Self Portraits

For our Self-Portrait project we were to take three self-portraits. They were all to be in black and white, and they were all to capture a mood of some sort. We were also challenged to be as artistic as possible, and stay as far away from normal, cliche portraits that we see on personal pages etc. as possible.One had to use the rule of thirds as the base for the composition; One had to incorporate leading lines, and one had to be taken from a more extreme angle.

The process of doing these photos is it took us about a week to take these pictures. It wasnt that hard to take these pictures but it was difficult to get different ideas. That was the hard part because you dont want to take other pictures like the other ones you took. The picture that i liked the most is my extreme anlge picture (middle). The reason why is because it makes me look like im sad or lonely. But overall my pictures didnt come out so good, like the leadings lines picture i think i could of done better.

Contact Sheet

Overall my contact sheet came out pretty good for my first time. Its a pretty good one for being the first time i have ever used it. The things i think i did well on this is how i made the compositional trick go down ward with the T and made it look like trick. The thing i could do next time is have pictures that have more color in them because it came out too white. Also one of the pictures that i liked the best is the Extreme Angle. Its one of the pictures that i would like to print out. Another thing is that i enjoyed is everything about it. I enjoyed doing the whole project it was fun.

Compositional trick #5 Cropping

Cropping is a trick that photographers do all the time, even if they don't realize it. Every time a photographer chooses to cut something out of his/her frame, before they snap the photo, that is in essence cropping. We also have learned tools on Photoshop that allow us to crop an image after we have taken it. When cropping in Photoshop it is possible to improve our composition or change it completely.
The way i changed this picture from my original is that i cut out a little bit of the picture and used a text tool and put my name at the bottom of it. The one i like the best is the one i cropped. The reason why is because it adds more color then it already had and it makes it look more better and professional.

Compositional Trick #4 Extreme Angle

The thing i did to get this angle is i made the model stand on one of the brick walls and i sat on the floor and looked up towards him and captured this picture. What i liked about this picture is the angle of it. It makes you feel like your little and short. But also its the clouds in the background. the things i could of done better is make sure there is nothing else in the picture that doesn't belong. For example in this picture i could of took that shirt out of the picture because people would look at this picture and wonder what it is. the reason why extreme angles make pictures look better is because the way the photographer is. It makes the picture look more exciting and cool.

Compositional Trick #3 Macro

Macro is something that makes your picture look more cooler or better. The thing it does is that it makes the back look like a blear and the front clear. It shows you things that the naked eye cant see. On the top picture it shows the miller sign clear and then it starts to blear in the back. I really liked that picture because it shows the bottle cap a little more clear and you can see the texture to make it seem like you can touch it. The one at the bottom it shows the firehigreant and the back round a little blurry, but it didn't come out right i should of been a little more closer.

Compositional Trick #2 Leading Lines

Leading Lines are lines that lead you straight to your emphasis. Leading lines are suppose to take you through the picture and back to the beginning. But these lines don't have to really be lines they can be anything you want them to be as long as they lead you to your emphasis. In my picture the leading is the cement seat, its suppose to lead you to the trash can but its too far and there are a lot of things in the back of it.

Compositional trick #1 Rule of Thirds

The Rule of Thirds is catching an image not in the dead center but it still is the emphasis of the picture. To catch an image in the Rule of Thirds the image has to be on one of the four intersections. The grid shows four intersections which are circles when your taking a picture on the camera.