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Photography Help. Please?
I love photgraphy and theres a school project im doing to take 15 different pictures of yourself. its hard to explain, but yeah. i've taken 15 but theyre all basic from the top. no smile. weird makeup etc.
i really want to get into this class, so any ideas? i want to try some cool settings,hair,makeup, and clothes.
PLEASE help.
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Odds are, your instructor is looking for you to find different and creative ways to take pictures of yourself. Fifteen similar portraits makes a statement (I could certainly imagine a photographic display along those lines, and it would be artistic) but it also shows a certain lack of initiative. See if you can experiment a little with different kinds of self-portraiture. Here's some ideas:
(1) Reflections. Don't just stand in front of your bathroom mirror, though; try to find something that will show a more interesting sort of reflection, like the side of a glass building or a silver teapot or a polished car door. Try to find something that represents your personality.
(2) Hands. Try to photograph your own hand holding something or doing something.
(3) Shadows. The trick is to make sure that the shadow is definitely the subject of the picture, not something accidental.
(4) Pictures of pictures. One interesting thing to do would be to take a picture that shows you as a child holding a favorite toy or something, and shoot of picture of that picture with the actual toy also in the frame.
(5) Long exposure. This one is difficult to get just right, but if you can set your camera up for a 30-second exposure and then move into the frame, you can get a very interesting "blur-motion" effect.
(6) Another kind of long exposure can be done in a darkened environment with a hand-held strobe. Set up your camera and open the shutter, and then move about the room and fire the flash at yourself. If it's done right, the resulting image will show multiple images of you.
(7) Abstract. Try to find some way of taking a picture of yourself that's symbolic - for instance, dressing a mannequin in your favorite clothes (if you have an understanding boyfriend, he could even pose in the picture with the mannequin as if it's you).
(8) Extreme close-up. If your camera has a Macro setting, use it to take a picture of your thumbnail, or your eye, or your lips.
(9) If you're lucky enough to have a twin sister, you can cheat!
Bottom line, the more creative you can get, the more likely you are to score well on the assignment - and more important, the more you'll learn about photography.
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a few cool ones would be:
-one of only one side of you [like the left one.]
-two different kinds of makeup [like one angry one peaceful.]
-a scared looking one, maybe some teased hair and black make up
-trying dfferent lightings. maybe one with lots of light in the front,back, sides ect.
-one with you looking quite dead maybe some dried flowers in it.
-another sadder one would be you in an elegant dress with your hair all done and you looking kind of dissapointed.
there are endless possibilites.
try to clash setting with yourself. like a simplistic picture wth a crazy ass wallpaper. a nice one with a dark gray or stone wall, ect.
since there is no smile, you are better off taking somes stronged emotion ones, try to say away from pictures that could be on your myspace, cause they arent very professional looking at all [with your hand showing that your holding the camera.] explosive make up can also show emotion, but make sure that it goes with your face and doesnt look completly not with the settings. and dont always look right into the camera, but dont be shy. torn clothes would look really kool and so would vintage. this might e stuff the you already know, but it cant hurt to be reminded.
just try to be creative and non-repetitive with your props, makeup and scenario.
and also be real, can you can compltely tell when people try to ahve fake sadness, it looks horrible.
fellow photography lover
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