Landscape Mode

Annie Leibovitz has a very unique style. She really captures how the person is feeling in her portraits by their expressions. Annie does not use a lot of bright colors in any of her portraits.

Arnold Newman has a very serious style. Most of his photos only use black and white. The wire in the background is used as a prop and the man is not making eye contact with the photo.

Most of Richard Avedon's photographs are very random. For instance, what is this woman doing with these elephants in this dress? His photographs make me think. She is not making eye contact and she is also using the elephants as a prop in the photo. 

1. Series of shots- Multiple shots that look alike of the same person maybe with a different expression or different pose in each photo.

2. Looking within the frame- There are several objects or people within the photograph. People may be making eye contact with other people or other objects.

3. Play with eye contact- Playing with eye contact means the person does not have to be looking directly at the camera.

4. Alter your perspective- Altering your perspective is a common way of talking a portrait. The photographer can be above or below the person posing at the camera.

5. Introduce a prop- Introducing a prop can give the photograph a lot of meaning. It also makes this look a lot more interesting. Sometimes this causes the viewer to look at the object/prop itself and takes the focus off the person.

This photo is a example of background simplified because the viewer automatically focuses on the flower itself and nothing in the background.  The blurred background is what makes the background simplified and not included.  If the background was included, the viewer's focus would not just be on the flower alone.  I really love this photo because of the bright orange color.  It causes the object to stand out even more.

Compositional Strategies

This photo is an example of Rule of Thirds because Jack is not directly in the center of the photo.  I like this photo because of it's simplicity.  I also like this because it's unique and is different from all of the other photos taken.