C.Johnson+Portrait

Disclaimer: All three images are from pinterest.com and are not works of my own.

The picture above was created by Faith Clark using available lighting. The subject is purposefully to the side, and half of her face runs off the border, creating a sense of mystery. The contrasting tones between almost every part on her face adds a great part to the picture. The picture above was created by Noelia Domenech and was originally taken using natural (outside) light but was eventually edited with image enhancers to color the picture more and to whiten the overall pic. She used the techniques of focal point on the subject’s face as to focus her viewer’s eye there. In addition, rule of thirds was used in how the subject was actually based more to the upper right-hand corner, and is also where the most focus was. The artist, Alexandria, used dramatic lighting to enhance the picture’s intense tones. She also used leading lines with the body of the subject and the beer bottles placed strategically, to draw more to the idea of desperation of the subject.The frame is filled, and although the subject’s body is generally placed in the center of the image, the hidden spotlight’s flow enhances the shadows to all sides, somewhat nullifying the need for the rule of thirds.

ANALYSIS QUESTIONS: 1) These artists make their photos art by their chosen usage of lighting and compositional techniques to add an emotional to each picture, whether it's happiness, sadness, anger, depressance, mystery, etc. 2) Lighting and compositional techniques that artists used (in my three chosen images) include: natural light - outside and available, artificial light - dramatic lighting (spot light), leading lines, fill the frame, framing, rule of thirds, and focal point. 3) The artwork in which the subject runs off the page, to me, seems very potent and is most likely a technique that I will try to imitate on my project. In addition, I really like it when the focus is on the face, and elsewhere is blurry so that may also be something that I try to imitate.