Portraiture and Studio Photography: Activity 1

Activity 1
Look through assorted media, magazines, internet and collect four portrait photographs. The environment should be a key feature in two of the four images.Describe the subject’s character in each of the images. What can you see within each image that leads you to these conclusions about the subjects’ character.

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The subject of this image is clearly a guitar player or a luthier (guitar maker) due to the images of the hanging guitars in the background of the image. It really shows the musician's character. The colors of the guitars in the picture also creates a very interesting and colorful backdrop for the subject of this portrait.

Thomas Campbell Photography

 This is another Example of Environmental Photography where the subject is clearly the basketball player as shown through the direction of focus through the basketball hoop. this a very interesting way to take the picture because it creates a very busy and yet effective image. 

This is another example of environmental photography. the subject is the amazing walt disney in his most famous creation, disneyland. This is a very effective image because it would be a very recognizable image, everyone knows who walt disney is and everyone knows what disneyland is, it would be an effective tool in connecting with the audience.

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This is a completely different type of portrait  a studio portrait where the subject is clearly in a studio somewhere with perfect lighting and strategically placed objects. You can tell this is studio by the light placement on the subject. This is a great picture to define the smoke coming off of the cigarette, this definition would be lost in an environmental portrait.