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Portrait Preliminary Study 2017

This document provides instructions for a portrait photography preliminary study assignment. Students are asked to find examples of four styles of portrait photography - formal, candid, environmental, and self-portraiture - and include five images for each style. The document describes the key elements to include for each style. Students must email their completed assignment of resized images to their teacher by a certain due date.

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Portrait Preliminary Study 2017

This document provides instructions for a portrait photography preliminary study assignment. Students are asked to find examples of four styles of portrait photography - formal, candid, environmental, and self-portraiture - and include five images for each style. The document describes the key elements to include for each style. Students must email their completed assignment of resized images to their teacher by a certain due date.

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DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Portrait Preliminary Study, Four Styles of Portrait Photography


Name (first & last) _Doua Moua_________________________Per: _7__ DUE: __________
DIRECTIONS:
• Look through 100’s of portrait examples, find 20 best examples from internet. Think
about the characteristics of each of category….
• Choose different portrait images than what you’ve seen in class.
• Copy, paste and resize five images you think best represent each of the four styles of portraiture.
• Email your completed assignment page to [email protected] and print (4200)
this assignment on ONE PAGE by adjusting your image sizes.

1. Formal Portraiture (five images): a planned picture of someone with a plain background
INCLUDE THESE: sitting, head shot, full-body, lighting, your choice, group of 3 or more people, interesting angles

2. Candid Portraiture (five images): someone doing something (subject does not need to look at camera)
INCLUDE THESE: family gatherings, holidays, parties, people doing what they do

3. Environmental Portraiture (five images): image that shows the personality of the subject,
main focus is on surroundings INCLUDE THESE: sports, work, home, hobbies
4. Self-Portraiture (five images): a reflection or image of yourself (five images).
INCLUDE THESE: being more creative than using a mirror in a bathroom shot. Try to include your camera in the composition.

• Using complete sentences, explain, “What is a portrait?”


A portrait is a photo of a person that is taken from the head to shoulder of that certain
person.

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