location portrait photography

For this task I was asked to explore portrait photography. Within this task I was asked to create a selection of photographs taken on location featuring portraits of people within my photographs. Here are the photographs which I created while carrying out this task.

Heres a closer look at some of my favourite photographs from this task

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This is one of the photographs I took while exploring location portrait photography. This is a photograph of Natalie’s profile as she is looking off towards the left of the photograph. The location of this photograph was within the new Broadway centre in Bradford. I chose to use this location as it is somewhere new to photograph and it had the potential to bring fresh content to my work. The lighting within this photograph was provided by the artificial lighting within the store as we were inside and no natural light was able to get into where I was shooting so this was not available for me to use at this time. Once I had taken this photograph, I put it into photoshop and edited the levels slightly in order to make the red of Natalie’s hair as vibrant as I could and make it stand out. After I had done this, I used the colour pop technique in order to make the background of the image greyscale while Natalie remains in colour. I like this technique as it draws the viewers attention to the subject, which in this case, is Natalie.

This is another of the photographs I took while exploring location portrait photography. This is a photograph of a man I bumped into while I was walking around the new Broadway centre in Bradford. When looking for people to take photographs of, I saw this man and thought he looked interesting and after speaking to him briefly, I found out that the pin badged located on his hat are badges which he has collected as a hobby and the feathers in his hat are from when he has been out and found feathers that he liked. This photograph shows the mans profile and shows off a selection of the badges on his hat. The lighting within this image was provided by a mixture of natural lighting and artificial lighting as natural lighting was let in from windows but there was also artificial lighting as I was inside the Broadway centre at the time. Once I had taken this photograph, I put it into photoshop and edited the levels slightly in order to make the colours within this imagea little more eye catching.

This is another photograph I took while exploring location portrait photography. This is a photograph of Tom facing to the left of the photograph but looking towards the camera. The location of this photograph is a hotel where we stayed over night. I photographed in this location as I wanted to get some portrait shots however the weather meant that shooting outside would have been hard as it was raining heavily. The lighting in this photograph was provided by artificial lightings provided by the lights in the room as this was the only lighting available to me at this time as it was late in the evening so there was no natural lighting available for me to use. Once I had taken this photograph, I put it into photoshop in order to edit the levels slightly. 

This is another photograph which I took while exploring location portrait photography. This is a photograph of Jamie stood in Leeds city centre. This photograph features my friend standing to the right of the image looking directly towards the camera with Leeds city centre in the back ground. I chose this location for this photograph as I was already in Leeds for a different reason and thought it would be the perfect opportunity to include locations which are outside of Bradford in my work. The lighting for this photograph is provided by artificial light sources such as street lights and car headlights as I shot this photograph within the evening meaning it was dark and there was no natural light available for me to use. Once I had taken this photograph, I put it into photoshop and edited the levels slightly in order to make the lighter parts of the image stand out more.

This is another photograph which I took while exploring location portrait photography. This is a photograph of a man who actually stopped me in Leeds city centre while I was taking other photographs and asked me “do you want to take my photograph?” In response to this question, I said yes as I thought it would be perfect to fit into this section of my project. The location of this photograph is Leeds city centre by the train station as this was where the man stopped me and asked for me to take his photograph.  The lighting for this photograph was provided by artificial lighting such as the light from street lamps as this photograph was taken in the evening so therewas no natural lighting available for me to take advantage of. In addition to the amount of light I had available at this time, I also chose to use the flash on my camera. Once I had taken this photograph, I out it into photoshop and edited the levels slightly in order to make the man stand out from the dark background slightly more than he already did.