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.