Fine Art

This is a picture I took right here on campus at BYUI last week, it was called Blue and originally I had tried to bring out the blue in the tree a little more but I actually think that I like this image RAW.

This is a picture I took the other week and tried to bring out the color of the leaves a little more using Dynamic Photo. I think it worked really well. I called this picture Dead Leaves of Fall. I think it turned out pretty good.

Bannock Edits

I Took a couple of picture for HDI but this one turned out the best. I like the vivid colors that it was able to take from the dead leaves on the ground.

1. Dead Leaves: 03/3/10 ; Rexburg; f 13.0; 1/640; Nikon D40

2. Dead Leaves: 03/3/10; Rexburg; f 7.2; 1/200; Nikon D40

3.Dead Leaves: 03/3/10; Rexburg; f 22; 1/15; Nikon D40

I Took this on the way to my class because I thought that it would look cool to have the blue guys on this tree really pop out through HDI program.

1. Blue: 03/3/10; Rexburg; f 8.0; 1/400 Nikon D40

Bannock Pictures

1. Old Barn: 03/3/10 ; Rexburg; f 13.0; 1/640; Nikon D40

2. Wife and Tree: 03/3/10; Rexburg; f 7.2; 1/200; Nikon D40

3.Ghost Jared: 03/3/10; Rexburg; f 22; 1/15; Nikon D40

4. Idaho Wheat: 03/3/10; Rexburg; f 8.0; 1/400 Nikon D40

5. Ghost Swing: 03/3/10; Rexburg; f 22.0; 1/30; Nikon D40

6. Hidden Dog House: 03/3/10;Rexburg; f 7.0; 1/200 Nikon D40

While I was not able to make it to Bannock I was able to visit a lot of interesting places around Rexburg. My wife and I spent a day driving around Rexburg look at everything from BYU campus to old abandoned farm houses throughout the area. It was a lot of fun and while I am not the best at seeing where a good picture is, some of these turned out ok.

Illusion blog pictures

1. Mini Nutrigrain: 03-2-10; 6pm; Rexburg; f 2.8; 130/10; Nikon D40
2. Hannah Hungry: 03-2-10; 6pm; Rexburg; f 4.5; 130/10; Nikon D40

My wife helped me take these pictures. She loves to eat these Nutri Grain bars every day for breakfast and so I thought I would make her dream come true by having a giant nutrigrain bar for her.

Illusion Blog

My wife loves Nutri Grain bars so this would be a dream come true for her.

Night and Light pictures

1. Blue Light: 02-23-10; 11pm; Rexburg; f 4.5; 130/10; Nikon D40
2. Orange and Blue: 02-23-10; 10pm; Rexburg; f 4.5; 130/10; Nikon D40

My wife helped me take these pictures. we tried things like writing our names and things like that but we weren't very good at it. So instead we just tried to make cool designs using and alarm clock in photo 1 and my phone in photo 2.

Night and Light Blog 7

1. Blue Light: 02-23-10; 11pm; Rexburg; f 4.5; 130/10; Nikon D40
2. Orange and Blue: 02-23-10; 10pm; Rexburg; f 4.5; 130/10; Nikon D40

I put a double faded border on the edges and tried to bring the light out more on the pics. I used a action to make the blue come out more on the first photo, and I think that it made it look a lot better.

Panorama

I took this in San Diego this last weekend this is the condo that my wife and I put an offer on to live in starting in April!

Panorama Pictures

1. Left: 02/13/10 ; San Diego; f 4.0; 1/60; Nikon D40
2. Left middle: 02/13/10; San Diego, Rexburg; f 5.2; 1/8; Nikon D40

3. Right middle: 02/13/10; San Diego; f 5.0; 1/15; Nikon D40
4. right: 02/13/10; my house, San Diego; f 4.0; 1/60 Nikon D40

These are the pictures we took of the outside of the condo that we put an offer on to buy. I really liked it because there was a pool just behind the house that we only had to share with one other condo.

Photo A Day

I made the template an Iphone template by finding a picture of an iphone and putting the pictures in as a clipping mask. I found a picture of some fire and changed the color to make it my background. I have to admit though, I forgot to take a picture on the first day so I included a picture of a frog eating a light which I did not take.

Photo A Day Pictures

1. Temple: Sunday ; Rexburg; f 4.5; 1/60; Nikon D40

I took this picture Sunday morning before I went into my church building. I thought it was good because everything was so frozen over that day.
2. Knives: Wed; my house, Rexburg; f 5.6; 1/8; Nikon D40

This is a picture of some knives that we have at our apartment that I just finished using while I was cooking. I was tired but I thought that they looked pretty good.

3. Books: Thursday; Rexburg; f 5.6; 1/15; Nikon D40

These are my favorite books to read. Whenever I have finished all of my school work and really have nothing to do I will read at least one of these at a time.
4. Mask: Friday; my house, Rexburg; f 4.5; 1/60 Nikon D40

This is an african mask that I got while living in Africa after my mission. on it is engraved my african name "Oljogat" which is translated as angel eyes or cat eyes - because I have blue eyes and that is rare there.

5. Elephant; Saturday; my house window, Rexburg; f 5; 1/5000; Nikon D40

This is my water bottle elephant that I got from the San Diego Zoo the last time my wife and I were there in San Diego. By wife is an excellent baker and on the elephants head is a fondant flower see made what making a wedding cake.
6. Wifey: Monday; Rexburg; f ?; 130/10;

This is my wife looking very thoughtful and a little tired with me after a long day of grading papers for her 5th grade class.

Portrait

1. Reading: 02-2-10; Rexburg; f 4.1; 130/10; Nikon D40
2. Tree: 02-2-10; Rexburg; f 5.7; 130/10; Nikon D40

This is a picture of my wife teaching at her elementary school I was able to remove all of her blemishes and lines and other things. the picture is entitled book reading and was taken February 2nd

This is a group picture of some kids in my class I was able to change the color of the center kid's hat and all of their jeans. the pictuere is called blue hat and was taken weekends ago

Portriat Pictures

1. Reading: 02-2-10; Rexburg; f 4.1; 130/10; Nikon D40
2. Tree: 02-2-10; Rexburg; f 5.7; 130/10; Nikon D40

This is a picture of my wife teaching at her elementary school I was able to remove all of her blemishes and lines and other things. the picture is entitled book reading and was taken February 2nd

This is a group picture of some kids in my class I was able to change the color of the center kid's hat and all of their jeans. the pictuere is called blue hat and was taken weekends ago

Blog 3

1. Wheat: 01-20-10; Rexburg; f 2.8; 130/10; Nikon D40
2. Tree: 01-20-10; Rexburg; f 2.8; 130/10; Nikon D40

The first picture is of some wheat still growing in the snow. I added a mask and then faded it out to try and highlight the wheat from the plain white background.

The second picture is of the trees outside of the library. I also added a mask to this picture and tried to make the trees stand out more than their surroundings.

blog 3 pictures

1. Horses: 03-02-10; Rexburg; f 4; 130/10; Nikon D40

2.Wheat: 01-20-10; Rexburg; f 2.8; 130/10; Nikon D40
3. Tree: 01-20-10; Rexburg; f 2.8; 130/10; Nikon D40

The first picture is of some horses that are near our house, the other of the wheat still growing in the snow. I had to retake the picture from editing. The second picture is of the trees outside of the library.

Blog 2

Exposure Mode - Auto

Focal Length - 3.9

Flash - No

Metering Mode - Average

White Balance - Auto

Sharpness - Soft

F Stop - 2.8

ISO - 70

1. BYUIMac: 01-17-10; ; Rexburg; f 2.8; 130/10; Nikon D40
2. Orange and Blue: 01-17-10; ; Rexburg; f 4.5; 130/10; Nikon D40

3. Orange and Blue: 01-17-10; ; Rexburg; f 2.8; 130/10; Nikon D40

The first Picture is of the Kimball building with the mac symbol because, lets all face it, this school should be a Mac school. The second picture is a combination of the ice gutter at my apartment and the school because it is freezing here. and the last picture is of my Christmas tree and my train around the Christmas tree. I am sorry but I do not have the originals of the pictures taken I must have deleted them.

blog 1 Pictures

1. Bella: 01-9-10; 11am; Grandpa's House; f 2.8; 130/10; Nikon D40
2. White Horse: 01-9-10; 11am; Grandpa's House; f 2.8; 130/10; Nikon D40

These pictures I took were at my wife's grandpas house we spent the weekend with him and he loves to go on little hike/walks with his dog and the lower picture is of his horse.

blog 1

1. Bella: 01-9-10; 11am; Grandpa's house; f 2.8; 130/10; Nikon D40

Exposure Mode - Auto

Focal Length - 3.9

Flash - No

Metering Mode - Average

White Balance - Auto

Sharpness - Soft

F Stop - 2.8

ISO - 70

This picture was taken on the weekend of January 9th at my wife's Grandpa's house, where he loves to go on walks with his dog Bella.