Cutout Edits

Rexburg Nature Park

I went to Rexburg Nature Park to find a subject for a full and partial cutout. I used a Sony digital camera to capture this moment in time. I wanted to have a picture of a duck facing the camera in order for the cutout to look good.

Duck; 27April2010; 1pm; Rexburg Nature Park; SonyDSC HX1; f5.2; 10/3200 second.

Duck cutout

Using a combination of selection tools in Photoshop, I cut out the image of the duck and placed it on a white background. This will allow people to use the image on any background if they wanted to.

Picnic Time

Using the Sony digital camera, I captured a picture of this outdoor table.

PicnicTable; 27April2010; 1pm; Rexburg Nature Park; SonyDSC HX1; f2.8; 10/5000 second.

Using the lasso and magnetic lasso I selected the top of this picnic table in order to put it on a partial blank background. If someone were to buy the photo they would have the opportunity to place it on any kind of background or add text, etc., to the picture.

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Master Lock

For this photo I was experimenting with the settings on my new Canon PowerShot. I had never used the manual settings on the camera before and so this photo just happened out of trial and error.

I like how the object doesn't fit in the frame and that you can see depth of field and some bokeh. This photo is totally unedited. I used Av to turn down the F stop as low as it would go. I got it to go to 2.8. I got really close to the object at a steep angle to have strong focus on part of it and blur on the other.

Master Lock; 28Feb2010; 1:36pm; Rexburg; f2.8; 1/13; Canon PowerShot SX120IS

Lisa's Birthday

I brought my Canon PowerShot to my sister's birthday celebration at Applebee's. While we were waiting for our food I experimented with different angles and manual settings. For this photo, I ended up setting the F stop to 3.5 and I liked how the blur on the sides turned out. The lights on the left where blurry and I think they ad some contrast, and whatever it is to the right of her (someone's arm?) turned out pretty good too.

Lisa's Birthday; 26Feb2010; Rexburg Applebee's; f3.5; 1/8; Canon Powershot SX120IS

BMW

This photo is unedited. I used my Canon PowerShot to capture a close-up of the symbol on my steering wheel. I was playing around with the manual settings and ended up taking this shot with a pretty low F stop: 3.2. I like the light reflection and how the blur turned out.

BMW; 2Feb2010; Rexburg; f3.2; 1/80; CanonPowerShot SX120IS

Time

For Advanced Visual we were asked to experiment with capturing light. For this photo I set the exposure to 15 seconds. The F stop was also really low: 2.8. I used the light on my watch to spell out Time. I like how it turned out especially how you can see the time on the watch throughout the picture. I moved my watched and kept the camera stationary. I took this picture under my desk and used sheets to keep out the light.

Time; 4Feb2010; 3pm; Rexburg; f2.8; 15sec; CanonPowerShotSX120IS

Guitar Knob

This image is edited. I overlaid two images in Photoshop. I used the Overlay blending tool with a multiplier. I like how the colors of the two images make the photo glow. For the main photo I took an extreme close up with macro settings to capture the image. The second photo was a texture photo of a Djembe drum head. I added a burned border as well.

GuitarKnob; 6Feb2010; 12:25pm; Rexburg; f2.8; 1/15; CanonPowerShotSX120IS

Biography

My name is Seth Lofgreen. I am from Idaho Falls, Idaho. I am in my last semester at Brigham Young University-Idaho pursuing a Communication degree. I have loved my design and advertising classes and hope to get an internship this fall that will allow me to learn more about the industry. I work at Applebee's in Rexburg as a waiter so you can come see me there. My favorite thing to do outside of school and work is to focus on my fitness goals at World Gym in Rexburg. You can check out my design portfolio website at www.snldigitaldesign.com. It was my first attempt at creating a website. I designed everything using the Adobe programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, inDesign, Dreamweaver, and Fireworks.)

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