- formal portrait=wide aperature to make background out of focus
- normal lenses= f/2 or f/2.8
- 35mm camera= 50-100mm range
- wide aperature increases the shutter speed
- shutter speed should be no slower than 1/60 of a second to avoid blinking
Indoors
- one light at appx. 45 degree angle on one side of subject
- use a reflector such as white cardboard on other side of subject
- direct sunlight is NOT the best lighting for portraits
- open shade such as shadow of building or tree; avoid deep shade
- include the cloudless sky but not direct sunlight
- reflector anywhere between 3-6 ft. away from the subject
- cloudy days=great for photographing
- even lighting it provides is flaterring for portraits
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| Photo by:Gill Barker |
- capture a person going about everyday life and activities
- don't try to pose subject
- try to shoot subject without them noticing you
- inlcude subject's surroundings
- background gives context and meaning
- capture different moods
- take more time and more shots
- similar to family snapshots
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| Photo by: Phitar |
- faster shutter speed such as f/250 or higher so it freezes action
- you can use flash for candid portraits
- use flash, get close
- uses a subject's surroundings to help tell that peron's story
- combination of formal portraits and photo journalism
- may be posed
- subject can be smaller part of image
- background is most important
- if background gives away biggest clues, background more prominent
- if background only provides a context or setting, subject more prominent
- try different set-ups and angles
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| Photo by:Wayne Rainey |
- wide-angle lenses
- zoom 28mm
- f/5.6 to f/8 or even f/11 for greater depth of a field= sharp and in focus
- clone stamp tool
- healing brush
- you become your own subject
- reveal as much or as little as you want of your life
- choose setting
- in control
- tell a story about you
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