Favorite portraits

I Like this picture I took of a stranger because of the angle, and in his expression while looking at me randomly after I asked to take his picture.  

This was by far my favorite picture because it is so in detail. and you can see so much emotion in his face.  This is one of my best friends and it took while to find a good angle.  

This was one of my favorite pictures because the angle looking down is in favor
to my face, and the lighting makes my skin almost glow, along with my eyes.  

I like this picture a lot as well because the background is so in detail,
but so am I.  I also love the natural lighting, and positioning of my body.  

assignment one p.126-162

When picturing people you really need to be aware of the details of how they look and the angle needs to be in their favor.


Try all different angles and expressions, subtle changes can make a huge difference and a different set of clothes can give you many options to pick from.  You never know whats going to look best until you look at all the pictures.

Props can complement other visual elements or contrast them with elements to add a sense of irony,  tension, or mystery.

Body language is extremely important, imagine looking at a picture of someone bored.

Depth of Field is important and you must choose what you want to be in focus and what you don't want to be in focus.
Deep d.o.f means everything is in focus
Shallow d.o.f. means that only a narrow band of the image is in focus.

Emotion is easy to capture if your model had a wide range of facial expressions.

The guesswork that goes into selfies often results in serendipitous photographic surprises.

Make sure your model is relaxed and comfortable with you.

Digital effects can be considered one pictures have been taken.

You can use a prop as a stand in for a model, which is less emotional but can sometimes have a bigger impact.

This first selfie shows a lot of
emotion as I am frustrated
that my dog wants to lick my face.  

This selfie shows how some shadows can make your face slightly less attractive

This selfie shows how some angles can actually
make you slightly more attractive than in
real life.  

A Room With a View

A Room With a View

A couple of key points that I got from this chapter would be how you need to use riding in an airplane to your advantage.  The beauty that we can capture with our phones sits directly outside of the airplanes window.

"don't they know theres a million dollar view at just a glance away" p.139

Influences are very important as well and you need to be sure that you aren't accidentally referencing something you don't mean to.  Some people might see an airplane wing and think about the twilight zone and imagine the guy ripping off the wing.

Using color is always depending on the picture, sometimes the picture is expressed better in the nitty gritty black and white.  Its a personal choice that supports the way that you want to tell the story.

Taking pictures from super high point of views can turn out amazing if you haver proper use of light, point of view, and composition.

Using our iPhone camera we can also create strange effects with rapidly moving objects, due to the rolling shutter.

This shows an example of our iPhone shutter
making it seem like there are multiple
propellers flying off of the plane.  

This picture shows how color was needed to make the picture pop.