Scanography

"Girl". 10/21/10, 9:23 am. Romney Photo Lab, BYU-I Campus, Rexburg, Idaho. Flatbed Scanner.

After scanning this I brought up the exposure, blacks, and contrast in RAW, and then cropped it in Photoshop. I chose these items to scan because I was trying to do a self-portrait of sorts. These are my old worn out biking gloves, my bike computer showing how many miles I've ridden on my road bike this year (pretty good considering I've hardly ridden since injuring my foot July 3rd), my favorite necklace, and my favorite tie-dyed shirt as the background.


"Space Skirt". 10/21/10, 10:21 am. Romney Photo Lab, BYU-I Campus, Rexburg, Idaho. Flatbed Scanner.

Recovery, blacks, brightness, and contrast adjusted in RAW.


"Space Suit". 10/21/10, 10:12 am. Romney Photo Lab, BYU-I Campus, Rexburg, Idaho. Flatbed Scanner.

Adjusted blacks and fill light in RAW.


"Glass". 10/21/10, 10:02 am. Romney Photo Lab, BYU-I Campus, Rexburg, Idaho. Flatbed Scanner.

Adjusted the exposure, recovery, fill light, and blacks in RAW. I also used an adjustment brush on the highlights so that they wouldn't be blown out.

"Have Space Suit, Will Travel"

This image is the result of my three-part scan. When trying to figure out what to scan my husband suggested one of his favorite books by Robert Heinlein; that set off the space theme and I ran with it. I think the pattern on the skirt is a perfect background, so I brought in the picture of the book next, expanded it with the transform tool, positioned it where I wanted it, and then used the vivid light blending mode to help it blend in. Next, I added "glass"; to it I expanded and turned the image, and used the warp function in the transform tool to move it around and give it some movement so that it feels more like a black hole. I then used the pin light blending mode at 77% opacity to merge the images together. To finish it off I cropped the image.