Photography UNIT 57: Portraits

Portraits

 3 different composition

• A long shot - the whole person
• A Medium shot - Waist up
• A close up - just face and neck

Things to consider

• what is the lighting like?
• what is the background like
• where the model is looking??
• what pose should the model have?

Taking the Picture

• Take more than 3 shots for each one
• Take your time
• talk to your model
• get the eyes in focus
• Try and get off the automatic setting

Photoshop

• We will look at black and white effects
• We will look  at partial colour effects
• We will look at basic adjustments
• We will  be looking at comic book images

Key Words:

•  Aperture - how much light is let into the camera through the lense

Your Task:

• We have till Wednesday 23rd to have these shots taken
• We will be given the opportunity to manipulate the images on Photoshop
• The Nikon DSLR's are available for use but can only be done on the school premise.
• we have to organise who our model is going to be
• we need to plan where and when are going to take your photographs

My Plan for the Photography Shoot.

I Will ask my Sister to be the model for my shoot because she is very photogenic and will happiuly do what i ask her as she wants to be a model when i am older.

Long Shot:

Light: Natural Light/ Darkish 

Background: Grass with the Blue Sky/ Sunset/ Weather

Model Position: The Model should be looking away from the camera we should be seeing the back of their head

Model Pose: Her hands should be raised above her head spread out or in clenched fists i.e victory

Mid - shot

Light: Natural

Background: Plain, like a grey or purple colour

Model position: Lying down, her hand is keeping her head up

Model pose: she is smiling or laughing and she is facing the camera, she is also wearing a dark shade of lipstick

Close - up

Light: Dark Light or artificial via a bulb

Background: A bed set- up like a pillow

Model position: she is under tghe covers with her head on the pillow facing the camera straight on

Model Pose: She should just be lying straight

Model should be looking: directly at the camera with her eyes closed, giving the idea that she is dreaming