Revealing a Concept

For my new media project, I decided to try scanography and conceptual photography. The scans were super fun to make because of the experimentation and the unpredictable outcomes. I really liked my scan of the vegetable arrangement and my scan of the moving slime. Editing these images was interesting because of how different they are from a normal photo. For my conceptual photography, I knew I wasn’t going to stick with my original plan, and I didn’t. Instead of white and simple images, I took minimal photos of two of my friends in an open field. I liked how these were symmetrical and interesting through the poses. I plan to make more scans and to take more interesting photos like these in the near future.

New Media Project Proposal

Scanography

Cucumber n Salt

Green Goo

Sad Flowers

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Fish in a Net

Conceptual

Be My Fren

Symmetry

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Face in the Dirt

Contest Submissions

It was a slight pain to choose which photos would be best for each contest. I knew I liked many of the images I had, but wasn’t sure which others would like as well. I eventually selected a contest, read the requirements, then I selected my photos to enter. The following photos have been edited and perfected to match what the contest asks for.

Entered into the Idaho Falls Magazine photo contest on 6/10/22

Nose in a Book

Entered into Shoot the Frame photo contest on 6/10/22

Tip the Hat

Top Five Photos

Throughout Spring semester, I know I’ve taken hundreds of photos. Many of which were for various assignments in my Digital Imaging class. For this class, I have taken the time to select five of my top photos from the past couple months. It was a challenge to choose which were best because I had so many to narrow down from. The photos below are all very different and I know they are my absolute favorite.

Tip the Hat

Enchanted Book

Friendly Neighbor

Cinematic Hallway

Nose in a Book

Zoomed Into Detail

by Hailey Plummer

This week I practiced macro photography for the first time. It was a struggle to get the subject perfectly in focus, but after multiple attempts I was able to get a good photo. The following are my best macro photos.

Reflective Rock

Scarlet Beads

Not a Dandelion

Eye in Focus

Unknown Substance

The Grinch

Fine Art Photos

This is my final set of photos I took at Bannack. Each photo was taken independently, with no rubric in mind. I selected these seven because they were set apart from the rest of the photos I had taken. I felt that they were worth editing and putting together in a post.

Golden Horse

West Window

Feather Pen

Glowing Flame

In the Saloon

Today’s Read

Peeling Knob

Final Faces

At Bannack, a ghost town in Montana, I took photos of several actors. Each one had a different look and character that brought a unique and fascinating photo. I enjoyed photographing the stories in the eyes of each actor. Much of this was done using the lighting, colors, and texture. The photos below include the final edited version and the original.

Friendly Gesture

For the Ladies

Sly Thoughts

Nice Weather

Sight of Hope

Creative Shots

Here are some creative photos I took at Bannack, an old ghost town in Montana! Each photo I took was for a specific creative category; levitation, conceptual, ghost, abstract, and commercial. For my levitation shot, I took a photo of someone in place of where I wanted it to float. I then removed the subject AND anything holding it out of the frame so that I could have a clean background photo. In photoshop, I put these two photos together and got a magical image. My levitation shots are shown below. For the conceptual, ghost, and abstract shots, I had several ideas at Bannack that helped me get the interesting photos I needed for each category. Last but not least, the commercial shot was simple. I first chose I photo I took of one of the actress’ beautiful jewelry. Then I made it black & white, added a logo and slogan, and I was done!

Levitation

Magic Schoolbook

Hung by a Wire

Conceptual

Nose in a Book

Ghost

Ghostly Grasp

Abstract

Floral Reflection

Peeling Off

Commercial

Cartier Jewelry Ad

Antique Vessels – a Series

All photos by Hailey Plummer – taken at Bannack, a ghost town in Beaverhead County, Montana

Left on the Stove

Antique Glass

Empty Can

Ornate Wash Bowl

Old Rum Bottle

A New Perspective

by Hailey Plummer

On an evening trip to my roommates’s family ranch in Ashton, Idaho, I brought my camera along to see what I could capture. As soon as we got there, I got out of the car and looked around. I saw many cool textures and landscapes and I knew it was the perfect place to take my photos. I decided the horse drawn wagon would be an interesting subject to photograph. As I did so, I walked around getting different angles and little details. I found that there were many different parts of the subject that I could turn into a single photograph to use in my collage. I took landscape photos of the wagon on the trail, my friend’s grandpa with the horses, and the giant tire hooked up to the back of the wagon. I love this collection of photos because each is of the same subject, yet are very different.

In one landscape photo, the sky had been very blank. I decided to add a texture of wispy clouds that I got off of unsplash.com to add more to the full picture.

Between Silos

Wagon on the Trail

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Giant Dusty Tire

Mom and Her Baby

Almost Home

Tacked Up

Through the Ranch

Grandpa Prepping the Horses

Looking for Food

Deep vs Shallow Depth

by Hailey Plummer

This week I practiced using the aperture setting on my camera. I was already quite familiar with this, but I needed to work on gaining a muscle memory for changing this setting quickly. When adjusting the aperture, opening it (lowering the number) will allow the depth of field to be shallower. This is great for close up shots with blurry backgrounds. I used a lower aperture for the closer up shots of the rocks and the plant in the grass. This kept the foreground blurry and the subject in focus. Opposite to opening the aperture, closing it (raising the number) will make the depth of field deeper. This puts more of the photo in focus. I used the higher aperture setting on my camera to put all of the photo in focus. This was great for two of the photos I took because the whole landscape was clear.

Shallow Depth of Field

Stack of Rocks

4/28/22, 10:35am, BYU-Idaho, 50mm, f/4.5, 1/250 sec, ISO 100, Nikon D3400

Grow’n in the Grass

5/4/22, 11:52 am, BYU-Idaho, 55mm, f/5, 1/4000 sec, ISO 200, Nikon D3400

Deep Depth of Field

Garden in Yellow

5/16/22, 10:06am, BYU-Idaho, 50mm, f/16, 1/100 sec, ISO 200, Nikon D3400

Orchard Aisle

4/16/22, 10:10am, BYU-Idaho, 50mm, f/16, 1/125 sec, ISO 200, Nikon D3400