Portraits
These photos were taken for Studio Portrait. The photo I chose to describe is the photo of myself looking downward. The light is shinning from the bottom right of the photo. The light is illuminating half of my face. The other half of the face has a shadow. The “model” is seated at an angle towards the light. It is also a headshot with the camera held horizontal. The photo was taken only a couple of feet from the model and it was a straight on shot although the model wasn’t facing towards the camera. The lighting and the position of the model has an affect on what emotions are portrayed throughout the photo. I think this photo represents a sense of seriousness and as if the model is reminiscing on the past. In other photos, we shot at different angles and used different lighting angles and sources. In one photo we used natural light. One photo is a picture of me in a mid-laugh which shows humor.
Self Portraits (last two are Sideways)
These three photographs were taken without the use of a self timer because I was able to just hold the camera. When I captured these shots it was mid-afternoon around 3 o'clock. In the first photo I considered rule of thirds with the position of the tree, my eyebrows, and the top of my head. I also used depth of field as a technical consideration because my face is in clear focus but everything behind me is not. The white balance was adjusted to an outside/natural light setting. In the last photo I chose to photograph my hand against a window showing that I was looking outside. The picture consists of raindrops against the window so maybe I wanted to go outside and I was upset that it was raining, or maybe I was looking into the distance reflecting on life. I believe my pictures were successful because they are all extremely different and they all enforce different techniques. My self-portraits are not selfies because portraits have meaning behind them where as selfies are pointless pictures of oneself to post on social media and to make one feel confident in oneself.
Double Exposure
I selected a variety of images for the double exposure project. I chose many nature images from line and shape, pattern and texture, and shadow and reflection. I also incorporated images from studio portrait. In the first picture, the leaves line up with the hair and it makes it seem as if the texture of the leaves is actually the hair. In the middle image, the photos related compositionally because the eye in one photo matches up the shadow of a tree in the other. In order to modify the first image, I erased the photo of the leaves all around my head. The last two pictures were manipulated through changing the position of the two photos and the opacity of them. The two images were merged into each other by dragging one on top of the other. They were in different layers. The pictures that make up the middle image relate conceptually because it is like the person is looking at their reflection. The last double exposure image I posted conveys the message of an abandoned, old shed that no one has taken care of. It looks like grass is growing so tall that it is covering the shed that was once there.