In this top photo, I took a picture of my oldest son looking out the window. He has a very deep and thoughtful expression on his face, which is true to him nature. I did ask permission first, and he was very cooperative. He was not aware of exactly when I was going to take the picture. I chose this one because he is slightly out of focus. Because he is slightly blurry, the trees in the background stick out more. The part I liked best with the focus on the background is in between the trees you can see the orange in the sky beyond the trees. Take a close look to see if you can catch the beautiful color in the sky; it's there.
Here is a close up of one of my favorite people, my boyfriend. In this photograph I gave him lots of room to look at something ahead of him. I did ask his permission too, and he was more than willing. At first, he was walking as I was photographing. I thought that would be great because I could get some movement in my picture, but my camera was too slow in capturing the image. I would snap a great shot when he was moving, and then look at the image, and I missed him completely. So, I told him to stand still. He is 6'5", so I decided to stand up on a rock to at least get even with his eye level. Finally I got this shot, and liked it. It does show that he he those "eagle eyes" and that is true. I'm glad this picture picked that up.
This is my youngest son, and he is quite different from my oldest, and you can see that. I, again, asked for permission first. He agreed and he got so excited he put on quite a show for me. I tried many different angles with him coming down my stairway. I even turned my camera so that the stairway was diagonal in the background, but none of those came out with any satisfaction. Finally, I remembered in the tutorial that maybe framing a face would be effective. He's not in jail, but instead, stuck his face through the staircase railing. I quick took this picture before he went goofy on me again. This was a lot of fun--especially shooting this last one! I did not manipulate any of these portraits either.
I really like your use of framing in the last photo. Nice job finding a way of boxing in the face to fill out the unused landscape space, without shifting balance this is very hard with portraits in landscape. its really effective and a good candid looking shot.
ReplyDeleteThe second expression on your boyfriends face makes it look like he is really concentrating on something in front of him. The third picture is a silly one. Not sure why, but pictures with peoples heads kind of framed by railings make me chuckle. I guess I always imagine them getting their head stuck in them. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteI love the picture of your boyfriend. I agree that his eyes really stand out in this picture. Also the picture of your son through the bars is cute, I love capturing my kids being silly. I also think it is really neat how the trees in the picture of your oldest son are so crisp and clear. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI like your choice of poses in your pictures. The one of your son using a framing technique is great. I also like the other poses that are not looking at the camera.
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