Portraits

I just want to state that I am the shyest person; it takes a lot of effort to work up the courage to speak up to a stranger. So upon reading the assignment I was terrified of having to ask someone that I didn’t know if I could take their photo! I have in a slight acquaintance with this young woman who works at one of my favorite stores, never knew her name or really spoke to her, but I always admired her style and look. So the other day I was in to buy a CD and as I was cashing out I very nervously asked her if I could take her photo as part of a photography assignment. She was more than happy to oblige! I was relieved, she asked me what kind of camera I had, because she is into photography as well so I showed her and then she started to just pose around. I told her to do something that represents her personality and she was excited and ran over to a stand and grabbed a zombie rubber ducky and put it on her forehead! We were laughing and I lightened up a little, it was fun.  The she put on a Princess Leia hoodie with the bun hair and all! After we were all done I told her I would come back in to show her the final photos. So I was nervous and after getting started I quickly relaxed and had a good time.

I think the hardest photo to do was the self-portrait, because I didn’t know how to portray myself. I didn’t want to do a full face shot, but I also wanted to show something that interests me. So I decided to lounge out and read. I set up the self-timer and just kept trying until I was happy with a shot. Not only does is display that I love to read, but also that I have and love tattoos. The lighting was dim and placed behind me. I love black and white photos so that’s what I wanted to use.

 

 

For a portrait on someone I know well I decided on my husband. I wanted to show that he’s a little different, so I chose to show is chaos tattoo. And he loves toe shoes and wears them everywhere and he's proud of them, so I had to incorporate those as well, and obviously his wedding band. I took many different photos before deciding to do a non-facial shot, even though I liked most of them, I think this is unique, which is appropriate for a unique person. I also had a hard time deciding on color or black and white. It was really sunny outside so I decided on color.

 

 

Here are a few off the extra shots I took off the stranger, my husband and myself: