Project 8: Two Portraits

For this project I took a few portraits of some people and turned them into either a fine art portrait or a commercial portrait. For my fine art portrait I focused on the person's face and where they were looking. For the commercial portrait, I was focusing on where and what the person was doing and I added a message that would try to sell a product or service.

Fine Art Portrait:

Commercial Portrait:

Project 8 Prework

Fine Art Portraits:

Portrait of David Bowie by Carolyn Djanogly

Surreal Portrait by David Talley

I really like these two portraits by the photographers because they both use the lighting, colors, exposure and background to emphasize the emotions of the person in the portrait. I feel like both of the photographers were able to capture the personality of the person. The first portrait of David Bowie has a more significant impact on me because, David Bowie recently passed away at 69 years old. This gives the portrait a feel that you would find at a memorial. The portrait heavily contrasts the different shades of grey, which enhances the expression of his face. Since the photographer made the portrait black and white, it drives home the notion that this portrait is a memorial. The second portrait utilizes the background, flying crows, and the child to immediately set the mood of the photo. The photographer used the crows to enhance the mood of the photo. In addition to the stare of the child sends a chill down your spine.

Magazine Portraits:

In these magazine cover portraits, they focus on the subject of the focus with the person in the middle with plenty of room on the sides to add text that will have the name of a specific article in the magazine. The photographers used the lighting of the photo to highlight the face of the person who has their back turned to a blank solid background. The portraits are also trying to advertise a product that is relevant to the type of magazine that the portrait is in. In the first portrait, the text that is advertising men's fashion is right next to a well dressed Joseph Gordon-Levitt.