For this assignment, we had to take 5 portraits all in different settings while also mimicking one portrait by a famous photographer. I chose Brandon Hesson’s beach portrait to mock because I liked the pose of the model in it. This was located at the beach but, since I am in college I found it hard to find different backgrounds considering, in my opinion, a lot of campus looks very similar. I tried to take pictures from different angles, framing different things, putting the subject at different heights, and playing around with the lighting. I found that I had to take a bunch of photos of the same thing in order to find the perfect ones Once I decided which ones I wanted then I color corrected them: exposure, levels, contrast, and brightness. All and all I found taking portraits to be a difficult task because it is hard to get you subject in the perfect place and then perfect light, one false move and it could be ruined. If I could do this again I would pay more attention to the angle I am shooting from.
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