Grand Tetons Fine Art: Nature and the Mountains

Grand Teton National Park has amazing drives and views of the mountains. I love nature, and learning how to capture it was wonderful. I love taking pictures of people in front of scenery, such as family and friends; but sometimes it’s nice to have a beautiful image of the earth just to hang on your wall, especially during the gloomy winter days. The skies were mostly gray, but the clouds parted later on, giving me a wonderful blue sky to work with.

I had to adjust my f-stop a lot in order to change my aperture for the various shots I wanted. I got some close-up shots, (see my post titled Grand Tetons Fine Art: Macro Photography), which made me need to change my f-stop. See the captions for exact specs of each photo.

I did minor editing with the levels on all of these images, and some I needed to boost the saturation a little bit as well. Here are the images of mountains that I caught on camera. Let me know what you think.

AliciaBingham-GrandTetons-OxbowBend1; Grand Teton National Park-Jackson, WY; 5/17/14; 11:02am; f20; 1/200; ISO 100

AliciaBingham-GrandTetons-Nature-Stream-Slowshutter; Grand Teton National Park-Jackson, WY; 5/17/14; 7:24am; f20; 1/5; ISO 100

AliciaBingham-GrandTetons-OxbowBend5; Grand Teton National Park-Jackson, WY; 5/17/14; 11:06am; f22; 1/200; ISO 200

AliciaBingham-GrandTetons-MooseWilsonRoad-LakeReflection2; Grand Teton National Park-Jackson, WY; 5/17/14; 6:35am; f11; 1/200; ISO 1600

AliciaBingham-GrandTetons-FallCreekFalls5; Palisades-Bonneville County, ID; 5/17/14; 7:30pm; f11; 1/6; ISO 100

AliciaBingham-GrandTetons-JennyLakeLoop; Grand Teton National Park-Jackson, WY; 5/17/14; 1:12pm; f22; 1/200; ISO 400

AliciaBingham-GrandTetons-OxbowBend5; Grand Teton National Park-Jackson, WY; 5/17/14; 12:16pm; f22; 1/200; ISO 200

AliciaBingham-GrandTetons-FallCreekFalls1; Palisades-Bonneville County, ID; 5/17/14; 7:25pm; f8; 1/250; ISO 800

AliciaBingham-GrandTetons-OxbowBend-WideAngleLens1; Grand Teton National Park-Jackson, WY; 5/17/14; 11:15am; f22; 1/200; ISO 800

Photo Book: The Finished Product

Here is my final photo book spread. I spent a lot of time trying to choose the right pictures for the book, as well as choosing which images I wanted to put in what order. I decided on what I thought were my best photos, and went from there. I paid the extra money to have a full bleed cover because I thought it would look better, and I really like how it turned out. It’s a beautiful image edited as an HDR using Photomatix and Photoshop.

As for the design, I went with simple rather than anything too fancy. I had some dark images, so that’s why I chose to go with the darker theme, in order to let the images fade off into the black background better. However, I didn’t want it to be too dark, so I added the white borders on some images. Choosing fonts was a difficult thing for me, but eventually I found two that I liked, that I thought worked well together.

If you’re interested in seeing the whole thing, click the image to see a PDF of my photo book, or click the link below to see it. Enjoy!

 

AliciaBingham_PhotoBook_Final

Photo Book – Full Book Draft

 

Here’s a link to the PDF of all the pages in my photo book. Ignore the extra bleed on the table of contents page. That no longer exists, since there won’t be a page to the left there. The back cover is simply black right now, but the first page is what my cover will look like. Enjoy!

ABingham_Full_Photo_Book

Previous Photographs

The following pictures are photos I have taken over the past few years after I got a camera for Christmas. Each has its own story, but they all tell a little about who I am. I like to take pictures of nature, so half of them were taken while I was hiking or out exploring through Idaho and Wyoming. I love my family, and I love food. I took a picture of a meal I made one semester: chicken cordon bleu; and I also took a picture of my favorite meal to eat while I lived in China: I call it potato noodle hot dish.

Sunset; 7-25-12; 7:57pm; Idaho Falls—backyard; f 5.3; 1/137; Fujifilm Finepix S2950

Cloud mountains; 7-23-12; 8:51am; Teton Pass, WY; f 8; 1/676; Fujifilm Finepix S2950

Squirt; 7-22-12; 1:52pm; Idaho Falls—backyard; f 5.2; 1/223; Fujifilm Finepix S2950

Tubing; 7-24-12; 5:43pm; Ririe Dam Lake, ID; f 5.3; 1/223; Fujifilm Finepix S2950

Shrub; 4-17-13; 7:15pm; Rexburg—backyard; f 3.1; 1/84; Fujifilm Finepix S2950; Macro setting

Water; 7-24-12; 12:15pm; Palisades backcountry, ID; f 5.2; 1/147; Fujifilm Finepix S2950

French chicken; 5-22-13; 6:33pm; Rexburg—apartment; f 3.1; 1/90; Fujifilm Finepix S2950

Chinese food; 2-4-11; 11:39am; Luoyang, China; f 3.1; 1/50; Fujifilm Finepix S2950

Slight edits were made on four photos. Shrub, French chicken, Sunset, and Cloud mountains all had a little editing done with brightness/contrast. French chicken and Cloud mountains also had a bit of tweaking done with the levels. Other than that, all the photos pictured are the raw photos I took from my camera.