For this week’s photo challenge, you will take one INDOOR PORTRAIT and one OUTDOOR PORTRAIT. of the same person One taken inside in one of our studio spaces, and one taken outdoors, either outside of school or on school grounds.
The purpose of any portrait isn’t just taking a flattering image of someone, but trying to get across the the viewer the essence of that person. Notice all of these examples show people being truly themselves. We can tell what their interests are based on where they are placed. Lying down on a patch of grass and looking up at the sky, arms placed just so. We get the essence of a person there. Standing in the batting cages, the light hitting her harshly, but she takes that light head on, with no apologies, there is personality there as well.
WE WANT TO GET PASSED THE SELFIE LOOK AND TRULY GET TO KNOW ANOTHER PERSON.
Find out two bits of information about this person, and capture two sides of their personality in two different photos.
One example could bet, Softball, see above. Or shyness, see above with the hand over the mouth. Maybe the person feels withdrawn, maybe they are a cocky confident personality, maybe they are goofy, funny. Put this in the shot!
To do these photos, we will be using the AV mode of the camera. This time we will be using APERTURE to control DEPTH OF FIELD
Depth of field is the amount of focus in an image.
In Narrow Depth of Field, we only see the Wolf in focus. Whereas in Large Depth of field, we see everything.
Depth of field is controlled by Aperture. In the AV mode of the camera. The Aperture is the size of the opening in the lens that lets light into the camera.
Note that the smaller the aperture number, f/1.4, the larger the opening, the larger the opening the smaller the opening. It works backwards.
So if you want the background blurred out, use an aperture of f/1.4 For everything in focus, you want to use a higher aperture, f/11, or f/22. Note that aperture effects shutter speed, and with a aperture setting of f/22, the shutter speed will be several seconds, so you need a tripod when shooting in this mode.
USE A/V mode to control aperture. Most portraits focus on the person, but a middle setting would allow the background to be visible as well.
What I’m grading you on:
Clear, in focus images.
A background that informs us of your person’s personality.
Appropriate Depth of field to the subject.
Strong sense of who this person is.
One indoor portrait and one outdoor portrait are due on Monday, 10/7
Strong Photography 19-20 