Portrait,+Madison+Dominiak

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==Explain what type of lighting (artificial: dramatic, flash, studio fill or natural: available, outside) If you need a review on lighting click here. == Each photo is different in their own ways and each have different art elements that make them good pictures. ( Berenice Abbott- Cocteau in bed with Mask) The first picture has leading lines and level horizon. The horizontal lines draw your eye up and down and when they draw your eye down it leads you to the subject of the photo which in this case would be the man and the puppet. The horizon is level in this picture, in the photo where the edge of the bed is gives the picture and level horizon. (Cindy Sherman- Untitled Film Still #6) In the second picture it had dramatic lighting and it is an interesting picture because the subject isn't in the center of the picture, she is off the the edge and her body is diagonal. (Annie Leibovitz - Nicole Kidman)Finally the third picture has some leading lines but they are used in a different and creative way. The edge of the spot lights lead right to the women body, also with the spot lights this uses artificial lighting. This picture also uses the rule of thirds, you see the door, then some open space, then the woman. This artist was also smart in how they positioned the subject, she is off center which is a strong compistional technique. There is a lot going on in this picture but the woman in the focal point.

http://www.cindysherman.com/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/annie-leibovitz/photo-gallery/19/ http://www.commercegraphics.com/ba_portraits.html#13

These artist make portraits true works of art by putting time into the project and thinking about how they want the subject to look. They show true emotion and who some one is within themselves and also you have more thoughts when you would see these pictures than you would a snapshot. Alot of photogrophers use dramatic lighting in their portraits and not much natural light. I got inspired from these pictures becasue you can take one of their ideas and maybe base your own picture off of theirs but change it into your own.