Self Portrait and Portraits l

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Experimenting with Lighting:
there are many things you could do when it comes to using light in portraits; there are endless possibilities.
Lighting possibilities, such as side-lighting, can create mood and backlighting. Also, silhouetting your subject to hide their features can be powerful.

Introduce a Prop:
You can included a prop of some kind into your shots. It can create a better point of interest that will enhance your shot.
You have the risk of taking away the focus from your main subject. It can add a sense of story and place to the image that takes it in a new direction though. It also gives the person you're photographing an extra layer of depth that they would gave had without the prop.

Take Unfocused Shots:
As photographers. there is a 'sharp focus' rule drilled into our brains as an ultimate objective to achieve in our work. The sharp focus can feel a bit overrated; sometimes lack of focus can create shots with real emotion, mood and interest.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF PORTRAITS

Environmental Portrait

 I really liked this photo because of how elegant the Queen's guard is and how simple the image is. I picked it because it includes the rule of third because the guard is standing off to one side of the shot.

I really liked this photo because of how the ocean around the girl was captured, with pristine and beautiful waters. I picked the photo because of how the water around the girl kind of frames her. The horizon of the water also follows the rule of thirds.

Photography Self Portrait

I really like this image because of the expression it conveys, it manages to capture this girl's inner thoughts, or just her inner self. I picked the photo because of the balance the girl has cross the image.

 I really like this photo because the painting dripping of  the person can represent so many things. The expression the person has conveyed is very deep and distant, almost sad. as if that's what she really feels even of the only thing you can see is the happiness (the colorful paint). I picked this image because of the background which is just a simple green color that matches the paint. The image also includes cropping with the girl being close up.

Casual Portrait

I really liked this photo because of the story it sort of tells. It shows us a little girl reading some fairytales which can inflict any type of emotion in the girl (it's just cute in general). I picked this photo because it fills the frame and includes a bit of a viewpoint angle.

I liked this photo because of the action that has been captured. A mother has picked up her little girl and the whole family is clearly having a fun time. I picked the picture because of the depth that has been presented here. There is a field behind this family that is blurred out and clearly looks like its far away, which is how the depth is created. There has also been some elements of balance because not only are the people evenly spread out across the image, both females of this family are sitting up and higher up on the image. In the meantime, the males are sitting farther down, almost laying down in the image, so that;s how some balance has been created horizontally.

I plan to take photos of family and of myself. Family members such as my sister and other relatives, such as my close cousins who I see often. I will probably take these photos outside where lighting will be better than indoors. I will probably want my subjects interact with nature which could include trees (I would probably go to a park). I will want to use my rules of photography, especially rule of thirds, balance, leading lines and cropping, to get a successful shot.