February Newsletter 2011 |
Issue 1 Volume 1 |
THE ART OF PORTRAITURE |
Joyce
Burns won the
January
Print
Competition with her entry Old Fashioned
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Christmas . |
A portrait is defined as a likeness of a person . But , the word in general use has deeper connotations . You are not only creating a portrait , but also creating good lighting for the subject , good posing and good print quality . You are capturing a person ' s physical likeness , mannerism , reaction , expression , and body language .
This takes skill and an understanding of human nature . It almost always requires engaging the subject in conversation and finding a suitable topic that will grab her or his interest and evoke a reaction . By the way regarding reactions I remember one time my subject had just sat down under the lights in the camera room , I was talking to him while adjusting my lights and setting the pose and I walked back to my camera to double check my lighting and pose and as part of the conversation I told him he looked like a millionaire ( because of the pose he was in ) and he came back at me and said he was a millionaire - Wow I was floored don ' t know what I was going to say next ! Anyhow building a rapport with the subject is important , whether a four year-year old child or a ninety year old person .
More next issue ,
Sam Moffa _____________________________________ FEBRUARY ’ s Topic for the print competition is : Transportation – Trains , Planes & Automobiles – if it moves and people or freight can ride on it or in it – it ’ s fair game . Think about it and stretch the definition till it ’ s ready to snap back . Have fun with it !
Focal Point at the Hammonton Art Center
219 Bellevue Avenue Hammonton , NJ 08037
In addition she has provided a tutorial on how she refined the image in Photoshop .
UPCOMING CLASSES
These particular classes may be of some interest to Focal Point members :
Digital Photography for Beginners – Taught by Sam Moffa this popular class is a must for the beginning digital photographer . 6 weeks .
Advanced Digital Photography – Taught by Joseph Bruno . This class is more “ free style ” and subject matter will in part be decided by the class . One thing is for sure , participants will learn their equipment and how and why it does what it does . 6 weeks .