Self Portraits & Portraits

CREATING A THEME: Two items make a photo, the subject and the backdrop, and i think that they equally important. This is where your lens choice comes into play. A long lens allows you to send the back ground out of focus and narrow down the amount of background in the photo. A wide lens keep the background in focus and allows it to be a key part of the image. Either way the background is playing a big factor by being a key element or by not distracting from the subject.

CAPTURE YOU: My last tip is to use the images below only loosely as inspiration. A self-portrait should be a very personal expression, not simply a mirror of something you've seen elsewhere. Think about who you want to be and how you want to say that. Use props, scenery, pose, and lighting conditions to convey your personality. And most of all, have fun!

Casual Portraits:

 I picked these pictures because I really liked how the people fit in the background. The background doesn't take any focus off of them so they're still the main focus.

Environmental Portraits:

 

I picked these pictures because it kind of shows who these people are, in a way. Their self portraits aren't boring and you can really tell they are the main focus.

Formal Portraits:

I picked these pictures because they have good quality and the main subjects are clear.

 Self portraits:

I picked these photos from one of the websites because you get a sense of who they are. Like the one below, you get a sense of his personality. Each of them are examples of personal expressions.

Rules of Phography part 2

Theme: Nature

Background:

Balancing Elements:

Cropping:

Depth:

Framing:

Leading Lines:

Mergers:

Rule of Thirds:

Symmetry and Patterns:

Viewpoint:

Three Pillars Of Photography

APERTURE

Aperture at F2.8

Aperture setting at F16 or higher

1. We closely relate it to our eyes.
2. The smaller the aperture the higher the f-number. The larger the aperture the lower the f-number.
3. The size of the aperture has an effect on the depth field.

At the beginning:
a) high shutter speed
b) long shutter speed
c) slow shutter speed
d) high shutter speed
e) slow shutter speed
f) slow shutter speed

SHUTTER SPEED

high shutter speed 

slow shutter speed

ISO

ISO 200

ISO 6400

 1. it adds grain or "noise" to the pictures

2. when there's plenty of light use the lowest ISO to have the highest image quality. if you want to use a low ISO try to always stick to the lowest one.

3. you should increase the ISO when there's not enough light for the camera or when you need to get ultra fast shots.  

• F4: the best one is at 1/125 of a sec. shutter speed. 

• F5.6: 1/60 of a sec. shutter speed. 

• F8: 1/60 of a sec. shutter speed. 

• F11:  of a sec. shutter speed. 

• F16:  of a sec. shutter speed. 

• F22:  of a sec. shutter speed. 

Caption Writing: 5 Ws & H

1. Joey Gray kisses Beth Gonzalez on Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Times Square in New York City. Gray excitedly grabbed Gonzalez when the news was announced that the allies had defeated the Nazis, ending World War II.

2. Selma Anderson screams as her friend Greg Martinez is shot at 3:45 p.m. in the courtyard Kent State University. Anderson sadly fell to her knees as Martinez fell to the ground after the guardsmen shot him in the chest. 

3. Juan Gutierrez slides the closet door open to find Matt Corona holding Elian Juarez hiding in the closet at 6 p.m. in Miami, Florida. Gutierrez sternly told Corona to hand Juarez, the stolen child, over to him and Corona resisted.

4. Marilyn Monroe poses over an air vent in a subway in New York City at 7 p.m. Monroe carefully pushes the front of her dress down as she gets ready for her picture to be taken by the paparazzi.

5. Firefighter Armando Murillo cries as he holds a dead baby at 2:50 p.m. in Oklahoma City. Murillo sadly grabbed the infant out of the fire as he was heading away from the burning building.

Mural Project Photos

Great Black and White Photographers, PART 3.

1. What first caught my eye about the photographer's photos is that they both had to do with nature. i like how the rocks looked like they just went on forever. and i just liked everything about the waterfall picture.

2.

I see all the trees in front of me. I see the reflection of the trees in the water, and the rocks popping out of it.

I hear the birds from the other side. And leaves falling as the squirrels jump from tree to tree. 

I smell the water that's in front of me. and all of the nature that is around

I feel peaceful. Looking and seeing nothing but nature around me makes me feel joyful. As if the worries of my life simply disappeared.

I see the water flowing in front of me really fast. 

I feel the wind and the mist of the raging water splashing off the rocks, hitting my arms and my face. 

I smell all of the water that is going by. 

I feel happy just being here with nothing else to think about except for everything in front of me.

Great Black and White Photographers, PART 2.

Ansel Adams

He was born on February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California, and died April 22, 1984 in Monterey, California.

He was dismissed from several schools because of his bad behavior so he was taught by private tutors and family members from the age of 12.

Photography has always been his main career.

A famous picture published by him was "Monolith, the Face of Half Dome".

*im barely posting this now because i was absent the say everyone else did it and i barely found out there was a part 2.