Activity 3: Portraiture and Studio Photography

Blog Post


Collect four portrait images with two to five subjects. In at least one image the subject should have been placed in the foreground.Comment on the arrangement of the subjects in relation to the camera and the effectiveness of the design.

Karma Hill Photography

This image has the toddler as the main subject, but of course you can see the parents in the background and the expression of both subjects clearly. They wanted the expression of the toddler to matter most as you can tell by the clarity and how much of the frame it takes up. The parents would purposely put in the background to show they are there and are happy and watching the toddler. This is a great example of more than one subject but the image still having one focus area.

Getty Images

People in this photograph are obviously protesting and there are full with some type of emotion obviously because they all have their hands up. There are many people in this photo but of course the man in the very front will catch your attention. He would be the main focus of this photo, along with all the hands. The photo shows that many are involved, no matter what its with.

Kraaystillaaa photography

There are two obvious subjects in this picture (technically three). You can see both very clearly but of course the main subject is the woman's stomach, she's pregnant! That would be the main to catch your eye of course, besides the lack of clothes. You would then of course notice the other things that make up the frame, the man, and the woman.

In this photograph there is one and only whole subject, the family, but obviously there is more than one of them. This is just a simple family portrait and there is really no main focus out of the more than one subject for this photo. Of course the photographer puts the family right smack in the middle so that the first thing you see is them!