Beauty

What is beauty?

Photograph by Lara Jade Coton

Beauty to me is a combination of natural elements, color, shape and form that pleases the eye. Beauty is an opinion which is different for each and every different person. 

Commercial vs. Artistic

Artistic: I chose this as my artistic portrait because it is not a traditional pose or background for a commercial photograph. I like how porcelain her face looks but also the contrast of her bright blue nails and blue eyes with the natural landscape as the background. 

Magazine: I think that this picture in this magazine cover is commercial because the child in the portrait is very put together and posed. The toddlers outfit seems well planned out and almost unrealistic with the bow tie and lollipop. When I took this photo, I told him how to pose versus the artistic, I was just taking pictures as she moved, was relaxed and with no direction. 

Portraits

This is a classic portrait of Cyrus. This photograph is a close up, head and shoulders shot. The lighting is classic and nothing dramatic. I like this photo because of his happy expression which shows his personality and I like that the photo was taken from above, with him laying in the grass. The natural lighting is very beautiful.

This is a classic portrait. I like this photo and think it is one of my best because of the contrast between the light and the dark hair but also with the unity of the blue eyes and black and blue clothing. The hair creates beautiful texture against the plain black background

This is a group portrait with three people. This was taken in the sky bridge at Pioneer Square Mall. I arranged them in this order in correlation with angles of the bridge closing in. This has unity because they are all eating frozen yogurt but is different because of the different expression on their faces. 

This is a portrait of Emma taken behind the projector. I love this photo because of the vibrant colors and interesting design. It is a classic portrait of Emma but also very different and innovative with the colorful overlay.

Daguerreotype

Daguerrotype

Tilt Shift

Light and Shadow

Back Lighting-silhouette

To get Katie as the subject and silhouette, I metered on the background, the light blue sky, making katie very dark. This created a silhouette as she flipped her hair in the air. 

Back Lighting-subject lit up

This exhibits back lighting with the subject lit up as I metered on Katie instead of the background, creating a white, very over exposed background. 

Chiaroscuro

Definition of Chiaroscuro: the arrangement or treatment of light and dark parts in a pictorial work of art 

I chose this picture for my chiaroscuro  because of the black and white balance. The focus is on the shadow of the light post and you can see the natural light creating the shadow. 

Shadows as subject

This shows shadows as the subject because of the lighting from behind the subjects, the person and the tree trunk and branches. I chose this one specifically because of the green moss on the concrete, contrasting with the brick. 

Reflections as subject

This is a reflection of a building in another building across the street. The sky was very blue and beautiful on this particular day and you can see this in the reflection. 

Multiple Exposure

HDR & Panorama

I chose to do a HDR with this photo because of the lighting during the day. With the grey sky, some areas were very dark and grey, making it very under exposed and because of the grey sky, it was over exposed The HDR compilation shows the blue sky and white clouds and the inside of the painted walkway can now be seen. 

I chose to take my panorama in the class room because I thought that there was a lot going on and that the identical computers would look interesting if placed at different angles. I decided that it would be a little boring if there was no main subject, or nothing appealing to the eye so I decided to ask Katie to be my model.