Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Photography class: Assignment 7 - Portraits

The assignment for this week was about portraits, we had a basic class about the different types of portraits and a few techniques, not a lot because portraits is a course in itself, so this assignment was to have a brief idea of how to take portraits. The assignment was to take 2 portraits of somebody else and this person was supposed to be posing for the camera, also I had to take another 2 portraits but in this case the person didn't have to pose, it has to be spontaneous so we can capture the person expresion without being influenced by the fact that a picture was being taken of them and lastly I had to take to self-portraits to get used to see myself in the other end.

Posing for the camera

Assignment 7 - Portraits
This is a picture of my sister, posing in her garden with her orchids, which she loves. I took it in a cloudy day, no flash no other tools used.

Posing for the camera

Assignment 7 - Portraits
My sister again in a different pose, similar settings.

Spontaneous

Assignment 7 - Portraits
This picture was taken in the office with some good light coming from the window, again no flash used.

Spontaneous

Assignment 7 - Portraits
This is from inside the office as well, lot of light from the window, no flash used. Made it black and white to hide a bit all the light that comes from the window in the top right corner of the photo.

Me

Assignment 7 - Portraits
I took this inside my house, in my bedroom to be exact, during the night, I used a mirror and the external camera flash.

Me again

Assignment 7 - Portraits
Same here, however since the position is different the flash created an effect that could make you think I took this one in the afternoon with sunlight coming through the window.

With this assignment I learned that portraits are hard, you need to get the light right so you can show people how they really are, self-portraits are harder, you have to be very creative to get a good photo. At end as usual it all comes to practice, patience and to be creative and most importantly to have fun.

I had my last class this week and this was my last assignment, the whole course and every assignment were very interesting, I learned a lot and now I am off to practice everything I learn.

I am going to be sharing all my photos in my Flickr account in case you want to follow me there and check on what I am up to in terms of photography.

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for posting Photography Classes; I couldn't thank you less. And your assignment shots are just amazing.

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