Portrait Picture

For this assignment I used my friend Diana as the model. I've known Diana since 6th grade and she's one of my best friends.

This picture was taken outside during lunch. It was a cloudy day and later on it started raining. I used my Fuji digital point and shoot camera.

This assignment was very difficult for me. Diana felt awkward with me being right next to her face and telling her "Don't look at the camera!! Be your self :)".

I took about 64 pictures and narrowed it 1. The only problem with this photo was the feet coming out of her nose. But that was easily fixed in photoshop.

Well that's all for now :)

Bye :D

P.S. LOVE YOU DIANA :3

Group Photo Shoot for SCPA

The assignment was to get in a group and do a photo shoot for SCPA. The shoot had to include some or all of the arts we have at SCPA and the use of strobe lights. I was in a group with Darrian, Ruby, Stephany, Lexi and Latrice. Our models were Lisa (playing the cello), Claressa (dancer) and Katherine (artist). We used 3 people because we know that the eye likes odd numbers.

We decided to shoot outside, in the Senior Circle. We used strobe and natural light from the sun. We set up the strobe light to the left of Lisa. Katherine had the wonderful idea of spreading leaves on the ground. After we got everything set up and our models situated we started shooting. Unfortunately we didn't really keep track of who took what so we're not really sure who took the photo above.

This photo shoot was very difficult and challenging. We had a lot of issues. There was confusion and indecision on what the models should be doing. Once we started shooting the PE people started walking to the water fountain and getting in our shot. We had to herd them around the photo shoot and ask them to run if they got into the shot. But in the end we all agreed that all that trouble we went through was worth the finished product.

I decided to print this photo because I liked how everyone looks in it. One of the things I love about this shot, that I noticed after printing it, is the light coming through the tree. I think this photo is a good representation of SCPA because it shows the arts, we have part of the SCPA campus in the background and we have SCPA students as the models.

That's all for now

I hope you enjoyed our photo

Bye :3

Portraits vs Snapshots

The assignment was to read Soaking Success by Jessica Gordon. The article was about photographer Manjari Sharma and her portraits. Sharma took the photographs in the shower using natural light from a window. Sharma said, "The dynamic changed; with the running water, subjects started to share with me some pretty intimate moments of their lives."

I think the difference between portraits and snapshots is the intimacy of the photo. In snapshots everyone is posed. Using fake smiles or silly faces the models show you what they want you to see. With portraits it is much more intimate and you are trying to capture their essence, the real person. You don't want them to be posed you want them to be their selves. That's what I think the difference is between portraits and snapshots.