Self Portraits and Portraits Part 1

1) Looking within the frame – alternatively you could have your subject looking at something (or someone) within the frame. A child looking at a ball, a woman looking at her new baby, a man looking hungrily at a big plate of pasta…. When you give your subject something to look at that is inside the frame you create a second point of interest and a relationship between it and your primary subject. It also helps create ‘story’ within the image. Framing gives an image depth and draws the eye to a point of interest in the image.

2) The  most  common  mistake  made  by  photographers  is  that  they  are  not physically  close  enough  to  their  subjects. In  some  cases  this  means  that  the  center  of  interest—the subject—is just  a  speck,  too  small  to  have  any  impact.  Even  when  it  is  big  enough  to  be  decipherable,  it  usually  carries  little  meaning. Viewers  can  sense  when  a  subject  is  small  because  it  was  supposed  to  be  and  when  it's  small  because  the  photographer  was  too  shy  to  get  close.

3) You can also capture a self-portrait by supporting your camera, then frame your picture and focus with a stand-in. Place a mirror just behind the camera, and do your final posing in the mirror. This method also requires a self-timer, or a remote triggering device if your camera has one. Once again, if you use a self-timer, you'll need to get into position before it goes off.

Environmental Portrait

I love the way that these pictures look because of the sky. The skies in both pictures are different. In the first picture I love how the photographer got the rope to completely stop in the picture. In the second picture I love how he is just standing on top of a little hill.

Photography Self- Portrait

These photographs are mostly similar, I love how they are both not normal self-portraits that you take. In the first picture I like how some one is holding a mirror and he took the picture of him looking away from the mirror. I like how he turned the camera upside down at a different angle.

Casual Portrait

These photos are like the portraits that are very common. The first one is just the one with the blurry background and the closed up face. The second one is the full body length with the background not as blurry. I love the second one the best. I love how you don't just see there faces you can see their whole body and what they are doing.

 I will be taking pictures of my 3rd grade sister Karsen. I leave by a trail and a pond and I will be taking pictures of her there. To make my photos successful I will need to use the right shutter speed, iso and aperture for the time of day.