Bannack [Favorites]

Sarah. 5/25/2011 – 12:23 PM. Bannack School House, MT.

F-Stop: 3.2 | Shutter Speed: 1/60 | Nikon D5000

I edited the blacks in camera raw, and then the levels in photoshop. I also used the brush tool to smooth out her skin a little bit.

Root Beer. 5/25/2011 – 2:01 PM. Saloon at Bannack, MT.

F-Stop: 3.2 | Shutter Speed: 1/50 | Nikon D5000

I edited the contrast on this with an adjustments layer, and I used a saturation adjustment layer to make  it sepia. I lowered the opacity on the sepia, because most of the photo was already brown, and the color from the original photo was a little nicer than they were when with 100% sepia adjustment layer.

 Old Chair.  5/25/2011 – 1:51 PM. Bannack, MT.

F-Stop: 2.8 | Shutter Speed: 1/320 | Nikon D5000

I edited the levels and the contrast, and I also added texture by using an overlay. It added to the old look of the chair.

Old House. 5/25/2011 – 5:38 PM. Bannack, MT.

F-Stop: 4.5 | Shutter Speed: 1/500 | Nikon D5000

I edited the blacks and contrast in camera raw, and I used an adjustment brush to add some blue at the top of the sky.

Julie. 5/25/2011 – 6:02 PM. Bannack, MT.

F-Stop: 4 | Shutter Speed: 1/60 | Nikon D5000

I edited the levels in this photo, and used an adjustment layer [gradient map] to change the color to black and white. I also cropped it a little bit.

Pano. 5/25/2011 – 4:00 PM. Bannack, MT.

F-Stop: 9 | Shutter Speed: 1/400 | Nikon D5000

I wanted to get a panoramic down the main road in bannack. I like how this turned out, but I wish I would have taken it from a little farther down the road. I used photoshop to merge the photos, and then I adjusted the levels, and gave it a little extra saturation.

Bannack [HDR]

 This was my single photo hdr. I used Dynamic Photo to create the HDR effect, and I really like the way it turned out. I used the eye catching option, and I also adjusted the curves and vivid colors.

Original

Wheel Barrow. 5/25/2011 – 12:36 PM. Bannack, MT.

F-Stop: 2.2 | Shutter Speed: 1/4000 | Nikon D5000

THREE PHOTOS:

 Cool Wood. 5/25/2011 – 1:17 PM. Bannack, MT.

F-Stop: 10 | Shutter Speed: 1/500 | Nikon D5000 | Tripod

For this photo, I hadn't figured out the bracketing on my camera yet, so I manually adjusted the exposure compensation from -2 to 0 to 2. I used Dynamic Photo to merge the photos and make it HDR.

 

Bannack [Macro Abstract]

 For this photo, I blended two images together. I used the overlay technique in the layers pallet. I tried a few different texture shots, but I liked this one the best.

Originals:

 Shot Glass. 5/25/2011 – 2:04 PM. Bannack Saloon, MT.

F-Stop: 3.2 | Shutter Speed: 1/50 | Nikon D5000

Bush. 5/25/2011 – 2:25 PM. Bannack, MT.

F-Stop: 2.8 | Shutter Speed: 1/2500 | Nikon D5000

Bannack [Reverse Shallow Depth]

 Barrel. 5/25/2011 – 1:31 PM. Bannack, MT.

F-Stop: 4.5 | Shutter Speed: 1/1000 | Nikon D5000

I edited the levels, and I cropped the photo so that her head wasn't so centered.

Eye. 5/25/2011 – 1:31 PM. Bannack, MT.

F-Stop: 4.5 | Shutter Speed: 1/1000 | Nikon D5000

I adjusted the levels on this photo, and I cropped it a little bit as well.

Bannack [Action Blur & Freeze]

 Hotel Ghost. 5/25/2011 – 5:50 PM. Bannack, MT.

F-Stop: 16 | Shutter Speed: 4 seconds | Nikon D5000

I thought this old staircase would be great for a ghost shot, so I set my shutter Speed to four seconds, and used a smaller aperture. I had Julie stand still for about 2 seconds, and then she moved out of the frame for the last two. I edited the levels to make it darker, but masked her out, to keep her looking really ghostlike.

 

School Ghost. 5/25/2011 – 12:01 PM. School House, Bannack, MT.

F-Stop: 22 | Shutter Speed: 4 seconds | Nikon D5000

I used the same technique in this one as I did in the one above. I also edited the blacks and cropped it in Camera Raw.

Jump! 5/25/2011 – 1:12 PM. Bannack, MT.

F-Stop: 7.1 | Shutter Speed: 1/800 | Nikon D5000

I edited the levels and contrast in this photo, and I also cropped it.

Bannack [Portraits]

 Brown. 5/25/2011 – 1:43 PM. Bannack, Montana.

F-Stop: 2.2 | Shutter Speed: 1/400 | Nikon D5000

I edited the blacks and contrast in camera raw, and then brought it into Photoshop where I smoothed out his complexion a little bit with the brush tool.

 Leading Lines. 5/25/2011 – 3:23 PM. Bannack, Montana.

F-Stop: 1.8 | Shutter Speed: 1/100 | Nikon D5000

I liked the way that the wood looked on the wall, so I had Julie stand against the wall, having the lines lead to her. I used a large aperture so that the background would be completely blurred, making her the obvious focal point. I edited the levels, and smoothed out her complexion a little bit with the brush tool at 20% opacity and flow.

 Overlook. 5/25/2011 – 4:55 PM. Bannack, Montana.

F-Stop: 5.3 | Shutter Speed: 1/320 | Nikon D5000

All I edited in this photo was the blacks and contrast in camera raw.

 Gun. 5/25/2011 – 5:45 PM. Bannack, MT

F-Stop: 4.5 | Shutter Speed: 1/50 | Nikon D5000 | Light Reflector

For this one, I tried to use an angle to make the photo more interesting, and to fit the whole gun in the frame. I edited the blacks, and contrast in camera raw.

 

Guitar. 5/25/2011 – 5:52 PM. Bannack, MT

F-Stop: 4 | Shutter Speed: 1/100 | Nikon D5000

This photo was pretty dark to begin with, but I wanted to make it darker. The wall behind him was yellow, and I decided to just make it all black, so that the focus was completely on him. I adjusted the levels to make the background dark, and then masked him out using black paint. I also used the brush to smooth out the skin on his face.

 

Julie's Bench Pose. 5/25/2011 – 12:54 PM. Bannack, MT

F-Stop: 5.3 | Shutter Speed: 1/320 | Nikon D5000

 For this photo, I edited the levels and contrast, and I also made the background black and white. In the original photo, the background was too bright, and it stole the focus, so I made the subject (julie and the bench) the only things with color. I also used the color burn brush to add a little brown to the bench to make it a more interesting color

 Cowgirl. 5/25/2011 – 1:21 PM. Bannack, MT.

F-Stop: 6.3 | Shutter Speed: 1/1250 | Nikon D5000

For this photo, I was really far away. I got low to the ground and zoomed 165 mm. I edited the blacks and contrast in Camera Raw, and then brought it into Photoshop where I used the clone stamp to take out a piece of her hair that covered her face. 

 Raccoon Hat. 5/25/2011 – 1:21 PM. Bannack, MT.

F-Stop: 2.8 | Shutter Speed: 1/320 | Nikon D5000

For this photo, I edited the blacks in camera raw, and I adjusted the levels in photoshop. I also used a sepia photo filter adjustment layer to change the color a little bit.

Eyes! 5/25/2011 – 4:57 PM. Bannack, MT.

F-Stop: 5.6 | Shutter Speed: 1/320 | Nikon D5000 | Gold Light Reflector

For this photo, the light was awesome, and it was hitting Brandon's eyes just perfectly. I had him turn away from the sun, and we used a gold light reflector to bring nice light to his face [it was also pretty cloudy]. I set it up so that the background would match the color of his eyes. I edited the blacks in camera raw, and then the levels in photoshop, and I smoothed out his skin a little bit with the brush.

Editing Portraits

Portrait Enhancement:

 Rustelle is naturally beautiful, but I did a few little things to enhance the photo. I smoothed out her complexion using the brush tool at 20% opacity and flow. I also selected her teeth and whitened them using a saturation adjustment layer. Next, I used the burn tool on a new layer to make the highlights in her eyes whiter.

Rustelle. 5/17/2011 – 7:48 PM. Rexburg, ID.

F-Stop: 5.6 | Shutter Speed: 1/500 | Nikon D5000 | Gold Reflector

Replace Color:

 For this photo, I selected everything but Erica and the white flowers, and I adjusted the colors to make them look brownish instead of green by adjusting the hues on a hue/saturation adjustment layer.

Original:

The photographer. 5/21/2011 – 6:35 PM. Rexburg, Idaho.

F-Stop: 4 | Shutter Speed: 1/125 | Nikon D5000

 Match Color:

 I really liked this photo, but it was a little bit dark. The clouds had come in front of the sun, and I didn't adjust my shutter speed before I took the photo. I had another one with good lighting, so I decided to do a color match with it. I really like the way it turned out. And it was so easy! This is such an awesome technique.

Originals:

Darker Photo. 5/21/2011 – 6:35 PM. Rexburg, Idaho.

 F-Stop: 4 | Shutter Speed: 1/500 | Nikon D5000