Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Self portraits and portraits

1. Alter your perspective:
Most portraits are taken with the camera at (or around) the eye level of the subject. While this is good common sense – completely changing the angle that you shoot from can give your portrait a real WOW factor.

2. Breaking the rules of composition:
There are a lot of ‘rules’ out there when it comes to composition and I’ve always had a love hate relationship with them. My theory is that while they are useful to know and employ that they are also useful to know so you can purposely break them – as this can lead to eye catching results. The rule of thirds is one that can be effective to break – placing your subject either dead centre can sometimes create a powerful image – or even creative placement with your subject right on the edge of a shot can sometimes create interesting images.

3. Take unfocused shots:
As photographers we have ‘sharp focus’ drummed into us as an ultimate objective to achieve in our work – but sometimes lack of focus can create shots with real emotion, mood and interest.There are two main strategies for taking unfocused images that work: Focus upon one element of the image and leave your main subject blurred. To do this use a large aperture which will create a narrow depth of field and focus upon something in front of or behind your subject.
I like this photo because the portrait focuses on her but you can still see the nature behind her. I picked it because it looks really cool and simple. 

I really like this photo because it shows her covered in nature with the flower crown and the dandelions in her hands and all the nature around her. I picked it because it is simple.


I like this photo because it is from a cool and different perspective. I picked because it is clean and simple.

I like this photo because it is cute and simple. I picked it because it is clean and simple.

I like this photo because it is clean and simple. I picked because i like the black and white. 


I like this photo because it is simple and clean.

I like tis picture because the little boy is so cute and it shows him enjoying nature.


  




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