Self Portrait
I chose this portrait of myself as it shows expression and personality. From looking at McCurry’s work, his photographs showed essence of each person he photographed. In this image you can see my expression of confusion struck across my face, the shallow depth of field and I have edited the levels and exposure to try and relate McCurry’s style and technique. I liked this image as it shows me as a person, it has a lot more depth to it then just an image of myself. its quite a crisp and detailed image, how you can see just the littlest creases on my face and the reflection of light in my eyes. Even though it isn’t the most flattering image of myself I do like it.
Portrait of someone I know
This is a portrait of my friend JJ. I positioned him against the blue background as I felt it worked well with what he was already wearing. McCurry’s photos always communicated powerfully through colour and depth of field. I got my subject to look into the camera, making it much more engaging as I wanted to imitate his work. Although i like the colour connection in this photograph, the focus isn’t as crisp as i wanted it to be. I could improve by focusing a lot more on his eyes making him connect more with the camera so the audience can engage with him as a person. i fell like this shot looks more like a fashion shoot than anything rather than a in depth portrait. Another problem i spotted also is that I haven’t got his full body in shot, I have accidentally cropped half his shoulder out the frame which Is a amateur mistake of mine. Although i have taken it as a learning reflection as I will focus more on the framing when taking my next portraits.
Portrait of a stranger
I took a few photos of strangers but I liked this one the most out of them all. I got him to just naturally pose whilst I took his photograph. Unfortunately the lighting that day was a lil dull making the image quite grey but I managed to enhance the colour in his skin. From this photograph it gives you an idea of his personality, his faint smile and warming eyes express that he is a kind and calming man. I admire in portraiture that you can see within a person just from looking at their eyes. The facial expression they convey can proclaim a lot deeper meaning. I feel from just looking at this photograph you can get a glimpse of what type of man he is and that is what I wanted to communicate to my audience through my portraits.
