Bucholtz+Portrait



Left Portrait-

Photo of Dr. Milgram Schapiro By: Robert Bergman

I think this portrait is really good because it is simple but the photographer really illustrated the texture well in this photo such as the face. Also, the balance is neat as well because you are not looking the person straight in the eye, it is more of a slanted look. For lighting I would say that they used dramatic because the lighting is focused on the persons face the most and the background seems fogged out. That was a neat technique that had been used. For the type of compositional technique I think they used rule of thirds because the person is shifted toward the left part of the picture instead of dead center.

Middle Portrait-

Double Self Portrait with Daughter Doon, 1945 By: Diane Arbus

This portrait is my favorite and really caught my eye because it was two photos of the mom and daughter in one picture. Its neat if you really compare the two photos because it seems that the one on the left is more of a scared mother trying to protect her baby from something wrong. Where as the one on the right is a mom who does not necessarily care as much due to her body language. I think that this portrait was really interesting because of movement and form. For movement you can tell the mom was moving and she looks frightened too. Just looking at her body language it shows that the photographer really captured the movement well. For form I felt the photographer used this as well because like again just with her body language it shows the form of the photo. The type of lighting that I think had been used was natural lighting because when looking at the photo it does not look fake. The amount of lighting in a bathroom would be like that and in the right one it looks almost as if the window is making a glare of light. Focal point seems like it was the main key in this photo because the main focus is right on the mother and baby.

Right Portrait-

"Untitled" By: Diane Arbus

When I saw this portrait it really drew my eye because it looks so real. Just the look in the girls face really shows who she is not only emotional but physical as well. The photographer used emphasis and balance really well in this photo. Emphasis is on the girl and everything about her. One would think just her face but it really goes further than that into her hair, outfit, and arms placed behind her body. Also balance was captured since the photo is able to be cut in half and equal. The type of lighting that I think had been used was artificial with dramatic lighting because it seems to be a tad too dark looking at her and with the gloomy background incorporated in as well. I believe the artist was using fill the frame as a technique because the girl is the main focus and there is not anything else in the photo that draws your attention away from it.