Portraiture Straight Images

For Portraiture we have to take a range of images of different people within different environments. We are linking our work to a range of different photographers that take different type of portraiture images. All of their styles are very different but all have the similarity if portraiture.

Top 5 Images

The First image shows another student posing within a studio smiling whilst holding a passive posture. The overall composition of the un-edited image is not perfect - There is a space within the top of the image where we can see a part of the wall behind the backdrop. There are also some marks on the background near to the bottom of the image which causes a distraction. When editing this image I will crop out the top of the image and also edit out the spots on the background which cause the distraction. This image links to a photographer known as Richard Avedon. He took portraits of people from the waist up. His images were always in black and white so therefore, when editing, I will turn the images that were taken in his inspiration to black and white to fit Avedon's shooting style. This image also shows more of the models body than intended, I will therefore crop out a small part of the bottom of the image to fit the style of Avedon as perfectly as possible. 

This next portrait is of another student outside on the roof of a car park located next to college campus. To take this image I made the model laugh before capturing. This made the expression natural and real. There is a slight mis-composition within the image and that is the building to the left of the image that is slightly in frame. I also feel that there is a little too much space about the models head so I will therefore edit this out as well as the building in frame so that the composition is perfect.

This next image was taken in the same place as the previous image but I used a different model. Instead of making this model laugh I just simply called her name to make her turn to the camera. This again made the expression on her face natural. The composition of this Image, I feel, is perfect and won't require any cropping during editing.
Both of these images taken outside hold the rule of thirds within the image as the models are within 1/3rd section of the image. Using the rule of thirds, we can establish their surroundings through the background of the image.

This next image was also taken in the studio but with a different model. I asked the model to hold a flag of our country to add an extra connotation to the image. The model was captured smiling whilst holding up the flag which adds many connotations to the image. The composition of this image is a definite improvement on the other studio photos as the marks on the bottom of the backdrop are covered by the flag and there is no wall to be seen in the top of the image. No cropping is required. This image also links to Richard Avedon.

This final image was also taken in the studio however the background is a different colour. I chose the background colour to be pink to suit the stereotype of feminine colours. The colour also helps the model stand out as her hair colour and the colour of her clothes stand out over the coral-pink coloured background. This time, instead of asking the model to pose with a specific emotion, I asked them to have a neutral facial expression. This image is almost perfectly composed. The model is slightly to the right of the frame so I may crop out a small section from the left of the image to make the model centred. This image links to a photographer that was studied who is known as Thomas Ruff. He took portraits of people with neutral facial expressions, almost like passport images. The photos were taken with a small space above the hairline and only showed the upper body. Because of this, I may crop out the top section of the image so that the image links to the intended photographer more.