Intro to Portraits

Two Tips:

 Experiment with Lighting

Another element of randomness that you can introduce to your portraits is the way that you light them. There are almost unlimited possibilities when it comes to using light in portraits.

Side-lighting can create mood, backlighting and silhouetting your subject to hide their features can be powerful.

Candids With Consent

Unobtrusive candids seek to be fly-on-the-wall images that catch people going about their business seemingly unaware of the camera and the photographer. This yields images that are more toward the objective end of the objective/subjective continuum, though there is not, of course, any photograph made by a human that is completely objective. Candids with consent, made when the photographer is actively engaged with the subject and the subject is conscious of this involvement, are very different. Photographs are records of the photographer's relationship with his or her subject. In consensual candids, the relationship can be either obvious (the subject looks directly into the camera) or subtle—the relationship is implied because the image feels more intimate. We sense that the photographer was physically close to the subject and that the person was aware of being photographed.

Environmental Photos

I really like this picture because the orange of his coat clashes with the mainly blue background, making an interesting color scheme.

I like this picture a lot because of the color of the blue fabric fading to darkness is very interesting to look at and
 the subject of the women is very easy to spot because of the backgrounds simplicity

Self Portraits

ii really like this because you still get t see her face, but it's a painting instead

I really like this picture because its really balanced and interesting to look at, and the mirror effect has a really cool look to it.


Casual Portrait

                                               

I like this picture because the girl looks really relaxed and calm, and she's caught mid sentence so she looks really relaxed and casual.

     

I like this picture because of the emotion that the girl gives off, which feels like raw and sudden happiness

For this assignment I was planning on shooting the friends I have coming to Texas for thanksgiving break, childhood friends who mean the world to me. I don't get to spend much time with them since they live in Arizona, but when we do get together, the days are always full of energy and excitement. I want to catch this energy and excitement on camera to have something to remember them by when they aren't around anymore. For my self-portrait, I was thinking about painting something somewhere on my face, neck, or hands since art has been a huge part of my life ever since I was a child.