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Bannack, MT

For this photo inside the old mill at Bannack Ghost Town, I initially tried to take an HDR, but there just wasnt much color in there, so I switched gears. I left my camera on the tripod, and set the shutter to be open for 4 seconds, set my f-stop to 20, and kicked my ISO up to 200. Then, I set my timer to make sure there was no camera shake. Two seconds into the exposure, I zoomed in all the way, and allowed it to finish. In photoshop I turned up the levels on the bottom portion, saturated the whole thing, and straightened it out.

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Cutouts

Panorama

For these panoramas, I took my photos, making sure that there was about a 1/3 overlap, and making sure that I swiveled the camera on an axis like it was on a tripod, rather than moving it in a semicircle to avoid the bubble look. Then in photoshop I did a photomerge, and let photoshop work its magic. From there, I created a new layer then merged all the bottom layers into one. Then I selected all the space around the photos where they didnt get all the way to edges of the canvas, and did a content-aware fill. I used the clone stamp tool to get rid of odd additions from the fill, and then used the patch tool and clone stamp tool to remove people. From there it was basic edits. I just adjusted the saturation, levels, and sharpeness.

Camera RAw

Portraits

Flora & Fauna

For this jeans photo, I took the photo using automatic settings. In photoshop I increase levels and saturation, and got rid of some clutter around the couch with the spot healing brush. Then I added a black and white filter and masked it out using the brush tool on the jeans to let the blue come through. The lines were hard to keep sharp, but I zoomed in really far to get the edge to be as sharp as possible without letting in the color from the couch, other clothing and the floor through.

Color Study

Night & Light

Blending Modes

This waterfall blend was fun to make. I took a picture of a tiled floor, and then took a picture of the waterfall with a slower shutter speed. From there, I adjusted levels on both of them, and then moved the tile photo on top of the waterfall photo and reduced the opacity to about twenty percent. Then I merged the photos into one layer and turned the contrast up to make the lines of the tile floor and rocks pop out a little more.

Enhancements

Fine Art

Bannack, MT

For this photo, I got lucky. I wanted to get the subject looking away, and the wind picked up at just the right time to blow her hair. In photoshop I lightened it up and increased the contrast. Then I added a sepia filter and desatruated the photo a little bit. From there I went into the sepia palette, and chose a darker brown tint than was originally there.

Portraits

HDR

Tayler Christensen

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