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Senior Pictures

Sep 2, 2014 by misa33

Good Morning World! It’s been a while since I have posted. I’ve been working on several projects this summer, most of which are still in the works. At the beginning of the summer I took my little sister’s senior pictures. They are now available for your own enjoyment. Glamour Shot. Personality Shot In Our Grandma’s dress! Pondering Pouty Face Laughing Goofy child. Giggles This is so her! In the meadow Bridge Outside the Arcade Windblown beauty Vintage Reflection Stop and smell the flowers Old School -The Designer, The Voyager, Marisa Faye...

Photo Adventures- Photo-book Final...

Apr 3, 2014 by misa33

For my Final project in Digital Imaging we were assigned to create a photo-book with a collection of our work throughout the semester. I used mypublisher.com to send my book off to look like a real book. I designed the format of the book in In-Design using some Illustrator. I used a beveled edged frame around each of my pictures and a decorative font as the headings for my description pages. I took my best work from all my photos I have posted this semester. I gave information about how I took the pictures, where and the significance of each picture. I designed the cover in Illustrator and In-Design featuring a camera I designed in Illustrator. I liked the black and white, I felt that it complimented my work in a very classy way...

Tips on Photographing Children

Mar 27, 2014 by misa33

One of my last assignments for my Digital imaging class was to make a tutorial. This was my very first attempt at making a video that I didn’t just press the record button on and call it good, I know nothing about video editing so it was a little frustrating for me. I chose to do my tutorial video on photographing children because I have experience with it and expect that I will have more experience with child photography in the future, I did some research but mostly I came up with the idea on my own. This is applicable to anyone who will ever take a picture of a child, which lets face it most of us will. Click here for the PDF document: TutorialPDF Photos included in the video and the PDF...

Photo-book take 2

Mar 13, 2014 by misa33

Here are the rest of the pages I made for my Photo book with some minor improvements to the cover page: A link to the inside pages: insidephotobook -Marisa Faye...

Keep it Herbal

Mar 6, 2014 by misa33

For my Art and Propaganda class I was supposed to make a piece of propaganda. I had no idea what to do then, while working on my photo book project, I saw this picture I took and thought of the phrase “Keep it Herbal” my friend and I are seriously considering making this a real business (This is not a real advertisement, please do not count on the library having this tea). We love tea and want to give it a positive image, not all teas are against the Word of Wisdom so we shouldn’t be shunned when we tell people that we love tea. Students, how many of you would be interested if we started selling tea to university students? -Marisa Faye Reeves ...

Photo Book Take 1

Mar 6, 2014 by misa33

I have started to create a photo book for my digital imaging class, here is my draft with about 1/2 of the pages. This is my cover image: I designed the book in InDesign, the Camera was designed in Illustrator. 1/2 of the content from my photo book can be found here: insidephotobook9pages -Marisa Faye...

Ice Princess

Mar 5, 2014 by misa33

After Edits: Ice Princess January 2nd 2014, 3:14pm, Ice Castles in Midway Utah, Nikon D3100, f/8, Shutter Speed: 1/250sec I have posted this picture here before, but this image was printed to fit a 20×30″ frame. I love this photo of my little sister, I love the way the ice frames her face, how the blues compliment her eyes. Her face is positioned to be the focal point, although the background is pretty it is presented in a way that it compliments her and doesn’t distract from her. Before Edit: Ice Princess This is the image before I performed edits in photoshop. I took away the dark shadows under her eyes, smoothed out her skin so it wasn’t so cold looking. I sharpened her eyes. I added two layers, a hue...

Bannack Best

Feb 20, 2014 by misa33

Here are a few of my Favorite Images from the Shoot in Bannack Ghost Town: Indian Princess: Friday February 14th 2014, 2:28pm, Bannack Montana, Nikon D3100, f/4.5, Shutter Speed: 1/640sec Katie is so photogenic! When I look at this picture I think high fashion, one high fashioned Indian Princess. I love her pose, once again the colors and everything. I took out the blue from the snow but added it back into her headband and her eyes. I really like the foggy snow look for this image as well. Cowgirl outside the Hotel: Friday February 14th 2014, 2:21pm, Bannack Montana, Nikon D3100, f/4.5, Shutter Speed 1/500sec I like the pose Julie Peterson is performing in this image. The background blur of the hotel is really nice, you can tell she is...

High Dynamic Range (HDR) Shots

Feb 20, 2014 by misa33

I just learned how to shoot an HDR shot- or shots. On my camera I do not have bracketing so I had to perform bracketing manually. For those of you reading this that don’t know what an HDR shot is, they are a collection of images that vary in composition (over exposed, underexposed) placed together to get the perfect composition. I used the free version of Photomatrix since I can’t afford the real version right now. Doctors Desk: I was very pleased at how well this image came out. This was in an old doctor’s house. The wood has more definition , the reflection is much more defined than it was in any of the three images this one image was composed from. The colors are just amazing! ...

Abstract Photography

Feb 20, 2014 by misa33

This was a project in Bannack where we took Macro shots or shots with a lot of Blokeh (blurred background) and combined them with a texture we took in Bannack. All Your Notions on the Table: This was the finished piece, the texture provided a even more rustic look to the table and added interest to the thread. I used a Hard light overlay to blend the wallpaper into the sewing machine image. I masked out a lot of the background so it didn’t have an overwhelming look. I think this one turned out really nice. Texture: Friday February 14th 2014, 1:42pm, Bannack Montana, Nikon D3100, f/4.0, Shutter Speed: 1/60sec Original Table: Friday February 14th 2014, 11:37am, Bannack Montana, Nikon D3100, f/4.0, Shutter Speed...

Thread and Machine- Reverse Shallow Depth...

Feb 20, 2014 by misa33

These two images are essentially the same picture with the subject reversed. This was taken in an old Doctors house in Bannack Montana. I thought the sewing machine looked pretty cool. Sewing Machine: Friday February 14th 2014, 11:39pm, Bannack Montana, Nikon D3100, f/5.6, Shutter Speed 1/60sec In this image the sewing machine is in focus and the closer you get to the front of the image is less in focus. You can see the details of the sewing machine really clearly here. Thread: Friday February 14th 2014, 11:39pm, Bannack Montana, Nikon D3100, f/5.6, Shutter Speed 1/60sec In this image instead of the sewing machine being in focus, only the thread is in focus. Everything that was in focus in the previous picture became out of focus for this...

Girls and Ghosts- Frozen/blurred action...

Feb 20, 2014 by misa33

Here are some more from Bannack Ghost Town, empathizes on the “Ghost” Here are two shots a blurred action (a ghost picture) and a Frozen Action picture. Ghost Girls: Friday February 14th 2014, Bannack Montana, 10:59am, Nikon D3100, f/22, Shutter Speed: 10.0sec Admittedly this is not the best picture, I only got a few ghost pictures, I was having too much fun being a model myself. The illusion of “ghosts” were created with a slow shutter speed and a high aperture. The models stood in the frame and bolted out during the middle of the frame. Fun in the Snow: Friday February 14th 2014, Bannack Montana, 11:10am, Nikon D3100, f/9, 1/400sec This is just a fun picture, you can see the excitement on the two girls faces. The snow was thrown up...

Cowboy and Indian Portraits

Feb 20, 2014 by misa33

For my Digital Imaging class, on Valentines day we took of field trip. These are some portraits I took during the trip to Bannack Ghost town in Montana. Katie The Indian Princess: Friday February 14th 2014, 2:27pm, Bannack Montana, Nikon D3100, f/4.8, Shutter Speed: 1/500sec This was probably my absolute favorite picture, the colors came out really nicely, Katie did a really good job modeling.The blurred snow adds an authentic feel to the image, I really like the way she is positioned with the bone over her shoulder and everything. Her eyes are really striking, the reds and blues seem to really come out in this image and I really like it. Cowboy: Friday February 14th 2014, 2:48pm, Bannack Montana, Nikon D3100, f/5.6, Shutter Speed: 1/200sec I really like the way he is...

Portrait Enhancements

Feb 12, 2014 by misa33

This week we were assigned to take portraits, for a section of the assignment we were to perform photo enhancements, Since I chose to photograph my sisters the enhancements weren’t hard since children don’t have much blemish to their face and also they didn’t seem to show their teeth a lot. My sisters do carry dark circles under their eyes though when they are tired so that’s always something I have to work around with them when we take pictures. Cocoa Child: I really my sister Eden’s eyes in this picture, they really stand out. I had to take out some dark circles under her eyes. I darkened her lips and retouched on her skin so she didn’t look so cold. Her eyes were already pretty sharp but I did sharpen them a little...

Portraits from the Porch

Feb 12, 2014 by misa33

I got to go home this weekend and see my family, This weeks assignment was to take portraits, I have some good little models I call my sisters. All of these pictures were taken on the porch at my house back in Utah. Cat Torturer: Individual Environmental Eagle Mountain Utah, Sunday February 9th 2014, 6:00pm, f/5.0, Shutter speed 1/50sec, Nikon D3100* My sister Adalee refused to cooperate unless she could use the cat, so as my environmental portrait I used Adalee doing what Adalee spends a great deal of her time doing, torturing the cat. Poor Daphne. Little “E”: Individual Head and Shoulders Eagle Mountain Utah, Sunday February 9th 2014, 6:01pm, f/5.0, Shutter Speed 1/50sec, Nikon D3100* Eden is very good with pictures, we wrapped a blanket around her so she wouldn’t be cold and...

Camera Raw Edits from the Park

Feb 6, 2014 by misa33

These images were edited using primarily Camera Raw editing. These images were taken at a park near my house. This was my first experience editing with camera raw. Here is an Image before it was editing in Camera Raw: Before: Evening at the Park Feb. 5th 2014, 5:36pm, Porter Park Rexburg Idaho, Nikon D3100, f/11, Shutter Speed 1/500sec Description Here is the image after it was edited in camera raw: After: Evening at the Park Like I said, this was my first experience editing with camera raw so it was a little tricky to figure it out. The biggest thing I did for this picture was bringing out the color in the playground, in the original it looked pretty dull. I also brightened the snow. I really liked the sun in the...

Panoramic in the Park

Feb 6, 2014 by misa33

This week I took a few photographs in the park, I combined 3 images into one using the photo merge option in photoshop to create panoramic images and cleaned up the images using a content aware option, cloning and patching. Here are two panoramic images I created: By The Playground This was taken in a park by my house, I really liked having part of the yellow slide in the image and the blue water sprinkler those little sparks of color really made the image. The building is a carousel station open during the summer. Merging these images wasn’t that difficult, there was part of the image that I was unable to properly fill and blend so I cropped it. I brightened the colors and adjusted the levels bringing in more contrast. Here...

One Snowy Day (Flexible Edits)

Jan 30, 2014 by misa33

These are pictures I took for Digital imaging, we are learning about flexible edits, creating adjustment layers and filtered layers. Here is some of my work: The first edit I performed on this photo was added with a Black and White mask layer. I Added color back to the image on the fence and in the tree. Next, I added a warming filter, I masked out the tree in the back. After performing the masks and edits I added another layer and fixed the color balance, I took out the majority of the blue undertones. This image was taken in my backyard. This picture is a picture of a house just down the street from my own house. The first edit performed on this picture was a hue and saturation adjustment,...

Flora and Fauna

Jan 30, 2014 by misa33

This week in my Digital Imaging class we were assigned to explore Flora and Fauna- Plant and animal life. These were the pictures I was able to come up with: Fauna: January 29th 2014, 4:34pm, this was taken just around the corner from my house with a Nikon D3100, f/5.6, Shutter speed: 1/250second This was shot on my street, there is a house with a bunch of cats, the people who own the cats have a really cute yard. Today I was walking by and there were a bunch of cats in a well, a few of them jumped out of the well, one of them was this orange cat. I thought the surroundings complimented the cat well. I took out a lot of blue undertones in photoshop. Flora: January...

Orchid again

Jan 30, 2014 by misa33

I was unpleased with my results from last weeks color project so I did it again, I used Orchid or purple as my theme in each of these pictures. Some pictures I completely redid, others I just went back and re-took. January 24th 2014, 2:13pm, shot in my roommates room, f/5.6, Shot with a Nikon D3100, 0.3seconds This image was shot in better day light than the last post, The mail box is more focused and shot at a more interesting angle. Once again, these are my roommates perfumes and mailbox. Deep Depth: January 24th 2014, 2:14pm, in my front yard, f/18, Shot with a Nikon D3100, Shutter Speed 1/15 second. This is my roommates Penny Board once again. This time the board was positioned differently and everything is...

Beauty-Blending/Text

Jan 23, 2014 by misa33

Blending Modes: Original image photo information (thumbnail 1): f/5 Shutter Speed, 1/10sec, January 22nd 2014, 5:04pm Overlay image information: f/5, Shutter Speed 1/10sec, January 22nd 2014, 5:36pm I took the image of the perfume, beads and makeup in my bathroom, the window in my bathroom lets in some really good light and the window itself has a pretty cool texture that didn’t really show up in this picture. The image of the tree branches, was actually an accidental picture, it’s not a very sharp image, the lighting is terrible but it worked well for what I did with it. I added an overlay to the perfume image with a soft light filter. I was playing around with the filters and decided I liked the tree in the window but I...

The Year of Orchid- Color

Jan 23, 2014 by misa33

Here are four images I took with a dominant color of Orchid, the color of the year: Shallow Focus: f/6.3 Shutter Speed: 1/8sec, January 22nd 2014, 5:44pm I used the Orchid plant as a subject to better enhance my color theme. I got a great blurred background in this image, it makes the orchid really pop. f/5.6 shutter speed: 2.5sec January 22nd 2014 6:08pm This cute little mail box is in my roommate’s room. The objective was to get everything out of focus except the mailbox. f/22 Shutter Speed: 2.5seconds, January 22nd 2014, 6:25pm This is my roommates Penny board in our yard. I tried to get some real deep focus by setting my aperture higher but it didn’t seem to work no matter where I placed the board....

Priority Modes-Tea Time and Music...

Jan 18, 2014 by misa33

In my Digital imaging class we have started to learn about priority modes, we were assigned to take photos that followed the criteria for a Shallow Focus, a Deep Focus, Frozen Action and Blurred Motion image. There was no editing allowed in this assignment. Shallow Focus: F-Stop: f/4.2 Shutter Speed: 1/60sec Camera: Nikon D3100 Rexburg Idaho, Friday January 17th 2014,3:42pm The mug and the cookie are in focus, the further back each object becomes less in focus. Deep Focus: F-Stop:f/5.3 Shutter Speed:1/30sec Camera: Nikon D3100 Manwaring Center, BYU-Idaho, Saturday January 18th 2014 at 3:31pm The deep focus picture was the most difficult for me, I had trouble finding ideas of what to shoot. This image is probably a little closer than it should be, however the front part of the...

Cut out

Jan 16, 2014 by misa33

The following are images that I took in the past and cut out a piece of them for my Digital Imaging class. The biggest struggle with this project was being able to cut out images cleanly because, even on a mask layer it was not always clear what part of the image I was including in the cut out and which I was excluding from the cut out,I got some undesired grey and white lines in pieces of my cut out, that I’m sure I will learn to fix more effectively and in a more timely manner. All of the images below are of my littlest sister in my yard back home, shot with a Kodak c195 Easyshare Point and Shoot Camera, all images have been sized to 600×800 pixels. This image was...

Past Photos

Jan 16, 2014 by misa33

For my Digital Imaging class our first project was to collect a few pictures I have taken from the past, so here they are: 1. This picture was taken March 16th 2012 at night time. The picture was taken at City Center in Salt Lake City Utah. The picture was captured with a Kodak Easy-share c195 point and shoot digital camera. The shutter speed was 1/8 of a second and the F-stop was f/3.3. City Creek is one of my very favorite places to take pictures, the overall design concept of City Creek Center is absolutely gorgeous! Image size: 800×1067 pixels. 2. This photo was taken in the Ricks Gardens at BYU-Idaho when my sisters came for a visit. This image was captured October 11th 2013 at 3:08 pm, shot with a...

A Brochure about ME!

Dec 7, 2013 by misa33

For my Visual media class I was to design a brochure this is What I came up with: The Front View of My Brochure: This Brochure has 5 different sections, each section has a page that overlaps the previous page just enough so you can see the titles of each section. Here is what a section would look like: Here is are screenshots of what each category will look like: This Brochure was created to showcase me 🙂 The Process of this was long, It was difficult for me to figure out how this would print out. I designed this primarily in Indesign, however I did some photo editing in Photoshop- of course. I gathered information, pictures and then designed the layout. I then placed my images and figured out where I...

Super Montage

Oct 26, 2013 by misa33

This project was designed for my visual Media class. I was to create a montage from 2 or more images (I have 3) and gradually blend them together to make a point. I sought inspiration from pictures on my own computer. I was able to find a picture of me when I was Super-girl for my little sisters birthday party and a picture another one of my little sisters took of their video game (The Monster Attack Newspaper). I got the idea to use Black Friday as my subject and Super girl as my theme encouraging shoppers to stay “Super” safe during their Black Friday adventures. Techniques I used included, Using Mask Layers, blending techniques, layer and text drop shadows and other effects. Top 3 things learned: 1) I have not used Masks in...

Into the Garden

Oct 17, 2013 by misa33

This project was designed to focus on basic photography and photoshop skill sets. We were assigned to take pictures with good composition, appropriate lighting, a sharp focus and strong focal point. The photoshop portion of this assignment was to desaturate a portion of our photograph and add a filter. My photograph was shot in garden on campus this last weekend when my sisters came to visit me for the weekend. The little girl in the picture is my baby sister. After my photo shoot with my sisters I reformatted my image in photoshop, cropped it to the appropriate size and resolution. After my image was appropriately sized, I reopened the image, created a base layer and then a duplicate layer. On my duplicate layer I preformed a de-saturation technique to the wood in the...

Cheese Louise Event Flyer

Oct 11, 2013 by misa33

Description: I designed this flyer for my Visual Media class, This was a challenge for me because I have always had Adobe programs around me since my mother is a graphic designer and I pursued a life of design as well. I was NOT allowed to use Adobe programs on this specific project, I quite honestly did not know how to use word to design anything, I never needed too. There were times where I really wanted to open up illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop but I was able to compose this project entirely from MicroSoft Word as I was assigned to do, even the logo which was a struggle but a push for me. The assignment was to create a flyer for a beneficiary and a benefactor using a high quality image that we...

1920s, Art, Design and Life

Aug 24, 2013 by misa33

My Birthday was just a few weeks ago, to celebrate we went to Park City Utah to do some Window shopping and we hit the town just in time for the Park City Arts Festival! While I was still in the Interior Design Program I had a teacher that would always tell us that everything about us should scream designer, and looking back from the pictures on my birthday, everything about me does! I saw a cute birthday idea on Pinterest for a 30th birthday, the theme was, “Out of the Roaring 20’s” well, I’m not thirty but I have just stepped into my roaring 20’s! I had to dress the part! I made do with a dress I had bought a few days prior and some accessories. I had so much fun at...

Landmarking Logos

Aug 23, 2013 by misa33

Two years ago today I created “Designer’s Voyage” The Voyage truly has been a blessing in my life. The goal for my voyage has not changed from the beginning, however like any voyage there were some unexpected turns and obstacles that crossed my path. I am still an aspiring designer but I am also working towards being an event coordinator for large design events. Through all the mysterious winds in life posting my work, my accomplishments and my life here has been a wonderful confidence booster! Seeing my work come together and being published where others actually admire and read my work is truly exciting for me! Seriously, I get so excited every time I beat my record of viewers here on The Voyage or increase my number of followers. I love hearing from...

Light up the World

Jun 3, 2013 by misa33

As many of you may know, I am always taking pictures, pictures of people and pictures of design that I enjoy or find interesting. A few months ago I went out to Dinner for a friend’s Birthday when one of my roommates pointed out the light fixture, me, being me felt the need to snap a picture of the fixture. Ever since then I’ve been noticing light fixtures even more than before and feel the need to take a picture of every light fixture that I enjoy! This is the fixture that started it all: This isn’t a fabulous picture, overall the lighting was pretty poor in Texas Roadhouse, however this particular fixture was very fitting for a table setting. There was a Dark shot over the bulb that was designed to keep the...

The Camera I finally can call my own!...

May 16, 2013 by misa33

I am so beyond excited that I bought my very first DSLR camera! I have not used an SLR camera since my Senior Year of High School (So about 3 years) and so I have a lot of learning and re-learning to do. I got a Nikon D3100 with two lenses for a screaming deal. Before all of you try to tell me that I should have gotten a Canon, I’ll just tell you I’ve had much more luck with my Nikon cameras than my Canons. I got the D3100 because I am still learning, as I progress in my learning and also earn more money I can buy a better camera. I just wanted to Showcase some of my first pictures I took with my brand new camera! Also a few that my...

Capturing Life through Images

Mar 23, 2013 by misa33

I have always had a love for photography! I have never been camera-shy, even from a young age I was asking for people to take pictures of me. Since I was about 9 years old I started to enjoy not only being in pictures but taking pictures as well. My mom trusted me with her camera because she enjoyed the perspective I was able to find. I took a photography class in High School, I learned more about how to work with my little point and shoot camera to mimic some of those effects that SLR cameras can capture. I am now working on getting a SLR camera so that I can capture some better quality images. I would like to be able to get one soon so I am able to take pictures...

Senior Pictures

Photo Adventures- Photo-book Final...

Tips on Photographing Children

Photo-book take 2

Keep it Herbal

Photo Book Take 1

Ice Princess

Bannack Best

High Dynamic Range (HDR) Shots

Abstract Photography

Thread and Machine- Reverse Shallow Depth...

Girls and Ghosts- Frozen/blurred action...

Cowboy and Indian Portraits

Portrait Enhancements

Portraits from the Porch

Camera Raw Edits from the Park

Panoramic in the Park

One Snowy Day (Flexible Edits)

Flora and Fauna

Orchid again

Beauty-Blending/Text

The Year of Orchid- Color

Priority Modes-Tea Time and Music...

Cut out

Past Photos

A Brochure about ME!

Super Montage

Into the Garden

Cheese Louise Event Flyer

1920s, Art, Design and Life

Landmarking Logos

Light up the World

The Camera I finally can call my own!...

Capturing Life through Images

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