Reading Notes-pg. 102-107: Portraits

• Chapter 5 Portraits
• people are, by far, the most popular subject for photography
• portraits demonstrate the similarities and differences between the subject and us, the viewer
• self-portraits can be a way to explore who we are to ourselves and to other people, and who we want to be
• different types of portraits:
• formal portraits-emphasize only the person who is the subject of the photograph
• candid portraits-capture a person going about everyday activities
• environmental portraits-place the person in a setting that says something about him or her
• self-portraits-feature you, the photographer, as your own subject
• Early Portrait Photography:
• shortly after photography was invented, people became popular subjects for photographs
• Gaspard-Felix Tournachon (France, 1820-1910)-the first great portrait photographer
• August Sander (Germany, 1876-1964)-created some of the first environmental portraits
• Creating Portrait Photos
• Thinking Artistically
• value is an important design element to consider when creating a portrait
• the range of light and dark areas
• the lightest and darkest areas of an image attract our attention and help to move our eyes through an image