These two magnificent portraits of this subject are very nicely balanced with the amount of frame the subject is taking up, versus the amount of frame taken up by the background. Additionally, by using the rules of composition, such as rule of thirds and previously said balance, these portraits are very appealing to the eye. Although I love these two photos equally, I so have a favorite. Whether it was my editing or my shooting with the camera, I prefer the photo on the left more where we can see the subject's full face. I just prefer this portrait because I like the nicely focused face of the subject and the softly blurred tree background, and again that I can see the subject's full face. When theorizing my ideas for how I wanted to structure my portraits, this was one that truly excited me. I was set on doing a sitting subject from the chest up and a photo with the subject lying ground with their hair spread out like a lion's mane. My subject luckily had long hair so the effect worked out very well as you can see in the second image. Additionally, the sitting portrait was also inspired by the Mona Lisa and her somewhat smile and her longing gaze that follows you around the room. If I had to choose which portrait is my favorite, I would hands down pick the sitting portrait on the left as it is by far one of the best photos I have ever taken in my short time as a photographer, and it is just impressive. From the detail I captured to the overall appearance of the shot, I could not have asked for a better image! Using cookie cutouts to cast shadows on one's subject is a very cool and alluring way to switch up one's photograph. By adding the purposely formed shadows/light channels, the photographer can bring more attention or emphasize specific parts of their subject or qualities, by what they cutout. The photo on the left used hands to mimic the subject peeking through her hands as if she was spying on a situation she was not intending to see. Now, I am going to admit, the shadows created during the shoot were not as dark as I desired so I did us Adobe's Lightroom to darken the shadows to make the shadows more pronounced and resemble a hand more. To edit the shadow what I did was take the brush tool in Lightroom and turn the exposure darker/under exposed so that when I drew on the subject's face it would resemble a shadow being cast. I used the existing shadows to trace where I would put the darker shadows and I feel it looks fairly realistic. My only want for the shadows I created are to try and bend them around the subject's nose and features so that they would look more realistic. The photo that I like better out of the two is the hand shadow image because I like the colors, the shadow, and all of the elements in this image better than the one on the right. Additionally, I believe the cutout (or hand) in the photo on the left is better and more demonstrative of cutouts than the circle cutout on the right.
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