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.