Unit 57 - Photography - Portraits/ Portraiture

Portraits

A long shot - Whole of the person.

A medium shot - Waist up.

A close up - Just head and neck.

Think about this when taking a portrait. 

What is the lighting like?
What is the background like?
Where is the model looking?
What pose should the model have?
Where should he model be looking?

Task 

Take more than 3 shots. Try a range of shots and the pick the best later on. 

- Take your time.
- Talk to your model
- Get the eyes in focus
- Try and get off the automatic setting

We are going to take your portraits and use a range of techniques on them 

- We wil look at black and white effects.
- We will look at partial colour effects.
- We will look at basic adjustments.
- We will look at comic book photos.

Aperture

This is how much light is left into the camera through the lens.



aperture - f2.8