Ryan Kristjanson | COM370 Digital Imaging

Monday, October 24, 2011

Bannack | Portraiture

The following images were some of my favorite portraits taken during the trip. Enjoy:

"Erica" | 20 Oct 2011 3:03pm | Bannack, MT

f/2.8 | 1/400s | ISO 200 | 146mm | Canon 5D mk1
PP: adj exposure, fill light, curves, crop, airbrushed skin, boosted eyes, highlighted hair

"Tara" | 20 Oct 2011 3:03pm | Bannack, MT
f/2.8 | 1/250s | ISO 100 | 159mm | Canon 5D mk1
PP: crop, curves, fill light, touched up skin, boosted eyes, highlighted hair

Friday, October 21, 2011

The following images were taken, experimenting with HDR photography. HDR stands for high dynamic range. The process is done by taking more than one exposure and merging the images taking the best light from each. Enjoy:

:: Three-shot HDR ::

"Wood vs. Brick" | 20 Oct 2011 1:11pm | Bannack, MT

f/2.8 | ISO 100 | 83mm | Canon 5D mk1
PP: HDR processing via Photomatix, CA fill out two windows on left of frame, boosted contrast with curve adjustment, level adjustment masked in corners, and sharpness.

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1/800s (+1) | 1/1600s (0) | 1/3200s (+1)

:: One-Shot HDR ::

"Autumn" | 20 Oct 2011 5:12pm | Bannack, MT
f/2.8 | ISO 100 | 1/2000s | 59mm | Canon 5D mk1
PP: HDR processing in Dynamic Photo, adjusted curves and sats, and sharpness.

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"Down By the River" | 20 Oct 2011 4:41pm | Bannack, MT
f/8.0 | ISO 100 | 28mm | Canon 5D mk1
PP: Photomatix; hue/stat adjusted yellow hues to oranges, masked out then added in on a few bushes; hue/stat adjusted yellow hues to reds, masked out then added in on a few other bushes; boosted blues; airbrushed water to have more blue in it; CA filled lens flare; cropped

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1/80s (+1) | 1/200s (0) | 1/320s (-1)

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1/8000s (-1/3) | 1/4000s (+1) | 1/2000s (+2)

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Editing Portraits

:: Portrait Enhancement ::

I was experimenting with the "butterfly" lighting effect and was pleased with the results. As far as post-processing I adjusted the exposure, curves, fill light, contrast, and white balance. I reduced the noise a tad to help soften the skin. Later I air brushed the skin and touched up the eyes by boosting the colors, whites, and sharpness. Next I removed blemishes and such. I also saturated the lips a smidgen. Then I adjusted the model's eyebrow and nose in the liquify filter. Enjoy:

"Julianne" | 16 Oct 2011 7:40pm | living room
f/2.8 | 1/125s | ISO 100 | 75mm | Canon 5D mk1

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:: Replace Color ::

Though the edit is subtle, I did replace the stripes of the model's outfit to change from brown to more of a blue hue. This was done by using the Select -> Color Range tool in Photoshop and sampling the color and adjusting the fuzziness to refine the selection. Then I adjusted the hue.

"Two Months" | 14 Oct 2011 1:08pm | living room
f/2.8 | ISO 125 | 1/160s | 50mm | Canon 5D mk1

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Portraiture

The following images were from the study of portraiture. I explored various compositions and lighting. Enjoy:

:: Side Composition ::

An image is more appealing to the eye when the subject is positioned in the frame on the rule-of-third's points of interest. This side composition places the subject the the left of the frame with pleasing negative space to the right. Notice also the flow; the model is looking into that space, rather than facing the edge of the frame. I placed a flash in front of the model, directing the light towards him (and the camera). I did not filter the flash, since I wanted a hard edge light to trace the model's profile.

"Edge" | 16 Oct 2011 7:25pm | living room
f/2.8 | ISO 100 | 1/125s | 75mm | Canon 5D mk1

:: Head Shot ::

A simple yet well lit and exposed head shot. There are two light sources: and key light off to camera left, and a hair (or rim) light off to camera right. The key light was filtered with an umbrella and the rim light was not.

"The Smolder" | 16 Oct 2011 7:31pm | living room
f/2.8 | ISO 100 | 1/125s | 75mm | Canon 5D mk1

:: Full Body ::

This shot contains both the ambient light as well as a auxiliary fill light off to camera right. Aperture, shutter, ISO, and flash power was adjusted so that both the ambient and auxiliary lights were balance. I wish I had a more shallow depth of field with ~2.8 aperture, however I was at the lowest ISO and I could not speed up the shutter speed without loosing sync with the external flash.

"Bundle" | 15 Oct 2011 6:07pm | north Rexburg
f/5.0 | ISO 100 | 1/200s | 126mm | Canon 5D mk1

:: Candid Group ::

:: Group Posed ::

"In Her Arms" | 15 Oct 2011 6:02pm | north Rexburg
f/4.0 | ISO 100 | 1/200s | 200mm | Canon 5D mk1

:: Environment ::

"Pickin' Apples" | 8 Oct 2011 2:26pm | Iona, ID
f/2.8 | ISO 100 | 1/1250s | 70mm | Canon 5D mk1

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Camera Raw

:: EDITING JPEGs WITH CAMERA RAW ::

The following images were originally photographed as JPEGs, however were edited through Abode Camera Raw via Bridge. These images were taken during a trip to R Mountain. Enjoy:

"Gloom" | 8 Oct 2011 8:24 am | R Mountain
f/8.0 | 1/800s | ISO 100 | 28mm | Canon 5D mk1

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"Trail and Fog" | 8 Oct 2011 9:34 am | R Mountain
f/8.0 | 1/640s | ISO 100 | 42mm | Canon 5

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:: OTHER SHOTS ::

Just wanted to throw in a few more of my favorites of the set. Enjoy:

"Depth" | 8 Oct 2011 8:49 am | R Mountain
f/8.0 | 1/250s | ISO 200 | 200mm | Canon 5D mk1

"Haze" | 8 Oct 2011 8:26 am | R Mountain
f/8.0 | 1/500s | ISO 100 | 75mm | Canon 5D mk1

"Morning Chill" | 8 Oct 2011 9:37 am | R Mountain
f/8.0 | 1/800s | ISO 125 | 75mm | Canon 5D mk1

:: CHALLENGE ::

The following image was originally photographed in RAW format, as opposed to JPEG. I began the post process by editing the image in Camera Raw -- warming the color balance, curves, fill light, etc... Next, I opened it as a Smart Object into Photoshop. I touched up the coat hanging in the background with the clone brush (Content Aware wasn't quite figuring it out). With the image as a smart object I was able to open Camera Raw once again to tweak the exposure a hair. Enjoy:

"Mother" | 6 Oct 2011 12:27 pm | living room
f/1.4 | 1/80s | ISO 400 | 50mm | Canon 5D mk1

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... and one more ...

"Child" | 6 Oct 2011 12:27 pm | living room
f/1.4 | 1/100s | ISO 400 | 50mm | Canon 5D mk1

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P a n o r a m a s

The weather on Saturday, 8 Oct, provided some very photogenic locations. Early that morning a thick fog covered the valley. I hiked R Mountain to see what panoramas I could find. Unfortunately for more than a hour the fog was so thick that I could only see for a hundred yards at most. Then as the sun rose the fog lessened. Just before retreating down the mountain, I was able to capture some stunning shots. Enjoy.
Later that afternoon I was in Iona, not far from the wind farm just east of town. I drove up and was able to capture some stellar shots of the wind farm. The clouds looked epic. Enjoy.