Portraits

A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person.

Look at the portraits below- what similarities do you see? What differences do you notice?

Portrait 1 Portrait 2 Portrait 3

Portrait 4 Portrait 5 Portrait 6

Choose one of the photgraphy portraits ABOVE to reference when answering the questions on your Portrait Assignment in Google Classroom. We will be discussing them as a class afterwards.

We will be taking our own self-portraits today (you can also work with a partner, if you would like).

Here are some tips to help you out:

Eye contact – make sure you look in the camera lens, not at yourself
Lighting – indirect flat window light is best, move around to find it (a side note, keep in mind how catch lights look like in your eyes)
Posing – lean towards camera, shoulders back, chin extended forward and down.
Clutter – mind the busy background, simple is better, you want to stand out.
Smile – it needs to feel natural so if you like smiling big, go for it, otherwise natural beats fake every time

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