As you see, my status has changed. I'm a senior member now. I feel like a grandpa or something (: Thanks to people who did this. I love you deviantart.

Portrait photography (also known as portraiture) is the capture by means of photography of the likeness of a person or a small group of people, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The objective is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. Like other types of portraiture, the focus of the photograph is the person's face, although the entire body and the background may be included. A portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the camera.

Unlike many other styles of photography, the subjects of portrait photography are non-professional models. Many family portraits and photographs that commemorate special occasions, such as graduations or weddings, are professionally produced and hang in private homes. Most portraits are not intended for public exhibition.



When portrait photographs are composed and captured in a studio, the professional photographer has control over the lighting of the composition of the subject and can adjust direction and intensity.

The basic lighting types are termed main light, fill lights, kicker lights, and background lights. The main light is the primary light source for the portrait. It is positioned about 45 degrees to the left or right of the subject, but it can also be used from above or below. A fill light is usually used opposite of the main light, but farther away or with less intensity. It is used to soften hard shadows created by the main light. Kicker lights (also called hair lights or side lights) provide lighting to the hair of the subject. This helps add depth to the photo and can be used to separate the subject from the background. Background lights are those which do not fall on the subject but the background. They can provide interesting effects to a boring backdrop or be used to make a background appear pure white.

Most lighting found in modern photography are usually a flash of some sort. The lighting for portraiture is typically diffused by bouncing it from the inside of an umbrella, or by using a soft box. The soft box is essentially a strobe encased in an opaque box and one side is made of translucent fabric material. This provides a softer lighting for portrait work and is considered visually more appealing. Hair and background lights are usually not diffused. It is more important to control light spillage to other areas of the subject. Snoots and barn doors help focus the lights exactly where the photographer wants them. Background lights are sometimes used with color gels placed in front of the light to create colorful backgrounds.

There are many different techniques for portrait photography. Often it is desirable to capture the subject's eyes and face in sharp focus while allowing other less important elements to be rendered in a soft focus. At other times, portraits of individual features might be the focus of a composition such as the hands, eyes or part of a torso.

- Wikipedia.

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-- Joker -- | ~Hart-Worx



331 | ~lenagnl



untitled 10 | ~danzdayz



sette | ~canses



The Landing | ~the-hurukai



Let Me See | ~wallking



all of my winds are talking | ~sahasrara



absence... | *anestesic



Ready and Waiting to Fall | ~josepaolo



civil war | ~mitinandim



120 | *kalemkar


^{The Roll #1 | The Roll #2 | The Roll #3
The Roll #4 | The Roll #5 | The Roll #6}

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1st place



forever, you and me | *ataRaymundo

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and also the eeee... | =eelmikashigaru

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3rd place



chocolat noir 0075 | =chocolatenoir

1st runner-up



Heaven Is That Way | *EatMyDreams
(I started *EatMyDreams's new subscription)

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2nd runner-up



The Lizard King | =allhopeislost

Suffocation from the inside. | *piratephotography

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As you know , Steve Jobs moved iphone's price to $399 from $599 , but after that he decided to give all iphone owners $100 back . I don't understand people who thinks that Steve showed his mighty kindness here . Let me tell you then , as always Steve targeted the early adopters who is not interested in price tags (that's you) to buy most of his first produced phones , and again he made success with it (he sold more than a half million phones in first day only) He received a more $200 from you per phone , and now he's giving $100 of it back . What a kindness . . . (Yes , I'll always write about iphone in my journal till I get one .)


Today I saw the [link] to this song's video in *poisonunic's journal and watched it . I can say that this is one of the best music videos I've ever watched . The song and lyrics are already great , but with the video , it's a true masterpiece .


Do you know where did these bands go ?
- Mono (Great Expectations soundtrack)
- Gala (Freed from desire , mindless senses purified . . .)
- Roy Vedas (Fragments of life , I think this was the only song they made)
- Eagle Eye Cherry (maybe he wasn't a band but he was really great)
In late 90's their songs/videos were being played here countlessly , but now I don't hear/see any of them anywhere .

- thanks *daporta for the journal logo .