berg+portrait

====This first photo was one of my favorites and the artist who created this work of art is Timothy White. First off, I thought it caught real emotions; not staged ones. Also, I believed that the lighting was what made it pure and elegant. The **artificial--dramatic--lighting** was definitely key. The one specific light facing the man really enhanced the shadows. The light brought out the tears on his face and just purely caught the emotion that he felt. This portrait used some leading lines. The lights reflecting on him led me to his face and also view point was a little different--which I thought made the portrait more interesting. ====

====This second photo was also another one of my favorites. The artist who created the portrait is Robert Bergman who does portraits of homeless people. Along with the first image, I thought this one showed her emotions and captured the story of her. The **natural (outside) lighting** made the photo very simple.More specifically, I feel that the light was filtered cloud lighting. There isn't no really evidence of sunlight--but it is obvious to be **natural lighting** I thought that the simplicity of the lighting helped create a story for her. No artificial edits-- just the natural. Some of the compositional techniques that were used was unusual point of view, rule of thirds, and framing. Unusual point of view and rule of thirds kind of combine together as she isn't put right into the center, and its an angled shot. Framing was a big key to this photo. The blue outline followed the shape of her head-- framing the photo. Overall it was a very simple and neat shot. ====

====This third photo came to my attention easily. Right away I was astonished by the specific shadows and boldness areas of her face. The artist who created this portrait is Annie Leibovitz. Annie photographs images of a lot of famous people, and this one really suck out to me. This image is an attention grabber. The lighting source that was used was **artificial fill light.** I feel the lighting really brought out brighter areas and darker areas of the image--making it bold and interesting. The compositional techniques she used was rule of thirds, and some what fill the frame. The rule of thirds put her into a position that wasn't smack in the middle. Also, instead of her having her arm down--its up and filling the negative space. I thought the photo overall was great and very modern day shot. ====