Cutouts

1. Horse Unedited: 4-19-2010; 3 pm; Zepher Cove California; f 4.9; 1/400; Canon PowerShot

2. Horse Edited: Complete cutout with quick selection tool- Refined edges and drop shadow on white.

3. Tree Falls Unedited: 4-10-2010; 1 pm; Eagle Falls, California; f 4.9; 1/1250; Canon PowerShot

4. Tree Falls Edited: Partial cutout achieved with rectangle marquee tool, quick selection and layers.

For the horse cutout, I used quick selection tool and lasso to select the horse. After refining the edges, I copied and pasted to a new document, then added a drop shadow.

For the partial cutout, I selected a rectangle with the marquee tool, then created a new layer. I used the quick selection tool to select the tree, then copied it to the new layer.

Past Photos

1. Tahoe Sunset: 4-18-2010; 9 pm; Lake Tahoe California; f 14; 1/1250; Canon PowerShoot
2. Lake View: 4-18-2010; 8 pm; Lake Tahoe, California; f 2.8; 1/250; Canon PowerShoot
3. Winter Bloom: 2-4-2010; 12 pm; Rexburg; f 4.9; 1/250; Canon PowerShot
4. Seed House: 2-6-2010; 5 pm; Reburg; f 4.5; 1/40; Canon Powershot
5/6. Bolt: 2-4-2010; 1 pm; Rexburg; f 2.8; 1/400; Canon Powershot SD

These shots have all been taken within the past 3 months, as I have been experimenting taking pictures of something other than people. Once I discovered the sunset setting on my little camera, I got some great shots of Lake Tahoe in California. The second shot has some interesting lighting taken the same evening as the first, across the East side of the lake. Shot 3 was taken on BYU-Idaho campus during my Visual Media class. The Seed House I thought turned out well, it was a little before sundown in February, and I liked the blue tone of the picture. Finally, the last photos were taken outside of the Spori using spot metering. No flash on any of these photos, and only the last one was cropped.