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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