Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Project 9 - Fine Art and Commercial Portraits

Fine Art Photos

Fine Art 1 - This is one of my fine art portraits that I took of my friend, Sydney. In this photo, I turned off all of the lights in the room, so that the firelight would radiate from the back of the image. The natural light from the windows illuminated by model, while casting an interesting blue hue over the whole image. This hue contrasted with the reds and yellows from the fire, making the image more dynamic. 

Fine Art 2 - This is an image I took of my friend, Emily. For this image, I placed my model in front of a black, velvet sheet that was pinned on the wall. I then turned off all of the lights in the room, only allowing a small amount of natural light through the window. Afterward, I placed a desk lamp behind my model's body. By placing the light behind my model, it illuminated the image from the back, creating an almost halo effect around her head. I enjoyed this photo because it brought out many of the beautiful features of my model.

Fine Art 3 - This is another photo I took of my friend, Emily. In this image, I placed her in front of a black, velvet sheet that was pinned on the wall. I turned off all of the lights in the room and only allowed a bit of natural light through the window. However in this image, instead of placing the light behind her, I placed it on one side so that only half of her face would be illuminated. This created many interesting shadows, that brought out her bone structure. To edit this photo, I then changed it to black and white and increased some of the contrast to further enhance her bone structure. 

 Commercial Portraits

Commercial Portrait Magazine Cover - This is a photo I took of my friends, Emily and Sara. The setting for this image was Sara's room, which I found to be a perfect backdrop for a Seventeen Magazine type shoot. To shoot this image, I had very bright light and used my flash to bring out the vibrant colors of the image. In Photoshop, I later enhanced the colors and made the text of the same color scheme. This gave the image a very cohesive and bubbly feel.