Maci+W+Portrait+B4




 * __1st Portrait__**

This is a photograph by Arnold Newman. I think this is a good portrait because the woman's emotion may have a story and leaves the viewer with a question. The clothes show a time period of the 50s or 60s and it is a well lit black and white photograph. The type of lighting in the photograph is available. the setting is in a building and not outside and the background is too bright for a flash or natural. The type of compositional technique used is rule of thirds because the photograph can be broken into thirds and are proportioned. The element of balance is used because the photograph looks balanced and equal. http://favim.com/image/25109/ __**2nd Portrait**__

This is a portrait of Albert Einstein. I think this is a good portrait because it shows who he really is. Albert Einstein worked for hours everyday as a scientist and he was known for not looking his best. His hair in this portrait is wild and not combed down or styled. His mustache is not groomed and is very bushy. A goal of portraits is to convey the person and who they truly are. I think this was successfully done in this picture by his crazy hair and uncleanliness. The lighting of this photograph is Studio fill because it was not taken outside and you can see the glow of his face from a light but is now bright enough to come form a flash. The compositional technique used is fill the frame because his entire face is filled in the picture and there are not alot of open space in the portrait. The element of texture is used in this photograph because of Albert Einstein's hair, clothes and wrinkles in his skin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg

__**3rd Portait**__

Irving Penn was the photographer of this portrait. THe man in this photograph is Pablo Picaso. I think this is a good portrait because the old man looks mysterious and the viewer is curious about the character. The old man is hiding his mouth for some reason and the right side of his face is covered by darkness. The type of lighting of this photograph was framatic because there is a light to the left of the man that is lighting up the left side of his face and is leaving the other half dark and mysterious. The type of compositional technique used is fill the frame because the old man fills almost all of the photo and there are not that many open spots in the photograph. The element of texture was used in this photograph because of the texture of Pablo Picaso wrinkles, hat and hair. http://claesgellerbrink.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/irving-penn/