Portrait and self-portrait tips and ideas

Portrait and Self-Portrait

Tips

Environmental Portraits
Portraits are about people. Environmental portraits are about people and what they do with their lives. They are about the kind of house a person lives in and how they decorate it; about what kind of work they do and where they do it; about the surroundings they choose and the things they surround themselves with. Environmental portraits seek to convey an idea about a person by combining portraiture with a sense of place.

The Casual Portrait
Wherever you are with your camera, always be on the lookout for those moments when a person's character shines though. If you have a formal portrait session with someone, make some frames of him while he straightens his tie or while she brushes her hair before the formal sitting. Walk back to the car with her and shoot her on the street. If you are on a spring picnic with the family, look for that moment of bliss when your wife leans back, sated, to enjoy the caress of the warm sun. If you're on the street, look for the impatient expression on a pedestrian's face as he waits for the light to change. Always be on the lookout for the telling moment. Every person has a story, and every picture should tell part of that story.

Environmental Portrait

The reason i chose this picture was because it showed how this three people living is to entertain the people out in the streets and enjoy what they love to do. i love how the whole audience is in black and white while the dancing group are the only ones in color.

The reason i like this picture is because  shes vintage and she works as in selling shoes. i love how she had the big shoe representing the money she owns in tips. She puts the shoe out towards the camera to make the point.


Photography Self Portrait

I like how she puts the camera out infront of her. it captures the floor the walls and her to show that everything combines together. also it show how shes coming towards the camera.

i like how in this picture they captured them self taking a picture by the reflection of some ball on the ground. it captured the trees sky and the whole background of them which makes this picture really good.

Casual Portrait

I chose this picture because i like how she just looks relax as in she doesn't have to pose or anything. And she looks very casual.

i picked this picture because drake looks super casual and looks very relaxed, also as in Marylin does too.

Portrait Assignment

who will you shoot: other people around school

where will you shoot, in the school in and outside.
and what will you do to make the shot successful; use of the rules to make it better and make them focused with enough light to go in.