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How to create portraits

1.Using a background for your portrait is a significant element

2. Try to add some space so the viewer can see the background and the person.

3. Composition adds balance

4.Identify visual storytelling potential

5. Central composition

6.Try to create a story

7. Good portrait photography is an outcome of a thinking process

8.Over-thinking the subject might lose patience

9. Focus on the eyes

10. Adding a background can tell a story

11. Shoot away from natural light to give the person a better appearance

12. The subject is in the center of the frame is balanced

13.It is okay to crop parts of the person to tell the story

14.  Try to take different pictures

15. Take at least 20 pictures.

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Surrealism

 

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I really like this picture because of the way it is edited and it tells a story. It shows the surrealism because you’ll never see someone eat their own head. I think what the photographer was trying to say is how we as humans put ourselves down often. The silver ware shows how we eat ourselves up and how everyone goes through it. The color of the pictures also gives it a dark vibe. Many other will have different thoughts on what this image means which is why I think it is a good picture. The point is to get different other views for your picture and make them question what you are trying to say.

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Alternative camera angles

Exposure: 1/2700sec;  f/5.0;  ISO:400

Exposure: 1/60sec; f/5.0; ISO:1600

Exposure: 1/2700sec;  f/5.6;  ISO:400

Exposure: 1/85sec;  f/4.5;  ISO:1600

Finding Fresh Angles in Photography

I really like this photo because of the angle it is facing. I think it is really unique since it catches your eye quickly. The color of the trees is really cool. I think that is also another reason why it caught my eye. The angle of the camera also captures the shadows of the trees. It makes it look like they are two different colors. The clouds in the sky are also really nice. The sky almost looks like the ocean in some way because of the color. The way the trees are almost in like a circle is really cool as well. You can tell the photographer put in a lot of effort. It makes you wonder how the photographer took the picture. Maybe the trees were a different color and he edited to make it look more like a fall like season. I also like the way the angle makes the trees look really tall. You can tell this photographer really puts in the work for his pictures. It makes me want to try to take an angle that way. I also wonder where he went to take this picture. I also find it cool how the sky is two different colors. I wonder how he edited the picture to get it to look like that. The that you can also see everything so clearly is really cool. I would like to do something like this.

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Composition

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Shadows

Exposure: 1/1600 sec; f/9; ISO;400 manual; Pattern metering

Exposure: 1/250 sec; f/14; ISO;400 manual; Pattern metering

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This picture caught my eye because of the dark shadows. The line straight down that is diagonal brings the person into the picture. It almost looks endless from the light coming in. Nothing is blurred out allowing the texture of the floor to be seen. The light also reflects from the celling making it look more realistic. It makes you wonder it is at the end of the picture. The texture from the wall is also intriguing almost looking cracked. It wonder how they edited this photo and how it looked before. Once I get better at taking pictures I would want to edit them like this. I really like this photo.

 

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Texture

Exposure: 1/200 sec; f7.1; ISO 400; Manual; Partial metering

Exposure: 1/640 sec; f/9; ISO 400; Manual; Partial metering

Exposure: 1/100 sec; f/8; ISO 400; Manual; Partial metering

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I like this picture because of the detail focused on the set of flowers. The camera is focused on the one and they were able to blur out the other flowers. I like that it captures the stem of the flowers as well and the texture of the flowers. The exposure in the picture is good because its not too dark or too bright. I also like the style of the photo.

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What I learned about camera exposure and camera modes

Aperture affects the area of the light (depth of field), shutter speed controls the duration of exposure (affects motion blur), and ISO speed controls the sensitivity of your camera’s sensor to a given amount of light (image noise).  Shutter speed and exposure time are the same concept, where a faster shutter speed means a shorter exposure time. Shutter speed is sued for freezing or exaggerating the appearance of a motion. If a focused photo comes out blurred, then you’ll usually need to either increase the shutter speed, keep your hands steadier or use a camera tripod. When someone says they are “stopping down” or “opening up”, they are referring to increasing and decreasing they are referring to their camera lens. The lower the aperture the higher the focus of an object will be. The higher the aperture will have a range of distance and will still be sharp. ISO speed is only increased from its minimum value if the desired aperture and shutter speed aren’t obtainable. Most ISO speeds include 100, 200, 400 and 800, yet other cameras also permit lower or higher values.