Antczak+Portrait



[|Photo 1: Herr Doktor Robert Luther, Dresden] shot by Imogene Cunningham

I think the type of lighting used was available light, because even though he is in a dark room you can see a little sliver of light coming in by the top right corner. Some of the compositional techniques the photographer used were rule of thirds because the main focus of the pictures are in the “L” and outside of that area it is black. By photographing the man holding something in his hand this opens up a ton of possibilities on what the meaning behind the object is and how it reflects in the picture, and this makes the picture a true work of art rather than just a “selfie”. This picture inspires me to focus on the rule of thirds and to include an object in the picture that has relevance to the subject's story.

[|Photo 2: Joan Miro Mallorca Spain 1979] shot by Arnold Newman

The lighting that was used was natural light because the picture was taken outside. The artist used fill the frame, because even though the man doesn’t take up the whole frame the patterns of the wall fill up the background instead of just leaving the space negative. I really like the way the man is portrayed in this picture because his face seems happy yet sad at the same time, and it makes the viewer really think about what this man could be going through. I will focus a lot on the subject's body language and the emotion they portray through their eyes and other facial features when shooting portraits.

[|Photo 3: James Taylor] shot by Timothy White

This picture also used natural light because you can tell he is outside due to the street that is visible in the back window. The photographer used framing by having the sides of the car outline the man inside of it. There are a lot of things that could have been happening when this picture was taken, and the expression on the man's face and the way his eyes are drifting off into the distance makes the viewer think about what he could be looking at. I can use framing in my photo by having my subject stand in or under something, such as a doorway.