Bayer,+Portrait



I found these three images to be the most interesting because I strongly feel that the black and white emphasizes the meaning behind these pictures and makes these images seem more powerful.

In Bill Branet’s portrait, he indicates his picture by having it be a landscape selfie. W ith that, he makes the background more powerful by having it be more dramatic because the lighting shows a variation with a combination of black/white/gray that pops out. However, Bill uses certain compositional techniques by filling the frame because he doesn’t leave any negative space.
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Rene Burri shows a unique portrait that indicates some confusion but yet, makes a person curious about what’s really happening with this portrait. There is much movement within this picture since there are cars constantly moving while a person is walking across the street. Though, Buri emphasizes great contrast throughout this portrait. However, the buildings have a shape in them while there is texture throughout the buldings/street/sidewalk.Normally, you wouldn't see a person hanging out the window; which shows off balance.
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Oscar Graubner shows much natural outside lighting and uses rules of thirds since she’s not fully centered in the middle of the photo. However, the portrait seems calm/smoothing because even though she’s many feet up, the horizon level makes her environment seem safe. However, realistically, you normally wouldn't’ see a person climbing extremely high just to take a picture; it seems unnatural. While the woman is sitting, this image shows how the value of coloration suddenly becomes lighter within the sky and everything blends together in one big blob.
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