aschmidtkeportraitresearch

Portrait Research

A: How do these artists make their portraits become true works of art, not just snapshots? They become the people they are taking photos of. Good photographers take the time to properly understand their subject. They become one with them.

A: What lighting and compositional techniques are evident in the photographer's work? You always need to have a certain light source to properly show what you want to do. The light sources you could use are natural and artificial light. Natural light sources include sunlight, fire, moonlight and other such things.. Artificial light includes a lamp, fill light, etc. A: How might their artwork influence your own? These pieces of art can inspire me to try something a bit out of my comfort zone.

V: Vocabulary you should know
> >> > >> C: Connections to your own work and your own experiences. What does it remind you of?  Most of the pictures I take are very basic and very simple, it helps inspire me to understand how the pros do it. It also can show me different perspectives that I can use as ideas for my own images to make them more interesting.
 * 1)  Artificial lighting
 * 1)  Lighting or illumination is the deliberate use of light to achieve a practical or aesthetic effect. Lighting includes the use of both artificial light sources like lamps and light fixtures, as well as natural illumination by capturing daylight.
 * 1)  Natural Lighting
 * 1)  the light from the sun sunlight. indoor photographs made in natural light.



 

Image 1: ( Photo: Robert Bergman. © Robert Bergman and courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo Gallery, New York) This photograph seems to be taken with natural lighting, but maybe the flash was used. Robert Bergman utilized leading lines as all the different patterns and cuts of the man’s clothing and crazy hair draw your eyes all around the image. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[]

Image 2: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Artists Look Like This <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Philadelphia Museum of Art <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">(and United States tour) By Arnold Newman <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.arnoldnewmanarchive.com/?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=9 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The lighting seems to be studio fill as most of the image has the same amount of lighting. Arnold Newman used the rule of thirds in this image as most of the images are on the lines of the rule of thirds. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.arnoldnewmanarchive.com/?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=9

Image 3: Dorothy Whitney, Paris, 1926, [|Bernice Abott] This artist used studio fill for this image as it looks like its in a studio and the image matches a studio fill image This artist used leading lines in this image as the lines of her arms and legs and coat add a lot. [|http://www.commercegraphics.com/ba_portraits.html#6]

<span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 1265px; width: 1px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Robert Bergman and courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo Gallery, New York) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">This photograph seems to be taken with natural lighting, but maybe the flash was used. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Robert Bergman utilized leading lines as all the different patterns and cuts of the man’s clothing and crazy hair draw your eyes all around the image. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[]