Creative Media Production 2010 Portraits Creative Media Production 2010

Creative Media Production 2010 What you need to shoot You need to shoot three different compositions: A long shot – The whole of the person A medium shot – Waist up A close-up – Just face and neck Creative Media Production 2010

Creative Media Production 2010 Location You should think about the location you take your picture in What is the lighting like? What is the background like? Where the model is looking? What pose the model should have? Where the model should be looking? Creative Media Production 2010

Creative Media Production 2010 Take more Take more than 3 shots. Try a range of shots and pick the best later on. Take your time Talk to your model Get the eyes in focus Try and get off the automatic setting Creative Media Production 2010

Creative Media Production 2010 This portrait follows the rule of thirds with the hands and nose of the model sitting on the right hand third. It has been taken very close to the model to blur the background Creative Media Production 2010

Creative Media Production 2010 There is good eye contact on this mid shot. It has strong side lighting coming in from the left of the picture The background is simple so that the focus remains on the model. Creative Media Production 2010

Creative Media Production 2010 This picture uses a more interesting background There is clear eye contact wide the model A small depth of field has been used again so the background and the models hand are not in focus and do not distract you from the models face. Creative Media Production 2010