Cut Outs

Date: June 2009. Time: 12:14 a.m. Bear World. FS: F/4.3 

Shutter Speed: 1/400 sec

Date: July 2010. Time: 12:00 a.m. Seattle Washington. FS: F/6.3

 Shutter Speed: 10/1600sec

Date: July 2010. Time: 12:55 p.m. Seattle Washington. FS: F/5.6 

Shutter Speed: 10/1000 sec

Cutouts:

1-Chicken: Using the rectangular marquee tool i selected the part of the image i wanted to cutout. Then using the quick selection tool i carefully made my way around the chicken, zooming in from time to time to get into the hard to reach places. Using refined edges i feathered, smoothed and contrasted the edges to make a clean selection.  I then made my selection white, resulting in the final image.

2- Building: For this picture i just used the quick selection tool to select the sky in the back ground. Luckily the sky was all the same shade of blue, and had i high level of contrast compared to the building, these factors made this cutout go quickly.

3-Patrick: I did this cutout because i wanted to test my skills a little more. On this photo i had to use the quick selection tool and the lasso tool to make this selection as clean as possible. I then played around in the redefine edges menu to make sure the selection was clean and could be used on any other background i would chose.

Past Photos

Date: June 2009. Time: 12:26 a.m. Bear World 

F/S: 4.3 Sutter speed: 1/400 sec Camera: Cannon Power Shot SX110 SI

Date: June 2010.  Time: 12:26 a.m. Seattle Washington

F/S: 5 Sutter speed: 10/800 sec Camera: Nikon D3000

Date: June 2010.  Time: 12:30 a.m. Seattle Washington

F/S: 5.3 Sutter speed: 10/800 sec Camera: Nikon D3000

Date: June 2010.  Time: 12:32 a.m. Seattle Washington

F/S: 4.8 Sutter speed: 10/500 sec Camera: Nikon D3000

Date: June 2010.  Time: 12:50 a.m. Seattle Washington

F/S: 4.2 Sutter speed: 10/5000 sec Camera: Nikon D3000

Date: June 2010.  Time: 11:00 a.m. Seattle Washington

F/S: 10 Sutter speed: 10/2000 sec Camera: Nikon D3000

Date: June 2010.  Time: 12:55 a.m. Seattle Washington

F/S: 5.6 Sutter speed: 10/1000 sec Camera: Nikon D3000

Date: June 2009.  Time: 12:26 a.m. Bear World

F/S: 4 Sutter speed: 1/500 sec Camera: Cannon Power shot SX110 SI

Date: June 2009.  Time: 12:35 a.m. Bear World

F/S: 4 Sutter speed: 1/320 sec Camera: Cannon Power shot SX110 SI

Date: June 2009.  Time: 12:15 a.m. Bear World

F/S: 4.3 Sutter speed: 1/500 sec Camera: Cannon Power shot SX110 SI

Past Photos:

1- Duck: I cropped the image to a 6x6 frame. I really wanted the duck to be the central focus, so i selected the duck, inverted my selection then desaturated the background, added a black and white filter then added a blur to make the duck the main focus of the shot. using the ink tool i selected colors from the background and paint out the harsh edges of my selection.

2-Jessica: To get this shot i took my pictures of my sister at different angles to create a more carefree and fun feel to the photo. I used the auto feature of the camera to take this shot, at the time i didn't understand manual settings or how to use them, i got lucky with some great indirect lighting.

3,4,5,6,7-Jessica/ Patrick. once again i used the auto settings on my sisters nikon camera to take these shots. Like many of these shots during this photo shoot, it was trial and error, some came out great and some didn't. During this shoot in Seattle i tried to focus on good composition and correct principles of design to make appealing photographs.

8-Kip: I got down on my knees below the subject to get a little more depth on the subject, i zoomed in to focus only on what i wanted to see in the photo. In post production i cropped the image a little to create a more please photo.

9-Peacock: The peacock was constantly moving and didn't allow you to get very close. Using my 10x optical zoom i focused in on the subject and tried to take a shot when peacock was on a one third line.

10- Peacock: On this shot i was able to get closer to the peacock, i wanted to just get a shot of its head while creating alot of background blur. Due to the birds movement and how far i was zoomed in the Peacock is a little far off to the left side of the shot. I added a little more blur in photoshop to make the contrast of the bird and background even greater.