Photo Contest

This is my entry for the Idaho Falls Magazine Photo contest. These pictures came from my 4th of July camping trip and they match pretty well what the description of the categories are. I went through and found some pictures that I liked. I didn't care to edit them. Just submit them. Even if I do win I don't think that I can do much because they weren't taken in Idaho.

The reason that I chose to do this contest is because there are a lot of categories and I have pictures already taken that fit those categories. It seemed like a pretty easy contest to enter but I wish that they had some more information about anything that you are supposed to add in your e-mail. Oh well.

http://www.idahofallsmagazine.com/gallery/contest.cfm


I am submitting these pictures on 7/12/2011.






















Relaxing












Trying to Outsmart a Fish










Moose

Title: Relaxing
Date/Time:7/4/11, 10:12 AM
Location: Ogden, UT
f-Stop: f/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/8000
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: The subject is my sister who is completely chill and content fishing. This is relaxation in it's finest.

Title: Trying to Outsmart a Fish
Date/Time:7/4/11, 10:23 AM
Location: Ogden, UT
f-Stop: f/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/3200
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: This is a friend of mine that I took a fishing trip with. Most relaxing thing you can do. I like how concentrated he is and intent on catching a fish. The ironic thing is that he didn't catch a thing this day.



Title: Moose
Date/Time: 7/4/11, 6:43 PM
Location: Ogden, UT
f-Stop: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/125
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: These moose blocked my path back to my campsite. When they finally moved I ran as fast as I could to get my camera and was able to get a few pictures.

Large Format Print

For this post we were asked to do a poster print of one of our pictures. I used this one taken at Bannack Ghost Town in Montana. It is an HDR of the side of an old building. Afterwards I lightened the side of a building and changed the white ballance to bring out the browns. There was a place in the window where the sky was purple so I painted over that to make it gray. I used adjustment layers with masks on the side of the building and the grass. I heightened the saturation on parts of it too. I then printed it out as a 24x36 inch poster and made a frame out of oak with the help of my wife's dad and put it all together with the help of my brother-in-law.















Title: Siding
Date/Time: 5/25/11, 11:26 AM
Location: Bannack, MT
F-Stop: f/3.5
Shutter Speed: 1/320, 1/3200, 1/1000
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: Taking the three photos and using Dynamic Photo I combined them into a High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photo. This allowed me to use all of the lightest and darkest areas and all the mid-tones int he photos to get something with a lot of contrast.

Fine Art Template

About this post: Sometimes a picture itself isn't enough. Many times you will want to put this picture into a layout for different reasons and a good way to do this is with clipping mask. This way you can make a template and then put any picture behind the the picture that you want.

Title: Farm Equipment
Date/Time: 6/4/11, 7:52 PM
Location: Rupert, ID
F-Stop: f/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/1600
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: The photo was taken at my in-law's farm around sunset. In Photoshop I used positioned the 5 rectangles and then created a clipping mask in order to have the photo behind.

Title: Chaos
Date/Time: 5/15/11, 4:33 PM
Location: 1/1250
F-Stop: f/2.5
Shutter Speed: 1/1250
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: My family has a game called Skunk. It is played with dice and poker chips. We were playing on a card table and stacked up all of the chips and then someone hit the table and they all went flying. I thought that would be a cool to take a picture of the action. I used Photoshop to make a clipping mask and put the picture behind it.

Light and Night

About this Post: For this post we discovered that sometimes night time is the best time to take fascinating pictures. Just because it isn't a bright and sunny day you can still break out your camera and capture the moment.

Title: Shaky
Date/Time: 6/11/12 11:01 PM
Location: Rexburg, ID
F-Stop: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 30
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: For this shot I put the camera on a long shutter speed and then moved it around. The lights made the cool design.

Title: Landeen Family
Date/Time: 6/12/11, 10:58 PM
Location: Rexburg, ID
F-Stop: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 30
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: For this shot the camera was on a long shutter speed, My wife pointed a light towards the camera and wrote Landeen in the air above the blocks. Reflection caused the light on the blocks and then if Photoshop I darkened the image to create a better backdrop.

Title: Indians
Date/Time: 6/12/11, 10:41 PM
Location: Rexburg, ID
F-Stop: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 13
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: For this shot I set up my camera and set up the statues and after pushing the shutter I took a light and shined it on them. I made sure not to shine it on the background or the floor in order to get a good dark backdrop for them.

Title: Streak
Date/Time: 6/12/11, 11:12 PM
Location: Rexburg, ID
F-Stop: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 10
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: For this picture I set the camera up with a long shutter speed and the a car drove by and the streak in the picture is the headlights.

Borders

About this post: For this post I took some pictures and then put some borders around them. The pictures were taken in Rupert Idaho and my wife's parent's home. The borders that I put on are the Paint-on border, a flexible vignette, and a burn border.

Title: Bikes
Date/Time: 6/3/11, 6:08 PM
Location: Rupert, ID
F-Stop: f/4.0
Shutter Speed: 1/500
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: The border that you see around this is done with the History Brush in Photoshop. After deleting the original image you are able to paint it back on the canvas.

Title: Swings
Date/Time: 6/3/11, 6:11 PM
Location: Rupert, ID
F-Stop: f/4.0
Shutter Speed: 1/160
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: The border around this picture was done using the rectangular marquee tool. I put a black layer on top of the picture. I drew a rectangle in the picture and feathered it all the way then used the opacity slider to make a vignette.

Title: Mower
Date/Time: 6/3/11, 6:33 PM
Location: Rupert, ID
F-Stop: f/2.2
Shutter Speed: 1/8000
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: The border around this was done by duplicating the layer and then changing the blending mode to Multiply. I then cut out the middle with the rectangular marquee tool. I took the top layer and put an outer glow on it.

Scanography

About this post: This whole semester I have been taking pictures with a camera. We are learning in class that a scanner is the same thing as a camera. This week instead of using a camera to take pictures I used a scanner.


Title: Hungry
Date/Time: 6/4/11, 8:34 PM
Location: Rupert, ID
Scanner: hp
Other: I scanned all three pictures and then used photoshop to put all three together. I put the candy bar in the mouth using a mask. I duplicated and meged layers together to do the design and pattern.

Title: Games
Date/Time: 6/4/11, 7:55 PM
Location: Rupert, ID
Scanner: hp
Other:

Bannack Best

Ghost












Gallows












Bottle












Boardwalk



















Corner












About this Post: For this post these are some of the best pictures taken at Bannack Ghost Town. I tried to choose pictures that are unique from perspectives that others might not have considered in the past. There are specific explanations of each picture in the information below.

Title: Ghost
Date/Time: 5/25/11, 12:02 PM
Location: Bannack, MT
F-Stop: f/22.0
Shutter Speed: 5.0
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: The subject was in the frame for about 2 seconds and then left and the shutter was left open for an additional 3 seconds. I turned it black and white afterwards in Photoshop.


Title: Gallows
Date/Time: 5/25/11, 2:18 PM
Location: Bannack, MT
F-Stop: f/22
Shutter Speed: 1/80
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: This picture was taken through the window of the Jail. Out the window there is a strait shot to the gallows. I backed up to the very back of the jail cell and then zoomed in to bring the gallows closer. Back in the day when the gallows were being used there would have been a building blocking this view but I still liked it.


Title:Bottle
Date/Time: 5/25/11, 2:00 PM
Location: Bannack, MT
F-Stop: f/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/1000
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: I liked the look of this bottle and so I took a picture from directly over top. I turned it sepia in Photoshop by desaturating it and changing the hue.


Title: Boardwalk
Date/Time: 5/25/11, 11:46 AM
Location: Bannack, MT
F-Stop: f/3.5
Shutter Speed: 1/500
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: This is a picture of the boardwalk in Bannack, Montana. I put the camera on the ground and took the picture with a shallow depth of field. It was one of the first pictures that I took.


Title: Corner
Date/Time: 5/25/11, 10:53 AM
Location: Bannack, MT
F-Stop: f/6.3
Shutter Speed: 1/800
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Other: