Despite Maz's disdain at taking this photo, I think it turned out really great! The lighting creates an incredible amount of shadows around his head. And the hue of the light in the color photo is even more incredible. It has an almost orange tint which is really cool. The photo of me on the couch is very different from most of the other photos we have looked at so far. There is a lot more light in this photo. However, even with all that light, the angle of my face creates a bit of shadow on the left side of my face which looks very cool. Much like my photo, the angle of Zach's face in his photo really makes the image. It creates a lot of darkness in his hair which contrasts with the light on his face. I also like the way his shadow looks on the wall behind him.
This is a really cool demonstration about how you can find light and good places to shoot all over the place. I would never have thought about looking in these places for good portrait spots but they ended up looking really good! I'm definitely going to start paying more attention to potential shooting locations in my travels. I also really like the way that the different backgrounds, even the radiator above my head, ended up making the picture more interesting and working really well. I think this also shows how the positioning of your subject is extremely important so I'll start giving my subjects more instructions about that.
There is a great difference in how a picture is perceived depending on if the photo is in color or in black and white. The picture of Grace is very busy in color with the pattern of the couch attracting the viewers eye as the viewer tries to connect the colors of the photo into a logical narrative. In the black and white photo, the subject is the main attraction with all other aspects of the photo fading into the background. Now, to undermine everything I just said about black and white versus color, I think the very opposite is true for the photos of Zach. This may be due to the simplicity and quietness of the background of the photo. Without much other color outside of Zach himself, and without any other objects to draw the viewers eye, besides the radiator, which is nearly out of the picture and so minimized in importance, I feel that both pictures are equal in viewing in this case. Perhaps the narrative is more dependent on the background than the subject and color its self.
In both of Grace's and Zach's portraits a very interesting phenomenon happened, which is the level of intensity of light in their facial area. One can see that they both have their faces toward the light source (window), meaning that the most illuminated part of their face is turned away from the audience. This causes the side of the face pointed toward the audience to be darker, but one can see that there is a very small level of light decrease in this side. Instead, there is a very gradual decrease, which equilibrates their face and allows the audience to fully perceive its intricacies.
Looking back on Zach's photo, I really do like the black black and white version so much more than the color. It sort of filtered out the bad colors in my opinion. Look at the colors on the wall near Zach's head. Those gross looking yellows and oranges just do not look good to me.The black and white version was able to not only do that but also brought out Zach's facial features and gave him a more defined jaw.
Despite Maz's disdain at taking this photo, I think it turned out really great! The lighting creates an incredible amount of shadows around his head. And the hue of the light in the color photo is even more incredible. It has an almost orange tint which is really cool. The photo of me on the couch is very different from most of the other photos we have looked at so far. There is a lot more light in this photo. However, even with all that light, the angle of my face creates a bit of shadow on the left side of my face which looks very cool. Much like my photo, the angle of Zach's face in his photo really makes the image. It creates a lot of darkness in his hair which contrasts with the light on his face. I also like the way his shadow looks on the wall behind him.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really cool demonstration about how you can find light and good places to shoot all over the place. I would never have thought about looking in these places for good portrait spots but they ended up looking really good! I'm definitely going to start paying more attention to potential shooting locations in my travels. I also really like the way that the different backgrounds, even the radiator above my head, ended up making the picture more interesting and working really well. I think this also shows how the positioning of your subject is extremely important so I'll start giving my subjects more instructions about that.
ReplyDeleteWait, Miss Linda, where did my photo go!??!
ReplyDeleteif you will recall, you demanded that it be taken down. and so it is done.
DeleteOh, Miss Linda, I was just playin. I want all the alumni to get a good look at me!
DeleteThere is a great difference in how a picture is perceived depending on if the photo is in color or in black and white. The picture of Grace is very busy in color with the pattern of the couch attracting the viewers eye as the viewer tries to connect the colors of the photo into a logical narrative. In the black and white photo, the subject is the main attraction with all other aspects of the photo fading into the background.
ReplyDeleteNow, to undermine everything I just said about black and white versus color, I think the very opposite is true for the photos of Zach. This may be due to the simplicity and quietness of the background of the photo. Without much other color outside of Zach himself, and without any other objects to draw the viewers eye, besides the radiator, which is nearly out of the picture and so minimized in importance, I feel that both pictures are equal in viewing in this case. Perhaps the narrative is more dependent on the background than the subject and color its self.
In both of Grace's and Zach's portraits a very interesting phenomenon happened, which is the level of intensity of light in their facial area. One can see that they both have their faces toward the light source (window), meaning that the most illuminated part of their face is turned away from the audience. This causes the side of the face pointed toward the audience to be darker, but one can see that there is a very small level of light decrease in this side. Instead, there is a very gradual decrease, which equilibrates their face and allows the audience to fully perceive its intricacies.
ReplyDeleteLooking back on Zach's photo, I really do like the black black and white version so much more than the color. It sort of filtered out the bad colors in my opinion. Look at the colors on the wall near Zach's head. Those gross looking yellows and oranges just do not look good to me.The black and white version was able to not only do that but also brought out Zach's facial features and gave him a more defined jaw.
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