Portraits
Lighting: 1 pt
Describe the lighting in the shot. Where is the light coming from? How is it falling on the models face/head/body?Describe the shadows that are created in the photo. Position of the Model: 1 pt How is the model situated? Is the photo a head shot, or did you include more of the torso?Is the model facing the camera, looking to the side, tilting their head… Position of the Camera/Composition: 2 pts Did you take a horizontal or vertical photo?What was your point of view? Did you shoot from above, below, from the side or on an angle?How close or far were you from the model? Impact/Expression: 1 pt What does the lighting, position of model and expression on face communicate? What aspect of the model’s personality is being revealed in the portrait? (serious, humorous, sad, anxious…) Compare and contrast: 3 pts Compare the photo to another with a different impact/viewer response. How did you use different lighting, positioning or expression to communicate a different feeling? |
I picked the bottom middle picture of grace. The lighting was daylight lighting, it was coming more from the right side of the picture, but straight on. It created a shadow on her left side as well as darkened her left side of the face.
she is situated for a full body shoo, she is looking head on to the camera with a slight head tilt on the left side of the photo. I took a vertical photo, so that it made her a big part of the photo and less background. I took it semi unclose so that she would hit the top and the bottom of the photo. She is portraying a dangerous personality, as well as daring. Im comparing that photo to the second photo of Olivia. Olivia is portraying a happy and excited face as grace is portraying a dangerous look. It is a lot darker in Olivias photo with the focus being on he colored flower. |
Photographer research Mary Ellen Mark
Where is the light coming from?
The light is coming from the top right from the window and the lamp. What is the position or gesture of the model? The model is faced toward the light, only half of her face is shown What is the background or setting? The background on the left is pretty basic, with a white wall and a couch, and on the right its more busy with a photo and the lamp with a window behind it. What is the point of view and distance of the photographer? the photographer is taking the photo straight on is only a little bit away from the subject What does the lighting, position of model and expression on face communicate? that she's looking lovingly at a picture, and shes happy |