Custom Images by Jason Steward: 2009

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Here are two of my favorite photos of the semester in a template in a custom I created.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Photolusions

Temple In Hand

1. Temple in Hand; 11/9/09; 10:30 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f3.8; 0.8; Nikon D49. Edits: Sharpness.

This shot didn't turn out as well as I wanted it to. I was going to try it during the day so I could get a little more control over the lighting and positioning, but I didn't get time to retake the shot.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Panoramic Picture

This is my final blended panoramic image. I like this picture because it shows a wide range of landscape with the sunset.

Panoramic Images

All of these pictures were taken with manual settings, which were:

1-6. Farm; 6/11/09; 5:40 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f5.0; 1/16; Nikon D40.

I took these pictures just before sunset and I liked the simplicity of the location. The colors came out nicely and I actually managed to do it well without a tripod.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Clipping Mask

Clipping Mask Template

Photo A Day Clipping Mask

I used a template to create this clipping mask. It was easy to do. The template had everything in place already and I just had to bring in pictures and add the clipping mask. I can now change the pictures easily.

Daily Photo Journal

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Friday

Saturday

Sunday

1. Monday; 10/26/09; 8:00 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f5.6; 1/250; Nikon D40. Edits: Black and white filter and slight change in contrast.

2. Tuesday; 10/27/09; 7:40 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f5.6; 1/80; Nikon D40. Edits: Slight change in saturation and vibrance.

3. Wednesday; 10/28/09; 8:10 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f25; 0.6; Nikon D40. Edits: Slight change in saturation.

4. Thursday; 10/29/09; 7:45 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f5.6; 1/80; Nikon D40. Edits: Slight adjustment in contrast.

5. Friday; 10/30/09; 3:30 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f3.8; 1/6; Nikon D40.

6. Saturday; 10/31/09; 1:50 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f5.6; 1/4000; Nikon D40. Edits: Sharpness and contrast.

7. Sunday; 11/1/09; 7:10 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f5.6; 1/1600; Nikon D40. Edits: Contrast.

I took all of these pictures in raw format and made slight edits on all of them. I took most of these pictures later in the evening and had a great sky for most of them. I took a lot of different pictures with different settings in the manual mode to get different pictures and selected the best ones. It has helped me to better understand what settings to use in what lighting situations.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Color Replace

Green Shirt

Original Shirt

1. Green Shirt; 10/19/09; 11:35 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f5.6; 1/8; Cannon Rebel XTI. Edits: I did a color replacement with the shirt.

2. Original Shirt; 10/19/09; 11:35 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f5.6; 1/8; Cannon Rebel XTI.

Profile Pictures

HDR Tracks

Contemplation

Wall Flower

1.HDR Tracks; 10/22/09; 6:25 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f5.6; 1/125; Cannon Rebel XTI. Edits: I added a little more clarity and then added the HDR effect.

I took this picture for fun, but added it in because I really liked the way it turned out. The two subjects are far away, but the sunset was perfect that night and the photo turned out great.

2. Contemplation; 10/19/09; 11:03 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f5.0; 1/4; Cannon Rebel XTI. Edits: I added a black and white filter mask and the did a little burning in the foreground. I also added a little on the black levels.

3. Wall Flower; 10/19/09; 11:35 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f5.6; 1/8; Cannon Rebel XTI. Edits: I added a black and white filter and then brought back the blue jacket with a filter mask.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Temple Brushed

I just used several different brushes to get the effect on this one. Then I put a simple border on it with the text.

Chain

This was a picture I took at Bannack Ghost Town in the prison cell. The picture was quite dark so I changed the levels, added a blur and then masked the chain back in. Then I added the border with a couple of different burned edges.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Night & Light

Temple in Black & White

Idaho Falls Temple

1. Temple in Black & White; 10/16/09; 8:15 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f5.0; 1/20; Cannon Rebel XTI

2. Idaho Falls Temple; 8/2/08; 1:30 a.m.; Rexburg, ID; f3.4; 3.0; FujiFilm FinePix

Both of these pictures were fun to take. I left the shutter open for 5 and 3.4 seconds to capture the light. I took several different shots of the same picture, but these were the ones that came out the best. If the shutter was left open for too long, the lights on the temple blew the picture out and made the temple look too bright.