Portrait project!!

This was the top half of my contact sheet for our second film project, the portrait project. 

We were supposed to out and take photos of one or two people, one having to be at least 21 years old.

For this project I chose to do my sister and my mom.

I did my sister, because I really liked her blanket, and I think it added to the pictures.

She was surprisingly cooperative, which was good, because having someone take 12 pictures of you can be kind of irritating. 

This is the bottom half of my contact sheet. This portion mostly has my mom.

In order to get her to be more willing to let me photograph her, I gave her a candy bar and then took a few pictures of her eating it.

At the time, she was reading the third book of the Hunger Games series, Mockingjay, so I took a few pictures of her reading as well.

I didn't want my sister nor my mom to feel pressured into acting a certain way, so essentially I gave them a prop or two and told them how to act with minimal instruction.

A few times I told them to look certain directions in order to get a side view of their face.

This was the first print I made of the portrait project.   We had a substitute this day, so I had no idea how to grain scope. But being my first print even, I think it turned out decently.

There were a few specks of dust on it that I had to remove in photoshop, but after all that, I really like this picture.

This is a picture of my mom eating the candy bar mentioned above. I like how half of her face is shadowed, and half is light.

The reason I chose to print this picture first was the fact that the candy wrapper was really bright, and is really clear and in focus. 

This was a picture of my mom, that I took while she was reading. I really like this picture because it's different than the one on top. 

It's a little brighter, and the fish tank in the back is a little less focused, making my mom's face show up a bit more.

In this picture, I brightened it a little more in photoshop, but also made the shadows on the left side of her face darker. 

This is a portrait I took of my younger sister. I really like this picture because it's really out of focus in the back, which makes your eyes go directly to her face. 

I think it's really interesting how her eyes are all dark, except for where the light is reflected in them.

She doesn't smile very often, so to actually have her somewhat smiling in this picture is a kind of achievement for me. I think she looks content in this picture, not overly happy, but not depressed either.

I love how her hair is really sharp in the front, and in the back it's all dark.