Portrait+Research

  For picture 1, I think that this picture is outstanding because I thought the rule of thirds that was used was cool. It brought your eye to the emphasized part of the picture ( the man on the bike) and then your eye kind of followed around the rest of the picture. For p icture 2, I think this picture is a cool and different picture because it breaks the rule of thirds by putting his main object in the middle but it is okay because with the monochromatic color scheme it draws your eye right to the man and the car. Also he did well with his balance, because the picture is almost symmetrical. For picture 3, I love this picture because I love when pictures are in black and white. But the photographer did a nice job of using leading lines. He also emphasized Brad Pitt by putting him in the middle and having the back kind of blurry and faded out and then Brad Pitt is kind of the main focus and is clear and focused.

For picture 1, I said this is natural light. I know this because the picture was shot outside with natural light (the sun). There might have been a flash or something artificial added to the end of it. Like they edited it but the original picture was natural with the sun. For picture 2, I think that a flash and like a studio fill was used here, therefore an artificial light was used. I think this because it is clearly dark out and the light is only really shining on the main object and not everywhere. But since the picture was most likely shot outside there also had to be natural light included because of the moon. Lastly since they changed the color of the picture there had to be an edit. For picture 3, I think that the light that was used here was natural because it is outside and it was gloomy. Also I think there was a studio fill because they changed the color of the picture from normal to blue and sort of a white. Lastly I think that there might have been a little bit of artificial light because it was gloomy and dark so there had to be a little bit of help.

For picture 1, as I said above I think that he used rule of thirds well because he didn't put the picture exactly in the middle and it made the picture better because it draws your eye to the right and then to the left then to the middle then everywhere. For picture 2, also for this picture I said he used the rule of thirds well, even though he broke the rule of it by putting it in the middle it works well because on the outsides it is dark and since it is dark it draws your attention to the middle of the picture which is cool and different. For picture 3, the photographer used level horizon awesomely here because he took the picture from the same "angle" as Brad Pitt was sitting. He didn't have a different or weird angle therefore he used level horizon very well. Also he had a good focal point. The focal point was Brad Pitt and it was nice because it really focused on him and not really the surroundings or the background.

For picture 1, the artist is Timothy White and the name that was shown for the name of the picture was Harrison Ford. For picture 2, the artist is Timothy White and the name that was shown for the name of the picture was Alan Cummings. For picture 3, the artist is Timothy White and the name that was shown for the name of the picture was Brad Pitt. I took all the pictures from the same website. So for picture 1, 2, and 3 the website was http://www.timothywhite.com/gallery

They add their own ideas and they change and edit the photos that they take to make them with their own style. This artist created different types of photos with different styles. So whenever the artist takes a snapshot he changes it with the way he wants to and the different styles. He used different types of lighting, he used artificial and natural light to create different effects and different types of pictures. He used many different types of compositional techniques. He used rule of thirds, level horizon and emphasis. Their pieces will influence me by trying new things. I will try to create different and interesting pieces whenever I get the chance to.