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.

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!

Depth- Deep & Shallow

This week is aperture week! I love that I have the ability to control the focus on a photo. Just a little bit of bokeh can change an entire photo and make it a million times better. This week, we learned the differences between shallow and deep depth of field. It has been so much fun messing around with my DSLR and seeing what it can do!

SHALLOW

A Beacon Of Light In A Dark World- BYU-I Campus, September 27th, 2017, 3:45 PM, FL 35mm, ISO 200, f/2.5, 1/250 sec

A shallow depth of field gives you a solid amount of bokeh! I lowered my aperture to get the whole flower in focus. I also held a flower petal in front of the lens to give the effect that these flowers were all around me.

Love Is Always The Answer- St. Anthony Sand Dunes, September 27th, 2017, 7:15 PM, FL 35mm, ISO 200, f/2.5, 1/400 sec

A smaller aperture can make even the littlest things stand out! For this picture, I lowered the aperture a lot in order to get just her hand in focus. In editing, I took away all of the distractions by taking out the distracting details in their shirts.

DEEP

The Taylor Building- BYU-I Campus, October 3rd, 2017, 5:20 PM, FL 35mm, ISO 200, f/6.3, 1/250 sec

A deep depth of field can capture a larger amount of subjects in focus! For this picture, I raised the aperture a lot and stood in front of the building. I had to wait a little bit because students kept walking by right when I wanted to take the picture.

The Greatest Building On Campus- Jacob Spori building, BYU-I Campus, October 3rd, 2017, 5:35 PM, FL 35mm, ISO 200, f/6.3, 1/500 sec

A deep depth of field is best when it comes to architecture! This is a picture of my favorite building on campus. For this picture, I stood on the stairs to the library to get a good angle of the whole building.

 

Light – Motion: Freeze & Blur

I learned a lot about shutter speed during this project. Before this week, I had literally no idea how shutter speed worked, let alone how to take pictures. I made it a goal of mine to figure it out when I took a trip to Seattle this weekend. In this post, I will be explaining each picture I took and the settings I used.

MOTION:

Climber Hands: Metadata: 9/23/17, 3:30 PM, North Bend, WA, FL 35mm, f/2.2, ISO 200, 1/125 sec, Camera: Natural Lighting

I love this picture of my friend, Tara. When this picture was taken, she had just finished doing a long climb and her hands were pretty destroyed. I lowered my aperture to get the focus on her hands. Then in editing later, I added a lower exposure brush around the photo to keep the focus on her hands.

Wanderlust: Metadata: 9/23/17, 5 PM, North Bend, WA, FL 35mm, f/1.4, ISO 200, 1/160 sec, Camera: Natural Lighting

This was a picture of my friend Eliza admiring the trees in this forest. She was in the middle of walking and looking up at the treetops. I snapped a picture quickly and fixed it up a bit later in editing. I brought the contrast up, lowered the saturation, and added a bit of vignette.

BLUR:

Bad Hair Day: Metadata: 9/26/17, 6:30 PM, Mountain Lofts, FL 35mm, ISO 200, f/16, 1/30 sec, Camera: Natural Lighting, Tripod

This is a picture of my roommate, Brooklyn, on the roof of our apartment complex. For this picture, I had to use my tripod in order to keep the camera steady. I had her move her hair back and forth in order to get the blur effect. I had a super slow shutter speed.

Always Look Left Before Crossing The Street: Metadata: 9/26/17, 6:45 PM, Mountain Lofts, FL 35mm, ISO 200, f/16, 1/13, Camera: Natural Lighting, Tripod

This is a picture of Brooklyn’s twin sister, Maddy, on the same roof of our apartment complex. I had Maddy do the same thing Brooklyn did, but I used a little bit of a faster shutter speed. I used my tripod to keep it steady again.

 

 

SME: Self-Motivated Education

1. WIDE APERTURE:-Wide aperture is used when you want your camera to focus well on one subject. When you use a small depth of field, or wide aperture, your camera will focus on one thing and make the background blurry. A wide aperture can range from around 1.2 to around 3.5. Portraits are usually taken with a wide aperture.

2. NARROW APERTURE:

• Narrow aperture is used when you want your camera to capture an entire image in focus. This is usually used when you want to take a landscape of some sort. It could also be used if you want to take a portrait but have the whole background in focus as well.

3. FAST SHUTTER SPEED:

• A fast shutter speed is used when you are taking a photo of something in action. If you are taking photos at a soccer game and don’t want anything to come out blurry, use a fast shutter speed. This means that your shutter speed could be around 1/1000 in order to capture an action shot.

4. SLOW SHUTTER SPEED

• A slow shutter speed is used when you try to get a blurriness effect on purpose. A lot of people use a slow shutter speed to get a cool, creative effect. Photographers use a slow shutter speed on city lights, car lights, and some portraits. It could also be used to take photos of the stars.

5. GRAIN

• Grain is an effect that some photographers use to get a cool, grunge effect. It makes your photos look like they were taken on a film camera. Grain adds more depth to your photo instead of making it look flat. A lot of modern photographers use this effect in order to replicate photos taken a long time ago.