Portraits

I believe my most successful portrait would have to be the face portrait because it comes from an extreme angle, and the way her face glistens off the dark shades of the tree leaves. The way I created my artistic portrait is by having her lay down on a chair while holding he hair back right out of her face. The way the shadows of her and the chair come right off on to the canvas floor. The mood I captured with my client would have to be a little uncomfortable because she had to lay back on a chair. A prop I decided to use was a picture frame made of card board. The reason why I choose the prop was to capture my clients face while she was smiling and holding the prop at the same time. I like the way the photo turned out because it captured what I was going for. What makes my surprise photo different is there is two people in it posing in a different way. It also shows them enjoying themselves and enjoying life in every way.

Contact Sheet

My favorite compositional trick was lighting. The reason why I like it most is because it can show a different side of humanity in the dark state of mind. The one I think I would be using in day-to-day life would have to be Simplicity because it catches the emphasis in it's exact state at any time. It can also simplify your emphasis to what you want to capture. My least favorite would have to be Fill in Flash because it is very difficult trying to get a picture with a lite background and getting your emphasis in good lighting.

Compositional Trick #8 Fill in Flash

The way Fill in Flash effects the picture is lightening up your emphasis when there is a Shadow on it and when the background is all lighten up. You can see your emphasis much clearer and it is also noticeable of what they are doing. Were I would use fill in flash is when someone is in a dark place while the background is lighten up and also when it is really dark outside.

Compositional Trick #7 Drawing with Light

Drawing with light gives us a showing of emotion that is given off by our picture. When I look at my picture I see a sad emotion. I think she is sad because she's alone and feels scared about something.

Compositional Trick #6 Framing

Framing helps us with composition because it shows us our emphasis. My first picture of the cactus was a good picture of framing because the frame for the cactus was the tree. My second one wasn't as great becausethe picture was blurry, you couldn't tell there was a frame involved and the lighting was all wrong.

Compositional Trick #5 Extreme Angles

The reason why extreme angles are good to know is because it gives us a better view of our emphasis from above them or below them. I would have to say they are pretty close to being a good job because they shoe the emphasis from both below them and above them.

Compositional Trick #4 Simplicity

The way simplicity stregthens the picture by only focusing on the emphasis. There are no other objects that can distract your eye from what the emphasis really is. To me simplicity doesn't mean boring, it means a variety of ranges for the emphasis in it's simplest form. It gets you right to the point without hesitation. yes it is an effective trick because it shows us what were looking at with out having anything else to distract us, this is what I was thinking when I took my photos of a water bottle and a tree.