Melissa+F+Portrait

The first image I chose to use was by Meredith Farmer. I thought this picture was good because the woman has her eyes closed looking to the sky and it just makes you think “what is she doing?”. Meredith used natural lighting from the outside. The woman in this portrait is looking up, so that leads your eyes upwards into the cloudy sky. The photo is shot looking up towards the woman, so its from the point of view of maybe a child looking up at their mother. I got this photo from digital-photography-school.com

The second image I chose was by Facundo Jose. I thought this picture was a good portrait because its not what you’d expect when you think of a portrait. The image is focused on the woman in the background who is smoking a cigarette while looking off into the distance. It makes you wonder if she is reminiscing on the past. The lighting used in this picture is natural lighting outside. The photo uses emphasis on the woman in the back, fill the frame, and rule of thirds by having something different in every section of the photo. I found this photo on existingvisual.com.

The third image I selected was by Diana Lonescu. I thought this image was good because the woman in the image is underwater which is really unusual and she is not just looking at the camera. The woman is looking up to the surface, which makes a viewer wonder why is she underwater in the first place. She is also holding her hands up as if to say “stop”. This photo uses the fill the frame technique and outdoor lighting was used, but I also think that some artificial light was used to filter down on the subject. I found this photo on bestphototutorials.net.