Final Photo Book

Hello everyone! I just wanted to talk about this digital imaging class and how much it has affected me. I feel like after taking this course, I have learned so much about not only the logistics of photography, but also the sentiments behind it. My professor, Sister Esplin, was like a friend to me and taught me things that I am so grateful for. One of the final projects for this course is the printed photo book. It contains the different things I learned throughout the semester including macro photography, landscapes, portraits, and featured images from our class trip to Bannack, Montana.

I designed this book using Adobe InDesign. I used two different fonts, a display font for headings and a sans serif font for the body copy. I found these fonts on a website called Free Design Resources. I then exported each page as a jpeg file and submitted it to Walmart to print a physical copy. It came in about two weeks ago and I’m so happy with the way it turned out! 🙂

BriannaHaroldsen-photobook

Fine Art PRINT

I had a lot of fun with this project! In our class, we were told to pick our favorite image that we took from the semester and print it on a 16 x 24 foam core material. I decided to use this picture that I took of a flower around the beginning of the semester. I took it right in front of the Spori building with a very shallow depth of field; I believe it was f/2.2. I then edited it with more shadows and vibrance, and took it to Zippy’s to print! Here is the before and after.

Fine Art – Top 5

 

hello everyone! Here is the top 5 I have chosen for my fine art photo. What are your favorites? Which should I print? Should I edit any of them differently? Let me know what you think!

 

Photobook: Getting Started

It was so fun to combine my design and photography skills! I really enjoyed finding the right typography and looking through my photos to decide on the best ones. The hard part is finding the right alignment and figuring out how to export the spread, but other than that I liked it a lot! I’m very excited to print off my whole photobook!

FRONT COVER

BACK

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SPREAD

ABOUT

Macro Photography

I had a lot of fun with this assignment! I have never shot macro or close up photos before so it was definitely a game-changer. Although it may seem easier because your subject doesn’t move, it’s much harder. Since the subject is so close, it’s important to have a slower shutter speed, macro lens, and manual focus. This makes it really easy for your subject to come out of focus. It was very hard but I loved doing it!

Hands: Themed Series

I had a lot of fun making this photo series! When in Bannack, I decided that I wanted to do a focus on hands because of how unique and imperfectly beautiful they are. When it came to fonts, I wanted to go with something both elegant and simple. I knew the heading had to be the elegant font and the body copy needed to be more simple in order to be complementary. I made all of the photos black and white with a purple-ish font to add elegance.

Headings: Playlist Font (Script Font)

Body Copy: Pangram Sans (Sans Serif Font)

Watermark: Pangram (Script Font)

Portraits

I got this picture of these two friends laughing one time at a Rexburg Meetup. I edited both of their skin and features in Lightroom, as well as changing colors up to match outfits.

This is a picture of my photographer friend, Bailey, taking a picture of me. I edited this in Lightroom and edited her lens to make it appear brighter.

This is a picture of my good friend, Erin. I edited her blemishes and added a filter in Lightroom.

This is my roommate Lindsay. I edited her skin in Lightroom using a clone tool and brush tool. I also added filters and temperature in Lightroom.

This is a full-body shot of my friend Erin in the sand dunes. I edited this picture using Lightroom.

This is a posed group picture of some friends at the Rexburg Meet-Up. I edited their skin and the photo in general in Lightroom.

Creative Shots at Bannack

Here are some creative shots I got at Bannack!

Abstract:

(I added a texture)

Levitation:

Commercial:

(for fjallraven kanken backpacks)

Conceptual:

Ghost:

Fine Art Bannack Photos

Here are some fine art shots I got at Bannack!

Bannack Portraits

I had so much fun taking photos at Bannack Ghost Town! My favorite part would have to be when we did portrait rotations. I have always loved portraits and the stories you can capture in peoples’ eyes. Here are some of the portraits I took in Bannack using different light sources.

The first picture I have here is of Macy. She did an amazing job modeling! For this shot, I used an Einstein Strobe with an Octabox. This was my first time doing this so I had fun learning!

I loved shooting with Patty! For this shot, I used a reflector. This was my second time ever using a reflector in this class so I found it very interesting!

This is Stan! He was a very funny man that knew a lot about Bannack. For this shot, I used a Westcott Spiderlite TD6. These lights were very fragile and cool-looking, I liked them a lot!

Shooting with Carissa was a really good time; she is so talented at modeling! In this photo, I used an Apollo Orb and Reflector.

This was a very fun group shot! These two were natural models. For this photo, I used the same lighting as Macy’s individual shot. I used an Einstein Strobe with an Octabox!