Portraits

 

 

 

 

 

 

This week we were tasked with taking four portraits. I chose two different subjects, and had a hard time deciding which photos to use, so I decided to post five of my portraits.

 

 

 

These first three photos are of my daughter. She is 11 months old, and has just started experimenting with my work apparel. I decided to try to capture her wearing my hat and sunglasses, as well as my work shoes.

 

 The biggest problem with trying to take portraits of an toddler, is getting them to stay still! It was hard for me to capture shots when she was looking at me, which is why she is looking down at the shoes in this photo. I was not happy with this background,

This one came out a little better, I read in one of the tutorials to hold the camera at an angle, so I was trying to capture her at various angles. This one came out the best in the group of shots. Once again, I think the background could have been better.

 

 

By now you've probably realized I enjoy taking pictures of gravestones! I found this monument in a cemetery in Cabot Vermont this week, and decided to snap some shots. For the first one I used the sky as the background, and switched the portrait to black and white to give it a "Stony" feel.

 

In this second photo I used the trees as the background. This photo was edited in Picasa by blurring everything but the face. I was inspired by one of the portraits in the tutorial in which everything around one guy was moving, but he was clear. I don't feel I captured that very well with this edit, but I thought it came out pretty cool anyway!