Portrait Edits - Enhancements

Megan - Portrait Enhancements

Friday, February 4, 2011; 5pm; Rexburg, Idaho

f/4; 1/160; Canon EOS T2i; 70-200mm f/4L@200mm

On this image I used Adobe Bridge and Photoshop to add some light enhancements.  I smoothed out the skin a bit, lightened the eyes and lightened the hair.

Megan - Color Match Original

Friday, February 4, 2011; 5pm; Rexburg, Idaho

f/4; 1/160; Canon EOS T2i; 70-200mm f/4L@200mm

I wanted the color on this image to look the same as the previous image.  So I ran color match in Photoshop and this is what came out:

Devyn and Maddy - Color Replacement Original

Saturday, February 5, 2011; 12pm; Rexburg, Idaho

f/4; /1000; Canon EOS T2i; 70-200mm f/4L@70mm

I then ran a color replacement in photoshop to select Devyn's sweater and replace to color.

Panoramics

The Snake River

Saturday, January 29, 2011; 5pm; Heise, Idaho

f/4; 1/160; Canon EOS T2i; 70-200mm f/4L@70mm

Here is the high-res version (may take longer to load)

I took these 8 pictures out at the Heise bridge over the snake river on the way to Kelly Canyon.  I then used photomerge in Photoshop to bring the images together. I used the clone tool to fix any mistakes, and then I lightly edited the image with levels.

Originals:

Camera Raw Edits

Karl @the rail

Friday, January 28, 2011; 2pm; Archer, Idaho

f/4.5; 1/1000; Canon EOS T2i; 70-200 f/2.8L@200mm

Conrad @the rail

Friday, January 28, 2011; 2pm; Archer, Idaho

f/4.5; 1/1000; Canon EOS T2i; 70-200 f/2.8L@200mm

I took these photos at a rail jam last week.  I opened the images to edit in camera raw through Adobe Bridge.  I then turned the temperature up on the colors, lowered the tint slightly, turned up the exposure to compensate for the white balance's effect on the snow, turned the blacks up to increase contrast, turned the brightness up and bumped up the clarity just a bit to make the details stand out.

Edit: Flexible Edits

 

DJ FM

Wednesday, January 19, 2011; 9pm; Rexburg, Idaho

 f/1.2; 1/500; Canon EOS T2i; 50mm f/1.2L

Scratch

Wednesday, January 19, 2011; 9pm; Rexburg, Idaho

 f/1.2; 1/500; Canon EOS T2i; 50mm f/1.2L

I was making a promo video for this DJ, so I thought I'd get a few photos while I was at it.  On the first image, I added an adjustment layer.  I brought up the contrast and increased the intensity of the dark colors and shadows while lightly adjusting the highlights.  I then masked out the filter over most of his head, but I kept the filter on the left side to give more of a dramatic effect with the lighting.

On the second image, I converted the image for smart filters and then added the smart filter "glowing edges." This gave the image a Tron-esque feel. I then masked out the DJ so that his skin retained a normal look.

Flora & Fauna

Baboon

Tuesday, January 18, 2011; 11am; Rexburg, Idaho

f/2; 1/80; Canon EOS T2i; 100mm f/2

Banana Plant

Friday, January 21, 2011; 11am; Rexburg, Idaho

f/2; 1/160; Canon EOS T2i; 100mm f/2

The duck that everyone took photos of.

Saturday, January 15, 2011; 10am; Rexburg, Idaho

f/4; 1/800; Canon EOS T2i; 100mm f/2

Thorns and Spikes

Friday, January 21, 2011; 11am; Rexburg, Idaho

f/2; 1/160; Canon EOS T2i; 100mm f/2

More Ducks

Saturday, January 15, 2011; 10am; Rexburg, Idaho

f/5; 1/800; Canon EOS T2i; 100mm f/2

 The Fox

Tuesday, January 18, 2011; 11am; Rexburg, Idaho

f/2; 1/80; Canon EOS T2i; 100mm f/2

I used a medium telephoto lens on all these shots to get up close and make the details stand out.  I added adjustment layers to each of the images and adjusted the levels to give more contrast and brighten the highlights.  I also lightly adjusted the color balance the images to compensate for the various lighting conditions.

Edit: Blends and Type

Evergreens

Friday, January 14, 2011; 2pm; Rexburg, Idaho

f/4; 1/200; Canon EOS T2i; 17-40mm f/4L@17mm

Concrete Texture

Saturday, January 15, 2011; 10am; Rexburg, Idaho

f/4; 1/160; Canon EOS T2i; 17-40mm f/4L@40mm

I blended these two images together by using an overlay.  I adjusted the levels to give more of a contrast and used a mask to darken the edges of the image.  I lowered the opacity and used a mask on the texture to only show the texture on the trees and the sky.

Trains

Saturday, January 15, 2011; 5pm; Rexburg, Idaho

f/2; 1/400; Canon EOS T2i; 100mm f/2

Metal Texture

Saturday, January 15, 2011; 10am; Rexburg, Idaho

f/4; 1/160; Canon EOS T2i; 17-40mm f/4L@40mm

For this text effect, I adjusted the levels and the color balance to remove a bluish hue that the snow cast on the trains.  I then feathered the bottom of the texture and changed the opacity to place the text and texture on the image.

The Color Study of the Study of the Color of Green

Green Hues

Saturday, January 15, 2011; 1pm; Rexburg, Idaho

f/2; 1/250; Canon EOS T2i; 100mm f/2

 

Conversation

Saturday, January 15, 2011; 10am; Rexburg, Idaho

f/4.5; 1/640; Canon EOS T2i; 100mm f/2

 Art isn't supposed to make sense.

Friday, January 14, 2011; 3pm; Rexburg, Idaho

f/2; 1/1000; Canon EOS T2i; 100mm f/2

House of Seed
Saturday, January15, 2011; 10am; Rexburg, Idaho
f/4; 1/200; Canon EOS T2i; 17-40mm f/4L@40mm

The Moss Man
Saturday, January 15, 2011; 3pm; near Rexburg, Idaho
f/22; 1/250; Canon EOS T2i; 17-40mm f/4L@22mm

I picked green because it's such a vibrant color, and if you can find any in the winter, it contrasts nicely with the snow.  I adjusted the saturation in each of these images to bring out the green.  In the images of the ducks, gas mask,  moss man and building, I used a mask to slightly desaturate the surroundings and bring out the color even more.
Look, I know that the model is looking out of the frame on the first image, "Green Hues".  I know someone made a rule against that, but, in my opinion, the photograph turned out well anyway.
The last photograph, "The Moss Man" incorporates a deep depth of field- I used an aperture of f/22. Both the Moss Man and the telephone pole are in focus.
"Green Hues" also incorporates a shallow depth of field- I used an aperture of f/2 so that only the model would be in focus.

Week 1- Cutout Edits

Frog and Frog Partial Cutout

September 17, 2008; 7pm; Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

1/30; f/4; Panasonic Lumix DMC LX2, flash

101st Airborne Soldier and full cutout
October 2006; near Kelly Canyon, Idaho
1/40; f/5; Panasonic AGDVX100B

These cutout images were created by using the magnetic lasso tool and layers in Adobe Photoshop.  I used this tutorial. (EDITING TUTORIAL DOC: Partial Cutout- at the bottom of the page)

Week 1- Prior Photography

 

Honda Civic Si on a country road

May 24, 2010; 5pm; near Moody Creek, Idaho

f/9; 1/80; Sony A100; 18-55mm f/3.5@50mm

 Amy (sister's senior pictures)

November 3, 2010; 4pm; Rexburg, Idaho

f/2; 1/160; Canon EOS T2i; 100mm f/2

Iguana

July 22, 2008; 3pm; Valsayn, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.

f/4.9; 1/60; Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2

 Piers

October 8, 2010; 3pm; Palisades, Wyoming

f/4.5; 1/200; Canon EOS T2i; 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6@ 35mm

Circular Polarizer

 Ministry of Foreign Affairs

November 11, 2008; 8pm; Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.

f/6.2; 1", Canon SD790; tripod

Nic

October 26, 2010; 11pm; Rexburg, Idaho

f/1.8; 1/125; Canon EOS T2i, 20mm f/1.8
(He has a 70-200mm f/4L, if anyone's wondering)

Self Portrait

September 8, 2010; 6pm; Rexburg, Idaho

f/1.8; 1/80; Canon EOS T2i; 50mm f/1.8
Tripod and self-timer

Alex

January 1, 2011; 8pm; Rexburg, Idaho

f/4; 1/40; Canon EOS T2i; 17-40mm f/4L@ 40mm

Prepping for a wedding shoot

November 5, 2010; 5pm; Rexburg, Idaho

f/6.3; 1/4000; Canon EOS T2i; 100mm f/2

Desert Film Shoot

August 18, 2010; 3pm; near Skull Canyon, Idaho

f/10; 1/30; Canon EOS T2i; 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6@ 55mm
Circular Polarizer

These photos were taken over the course of three years.  On my mission, I had a few different point and shoots with manual settings, and when I got home I eventually bought a Canon DSLR, mostly for filmmaking.  I've noticed that if you don't know how to use the manual settings or different lenses on a camera, it really doesn't matter if you spent $200 on a point and shoot or $1500 on a DSLR- your pictures will turn out just about the same.  I enjoy taking pictures with a variety of subjects and locations.  Some of these pictures came from different projects I've had- a commercial shoot, a music video and a film shoot.  I lightly adjusted the saturation, color balance and levels on all these photos- with the exception of the car.  For that photo, I cut out the car and completely desaturated the background and boosted the luminance on the car to give it more of an advertisement feel. For the picture of the building in Trinidad, I set up the camera on a tripod and left the shutter open to capture the star and the colors of the building and sky.