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Definition Post Portrait

Definition Post

A painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders.

Describing Words: Head, Shoulders, Ear, Far, Close, Face Back of head

This is a standard black and white portrait, I like this one because it's basic and gives the general idea of a portrait across.

I chose this image because it shows how portraits work and how they can be unique. Portraits can often be boring but this shows that the average or trait can be changed.

This is a back of head portrait, i chose this one o show the diversity between portraits, I like this one because the background is boring, there isn't a lot going on, meaning your focus is on the women. 

I chose this portrait because I find it to be unique, there's more of a story behind it and I find that fascinating. 

My Definition: Portrait is a picture of the face or head, with a story behind it. 

Back of Head Studio Work Diary

Work Diary

In this session, we went into the studio to take photos of once again the back of each others head but this time in a more manipulative environment, we were able to control the lighting giving us full control over what the photos will look like. I really enjoyed this session as it was quick and I believe I took some really good photos.

This is my favourite from the session, I just really like the way it looks, she's acting pretty casual as if she doesn't know the photo is being taken. The hand on her hair looks natural and normal, I just feel that this photo is natural and that makes the photo even better, here I believe I've captured a normal action in a manipulated area. 

This is one of the best photos of the session and I believe it to be one of my favourites as well, I like this one because it's taken at a different angle to the others, the model is more to the left and not as centred as the other, I think it really works in this photo, there is also nothing to distract the viewer which allows this photo to still be good. 

To improve on this topic I would have had variety of different people with different hair styles, whether that's dyed or half shaven. 

Straight Images Studio Back of Head

Artist Log - Erik Johansson

Erik Johansson 

 I chose Erik Johansson as he is a photographer very into his editing, I really like this as it separates him from other photographers who only do a small bit of editing. Through his incredible editing skills he has created some amazing photos that look simply phenomenal, each photo is unique and have a bit of the weird and crazy Erik in them because no one else could think let alone make his ideas come to life. 

I like this photo because I believe it's the one of the first photos you should view before look at Erik's other work, this is nice and calm, very little light, it has a nice feel to it. I really do like this photo as it shows the editing skills of Erik as well as the photography. In this photo I really like the way Erik uses the light from the doors as the only source of light in the photo, the rest of the picture has a dark tone and gloomy atmosphere but the light from the doors can represent safety of a sleep walker perhaps or fear of the dark. 

This is an amazing photo, it's as if the would is falling into it's self, it's an amazing concept and Erik makes the idea come to life. His edits always feel realistic and powerful. Colour is used a lot in this photo as the majority of it is green, it gives quite a warm feeling but also some danger. This photo could represent how our countrysides are being changed, the way the land is falling looks quite mechanical leading me to believe that the reason its falling away is do with manmade reasons.

This photo is bright but has  dark sense to it, the clouds are grey and the overall tone is quite dark, this leads me to believe that this photo is about travelling, the women holding the bags adds to this idea. As for the bubble I believe it's meant to symbolise safe traveling possibly by plan. The grey clouds show turbulence and the bubble the plane. 

This is an incredible image as, the editing is just simply incredible, the two houses are almost directly opposite each other. The tone of the image is dark and cold, this adds to the photo as it is quite clearly cold, the photo does actually make you feel a little cold, it is a powerful image that uses some of the formal elements to create an atmosphere that com ease out of the photo.  

I would like to use Eriks' editing abilities in my work, it would take a long time ad a lot of effort but with the way his photos have turned out it seems to be worth it. 

Erik's work is still fun to look to look at and that's how he has influenced me, I want fun and exciting photos and i try my best to deliver that idea across my one work as well. I believe that if i can work on my editing skills i can create some phenomenal pieces such as some of Erik's, and if i can't get my editing skills to that standard, I'll do my best to create a surreal atmosphere with the camera itself. I feel as if Erik Johansson has helped me to develop my depth skills and has gotten me to think more about what I'm doing, getting the correct composition to make a good photo.

To summarise Eriks' work, I believe him to be a great artist and someone that everyone should look at for a while, its beautiful and unique, that is what makes Eriks' work so special and amazing. His work is simply incredible and he is one of my favourite artists, I really love the way he can create an atmosphere and that's why ill continue to love his work.

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Back of Head Portrait Work Diary

Work Diary

During this session we went out to take photos of the back of each others heads, this was fun as we were able to have a laugh about it but still get some work done. I also found this rather difficult as when ever I'd take a photo I would always include a busy background, this resulted in me going back out to take more photos. 

This back of head portrait is rather good because the background is bland but at the same time the wall curves away from the middle causes an effect the draws your eyes to the model in the centre as the bricks seem to point into the middle.

This is again a good photo from the session, the background is plain and there is nothing to distract you from the main point of the photo except from the shadow produced by the model, if given the chance to retake this photo I would take it from a better angle but I could also just clone over the shadow. . 

To improve I'd like to take photos of more unique 'heads', as in I'd like to take photos of tattoos, piercings or mid shaved anything fun and different. 

Image Bank Back of Head Portrait

Above are portrait photos showing the back of someone's head, I chose the ones above as they are creative and fun to look at, each has something unique and weird about them. 

Portrait Image Bank

The images above are all portrait, these are portraits in which make up is used to change the person, whether that's fake blood or a full face of make-up these all look fun and add excitement to the boring portrait. 

Shape Work Diary

Work Diary

This session was about the formal elements shape, the idea of shape is to find something and photograph it without any consideration about what is in the middle. I found this difficult because I tried to find a combination of different shapes, but I found I kept finding the same ones. 

I feel as if this is a good representation of shape, the lamp shade is a circle and within that there is another, to the right of it there is a square and I really like the overall lighting of the photo, the only light is in the centre (although looking at it now I feel as if I could have centred it a bit more and it would have made better overall picture).

This is a good image but there is a lot of room for improvement for example the compassion is a tad off as the camera could have been directly over the light and a bit more centred but overall the image its self is very good and the contrast of the colours works very well. 

If I could do this again I would probably find a museum or something, I would try to find shapes in history and technology. 

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