Our next assignment is natural light portraiture. I am looking forward to this challenge because we haven't photographed any people yet and I'm excited to see how that goes. To take portraits inside, we need to find a source of natural light, or a window. If we need more light we have to use white cardboard as a reflective surface. These pictures should capture something special about the subject. I am going to try to take pictures of my mom cooking or my brother-in-law playing the piano. Another new thing I'm going to try is using my iPhone. A lot of famous photographers use their iPhone to make great images so I am going to try that as well. If it doesn't work, or come out the way I want then I will go back to using the regular cameras.
Here are some examples of natural light portraiture.
I really like this picture because I think the highlights of her face are not blown out and the "dark side" of her face still has some light too. The lighting in this picture is perfect and it's a great example of portraiture.
Here's another example of natural light portraiture but in color. His eyes are positioned correctly, if he was looking towards the camera with his face in the same position his eyes would be too far in the corner. One thing to remember about portraiture is that you want the subject's eyes to stay centralized to not make them creepy-looking. Again, the light is beautiful in this picture, perfect highlights but still with light on the opposite side.
