Portraits and Self-Portraits Preview

The best 2 tips are:
1. "Looking off camera – have your subject focus their attention on something unseen and outside the field of view of your camera. This can create a feeling of candidness and also create a little intrigue and interest as the viewer of the shot wonders what they are looking at. This intrigue is particularly drawn about when the subject is showing some kind of emotion (ie ‘what’s making them laugh?’ or ‘what is making them look surprised?’). Just be aware that when you have a subject looking out of frame that you can also draw the eye of the viewer of the shot to the edge of the image also – taking them away from the point of interest in your shot – the subject."
2. "The settings in which you make pictures of people are important because they add to the viewer's understanding of your subject. The room in which a person lives or works, their house, the city street they walk, the place in which they seek relaxation—whatever it is, the setting provides information about people and tells us something about their lives. Seek balance between subject and environment. Include enough of the setting to aid your image, but not so much that the subject is lost in it."

Environmental Portrait:

 I chose this environmental portrait because I felt that the story they were trying to tell was very clear, and it made me feel, and what I mean by that is the picture made me wonder is there anything I can do, what can I change, or how can I help because I felt bad for this man.

I chose this environmental portrait because this old man shows how hard life can be but you don't have to think about it being hard but you just have to look on the bright side. If you look at the old man he does't look sad or upset he's just doing something that he loves.

Self Portrait:

 I chose this self portrait because it's from the famous see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. I believe the photographer was showing how he wanted to be the best he could trying to avoid all the evil and bad in there world.

I believe that the photographer was showing how she is/was "invisible" and she wasn't easily seen, I think this because the mirror is making it as though half of her isn't there, as if half of her is "invisible".

Casual Portrait:

 I just thought that this photo was a good example of a casual portrait, but I do think that this picture has good lighting and I do like how she is framed by the pillars.

I think that this photo also has good lighting and the photographer also made sure to be close to the subject so that you could see her face fully.

My Paragraph:

I'm going to take a picture of my friends on the right, me in the middle, and my parents on the right. My first portrait idea is going to show how a lot of the time there's a lot of drama happening around me and how it's formed me as a person every one will be arguing and I'll just be sitting there, or my second portrait idea will be my parents arguing and my friends will be standing there supporting me and helping me. I will most likely take my portrait in the Circle C park because I would like a calm back ground, and I believe if I make sure my portrait represents who I am it'll come out the way I want it to. I'm defiantly going to take multiple different portraits and I'm going to experiment with different settings and different ideas so  can get the best portrait I can. My portrait is definitely going to show who I am and how I become who I am, its going to have my friends and my parents in it because they are the reasons I am who I am, they helped form me, and I'm starting to think instead go going somewhere like a park I'm going to go somewhere that we've been or impacted us.