AcostaPortrait

AcostaPortrait


 * 1) Explain what type of lighting.
 * For these three photographs, different types of lighting were utilized. For Cindy Sherman's portrait it seems dramatic artificial lighting is used because the scene seems to be happening when dark and there is only one light source coming from the left of the room. In Julia Margaret Cameron's image natural outside light appears to be used because of the woman being silhouetted with smooth light and covering all of her features equally. In Richard Avedon's photograph studio lighting seems to be used; focusing the light so that different features of The Beatles are seen more drastically so the colors used would have a greater contrast.
 * 1) Explain what type of compositional technique the artist used to create their portraits.
 * Since Richard Avedon's photograph is composed of four images, the compositional techniques used are leading lines, rule of thirds, and point of view are used. Leading lines is demonstrated by Avedon by framing the four images with slight separations between them, enmarking their frames and leading the eye from one image to the other. Rule of thirds is demonstrated by putting the faces of The Beatles were the points of the thirds meet. And point of view supports also this picture by giving the feeling of being in front of the subjects by putting the camera right in front and at eye level with them.
 * In Cindy Sherman's portrait the rule of thirds and leveled horizon are effectively demonstrated by, for the rule of thirds, putting the papers in the bed and having the subject where the lines meet; leveled horizon is shown by having the room in a straight angle.
 * Cameron's portrait shows a centered subject and focal point, making the viewer focus in the expression of the woman's face,