Portrait Photography Analysis

By: Maegan and Leah from Poetic Portraits 

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Analysis

I decided to select this photograph created by Poetic Portraits because of it's unique and fascinating aspects, such as lighting and contrast. Lighting, for example, is one of the main features that increases the cheerful atmosphere. The light comes from the sky shown from the reflection of the balloons and character's hair, which makes the scenery more open and bright. Furthermore, even though the light source is beyond the main focus point it still develops smooth and spontaneous shadows from the moving objects and individual since the light source is natural and outdoor. Therefore, the format of the lighting results in creating a more happy and positive mood throughout the photograph. Not only is the lighting the main aspect in creating this joyful vibe, the colour and contrast are too. Even though the photo is in black and white is still creates a positive vibe. The reason being is that it makes the image look as if it is from a happy childhood memory since it has low contrast and has a young 2-year-old subject. The contrast is critical because is develops smooth transitioning in the image, which develops a more gentle and amiable picture. Thus is makes the photo more appealing in which it resulted in persuading me into selecting it. Additionally, the balance of the light and dark spaces complaints the whole vibe as well because of the bundle of light coloured balloons. One could say that if there was no light coloured filler in the photo where the balloons were, it would decrease the positive vibe as well as create an isolated and unbalance photo between darks and lights since the background is mainly dark. Besides the camera and lighting positioning, the subject itself created a more cheerful mood too. First. one could say that the expression of the character displays a happy and natural feeling since she is seen laughing and carefree. Also, the posture of the character is seen as being natural because of the fact that she is being informal by running and looking away from the camera. Therefore, this would create a more appealing scenery and would go well with the background of the spacious field and sky because it focuses on the object more, which would create a more happy and positive atmosphere in the photograph. In conclusion, I personally selected this photo because of its positive vibe and balance layout created by the object's expression and movement as well as the outdoor scenery and lighting. Since the photo displays a pleasant and carefree feeling it makes readers such as myself think of the positively throughout our lives and makes us happy. Therefore, I selected this image because I wanted to share the photos strong pleasant atmosphere, which is displayed with unique aspects of this photo.