Portrait Post

This week, as I'm sure you know, is for the portrait assignment.
First off is the portrait of myself:

From Digi Photo Portrait While I had someone else take this, I set it up so that I would have the light shine against the side of my face as to give a reasonable amount of contrast throughout the picture.  I also chose to use a prop, which in this case was a stick.  Another thing is that the photo was taken from a slight lower angel.  The rule of thirds isn't followed on this one and I am centered in the picture.  I feel like this gives it a cool calm feel overall and it's also kinda natury cause of the stick and branches.  I changed the colors around a little when I edited it, but that is about the extent of my editing on it. Next here I have a picture of my friend John from my church. From Digi Photo Portrait John is posing in a nice way and is positioned by way of the rule of thirds.  The side lighting in this case keeps the lighting fairly even while keeping it noticeable which die the light is coming from. The picture has a yellowy tint as the stained glass windows are yellow. It may not be the most interesting picture, but I think that it came out well and that John made for a nice victim of my photography, even if he was reluctant at first. For this one all I did was balance the colors a bit more off of the yellowy ness, but obviously I could not completely. Lastly I have a picture of my girlfriend sitting on some steps: From Digi Photo Portrait I gave her plenty of room to look into as she stares off into the distance.  The look on her face makes it look like she is thinking, of what we do not know! I positioned her with the rule of thirds in a way that worked with the steps and the lighting.  I think that this photo came out fairly well as I am pleased with the way it looks. For this photo I cropped t a bit and changed the colors around to make it more vibrant. Hmm seems to be a trend that I like putting people on the right on the picture.. hmmm very interesting. Josh