The Attempt

My second favorite copy of the final landscape photo.

Unpredictable Success in June's Bloom

The orange little tree is the object in focus, whereas the ground and fence are included in the depth of field. The background contains a lot of space to create a larger depth of field. The composition of squared patterns in the fence and the texture of the plants help make the little orange tree a unique subject in the photo. The natural lighting created by the cloudy sky illuminates the little tree's orange leaves. The camera's ground level forces the viewer to be engaged by the random small tree which is actually a branch from a tree that I stuck into the ground to make it look like a mini tree amongst an open space of weeds.

Bathroom Portrait of Ruby 3

At first glance, the portrait brilliantly uses contrast to enhance her beautiful facial features. This is another portrait that is stylized with shadow and natural outdoor lighting, but this time the shot is empowered by the vertical line created by the shot angle. The light vertical line creates a great portrait in which it conveys hope through her face that is full of life yet the darkness conveys a negative surrounding. the line also cuts her face into half as well as the shot's angle which reveals that the artist hides her other side and makes the portrait a bit mysterious. In addition, you can even see her eyes look towards the light slightly creating another line along withe the background's repetition of lines.

The shot could have been better if the outdoors were cut out of photo and if it was in black and white the extreme contrast would create more depth to the portrait. Overall, I really like this portrait and think I did pretty good due to the fact that I did NOT use photoshop to enhance any element.

Bathroom Portrait - Ruby 2

My first initial attraction to this photo was the model's face. I was captured by the beauty and I was curious about what the model saw when taking the photo. The model's slight smile captures her shyness of what may have been asked of her during the shoot. The light definitely makes the portrait more interesting because it gives it life. The pattern of the background does not take away from the portrait, but adds to it composition. The shot angle creates converging lines which creates a more interesting shot. The style is again realistic yet the light has the same strong effect on the portrait.

Bathroom Portrait of Ruby 1

Before us is a photo that makes one stop and wonder what the model is thinking about. The outside light shines upon her face in which it illuminates her facial features. Her eyes are looking out the door of the bathroom towards the light outside as if she is day dreaming about someone. Her eyes do not seem to actually see something, but her eyes tell me that she is reminiscing about the past. The model's eyes stand out the most because they capture something that I cannot see. Thus, it makes the viewer stop and wonder what is it that intrigues the model. The contrast of the darkness on one side of model's face and the light on the other side emphasizes the model's beauty. The tile is hiding in the composition and the horizontal lines that lead to the model's head. The tile background does not pull the attention away from model because its repetition is left in the shadow whereas the light shines upon the model. The style conveyed in the portrait is very realistic (photographic) yet empowered with depth through the lighting. This photo overall reveals a serious side to the model as she is in deep thought about the question I just asked her about her personal life.

SCPA is all about the ARTS (untouched by photoshop)

The subjects in this photo are: Artists

There is a musician, a dancer, and a visual artist.

The magic quantity of three came out better than the six models we desired to have for the shoot.

Patterns appear in the dancer's dress and the leaves on the tree create an artistic and nature collaboration. The photo also presents levels by including the stairs , creating different realms of the art world.

We purposefully composed the photo into threes and placed the subjects on the levels (the stairs). To create the spectacular lighting in this photo we used a strobe light and connected it to the film camera.

Improvements:

The models would have looked better closer up to the musician. I feel like the dancer should have been placed a little less in the background and more in the middle of the foreground and background. In addition, I feel like the photo needs to be a little darker.

Overall,the shoot went really well because the models were very cooperative and patient. The photo was a success at the end, but i felt like I could have printed this photo out better by making it a little darker.

Portraits vs. Snapshots

Snapshots are randomly taken with a random order of elements that are sloppily composed. In contrast to a portrait, it does not show the essence of the model and you are not able to discover any character traits from the model.

Portraits tell us about people by capturing the "likeness" of a person. A portrait is a quality image that also captures a person's character. A real portrait must have at least one element that reveals the model's attitude, features, and unique mannerisms that creates the subject as an individual with their own story. The image must reveal a significant part of the model's character.

A portrait is created by using form, shadow, tone, and light that fit together the way the artist visually desires. How does the Manjari Sharma capture depth through the lens in her own shower? Well, the photographer must make the model feel very comfortable before the shoot, in order to get the model to be relaxed enough to reveal their most intimate moments. The photographer must know how to study people that she does not know to capture the essence of the subject and dissect the truthful moments through the lens. So they must observe the mannerisms, reactions, and expressions through conversation finding what you would like to capture about that person.