Portraits

This is a "wildcard" photo that I took by placing Kendall on the right side of the frame and zooming in. I chose this image because it is crisp, in focus, and instead of having his whole face in the portrait like most photos, I decided to cut out half of it. This was a fairly easy photo to shoot. I didn't have much in the background, making it simple to blur, and all I had to tell Kendall was to stand still and look forward. The only challenge while taking this photo was getting the camera to stay still. I didn't have a tripod, so all I was able to do was hold the camera as steady as possible and hope for the best. To make this a stronger picture, I would place the model in direct sunlight or shade, so no weird shadows appeared on his face.

The photo above is a wildcard photo of Cesar. My favorite part of this photo is that the wind is blowing a few pages over without Cesar having to touch them. Working with Cesar was simple. All that I had to do was tell him what to do and he would stay there untill I was done. One challenge that I faced was making sure people weren't in the background. This area of the campus was a very popular place to take photos and people were constantly walking around, but I was lucky enough to snap a few photos with a clear background. If I took this photo again, I would have not cropped so low on the top of his head.

This sitting photo is also of Cesar. I chose this photo because was taken on a cloudy day, giving the photo a "soft" feel to it. The one challenge that I faced was making sure that the background wan't too distracting. If the red leaves behind Cesar were in focus, they would add too much to the photo. I solved this problem by moving away from Cesar, zooming in, and lowering my aperture. Although the blurred background was one of my successes while taking this photo, if I were to take it again I would move Cesar to a background that was one solid color.

By getting down at a low angle, I was successfully able to make Kendall look strong and powerful. Before getting this picture, I had been snapping shots in the shade. Although this make Kendall have one continuous shadow over his face, the background was extremely washed out. I easily solved this problem by moving into the sun and taking the same photo. If I were to take it again, I would have tried to get a shallow depth of field. This would create an effect that would focus more on the model.

This last photo is my favorite picture of Kendall leaning against a wall. I like this photo because similar to the sitting down picture, this was taken in cloudy weather, creating a soft feel to the photo. This was one of the first photos that I took, and I had no trouble placing Kendall against a wall, telling him to turn his head, and clicking a single button on a camera. The photo was slightly washed out, so I used photoshop to slightly amplify each individual color.