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For this project I had to take 2 pictures of 1 different person asking them for one not to smile and the other to smile. What I found to be difficult for this project was asking 15 people to do the same two things. The changes I found in each photo was since everyone person had a different face sometimes one person looked more serious with a straight face than another person. Or one person looked happier than someone else. Bias could affect my job as a photographer because it could make look at the photos differently than how I would’ve pictured them. When hired the type of questions you should ask should be to ask the person to angle themselves in a certain way so the person who sees the photos are looking at it a type of perspective. You can find the rest of my photos here

For this project I took my photos using a camera. On the camera we used a setting to hold the photo at a maximum of time where we would make our design using the flashlight from our phones. The first step was to be in a dark setting without any area of light. The second step was to hold down onto the camera while the picture is being taken. The third step is to make your design for your  image using your flashlight from your phone or something else. The images that worked were small designs like a heart. Depending on what design you did it would take longer to get more images done because the camera counted your time while you took your photos. The things that didn’t work were a person’s name because it used up all of the camera time. How you could take this project to the next level could be tracing a person’s whole body with light so it could look like they were a piece of light. You can find the rest of my photos here.

For this project I needed to take 4 pictures of different people and 5 pictures of different backgrounds. What worked for this project this was taking pictures of different people. The photos I chose of people was easiest because the people could do any pose or action while I took the pictures. What didn’t work easiest was taking pictures of backgrounds. It was harder to find a background to use in rule of thirds because there wasn’t much to take pictures of without using a object. The lines I used for the photos were grid lines. The lines help you get the image in shape with whatever you’re taking a picture of. How I set up my shots was putting the people in the third grid and the background’s in a lower or higher perspective. You can find the rest of my photos here

For my 5 shots black background this was a very easy project to take on because it’s very similar to the first 5 shots infinite white background we did.The process was to take different photos of people in our group in a black group. There were a lot of different poses that worked for the black background such as disappearing people in the background behind the main person in the photo. The difficulty of taking these photos was to get the skin tone down correctly without making it look too dim or blended in with the background. You can find the rest of my photos here.

For my portraits project I did with 4 other people we worked on different poses for head shots we took of each other. There were several poses and positions of the photos that worked such as a regular still standing position with a facial expression. It began to get a bit confusing to find different poses to do after you used up the first 2 good ideas of yours or used by other people. You can find the rest of my photos here.