Portraiture Work Diary

This photograph was taken with a lower figure aperture of f8 which brought about focus on the person as well as the wall behind. The camera settings were set to an aperture priority setting so the shutter speed was automatically adjusted to show a clear photograph. Minor changed could be made to make the bricks in an orderly fashion while keeping the person as the main focus of the photograph. This adjustment would be made by rotation and cropping.

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I believe that this was a successful edit since the bricks in the background are aligned. However the lower section of bricks gradually become more disorganised in the photograph. The only solution to this would be retaking the photograph. Overall I think that the final photograph was a good result.

This photo was also taken with a relatively low f stop value with a value of f 8 which slightly blurs out the background. Cropping and colour adjustments could be made to create a more aesthetic photograph.

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I think that this edit was successful since the photo includes the rule of thirds with the persons eyes line and the windows being in the top third.

Portraiture Contact Sheet

Portraiture Image Bank

These images represent portraiture sing they all involve peoples facial features and represent their facial expression. All of these images also have their own unique flourish to depict the personality of the person being photographed. For example, the photograph of the man with the paintbrush depicts his personality to be creative.

Portraiture Definition

Portraiture is the photography or art of taking a picture of ones face where their facial expression is shown.

I have chosen this image to represent portraiture since the persons facial expression is shown and easily identifiable.

This portrait meets our expectations of a political or war hero since the masculine lighting of this portraiture demonstrates powerful body language and facial expressions. His clothing also indicates a formal position of work, in this case being a politician. 

This photograph taken by Amanda Lepore has feminine lighting which demonstrates the comfort of the person in the photograph. The personality indicated could be narcissistic or a sassiness from the overuse of makeup.