Task 1B - research portraiture

Portraits are photographs of a person a group that usually show emotions. In my opinion it is a lot easier to show emotions in location rather than in studio, but you can also be very creative in studio if you have the chance to. The most important thing in portraiture is to capture the eyes and face in sharp focus. Posing is another very important thing in portraiture photography, because it can a have dramatic affect on our photos. A small change where the model is smiling or not or the direction they're looking at can completely change the feeling of the photo. 

When we photograph portraits in studio, which are usually just the faces but sometimes a little bit of a body can be included, we have the control over the light therefore we can get some really interesting shadows on faces. We can adjust directions as well as intensity of the light. There are no specific rules for setting up the camera, but few important setting will give us a better quality. The lowest ISO to begin with, most people advice to shoot in RAW. Because people tend to blink and move around a lot we should use a fast shutter speed, which will also help us to ensure that the shots are sharp and it would also avoid camera shake if we're taking the photos without using tripod. Lenses also have a big impact on the portraits in studio. It's good to experiment with wide apertures to capture a very shallow depth of field, but to do this we need to remember to focus on the eyes. 

Location portraiture can be very creative. We can be very creative with the composition in location portraiture, as we can zoom in really close or just take the photo of half of the face leaving another half of the photo with a interesting background. We can also take them in all kinds of weather, even sunny but we just need to know what kinds of angles to use. We need to pay attention of which way and where the light is shinning, because if the sun light is strong we need to place the model so that they cover up the sun.