Thursday, May 20, 2010

Portrait Posing

http://www.professionalphotography101.com/portrait_lighting/Light_source_distance.html

From reading this article, I learned that you should get variation when the subject moves. You see this happening especially when the subject is standing. If the subject is standing they tend to switch weight on their feet, from foot to foot and start to fidget. If the light source that you are using is very close to the subject the distance change from when the model has weight on the right foot instead of the left foot. Where you are testing the lighting from could be very significant. The relative effect is amplified the closer you are to the light. When the light gets closer it obviously gets brighter. The inverse square law is when the light intensity is is inversely proportional to the square of the distance traveled. So as the distance increases, the intensity decreases. In our next unit I plan to take lighting into consideration and pay more attention to it because it does affect the way the photo turns out.

http://www.stnphotography.com/tips.html#positioning

I read a article on positioning for portrait photography. The basic positioning tips are to position the body and head facing different directions, for the masculine pose you should tilt the top of your head toward the far shoulder, and for the feminine pose you should tilt the top of the head toward the near shoulder. Some hand posing tips are to not show surfaces of the hand instead show the finger's edges, fingers should not be facing into the lens, fingers should be bent at all joints, male hands should be more closed and female hands should be more open, use opposing diagonals: Example: head resting on arm, fingers should not be intertwined, never rest head on a fist. Some important posing tips were to make men a little taller than women, stagger head heights, pose groups one person at a time that are in relation to each other, pose men to the right of the frame and women to the left. Also when shooting groups of people the image should express a tone that all the people in that group are unified, either touching each other physically or visually overlapping. I am going to incorporate some of these tips into the portrait assignments next week.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Weekly Assignment: Same Subject, Different Location


Riding in Car

Weekly Assignment: Same Subject, Different Location

Opening Door

Weekly Assignment: Same Subject, Different Location


Eating

Weekly Assignment: Same Subject, Different Location

Wanting food

Weekly Assignment: Same Subject, Different Location


Swinging

Weekly Assignment: Same Subject, Different Location

Looking for food

Weekly Assignment: Same Subject, Different Location


Weekly Assignment: Same Subject, Different Location


Blending in/Hiding

Weekly Assignment: Same Subject, Different Location


Hanging out with friends

Weekly Assignment: Same Subject, Different Location


Weekly Assignment: Same Subject, Different Location


Weekly Assignment: Same Subject, Different Location


Weekly Assignment: Same Subject, Different Location


Weekly Assignment: Same Subject, Different Location


Weekly Assignment:Same Subject, Different Location


Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Portrait Photography


The first thing I see in this photo is the lighting and the different colors that are being contrasted. This photo doesn't tell a story, it just shows that it is most likely at a rock concert. What makes it professional looking is that the lighting doesn't look like something that you would be able to be notice in the basic snapshots. I think the photographer photographed the person this way because of the way it shows what kind of person it may be. Also the way the lighting and the other members of the band are just in the background and the person being photographed is the main focus. This photo inspires me to take more photos at concerts because they can turn out really good as long as you plan out when to take them and with the high shutter speed you can get some really neat looking photos. Especially with the lighting of the concert, it could turn out looking really good.

Portrait Photography


When I first look at this photo I see a person that is kind of surprised that someone took the picture and the background is well thought out. It may tell some sort of story, like a girl was alone in the forest just thinking about something that maybe was bothering her and was surprised by a photo. It makes it a professional photo the background was thought out and the story line goes along with the mood of the photo. I think the photographer took the photo this way because it shows that the person being photographed is being what she wants to be, not just staging something for the photo. This photo as well inspires me to take more portraits outdoors and have moods that the people being photographed have created.

Portrait Photography

When I first see this photo I see a very happy and confident person. This photo doesn't tell a story but the person seems to be thinking of something happy or good in her life because her smile doesn't seem fake it seems like she really does have something to smile about. What makes it look professional is that the background is blurred out and they photographer has taken moods into consideration. Also the photographer also had her pose so it wasn't just a generic snapshot that you see everyone taking. I think that the photographer posed her this way because it makes the photo different and there isn't going to be a bunch more people that have the same photo. This inspires my next portrait because it makes me remember that the person can't just can't be standing there, there has to be posing of some sort. Also, the background can't just be plain, it has to have some meaning.

Portrait Photography

When I first look at this photo I notice that the rule of thirds is used. Also I notice that the background has the town or city portrayed behind it. This photo doesn't really tell a story but the person that is being photographed seems to be really relaxed and happy. This portrait looks professional because it actually has a well thought out background and the lighting was also thought of. I think that the photographer took this picture because of the aspects of the background and how the moods of the person being photographed is taken into consideration. This inspires me to take more portraits outside and not always taking them inside.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Portrait Photography
















When I first look at this photo I see a completly destroyed building or house and the girl kind of looks scared like she did something wrong. The photo may be telling a story, like someone got angry and couldn't deal with the anger so they destroyed a house. The reason this picture looks different from a basic snapshot is that it doesn't look like someone just randomly took the picture it looks like a model is in it almost. It reminds me of something that would be photographed on Americas Next Top Model as a challenge. I think that the photographer posed her in this way because it shows that not all pictures have to be of something happy, they can kind of have a depressing feel to them. This photograph inspires me to take my next portrait shot in the sense that not everything has to be the way people would expect them to be, they can be different and out there.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Article Review 2

Magazine:Popular Photography and Imaging
Issue: October 2007
Page Number: 26

The second article that I read was about shooting photos outdoors in autumn. Some artiful approaches to taking photos outdoors in autumn may be foliage in motion, which means to combine tree trunks with leaves swishing in the breeze. The shutter speed should be set to around the 1 second range. Another approach may be wide views overhead. What you should to is grab your widest optic and stretch out on the forest floor in order to throw the colorful underbelly of the canopy. Shoot along silky streams and capture a still life that sets the fallen leaves against the milky stream blurred by a low shutter speed.

Mounting a telephoto zoom on a sturdy tripod and aiming at the swatch of the intense autumn colors can bring out really nice color patterns in the leaves that are being photographed in the photo. Next the article said that the tripod mounted camera should be pointed down for the views of the forest floor and look for the natural artifacts that can be composed into a photo. Also you should target the most intense color and rhythmic pattern and avoid including a center of interest in order to bring out the texture of the photo more.

Article Review 1

Magazine Name: Popular Photography and Imaging.
Issue: October 2007
Page Number:49

The article that I read was about ways to lighten up a photo with flash. It says that too many people use the built in flash only for outdoor pictures but you can make your photos more creatively. The first way was that pictures in direct sunlight tend to be overly contrasted with black shadows that appear as "inky." The flash may add just enough light to the shadows to reveal details without lighting. When shooting portraits of animals or people flash, even at a very low power adds catchlights that bring the eyes of the subject to life.

The third way is in the same way a lower powered flash will add sparkle to textured surfaces without altering the image. Another way is to tape over the flash with colored plastic film such as cellophane, lets you mix a flash of one color with ambient illuminations. A colored flash used for fill makes an interesting aspect of the photo. The last way is that at dusk outdoors, the foreground objects can often appear featureless silhouettes. In order to add visual interest to twilight photos, make the foreground appear more bright and noticeable.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010