Table of Contents

TWO

PAST PHOTOS

THREE

COLOR STUDY

FOUR-FIVE

PRIORITY MODES

SIX-SEVEN

FLORAL AND FAUNA

EIGHT
NINE
TEN-ELEVEN
T W E LV E - T H I R T E E N
FOURTEEN-FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN-SEVENTEEN

CAMERA RAW
LIGHTROOM
PORTRAITS
BANNACK
TASTEFUL TYPOGRAPHY
PERSPECTIVE OF 12

EIGHTEEN

REFLECTORS

NINETEEN

FLEXIBLE EDITS

TWENTY

PROFESSIONAL PAGE

Past Photos

I took this image of the temple with my iPhone. The

image on the right is a photo I took of my younger
sister for one of her Senior Pictures. And the picture
below is of Puerto Vallarta this past summer.
I have always had a knack for taking photos. I
started using my iPhone but then I decided to ask
for a Canon Rebel for Christmas in 2012. I loved my
Canon and I enjoyed taking pictures but I really only
knew how to shoot in Auto mode. So, taking Digital
Imaging has helped me learn about the features on
my camera and how to use them.

Color Study

Priority Modes
The Process
The priority modes that we focused on were shallow and deep depth of field,
and blurred and frozen motion. Depth of field is useful when you are trying to
focus on a specific object close or far away. What youre focused on will be
sharp and clear while the other objects in the image will be blurry and have
bokeh. Blurry and frozen motion are useful when you are trying to show a
motion frozen, clear, and focused; it could be a person jumping or leaves
falling. Or you can show something blurry like a waterfall or a stream to show
that its moving and gives the image a more surreal look.
With each of these priority modes, your camera needs to be on the right
settings. On a Canon Rebel t3i, to get deep or shallow depth of field you have
to hold down the zoom in button on the top right and rotate the dial on the
top of the camera while youre holding down the button. You will see when
you look through your lense a red dot rotating around the different focal
points. When you stop rotating the dial you will choose the focal point that you
want. In this image on the right, I chose the focal point to be on the far right so
the leaf would be in focus, and the temple is out of focus.
To adjust how much blur you will get in your image you have to play with the
shutter speed, f-stop, and your ISO. The longer the shutter speed, the more
blurry your image will be, but keep in mind you will need a lower ISO and
f-stop because youre letting a lot more light into the camera than you would
at a slower shutter speed. For frozen motion, the opposite applies: low shutter
speed, high ISO and f-stop.

Floral and Fauna

Camera Raw

Lightroom

Portraits

Bannack was the turning point of my

understanding of the settings and features of
my camera. I was able to learn how to change
the aperture, f/stop, and ISO. I was able to
learn how to shoot manually. I learned how to
change my settings and why based on where
I was shooting (inside or outside). Its important
to know how to do this because the lighting
wont be captured how it is seen in real life if the
settings arent cooresponding in your camera.

Bannack

Typography
I took these series of photos at the nature park, in Rexburg, Idaho, to
get all of the different aspects of earth. So in this book the air and
water images portray this idea. I took both of these images and
edited them by adjusting the shadows, the sharpness of the tree and
the duck, and the saturation to make the images look a little bit more
blue. Then I added text and adjusted the opacity of the text a little bit.
On the image with the duck, I wanted the word water to look like it was
rippling with the water in the image, so I used the smudge tool to make
it look more rippled and blend in with the water.

For the FIne Art Template on the left, I opened a new document: 18 in.
wide x 12 in. high in Photoshop. I drew a black rectangle on the left,
held Option-Cmd-T to bring up the Free Transform options, held shift
and drug the rectangle to one side. I pressed enter to lock it and held
Shift-Option-Cmd-T three more times until I had five rectangles total. I
selected the background layer, held shift and select the squares layer.
I clicked the Align Horizontal Center icon in the Menu Bar at the top.
I added my name then inserted a scan of my signature behind and
reduced the opacity. I opened an image and went to Image-Image
size and changed the size/resolution to match the template. I drug the
image on top of the template and created a clipping mask.

Perspective of 12

Reflectors

Flexible Edits
BLACK
The subject stood in the sun so the reflector
could completely black out the sun using the
black side. As shown in the before and after
photos, the black reflector completely blocks
out the sun and makes it appear as if the
subject is standing in the shade.

GOLD
The gold side of the reflector creates a nice
warm feel on the subjects face. Because the
day was very sunny, we had her sit in the shade
and the trick is, to bend the reflector so the gold
isnt such a harsh and bright reflection.

DIFFUSER
The subject stood in the sun and a diffuser was
held up to shadow the subject. The diffuser
makes the sunlight a lot less harsh. But, it is
different from the black side of the reflector
because more sunlight comes through the
diffuser. This is a much softer look.

BEFORE

AFTER
Dodge and Burn is created
by holding OPTION (ALT) and
clicking on new layer. Rename
the layer Dodge and Burn. Pick
the color to be gray. Choose
the overlay blending mode and
check the box and press OK.
Then, select the brush tool and
adjust the opacity to be low
(between 5-15) and make sure
you toggle the brush by pressing
X so the white color is being
used. If you Dodge too much
then you can burn it back to
what it was by pressing X again.
You can changethe intensity by
adjusting the opacity.
I dodged and burned her face
after I used the spot healing
brush. I liked how the dodge
looked on her eyesit really
brightened them up. On the
pumpkin, the dodge and burn
tool allowed me to highlight and
make the pumpkin look more
contrasted and bright.

Contact

hayleydesign.com
@mrshayleyward_

@__haylz

http://www.pinterest.com/hayleywardxo/

I am a Visual Communications Major at Brigham

Young University-Idaho, anticipating graduation Fall
2016. I love anything and everything artsy, creative,
and fun. I love graphic design, photography, and
crafts. The photography, editing, writing, layout, and
design is attributed to Hayley Ward.
Thanks for reading!
xo,
image by Hanna Christian

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