you know when I'm rejected (again :)

F5.6
1/2000
ISO 200
34mm
No Flash

Abstract

Yellowstone National Park

Underexposed but very cool formations :)

1/50
f10
55mm
ISO 200
No Flash

Self Portrait

It's me!

f8
1/160
ISO 200
Focal Length
24mm
Rebel XTI
No Flash

Clouds

So there I was, walking out the door to work. As soon as I saw the sky, I stopped, walked back in the house, grabbed my camera and shot a couple rounds. Ever since Matt Turley came to my photography class and showed us what he can do with clouds in photos, I've been intrigued by them. I think they are SO beautiful, though hard to capture (at least for me), and can enhance almost any photo with an uninteresting sky.

F5.6
1/500
ISO 200
Focal Length 50mm
Rebel XTI
No Flash

Me and my best friend!

Me & my baby at the park. It was a BEAUTIFUL day!

f5
1/160 sec
ISO 200
18mm lens
No Flash
Rebel XTI

The Park

I haven't been out shooting for a while, so we went to the park last week, and took some pics (Kaylene - thanks for the inspiration!). You might think this pic is kind of boring, but to me it is so beautiful. We were laying on our backs lookin up at the trees just relaxing. No pressing homework, no job stress, no stress at all. Just a beautiful relaxing day with my hubby. :)

It was also super fun to watch the crowd at liberty park. If I ever get up the guts, I'm going to pull a Richard Avedon, and show up with a white backdrop, and just ask random people who look interesting to me if I can take their photos. There is a HUGE variety of people at this park. I love it!

f5.6
1/80 sec
ISO 200
55mm lens
No Flash
Rebel XTI

Brianhead!

Wow, what an amazing weekend!! This is my bro snowboarding off a gigantic cliff. You can see his shadow way down below. I was really scared to shoot with the sun right behind him, but it all turned out okay. Here are the specs:

Beautiful Sunny Day
1/1000 s
f7.1
ISO: 100
focal length: 27 mm
No Flash
Rebel XTI

Homework, homework, tests, and homework

I'm sick of homework and tests!!!! I think I at least passed the test I took tonight. I'm excited for Spring Break next week - going to Brian Head! yayay! :)

This is a pic I took in my first photography class. You can see my notes are all about photography. I was just experimenting with aperture and exposures, but I ended up liking this pic a lot, so here it is!

Specs:
1/15s
f/20
ISO: 400
Focal Length: 54 mm
No Flash
Rebel XTI

What dreams may come

We went to a place called Spiral Jetty last weekend.

http://www.spiraljetty.org/

It was BEAUTIFUL. We got up at 4:00 am so we could catch it at sunrise. Me, Annie, and my Pops went. These clouds and reflection reminded me of the movie 'What Dreams May Come'. Good movie. Good times with my family. And I even got to teach my daddy something. It's not every day a girl gets to teach her dad something. I showed him how to use layers and masks in photoshop to combine images, or adjust facial lighting, or increase saturation.

Settings:

1/100s
f5.6
ISO: 100
18mm focal length
No Flash
Rebel XTI

The inspirers

This is Heri. He is wonderful. He always worries about silly things such as anatomy tests. This last shot was him showing me how much he loves me. :)

These were part of a series I did mimicking the great Richard Avedon. I don't have the exact specs on hand, but they were approximately:

1/6s
f4.0
ISO 200
No flash
Digital Rebel XTI

For the sake of enjoyment

My husband recently told me to do something JUST because it gave me joy or satisfaction. I've thought about that, so now I'm going to do it. I really enjoy taking photos, and I have some that I think are really strong. Apparently not everyone thinks so. :) Since I'm now doing it JUST to satisfy myself, this is going to be a place where I can collect my favorite photos and enjoy them.


I love this pic! It reflects my love of skating. It is a composite of 4 or 5 images, but they were all taken with these specs:

30 seconds
f29
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 55 mm
No Flash
Digital Rebel XTI