Friday, October 10, 2014

Portraiture - Make It Personal

For this project, I decided to use my brother as my model. I chose him because I know he'd be easy to work with that my parents would love to have new pictures of him. It's also his birthday soon and I was thinking I could make it into some type of birthday present. My brother is special because he plays basically every sport known to man. I know I could find a million different ways to pose him, but make it more unique since he'll have more than just one type of sports gear to wear. I'm going to try to pose him with a lot of different props (basketball, football, hockey stick, baseball bat, etc) and try to take as many candid/laughter shots as possible because it's rare when he's not laughing. I'm going to try to take the photos outside at around sunset because I think outside shots are beautiful and would be cool to work with. I think taking the pictures at sunset will give them a more glowy feel and that the shade will look really nice instead of the harsh light that the sun at it's brightest makes. I really love taking pictures of someone who's laughing and also candid shots. They showcase the persons real personality instead of a typical pose or smile. I also like taking photos in the shade and with the sun shining behind them. I'm going to use photoshop but as little of it as possible. I don't want to spend hours editing but I'm going to mix it up by messing with levels, black and white, and the coloring of the shots I take.

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