The artist I chose to imitate was Ida Kar, a female photographer in London after 1945. She took many portraits of writers and artists. I found that she photographs portraits in a similar way that I do. Some of her portraits are very different than that of the ones we see nowadays and I found that extremely interesting. I liked how the subject looked comfortable in his stance, but at the same time seemed serious. I also liked how he was not looking at the camera but still seemed to be focused in on something important. Makes you wonder what he was staring at.
For this assignment I tried to capture a similar stance but have my subject in clothes that are somewhat popular today and is something he found comfortable. I went away from a super dark background because I wanted more depth in my photographs. For each image I tried different locations, location of my camera to my subject, and different lighting. I found that I preferred outdoor lighting and the camera being level with the subject. I also found that I preferred more of a blurry background and the subject farther away from anything that was in the background. I struggled to get the same kinds of grays in my photographs, but overall I am pleased with how they turned out.
For this image I tried taking it from slightly below the subject. I blurred the background and I had the subject not only look away but also turn his face away from the camera.
For this image I also took this from slightly below the subject but closer to being level with the subject than my other photograph. I tried capturing all of the subjects hands in this one and I also tried using a mix of light coming through the window but also the indoor lights.
For this image I was also slightly below the subject, I got his full hands in the photograph. In this image his face is more towards the camera with just his eyes pointing away. This is probably my second favorite photograph. I definitely preferred the natural lighting.
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