Photo Art Design

People are easily the number 1 subject for photographs. From party snaps, to photos of children and travel shots of family members in front of famous monuments, millions upon millions of people photographs are taken every single say of the year.Portrait photography is a little different to general people photography. The intent of portrait photography is capture and display something of the ‘essence’ of a person; to say something about their character, personality, or life.The three most important things to get right in portrait photography are camera settings, lighting, and your relationship with your model.# Camera settings for portrait photographyBecause portrait photography is all about a person’s face (or if it’s a wider shot, their head-and-shoulders), classic portrait photography settings seek to remove anything distracting from the background of the shot. This mimics the effect of looking at someone’s face from very close up, and makes the subject ‘pop’ (this .. more»

A portrait basically represents a painting, photograph, sculpture or any other artistic representation of a person, where the face and its expressions predominant. Through it the likeness, personality and mood of the person is expressed. The history of portrait trails behind to Egyptian culture where the portraits were made of funeral rather than kings or emperors. It flourished during the Roman culture. Later canvas of elite kings, priests, warriors and even distinguished artisans were made representing several stages of their lives. One of the most renowned paintings worldwide is of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci and Picasso’s The Old Guitarist.Portrait PhotographyWith the dawn of photography, the face of portrait has changed massively. Photography came into existence since the 19th century. And it revolutionized the oil painting phase. It became comparatively inexpensive and time saving affair. With just 30 sec. exposure time, and better quality output as compare to canvas .. more»

Any drawing or painting is simply a recreation of light and shade.A good reference photograph for a drawing or painting should be correctly lit.When working from a photograph, lighting is one of the few aspects an artist cannot change. An artist can only recreate what they see. They have no special knowledge that allows them to know information that has not been recorded by the camera.The basic principles of lighting Any photograph is merely a record of light falling on, and reflecting from an object. Differences in the levels of reflected light tell us about the shape of the object.With faces, we normally expect to see a shadow under the nose to describe its size and contour, shadows around the eye sockets to convey their depth, highlights on cheekbones, etc. The roundness revealed by lighting is known as "modelling", and the level of modelling is determined by the direction and .. more»