Creative poem response

5 portraits

Portraits in Class

I couldn't decide which I liked the best, so I just put both up.

Portrait assignment worksheet questions

1. Depending on how I held my camera, I could get pretty close without being noticed. The girl on the bus didn't notice, I don't think, mostly because I had my camera in my lap. Although the picture I posted, I'm pretty sure she was looking at me. All of the other people I took while looking through my viewfinder, and almost every one of my subjects noticed me at one point. The boy with the tilted head definitely saw me but didn't seem to care, and kept swaggering down the street, and the man in the checkered shirt saw me earlier down the street, but ignored me.

3. I actually didn't ask anyone to move, but keep going about their business. I usually chose one part of their body to focus on, but that's more of a personal choice, just because I like focusing on detail. My subject usually filled up the frame, or I had a little bit of background, but I tried to get as much detail as possible, to convey what they were doing.

5. When people look away from the camera, I think it gives it a more introverted feeling. Like avoiding contact. The eyes can say a lot about a person, and when you can't see them, or they're not clear, it can be hard to understand what they're thinking about, or feeling.

Block Project

60 People. 5 Favorites

6 photos assignment

Playing with reflections

4 objects

Light/dark or black/white

white, or light

Ordered

Disordered

High/low

High/Low, but could also be close/far, now that I think about it....

Far

Close

An Apple a day

Apple Shoot response

Some other ways to draw focus to your subject are contrasting color, light focusing, using leading lines, and placement of objects. When using contrasting color, you can make your subject in color and everything else black and white (or vice versa), or surround your subject with clashing colors to make it stand out. Light focusing can mean a few different things in my opinion. It can be a spotlight on your subject, and everything else is lit using the reflection from that spotlight, or your subject can be the darkest object in the photo. Using leading lines is fairly obvious. All lines lead around or to your subject. Placement of objects is also fairly self explanatory, but also subjective to other elements such as lighting, and what's is trying to be communicated in the photo.

Exploratory assignment

Assignment 2 Favorites. 

Reactions

I don't mind being photographed. My friends at home love using me as a model, so it doesn't bother me anymore. The only thing I find uncomfortable is giving orders to subjects. Orders may not be the right word to use, but I get a little uncomfortable describing exactly what I want, and where I want my subject.

 I think the best way to be comfortable taking photos and being photographed is to be friendly, and accommodating. I find that the best thing to do is always ask if something is comfortable for your subject, or ask your subject if they're comfortable.