1. Portraiture A photograph of a person that displays the expression, personality, and mood of the subject.

2. Considerations Lighting Environment Cropping Depth of Field
Personality of the individual

3. Specular vs. Diffuse Lighting
• Specular light is harsh and contrasty; direct sunlight is high contrast when there is nothing to bounce light into the shadows.
• Diffuse light, such as on a cloudy day, is low contrast; most shadows are filled in by scattered light from all areas of the cloudy sky.

4. Specular – Hard Light
Comes from a small light source relative to the size of the subject
Creates hard‐edged shadows and small, harsh highlights.
The light rays all travel in the same general direction.
Emphasizes texture
Hard light has more contrast than Soft light. To reduce the contrast, use a fill light
The sun is the most common specular light source

5. Diffuse – Soft Light
Comes from a large light source relative to the subject
Creates soft edged shadows and large, low‐intensity highlights
Soft light has been scattered so that it reaches the subject from many different locations
The scattering of the light is called diffusion. The more the light is scattered, the softer it becomes. Diffuse light usually has less contrast than a Specular light
Soft light is often used for specular (shiny) surfaces to reduce the reflection
An overcast sky is the most common source of diffuse light

6. Add Interest Frame Your Subject Change Your Perspective
Take a Series of Shots-Switch your camera into ‘burst’ or ‘continuous shooting’ mode and fire off more than one shot at a time

7. Michele Zarley

8. Michele Zarley

9. Beth Hart

10. Emma Groene

12. Patrick Henderson

13. Darci Ezell

14. Hannah Frydman

15. Joshua May

16. Self-Portrait
Liza Farr

17. Felicia Carey

18. Charity Ekpo

19. Susan Beck

20. Dakota K. Driscoll

21. Heather Green

22. Robert Bucia

23. Dean Lubensky
self portrait

24. Self Portrait
Dakota K. Driscoll
Spring 2010

25. Sofie Matzen

26. Jason Willis

27. Dakota K. Driscoll

28. Dakota K. Driscoll

29. Assignment
Shoot at least 30 images of a single person-try different set ups and lighting
Shoot at least 20 images of yourself using the self-timer and one other technique-reflection, etc.