Portraits

 These are my portrait pictures, here I have shown two types of light used for portraits; hard light and soft light. A photo portrait is of a human or a creature.

 

This photo is rather under exposed, although I was trying to
use the hard light, I should have used 1 or 2 shutter speeds
slower, this would allow the vital light this photo needs.

This photo was destroyed by some data loss. But the actual
lighting would have shown better if the model were to actually
look at the camera. I would have preferred to have the model
smile as well, he looks too miserable.

Again this photo has had some data loss. The lighting is clearly
visible, but again I would have preferred it if the model were to
look straight forward, in order to show the full difference of
soft and hard lighting. 

This is finally the only portrait that is almost perfect, the lighting
here practises soft light, which shows clearly. But the critises I
must make are on the camera angle, because you can see the end of
the backdrop and the wall.

 

Evaluation

This shoot went well, seeing as only Dan was the model, I would have liked some other models, just to get a bit of variety. Dan also needs to listen to instructions, like which expressions I want him to wear, what way to look. To improve I should try to become more firmer with my models, but also making sure they understand what I would like.

Health and Safety

• Do not shine the light in the models eyes - soft or hard.
• Manoeuvre around the model with care, beware of leads.