Mary L- In Bloom

I took this picture for the HDR project. I used a simple filter in photomatix so it wouldn’t be too strong. In photoshop I changed the picture to black and white then restored the color in the flower. The background I turned the opacity down so that some of the color was restored. I really like how this picture turned out. 

Jenna O - SnOw NYC

I took this picture of Will in New York. I actually took a lot of pictures of Will there, lol. I just simply messed with the curves and the exposure. I also used the content aware tool a lot on the snow to make it more smooth but i eventually gave up because snow isn’t supposed to be perfect anyways. But I love the composure of this picture and how I got Will in the perfect stance. 

Catherine S- Bluff Pano

This picture was taken in bluff park around 5 pm when it was really foggy. It was moderately difficult to shoot because cars kept driving by on the right, and it is a panorama. I edited it by using the shadows and highlight tool. 

Yesenia S - Panorama

I took this panorama over in Birmingham’s downtown. I used my Nikon D3100. I edited this pano by adjusting the Levels, Curves, Exposure and used the Clone Tool to fix some parts of the picture. I do like the image because of the movement there is in the care and I think this picture has a rich style. Though I so think it could have been better if I should’ve used a tripod to have more focus.

Victoria D- A Friends Barn

I took this panorama at my friends barn.  I decided to get inside this circular gate for the horses and shoot from there.  I like how it turned out with the photo focusing on the barn as a whole and the horses on the side.  I edited it by darkening and lightening certain areas to make them stand out more.  I also put a layer of HDR toning onto of the original picture to add more depth to the image. 

Katie W- Reed

I took this picture of my friend Reed for her graduation announcements, and I really liked the way this one turned out. We went to Downtown Birmingham to explore places to take pictures, and we found this over pass. I edited it by adjusting the levels and the shadows and highlights. I also selected the background and enhanced the background to bring out the clouds. I then made the image black and white. I’m really satisfied with the way it turned out, definitely one of my favorites from our photo shoot.

Amelia S- Waterfall

I took this photo in old town Helena for the HDR assignment. I loaded the photos into Photomatix first to combine all the images. I then did minimal editing in iPhoto after I picked which version of the photo I liked best. I like how you can tell by the details in the image that the waterfall is in motion. I also love how the details are so distinct that you can see the ripples in the water itself. I think it turned out great.

Will C- Panorama

I took this picture in downtown near railroad park about a month ago at around 4 in the afternoon. I walked into this building and thought it would be a cool place for a panorama shot. This is my favorite panorama I have ever taken. I like how the lines of the ceiling make it almost look like circles. I also like the color of the ceiling. I did a lot of editing to this picture. I painted everything because the right side was way over exposed and the left side was underexposed. I also applied the diffuse glow filter and played around with some gradients. I am happy with the ending product.

Catherine S- Doors 1

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Emily W- HDR Flower

I took this picture for the HDR assignment. I usually don’t go too crazy with filters, so this really pushed me out of my comfort zone. Once I added a filter in Photomatix Pro, I moved the image to Photoshop to adjust it a little bit more. 

Abbey W-HDR Bible

I took this picture for the HDR assignment. I took it downtown in a shed. I edited it with Photomax pro and then edited it in photoshop! I love the way it turned out, and the colors. I like the meaning behind the photo more than i like the actual photo but i still think it turned out kinda cool especially the pages. 

Haley Y- Safety pin

I took this picture at my house on a turquoise pillow. I was surprised how close I got and the little details. I like the contrast between the blue and and silver. I also like how you can see the field of focus. To edit this I had to crop it and I also blurred it some. 

Lakeshia B- Hope

I played with the contrast and darkened it. I thought this came out really cool I didn’t think it would come out  this way and i’m Pretty happy with it.

Mariah M- 2 Months

This picture is obviously Mark, haha! But I took this picture in the front yard the one day it was warm enough for him to be outside! But this is one of my favorite pictures of him! He is so obsessed with his hands so this picture shows his new interests. 

Jenna O - Trip

I took this picture downtown around 3 o’clock recently. It’s a panorama format. I changed the curves and levels and darkened the clouds. I also added a filter on the clouds and then used selective color to change the picture entirely. I really enjoy how the corner edges turned out in the picture and I love the vibrance.

Emily W- Flower Composite

I threw this composite together in the extra time I had in class. I adjusted the curve, levels, and I also added a few filters to jazz things up. I thought it doesn’t look too bad so I decided to save it. 

Katie W- Garage

I took this picture downtown, I’m not exactly sure where though. A friend and I just kinda drove around downtown until we found cool things to take pictures of and I thought this garage door was really pretty. I took this picture for the panorama assignment. I edited it by adjusting the layers to bring out the detail and make the image darker. I also used to clone stamp tool to edit out letters at the top of the door that kinda got cut off. This is by far my favorite panorama I’ve done.

Emily B- the Dark Forest

This picture is entitled, The Dark Forest. I took this panorama in The Preserve last weekend. To edit this I boosted the contrast and vibrance and moved the levels around to where I thought it looked best. Then, I felt like it needed a little more to it, so I used a technique called streams of dusty light (AKA: Jesus Light). After I did that, I changed the layer setting to Divide to give this image a dark and mysterious look. 

Maia S- Broken Broom

i took this photo for the metal project a couple weeks ago. i really like how simple this is and i was surprised to find a broom in the middle of a pile of metal. i so like how you can see how they have just abandoned the broom and just started to throw metal on top of it creating the break of the straw.

Mary L- Vintage Island

This one of the pictures from the choice assignment. I took this picture in the Cayman’s. I edited this picture by adding a couple of texture layers and putting a main focal point on the tress. I really like how this picture turned out. It looks different than what I normally do to a photograph.

Morgan Ann C- Futuristic Dog

 I found an old memory stick and found some pictures from like 5 or more years ago. I thought i would just play around with it  and see what I could do with it. I just used a bunch of brushes and different blending options to make the out come. They differed from paint splatter to broken glass brushes and a bunch of different color layers. 

Amelia S- Panorama

I took this photo for the panorama assignment. It was taken at a place down highway 280. I like it because it is so clear and simple. I warped this image to fill in the places I didn’t get a picture of. I had to edit out signs, poles, and even a trailer. I also edited the curves and levels just a little bit. I think it turned out really good

Samantha D- Helena

I took this photo down in Helena at the waterfall. I edited it by adjusting the vibrance, saturation, and contrast.

Yesenia S - Cracked Window

I took this picture in Fort Payne over the winter break. It was from an isolated farm that was burned; all the windows were broken and I capurted this image. I like how it turned out because you can see where the the broken glass is and it looks like there are specks of snow on the window. I edited this image by adjusting the levels, colors and curves.

Ashley V- Paper Planks

Paper Plank was taken in Downtown Birmingham near Regions Field. It was taken at a loading warehouse which was a little sketchy. I edited this picture by enhancing the contrast, boosting vibrance a little, and removed a block of wood from the lower left corner of the shot. I tried to remove some of the noise but it kept shifting the image so that would be the only thing I would change in this image. 

Tripp S- Camp Tranquility

This photo was taken Saturday the 25th of January at Camp Tranquility in Oak Mountain State Park. I had gone up to visit my scout troop who was camping there prepping for Camporee in February with the intent of taking some panoramas for the current project, while that did work out eventually yielding a panorama I used in the final set of five, I also got a few nice portrait shots. I edited this by using a film emulation-technique that is partly my own invention and partly the idea of others who have posted tutorials online. Basically I reduced the contrast in the shadows by using the curves tool which allowed me to preserve some contrast in the highlights and mid tones. Next I increased the vibrance while lowering saturation, also as far as color is concerned I used a split toning technique which allowed me to change the color tone of the shadows to a pale grey blue and the highlights to a warmer grey orange. Lastly as a finishing touch I added some minor vignetting and some soft noise.