My 3 Best Portrait Photos

Direct Sunlight

The reason I chose this photo is because it shows a lot of personality. You can see Faye laughing with Farren smiling, her arms crossed. It was captured at the moment, and you can see a story behind the photo. The lighting from the sun was good because it's not too powerful, and it gives a warm feeling, making this photo effective. The background is out of focus, but you can see where they might be. The tall light poles and the building leads to the girls, making it a nice composition. Overall, it's a good photo.

Window Light

The reason I chose this photo is because of the mood/atmosphere it's giving. You can see Marlia up close looking at something other than the camera. She's off-center which makes it appealing. The photo is in B&W so you can focus more on Marlia. The wood also helps because it makes a line to Marlia. Speaking of Marlia, her facial expression is very calm, making the photo mysterious and giving it a story. The lighting is soft, adding to that feeling. And I love the light on her eyes. You can see it sparkling. Overall, it's a cool photo.

Open Shade

The reason I chose this last photo is because of the expression Basma is giving. The photo is taken right at the moment, freezing Basma's facial expression, telling a story. Her expression is very loveable and it's in focus and very clear. The wall in the background gives it a nice frame for Basma. And the exposure in the background is a nice contrast to Basma and is a nice lighting. She is also off-center, too. Overall, it's a fine photo.

What to do About Online Art Theft & Plagiarism- My Thoughts

In our world today, one of the big things artists worry about a lot is art theft and plagiarism. The article shows how it affects many of the artists who are sharing their art and making a living out of art. It shows us that some people steal artists' art and claiming it as their own and maybe making a profit out of it, especially the big companies. It also shows the legal steps to take if someone stole an artist's art and wants justice for their stolen art. And it tells you how you can protect you artwork from theft. The process requires a lot of work and patience, but the end result is worth it as they get their justice and money if the art thief uses their art for profit. 

As an artist who shares their art online, I would want justice if my art was stolen. But the process can be difficult for an artist depending on who stole the art. Some individual would be easy, since you can report it, but if it was a big company, it requires legal work which could be overwhelming to many young artists. 

In the Internet, it's so easy to steal or plagiarize someone's artwork, sometimes without even knowing. And sadly, there's no way to stop this. There's too many people online doing this. One of the reasons people do this is to get attention. and some would say that it's great for a small artist like you because it expose you or that they love your art and would like to show it off. So then they could have easily gave credit to the artist by saying it's by them. But even so, some big platforms such as Instagram and Deviantart makes it easier to get justice by reporting the thief's account to get it banned. And many artists have gotten their justice by reporting and with the support of their followers reporting it. 

It's really sad for art theft and plagiarism to be normal in our society. It has become so common that people are giving advice to people online like the article. I think to really end art theft and plagiarism is to stop making art. Then there will be no art to steal in the first place. But that would be telling us to stop what we love doing. It's like telling someone to stop being that part of you. It's still you, and no one could take that away. So we will keep doing what we love, even if it means that we will have enemies as thieves, we will still be able to express that part of us in our art.

(Wow, I think I went a little too deep with this O.O")

Lighting Situations

Window Light

What I like about this photo is that mysterious feeling you get from the photo. He's looking out the window, and the window light creates a soft look on his face. And since it's B&W, you have 2 things to focus on. One is the man, and the other is the window, because you could be wondering what's he looking outside.

Open Shade

What I like about this photo is the relaxed look the woman has in the shade. When you're in shade, you relax. This makes this photo natural. And it has a shallow depth of field, so it focuses on her.

Direct Light

What I like about this photo is the use of the aperture. It's a shallow depth of field, but you can partly see that the woman is in a field. I also the lighting on this photo. It's a bright photo, but it's not overly exposed. And the woman looks natural in the pose, not stiff.

And Some Cool References to Help People

Cool Photos

So here's my 20 photos that appeal to me:

Now there is a key part to all of these photos. Their eyes are not looking directly to the camera. This is the theme that I want to go at when we take photos. The model looking away from the camera makes it seem like there is something beyond the photo. It makes you wonder what are they looking at. This appeals to me a lot.

Photography Stuff

This is a fast shutter speed photo because a humming bird is very fast and in the photo, the bird looks frozen and there is no blurs. The camera needs to have a fast shutter speed in order to get this photo.

This is a slow shutter speed photo because of the blur in the photo. If it was in fast shutter speed, we would see more crisp detail. The camera sets the shutter speed slow to get this photo.

This is a shallow depth of field photo because it only focuses on the flower closest to the camera. The background became out of focus. The camera was set in a higher aperture to get this photo.

This is a wide/deep depth of field photo because the foreground and background are in focus. The camera has to have a lower aperture setting to get this photo.