Bannack Fine Art

This collection of photos were taken at Bannack Ghost town in Montana. I was able to explore this state park and enjoy in the history each building contained and relish in the authentic nature each building and or item contained. 'Forgotten'. For this photo I chose a chair in a building. This chair evoked emotion …

Landscape Perspective

This week we were to photograph an object that captured our interest. The different perspectives are to showcase the background and the landscape. The focus for this was a silo. The sign sky was very hard to capture without it being too washed out. I had to do a lot of post work to make …

A Study of Aperture and Shutter Speed

The photos used in this post are to demonstrate different principles of photography. Highlighted are aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. The photos were taken from a royalty-free site https://www.pexels.com/ Wide Aperture The photo above demonstrates the use of wide aperture. You can tell its wide aperture because the photo shows a young boy in focus …

Magazine Spread

Rough Draft I was assigned a two-week project in my visual design class where we take a magazine article and create a three-page layout, which included a spread (a double page design). We could choose any article from LDS.org or from our school newspaper, The Scroll, at Brigham Young University-Idaho. I decided to use a …

Sunset Fore Two

Tetherow Golf course. In this blog post, I focused on the ad 'Hydrate your Life' by the water bottle company Hydroflask. We will be reviewing basic principles of design (contrast, repetition, alignment, proximity, and color) we see in this ad. Intro: Hydro Flask is an innovative company that started in 2009 with a dream to end lukewarm water …

Photobook

These past few posts have been for my Comm 300 class, Digital Imaging. I have learned so many valuable skills and tricks to create better photos. I am planning on taking these newfound skills and put them to use in my future career. This final book highlights some of my best photos and different skills …

Top Five/Contests

I decided to enter some of the photos I took this semester into contests. I decided on my top five images and checked to see which categories they fit in best. I found two on Viewbug that were very relevant to my photos. My top five best/favorite photos I've taken are the following images. I …

Macro

These photos were an in depth look at macro photography. I had to opportunity to capture photos of different small objects. I love macro photography and love how it can make small things seem bigger. I used a zoom lens of 75-300 mm. I also used a zoom filter to get a better zoom. Ancient …

Bannack Portraits

This post is showcasing the models of Bannack. Every few months they so willingly agree to be photographed by students of Brigham Young University-Idaho. I was lucky enough to be included in this trip. I had the opportunity to meet the people that keep a small part of Bannack alive. These are those photos. Lone …

Creative Bannack

For this week's post, I am sharing different photos from Bannack Montana that fill different categories of creativity. Levitation This photo was taken with a tripod and some serious distortion. I wanted the floor to look as though something wasn't right, like something was launching her up off the ground. Hoping the illusion looks as …

Bannack Series

I had the opportunity to visit Bannack Ghost Town in Montana. This location was full of so much history and full of interesting subjects. A series of photos with the same theme was an interesting topic to shoot. I chose to feature textures on my blog post. Peeled Paint Wood Wall Wood Layer Paper Cracks …

Depth of Field

This weeks focus was on shallow and deep depth of field. Shallow Depth of Field 1. Cone – 2. Jan 25; 4:30 PM; Northpoint back Entrance – 3. 50MM f/1.4 – 4. F/1.8 – 5. 1/400  – 6. Canon T6 This photo took many tries to get the confetti in frame. I had my camera …

Motion

This week's focus was on blurred motion and freeze motion. We were to use different shutter speeds in the TV (aperture) setting of our camera. I say TV because I use a Canon camera referring to the Time Value. On a Nikon, it would be the A for Aperture setting. Blur Motion Fiery Blur 2. …