Assignment 3

After looking through a ton of photography by many different shooters, you come to realize how important the background and foreground is in relation to the subject you are shooting – provided that the aim of the photograph is to maybe say a little something about the person you are photographing or to create a certain mood or feel. Aside from standard portrait or glamor shots with a plain seamless background, I found that the portraits that made me stop and stare were ones with relevant surroundings in comparison to the subject. Whether the photograph was staged or shot candid, the ones that always grabbed my attention were ones that told an intriguing story. The ones with irrelevant backgrounds proved to be quite boring and the ones with a too-photoshopped background or a really busy background proved to be really distracting and annoying to look at. The goal of the image was taken away in a flash, despite the fact that it may have been technically correct, or really nice lighting.

Here are some examples:

Portraits with Good Background and/or Foreground

Portraits with BAD Background and/or Foreground

And here are 3 examples of my own environmental portraits:

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~ by albanesestyles on October 13, 2009.