Portraits:
"Portrait photography is a photograph of a person or group of people that captures the personality of the subject by using effective lighting, backdrops and poses"
-Google definition.
APPROACHES AND WHAT COULD/ SHOULD BE CONSIDERED:
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Formal Portraits:
I have been considering formal portraiture, it is seen as one of the most common forms of photography. Most people often have a formal portrait taken at least once a year for school photos or passports etc.
For my formal portrait I decided to take a photo of my explorer scout leader, not a close friend but a great guy. On the way home from being set the task I had think about who would be a good subject and after some deliberation, Tony came to mind. I'm not clear on why I chose Tony but I quite like the way the images turned out. During this task I considered lighting and my manual settings. I positioned Tony, at first, stood up but didn't like these images as they didn't have the right framing for me so I sat him on a chair, Taking the photos from lower down. This gave him a more authoritative portrait as he's my explorer scout leader, I asked him to look directly into the lens for this reason too, intimidation. |
Before the shoot, I had to call him and organise times and place, as it happened I had a meeting (for Explorers) the next night so we decided that would be best for the both of us. This also gave me access to the scout hut so we could incorporate it in the image, this gave the photos some context.
I didn't really like this task as I don't feel you can play with formal portraiture in the way that I enjoy, not my kind of photography. However, I still have an appreciation for this type of portraiture as I feel it can show emotion quite clearly on some occasions. With my portraits, I think I was aiming more for a superior feel than emotive, this left them feeling quite nationalistic (especially because of the flag) which wasn't exactly what I was aiming for but I still think it adds to the superior feel that I wanted. I like how these images turned out but I used photoshop to correct the reds and the exposure of the image, imporving them.
I didn't really like this task as I don't feel you can play with formal portraiture in the way that I enjoy, not my kind of photography. However, I still have an appreciation for this type of portraiture as I feel it can show emotion quite clearly on some occasions. With my portraits, I think I was aiming more for a superior feel than emotive, this left them feeling quite nationalistic (especially because of the flag) which wasn't exactly what I was aiming for but I still think it adds to the superior feel that I wanted. I like how these images turned out but I used photoshop to correct the reds and the exposure of the image, imporving them.