Portraits & self-portraits preview

1. Two tips i like are these:The person in your portrait is the main point of interest – however sometimes when you place them into different contexts with different backgrounds you can dramatically alter the mood in a shot.

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

2.Environmental portrait:

 

i like this photo because of the action and lighting happening in the picture. I like how the sparks are bouncing off the metal and that they captured that.

   

i chose this one because of the colors and mood you get from the sunset in the back.

3.  photography self portrait: 

this one stood out to me because of his camera and the setting of the picture. Also the focus is nice how its blurry in the back.

i chose this picture because of the color contrast and the guys nice beard. the way his skin and the off white background contrast is perfect.

4. casual portrait:

i used this photo because it was the only b&w photo i could see so it popped, also i like the way he's positioned.

I like this one because i love Tom Hanks and he's sitting the same way as the guy above.

5. For my picture i want to shoot my baby sister (with a camera) and we have a really nice backyard, so I'll put her face next to the sky and trees under the sky. To make this successful, I will just wait til the sun sets and get the camera focused on her face. this will be an up close photo. With the low light at night time, i will need a faster shutter speed to get more light, but i want the photo to be a little dark to create that night time party type mood. I will have her face in one of the corners to do the rule of thirds composition rule.