Digital Imaging is a class I took while attending Brigham Young University Idaho. We had to take images and then we learned the many different types of editing that can be do to them. That is what this blog section is about.
Cutouts
To do the cutout I used the rectangular marquee to select the part of the image I wanted to remove. Then I created a new layer and filled it with white. I then used the Quick Selection Tool to select the object I wanted to "cut out." I used the Refine Edge tool to add some feathering and smooth out the edges. I also added a little contrast to produce a slight shadow. After I refined the edges I copied the layer and drug it on top of the other layers. Putting the part I "cut out" on top of the white.
Mill House: 9-29-10; 4pm; Bannack, MT; f 2.8; 1/500; Kodak P850
To create this cutout I used the Quick Selection Tool and selected the pumpkin. I then used the Refine Edge tool to add feathering and smoothness to the pumpkin. I also added a little contrast to give it a slight shadow. I then inversed my selection and deleted all of the background.
Pumpkin: 10-25-10; 9:30pm; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/30; Kodak P850Night and Light
Streaming Lights: 11-10-10; 10pm; Rexburg, ID; f 5; 8 sec; Kodak P850To create this picture of the lines across the image I put my camera on a tripod and used the self-timer, set the Shutter priority to 8 seconds and took a picture of cars driving past with their lights on.
Joy Light Painting: 11-10-10; 11:30pm; Rexburg, ID; f 6.3; 13 sec; Kodak P850For this picture I put my camera on a tripod and used the self-timer, set my Shutter priority to 13 seconds, and used my cell phone to paint the word joy.
Fat Cats Motion Painting: 11-10-10; 10pm; Rexburg, ID; f 8; 1 sec; Kodak P850For this picture I put my camera on Shutter priority 1 second, took the picture and moved my camera quickly back and forth.
Poster Print
Vivid Sunset 24x36 size10-18-10; 6pm; Idaho Falls, ID
Kodak P850; Program Mode; f 3.2; 1/30
I was driving in Idaho Falls one night and happened to have my camera when I saw this beautiful sunset. I immediately pulled over and took a few pictures. I had my camera on the program mode and just focused on the sky, so it made the trees and house black. I put the photo in photoshop and changed the levels a little, added some saturation, added the 3 borders, and added my signature. To add the borders, I made the picture size 18x30, then added extra canvas to the outside and just eye dropped the color into the border. The border size all around the image is 3 inches on each side.
Photolusion
Balancing Water Bottle Photolusion: To create this photolusion I cut Kimberly out of the rest of the other photo so it was just her alone. I then brightened her up a little so she would better match the water bottle picture so the photolusion would look more like it belonged. I then drug the picture of Kimberly to the picture of the water bottle and positioned it just on top of the water bottle. I also darkened the water bottle picture up a little so it would match more. This is how I created the photolusion of Kimberly balancing on a water bottle.
Kimberly: 9-29-10; 11am; Dubois, ID; f 5.6; 1/1600; Sony DSC-H50
Water Bottle: 10-28-10; 6pm; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/30; Kodak P850Photo Journal
A week of photos Photo journal: October 25 - 31, 2010. The template for my photo journal layout is just below. Each picture is part of a clipping mask, so I can delete just the picture and the border and background will all still be there. I put the picture above the layer of the border I want to put it in, then on the layers palette I right clicked on the picture layer and click "create clipping mask" and it puts it inside the border, so all that's showing of the picture is whats inside that mask.
This is the template I used for my photo journal. , the one below is the original I got from the class instructions. Because my pictures were different orientations I had to change the template to fit the pictures I had. I also changed the sizes a little, took out the wording on the original, and moved the ribbon title shape up.
Pumpkin: 10-25-10; 9pm; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/15; Kodak P850
Cookies: 10-26-10; 8pm; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/30; Kodak P850
Carmel Apples: 10-27-10; 8pm; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/30; Kodak P850
Skeleton: 10-28-10; 8pm; Rexburg, ID; f 3.6; 1/50; Kodak P850
Halloween Reflection: 10-29-10; 8pm; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/30; Kodak P850
Pink: 10-30-10; 10pm; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/30; Kodak P850
Foam: 10-31-10; 1am; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/40; Kodak 850Edge Effects
Flexible Vignette: To add this border I added a new blank layer then inserted black into that layer. I then used the Rectangular Marquee tool with high feathering and drew a box inside the edges of the image, then I deleted it, which left the opaque border around the center of the image. Then I reduced the opacity of the layer the border is on.
Jada: 10-23-10; 10am; Hurricane, UT; f 3.6; 1/500; Kodak P850
Burned Border: To create this border I first copied the image layer then added the Multiply Blending Mode to darken the exposure of the new layer. I then used the Rectangular Marquee tool with a feathering of 0 to draw a border inside the edge of the image, then I deleted the inside of the rectangle. I then reduced the opacity of the border layer to make it a little lighter and I put a mask on the layer to make parts of it that were really dark a little lighter. Lastly I added an orange stroke border inside the border.
Chevy Truck: 10-23-10; 11am; Hurricane, UT; f 2.8; 1/320; Kodak P850
Double Fade Border: To add this border I first cropped my image to 9 x 7 inches. Then I added an inch white canvas extension to each side. Next I added a Shape Layer white rectangle to the inside of the image leaving a gap to show the image around the outside. I then added a layer mask to the shape layer. Then I put a Fill Pixels black rectangle inside the white rectangle with about a .25 inch white strip showing. Because it was a mask rectangle it made the white disappear. I then reduced the opacity of the narrow white layer to 60%. Next I put 2 Filter-Blur-Motion Blurs on the middle mask layer. The first with the settings of Angle: 0; and Distance: 45px. And the 2nd Angle: 90; and Distance: 45px.
The H: 10-23-10; 10am; Hurricane, UT; f 3.6; 1/320; Kodak P850Scanography
Jewelry: 10-24-10; 10pm; Rexburg, ID; HP ScannerLevels Adjustment
For this image I put all of my jewelry on the scanner, turned out all the lights (to get the black background) and scanned it into my computer.
Beachwear CollageFor this collage I scanned in my swim suit, flip flops, and my beach hat. I then put the beach hat in Photoshop and masked out the center of the hat. I put the swim suit behind the hat so it would come through the masked out part of the hat. I then put the flip flops on top of the swim suit, but under the hat and brought the opacity down to 62% so you could see through them to the swim suit.
Swim Suit: 10-24-10; 11pm; Rexburg, ID; HP Scanner
Flip Flops: 10-24-10; 11pm; Rexburg, ID; HP Scanner
Beach Hat: 10-24-10; 11pm; Rexburg, ID; HP ScannerPortrait Edits
This is the edited photo. I took the second photo below and put that color into this one. I used the match color feature in Photoshop and changed the luminosity and fade a little bit to make it look better.
Celestia: 10-19-10; 8pm; Idaho Falls, ID; f 2.8; 1/30; Kodak P850
Celestia 2: 10-19-10; 8pm; Idaho Falls, ID; f 2.8; 1/30; Kodak P850
For this portrait copied the layer and smoothed out her skin and got rid of some blemishes using the paintbrush tool with a low opacity and flow. I also adjusted the levels to make her a little brighter.
Daina: 10-19-10; 9pm; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/30; Kodak P850
I changed the color of her shirt using the replace tool in Photoshop. I selected her shirt and brought the hue down to a blue, then brought the saturation down to make it a gray, then brought the lightness down to change the tint of the gray.
Alison: 10-19-10; 9pm; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/30; Kodak P850Portraits
Elizabeth: 10-9-10; 1pm; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/250; Kodak P850
Sean: 10-18-10; 9pm; Rexburg, ID; f. 2.8; 1/30; Kodak P850
Kristy, The Library Assistant: 10-19-10; 11am; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/30; Kodak P850Levels Adjustment
Family Home Evening: 10-18-10; 7pm; Idaho Falls, ID; f 2.8; 1/30; Kodak P850Levels Adjustment; cropped
Camera Raw Edit
I edited this photo in Adobe Bridge using Camera Raw. I used the Adjustment Brush on the blue and red in the cabinet. I selected all of the red and added .50 exposure, 17 contrast, and 33 saturation. For the blue took down the exposure by 1.05 and added 58 contrast, 98 saturation, 14 clarity, and 14 sharpness.
Cabinet: 10-09-10; 4pm; Bannack, MT; f 2.8; 1/30; Kodak P850Panoramic Rexburg Temple
Levels and Vibrance Adjustment Layers
Rexburg Temple: 10-09-10; 6pm; Rexburg, ID; f 3.6; 0.5 sec; Kodak P850;
Panoramic Rexburg Sunset
Vibrance Adjustment Layer
Rexburg Sunset: 10-09-10; 6pm; Idaho Falls, ID; f 3.6; 1/13; Kodak P850; tripod
Panoramic Snake River Three
Vibrance Adjustment Layer
Snake River Three: 10-09-10; Idaho Falls, ID; f 2.8; 1/60; Kodak P850; tripod
Panoramic Snake River One
Brightness/contrast adjustment layer
Snake River One: 10-09-10; 6pm; Idaho Falls, ID; f 2.8; 1/250; Kodak P850; tripod
Panoramic Idaho Falls Temple
I straightened the panoramic and added a vibrance adjustment layer.
Idaho Falls Temple: 10-09-10; 6pm; Idaho Falls, ID; f 3.2; 1/160; Kodak P850; tripod
Bannack High Dynamic Range
I ran this picture through Dynamic Photo and got this result.
Center Street: 09-29-10; 6pm; Bannack, MT; f 4; 1/400; Sony DSC-H50; tripodI focused on the horizon to make the sky and the other parts of the image clear.
I ran this picture through Dynamic Photo and got this result.
Tack Shop: 09-29-10; 2pm; Bannack, MT; f 2.8; 1/600; Sony DSC-H50
I put the three photos in Dynamic Photo and did the HDR on them to get this effect.
Hotel Stairs Over Exposed: 09-29-10; 5pm; Bannack, MT; f 2.7; 1/40; Sony DSC-H50; tripod
Hotel Stairs Normal Exposure: 09-29-10; 5pm; Bannack, MT; f 2.7; 1/40; Sony DSC-H50; tripod
Hotel Stairs Under Exposed: 09-29-10; 5pm; Bannack, MT; f 4; 1/80; Sony DSC-H50; tripod
I put the three photos in Dynamic Photo and did the HDR on them to get this effect.
Shining Lights House Over: 09-29-10; 2pm; Bannack, MT; f 3.2; 1/50; Sony DSC-H50; tripod
Shining Lights House: 09-29-10; 2pm; Bannack, MT; f 4.5; 1/125; Sony DSC-H50; tripod
Shining Lights House Under: 09-29-10; 2pm; Bannack, MT; f 6.3; 1/250; Sony DSC-H50; tripodBannack Macro Abstract
I blended the two images together using the Soft Light blend.
Lock: 09-29-10; 4pm; Bannack, MT; f 2.8; 1/30; Kodak P850I took this picture with the lost aperture I could go and focused on the lock so it was in focus and the background stuff is blurry. This picture was taken at the Mill in Bannack.
Brick Texture: 09-29-10; 5pm; Bannack, MT; f 5.6; 1/500; Sony DSC-H50This picture is of the brick siding of the Bannack Hotel. I focused really close on the wall and took the picture.
Bannack Reverse Shallow Depth
Foreground: 09-29-10; 3pm; Bannack MT; f 2.8; 1/2000; Sony DSC-H50
Background: 09-29-10; 3pm; Bannack, MT; f 2.8; 1/1600; Sony DSC-H50These photographs are meant to show a reverse shallow depth of field with the foreground focused and the background focus. In the first photo I focused on the wood pole so the house in the background would be blurry. In the second photo I focused on the house so the wood pole in the foreground would be blurry.
Bannack Action Blur and Freeze
Alone: 09-29-10; 2pm; Bannack, MT; f 22; 1024 sec; Canon EOS Rebel T2i; Bulb ShutterFor this picture I used a camera that has a bulb setting. I held down the button for about 26 seconds. For the first 7 seconds I had Rose stay in that position. Then we put a paper over the lens so no light could get in, then we removed it for another 21 seconds so the background could come through in the picture.
Kimberly: 09-29-10; 5pm; Bannack, MT; f 2.7; 1/500; Sony DSC-H50I took this picture in the entrance of the Bannack Hotel. Kimberly is jumping off the stairs. I held the button down halfway and waited for her to jump, then took the picture.
Chipmunk: 09-29-10; 6pm; Bannack, MT; f 5; 1/500; Sony DSC-H50; tripodI was in the process of taking the picture of Meeshell flipping her hair when we saw this chipmunk running across the ground. I had my camera on a tripod and I had the settings set to take an action picture.
Meeshell: 09-29-10; 6pm; Bannack, MT; f 4; 1/500; Sony DSC-H50; tripodMeeshell was flipping her hair from one side to the other and I had my camera on a tripod and with the shutter settings high.
Bannack Portraits
Kimberly: 09-29-10; 10am; Dubois, ID; f 5.6; 1/200; Sony DSC-H50;Levels Adjustment
Will: 09-29-10; 10am; Dubois, ID; f 5.6; 1/250; Sony DSC-H50Brightness and Contrast Adjustment
Shane: 09-29-10; 2pm; Bannack, MT; f 2.8; 1/40; Sony DSC-H50Levels Adjustment. Brightness and Contrast Adjustment
Marissa: 09-29-10; 2pm; Bannack, MT; f 3.2; 1/80; Sony DSC-H50Levels Adjustment. Brightness and Contrast Adjustment
Our group took photos in a room in the Bannack Hotel with an east facing window to bring in the natural lighting from outside.
Flexible Editing
First I converted the image to a Smart Object. Then I put a Sponge filter on with a brush size of 7, a definition of 14, and a smoothness of 12. Then I masked out only the swan.
Swan: 09-25-10; 3pm; Idaho Falls Tautphaus Park Zoo; f 6.3; 1/500; Kodak P850
First I converted the image to Smart Object. Then I put a Poster Edges filter on it with an edge thickness of 4, an edge intensity of 1, and a posterization of 3. Then I masked out only the sky.
Playground: 9-24-10; 7pm; Rexburg, ID; f 3.6; 1/50; Kodak P850
First I put a Levels Adjustment Layer on the image. Then I put a Screen Blending Mode on. Then I copied the layer to make it even more light. Then I masked out all of the water to the original brightness it was so only the duck is light with a light ring surrounding the duck. 
Floating Duck: 09-25-10; 3pm; Idaho Falls Tautphaus Park Zoo; f 3.6; 1/200; Kodak P850Flora and Fauna
Zebra: 09-25-10; 3pm; Idaho Falls Tautphaus Park Zoo; f 3.6; 1/200; Kodak P850The zebra was just walking around and I zoomed in on him and took a picture. I didn't do much extra to get the shot.
Tortoise: 09-25-10; 3pm; Idaho Falls Tautphaus Park Zoo; f 3.6; 1/100; Kodak P850This is a smaller tortoise and it was walking around and happened to stop to eat just as I was taking a picture of it.
The Sunflower and the bee: 09-24-10; 10am; Rexburg, ID; f 5.9; 1/250; FinePix JX250I was out taking pictures in this older couples yard and I thought the sunflowers looked pretty and a bumble bee just happened to be sitting on it at the time.
Pink Flower: 09-24-10; 10am; Rexburg, ID; f 5.4; 1/250; FinePix JX250I loved the color of this flower so I zoomed in close and took the picture.
Pig: 09-25-10; 3pm; Idaho Falls Tautphaus Park Zoo; f 3.6; 1/200; Kodak P850Some of my favorite pictures at the zoo were of the everyday farm animals. This pig was just laying there and I zoomed in to get this shot.
Llama: 09-25-10; 3pm; Idaho Falls Tautphaus Park Zoo; f 2.8; 1/320; Kodak P850This llama was hard to get a shot of him looking at me. He was walking around a lot and I really wanted him to look at me so I had my camera ready and snapped it.
Lion: 09-25-10; 3pm; Idaho Falls Tautphaus Park Zoo; f 3.6; 1/500; Kodak P850I zoomed in and got this pictures while his head was up and looking around.
Flamingo: 09-25-10; 2pm; Idaho Falls Tautphaus Park Zoo; f 3.2; 1/250; Kodak P850This flamingo was away from the group of them so I zoomed in and took the picture.
Blends and Type
Grain Blades: 09-18-10; 7pm; Rexburg, ID; f 8; 1/1000; Kodak P850
Blue Sky: 09-18-10; 7pm; Rexburg, ID; f 3.6; 1/500; Kodak P850
The Wheatfields: 09-18-10; 7pm; Rexburg, ID; f 8; 1/200; Kodak P850
I put the blue sky on top of the grain blades and then used the color burn blending mode. To do the type I used the horizontal type mask tool and typed The Wheatfields in the field area. Then I added a drop shadow and put it on top of the blended pictures.Color Study
Blue can represent happiness and optimism and it is one of my favorite colors. I love seeing a bright blue sky or the blue of the ocean. Many times blue is taken as being sad, but blue makes me happy and gives me joy.
I was in Sugar City looking for blue things I could take a picture of. It was getting a little later, so there wasn't as much light and I saw a handicap sign and I just really liked the blue. I lighted the exposure on my camera when I took it.
Handicap: 09-17-10; 8pm; Sugar City, ID; f 3.7; 1/50; Kodak P850
- Adjusted brightness and contrast
I sent the aperture to 2.8 and took different shots of my water bottle.
Water Bottle: 09-18-10, 6pm; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/30; Kodak P850
I really like the blue on the combination of blues in this picture.
Rexburg Motor Sports: 09-18-10; 7pm; Rexburg, ID; f 8; 1/60; Kodak P850
-Adjusted brightness and contrast
It was getting darker when I took this picture, so I lightened up the picture with the exposure on my camera.
Storage Units: 09-17-10; 8pm; Rexburg, ID; f 3.6; 1/8; Kodak P850
- Adjusted brightness and contrast
I loved the blue on the tower, the blue of the sky and especially the moon beside it.
Water Tower: 09-18-10, 7pm; Rexburg, ID; f 8; 1/80; Kodak P850
- Adjusted brightness and contrast
I was in Sugar City looking for blue things I could take a picture of. It was getting a little later, so there wasn't as much light and I saw a handicap sign and I just really liked the blue. I lighted the exposure on my camera when I took it.Handicap: 09-17-10; 8pm; Sugar City, ID; f 3.7; 1/50; Kodak P850
- Adjusted brightness and contrast
I sent the aperture to 2.8 and took different shots of my water bottle.Water Bottle: 09-18-10, 6pm; Rexburg, ID; f 2.8; 1/30; Kodak P850
I really like the blue on the combination of blues in this picture.Rexburg Motor Sports: 09-18-10; 7pm; Rexburg, ID; f 8; 1/60; Kodak P850
-Adjusted brightness and contrast
It was getting darker when I took this picture, so I lightened up the picture with the exposure on my camera.Storage Units: 09-17-10; 8pm; Rexburg, ID; f 3.6; 1/8; Kodak P850
- Adjusted brightness and contrast
I loved the blue on the tower, the blue of the sky and especially the moon beside it.Water Tower: 09-18-10, 7pm; Rexburg, ID; f 8; 1/80; Kodak P850
- Adjusted brightness and contrast
Old Photographs
1. Border of Utah and Arizona Mountains: 08-15-09; 2pm; Utah and Arizona Border; f 4.5; 1/640; Kodak P850
2. Magnificent Truck: 08-15-09; 2pm; Utah and Arizona Border; f 2.8; 1/640; Kodak P850
3. Inspiring Stump: 08-26-10; 5pm; Rexburg; f 3.6; 1/640; Kodak P850
4. The Haunted Swing: 08-26-10; 5pm; Rexburg; f 5.6; 1/1000; Kodak P850
5. Swinging: 08-26-10; 5pm; Rexburg; f 4; 1/640; Kodak P850
6. Southeast Idaho: 08-26-10; 6pm; Rexburg; f 5; 1/640; Kodak P850
7. Growing through the Rock; 08-15-09; 1pm; Utah and Arizona Border; f 2.8; 1/125; Kodak P850
8. Desert Flower: 08-15-09; 2pm; Utah and Arizona Border; f 2.8; 1/800; Kodak P850
9. Cactus: 08-15-09; 2pm; Utah and Arizona Border; f 2.8; 1/320; Kodak P850
10Plant Swing: 08-26-10; 6pm; Rexburg; f 2.8; 1/400; Kodak P850
I love taking scenery photographs. They're probably my favorite type of photo to shoot. The majority of photographs I take are scenery. I went hiking with my family when I was home last summer close to my home on the border of Utah and Arizona. I see these this amazing scenery and I just so bad want to get it in photo and these are some that turned our great. The others were taken southeast of Rexburg in a place that many know as the Haunted Swing. I didn't know this was the haunted swing at the time and just thought it was a beautiful place and wanted to get it in photo. I don't know a lot about the settings on cameras so I just took them with the regular setting.
