Portrait task

TASK - Take Portraits of yourself and 1 other person. RESEARCH Photographers for examples of portraits and techniques - for example Rankin, Robert Mapplethorpe, Annie Leibovitz, Herb Ritts RESOURCES http://www.day19.com/v6/ - superb site http://www.herbritts.com/ http://photo.net/gallery/ - do a search on portraits http://ickr.com/groups/phot - add nal portraits THINK OF: NOTE: Framing, light, close-ups, viewpoint, angles, shadows look at abstract angles and placement of subject / location. Look at reections, behind glass, using mirrors etc GET IN CLOSE TO YOUR SUBJECT
IMPORTANT THAT YOU CREDIT YOUR RESEARCH SOURCES

TO BE PRESENTED IN CLASS AT YOUR NEXT SESSION - PLEASE UPLOAD THE FINAL PHOTOS TO YOUR BLOG / OR ONLINE SOMEWHERE IF YOU ARE KEEPING A SKETCHBOOK - FLICKR, PICASSA, PHOTOBUCKET . . Note : These Mini Tasks are designed to help you during this module. They will help you gain confidence and start to build up a library of images to work with.