One of the main things I took from this
lecture was that a portrait doesn’t necessarily need to conform to the
conventional terms as long as I can justify why my image fits into the
category. The term portrait means different things to different people, and no
one can really find the words to describe it because it means many different
things. On a video we watched people were asked what the term “portrait” means
and one replied with “A portrait means different things to different people. It
is normally thought to be a representation of a person”[1] The last part of
that quote linked to another video we were shown called “The Lab: Decoy, a
portrait session with a twist”.[2] There were six photographers all
photographing the same man each person was told a different story about the man
they were photographing. So in the end result, when all the images were put up
and shown together, it looked like they had photographed 6 different people
entirely.
In a way it is about how we (as
photographers) perceive something and also how we want them to come across in
our images that affects how everyone else sees the image.
Although none of the images from
photographers that we were shown fit with the work I’m wanting to produce, I
think it was helpful in teaching me that a portrait can be anything I want it
to be.
I haven’t quite decided how I am going to
position my models in my frame yet but the lecture was useful in giving me some
ideas to go on. For example, having a central composition that also adheres to
the rule of thirds, would be useful and effective within my images. Because I
don’t want to include faces within my portraits I think this will work quite
well.
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[1] What is a portrait? National Galleries Scotland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7exQDKFg0I
[2] The Lab: Decoy – A
portrait session with a twist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-TyPfYMDK8
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