Project 9: Fine Art Portraiture

In these images, I painted my friend Maya gold and used a background and lighting to make the shadows more dynamic and had her try poses that made her seem more statuesque. 

In these portraits, my idea was to do the exact opposite. I took these photos of my friend Lizzie in the forest relatively covered in mud, contrasting from the gold. I tried to make the gold images to show more beauty and grace, and for the muddy pictures to depict an image of strength and nature. 

This is an extra fine art image I took that I took with film and I decided to add it in just because I really liked the composition of how the light hits her face and makes the photo more dramatic and I like how if it was cropped it could possibly be used for a commercial portrait. 

I used photos from both of these shoots and played around with using them as magazine covers, and for these went with a slightly more natural look with the images used.