(Yifan Xu) Assignment #2 Portraits

Assignment #2
---By Yifan Xu, Sept 20, 2017


"Portrait 1"
-Screenshot of RAW file


-Portrait 1 After Photoshop


f 6.3, 1/125 s, ISO 200, 22mm, With Daylight
Trying to present the person in the middle of the photograph with the props on the diagonal line, using the contrast between the foreground and the background to emphasize the character. Reveal the subject of "Student Life."

"Portrait 2"
-Screenshot of RAW file


-Portrait 2 After Photoshop


f 4, 1/125 s, ISO 200, 27mm, With Daylight
Trying to place the character in the environment he's mostly familiar with and make a contrast between the person and the props, in order to highlight the person's career feature as well as presenting the subject of "Hardworking Workers."

"Portrait 3"
-Screenshot of RAW file


-Portrait 3 After Photoshop


f 13, 1/125 s, ISO 200, 18mm, With Daylight
Trying to place the character in an outstanding position in the photograph and make the background vegetation a "diagonal line" in the picture, make the abundant background a clear contrast of the simple person in the front. Present the subject of "Studying in the Nature"


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