Contest Entry
I submitted two photos into the Photographic Society contest. The first image I lowered my shutter to 1/200 sec speed and shot with a smaller aperture, so that I could get the details in the sky. I had to turn on my fill flash so that I would light up his face. I actually had to increase my fill flash so that it was +0.75. I then brought the photo into Photoshop and adjusted using a levels adjustment layer. I used the dodge tool to lighten the shadows on his face. The second image I thought the ceiling falling apart was so beautiful (I know way weird, but that is art) and i wanted...
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Side Composition Date: 5-21-2011; Rexburg, Idaho; F-Stop: 5.6; Shutter Speed: 1/500; Focal Length: 50.0 mm; Model: Canon EOS REBEL T1i Full Body Date: 5-21-2011; Rexburg, Idaho; F-Stop: 13.0; Shutter Speed: 1/160; Focal Length: 55.0 mm; Model: Canon EOS REBEL T1i Environment Date: 5-21-2011; Rexburg, Idaho; F-Stop: 5.0; Shutter Speed: 1/15; Focal Length: 44.0 mm; Model: Canon EOS REBEL T1i Head and Shoulders Date: 5-21-2011; Rexburg, Idaho; F-Stop: 5.6; Shutter Speed: 1/1300; Focal Length: 48.0 mm; Model: Canon EOS REBEL T1i Group Pose Date: 5-21-2011; Rexburg, Idaho;...
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Title: Light Painting (24×36) Date: 6-11-2011, 8:43 PM Location: Ashton, Id Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i; tripod Settings: F-Stop: 10; Shutter Speed: 10 sec; Focal Length: 21.0 mm Edits: I pulled this photo into Photoshop and added a Levels Adjustment Layer to it. That brought out more contrast and lightened the lights on the barn and tracker more. I then set up the image size to 24×36. I found out that when I went to put my guides in for the 2-inch wrap around, part of the barn was cut off. So I cropped the image down to 20×32 so I could choose exactly what I wanted to display...
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To create the Fine Art Template, I first created a rectangle and then I used the free transform option to copy the rectangle and reposition it to were I wanted it. I then held Shift-Option-Cmd-T to duplicate the rectangle 3 more times. I then used the Align Horizontal Center icon to align the rectangles in the middle of the document. I pulled my logo into Photoshop I lightened it with the blending tool option and I then turned my logo into a brush stroke. I then pulled up the images I wanted into Photoshop and cropped it to 18×12 in @150 ppi and used the levels adjustment layer to...
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Light Painting is so much fun! My favorite was the light sketching assignment. The first two pictures are for my grade, the other two were for fun, because I did not do the light sketching, clearly since I am in the pictures. How I achieved these first photos was, I left the shutter open 15-30 seconds (some vary but mostly 30 sec). I lowered my aperture and then set the self timer to 30 seconds. I then ran with a flash light and traced around Brandon real fast. And drew on the ground or the walls with the flash light as well. The only edits I did in all my photos was a levels adjustment layer...
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All of the images I cleaned up in Photoshop using the Levels tool and dodge tool. Now on the Edge Effect on the first image I first added a new layer above the original and then used a white fill on the background. I then moved the layer below the original image to make it now the background. I applied a black mask to the original image and grabbed a brush stroke I liked and revealed parts of the original image back. I played around with the opacity as I did that. On the Landon David Peterson I first created a rectangle marquee and then applied a quick mask to the selection, then I went...
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Julie Peterson
My name is Julie Peterson. I have a passion for photography. I have four years of experience and have explored many different areas of Photography. I started out as a natural light photographer and just last year added lighting to my skill set. I love to take pictures of nature and create art, but portraits are my strength. I am contently challenging myself to be better and more creative. Feel free to comment on my page and send me feedback.