Self Portrait and Portraits Review

Creating a theme:

Two items make a photo, the subject and backdrop, and I think that they are equally important. This is where your lens choice comes into play. A long lens allows you to send the back ground out of focus and narrow down the amount of background in the photo. A wide lens keeps the background in focus and allows it to be a key part of the image. Either way the background is playing a big factor by being a key element or by not distracting from the subject.

Lighting, a single flash can do wonders for your portraits. I won’t go into any lighting details, but photography is about capturing light. You don’t need to buy a flash, I first started learning lighting using work lights. You can pick up a small but powerful work light from home depot for around ~$15.

Portray emotion:

Want your photos to look boring, then act bored. The facial and body expressions you make are huge in setting the tone of the photo. This is where having a tethered setup can really help (you will be able to see results and nail it down). Aim for over the top, I mean really go crazy. The more emotion you show the better the photo will turn out.

Environmental Portrait. 

 The reason why I chose this photo is the emotion in the kids faces and the type of background really shows the distress the kids are in and how they feel inside and out.

I loved this photo because it looked a lot like an interpretive dance and the form this girl is holding and the feeling she is demonstrating is amazing to me. 

Casual Portrait.

 This photo stood out to me because of the way the family are just sitting and enjoying each others company and the baby makes the picture very adorable and is the way a family should be. Happy and enjoying each others company.

I like this photo because it is showing two young people in love and just walking and having a nice evening being with one another. I also like how the light has that glow on the outline of their bodies.

Formal Portrait.

 I like the photo for the reason that it looks so retro and the colors that it has are unique to me. and it just looks amazing. 

I like this photo because of the way the child is just so happy and innocent. I chose this because i like the lighting of it and the black backdrop makes the kid and the horse stand out and is the first thing you see.

Photography Self Portrait

I like this photograph because of the creative concept that this guy had. I chose this photo for its' unique and funny/amazing idea. and since he has nothing in the background and it's completely white IO focus more on him cause he stands out more.

I like this photo because of the lighting the picture has and the brightness the cloudy breath has and the outline of her head. This photo is amazing to me and i love the certain "style".

The subject I will be shooting is just regular people that you see in the halls and try to make them express an emotion that they are feeling at the moment as best as possible. I would like to shoot outside but maybe for the some parts of the shoot if people aren't comfortable with it we will be shooting inside. I will try to include the rules of photography in some away and maybe make the background blur a bit or fade so that the subject is better able to spot and understand hat they are doing.