Portrait Photographers
Alex Prager
From “The Big Valley 2008”
Where is the light coming from?
The light is coming from the left side of the photo.
What is the position or gesture of the model?
The model is sitting in the passenger side of the car holding the wheel with her right hand and looking out the drivers window as if she was seeing something shockingly beautiful.
What is the background or setting?
The background is the passenger side of the car. The cars roof shows and also the blurred tops of trees in the distance.
What is the point of view and distance of the photographer?
The photograph was taken at a low angle so the point of view is looking up at the model and giving the feeling of more dimension in the photo.
What does the lighting, position of model and expression on face communicate?
Every aspect of this photo communicates that the emotional distress of the model whether it be happy or sad the model is conveying conflicting emotions. The fact that this photo was taken in a car suggests that at anyplace and at anytime your emotions can be altered for better or for worse.
From “2018”
Where is the light coming from?
The light is coming from the upper right hand corner.
What is the position or gesture of the model?
The main model is standing still looking forward away from the camera.
What is the background or setting?
The background is chaos because the model is in an extremely crowded place with people making noise and distractions all around her.
What is the point of view and distance of the photographer?
The photographer has placed the camera high up as to get an overview shot of the model.
What does the lighting, position of model and expression on face communicate?
It communicates a moment of relief and calmness. Throughout all the maham going on in this photo the model simply stands in the middle looking out into the crowd of people just frozen for the moment.
Where is the light coming from?
The light is coming from the left side of the photo.
What is the position or gesture of the model?
The model is sitting in the passenger side of the car holding the wheel with her right hand and looking out the drivers window as if she was seeing something shockingly beautiful.
What is the background or setting?
The background is the passenger side of the car. The cars roof shows and also the blurred tops of trees in the distance.
What is the point of view and distance of the photographer?
The photograph was taken at a low angle so the point of view is looking up at the model and giving the feeling of more dimension in the photo.
What does the lighting, position of model and expression on face communicate?
Every aspect of this photo communicates that the emotional distress of the model whether it be happy or sad the model is conveying conflicting emotions. The fact that this photo was taken in a car suggests that at anyplace and at anytime your emotions can be altered for better or for worse.
From “2018”
Where is the light coming from?
The light is coming from the upper right hand corner.
What is the position or gesture of the model?
The main model is standing still looking forward away from the camera.
What is the background or setting?
The background is chaos because the model is in an extremely crowded place with people making noise and distractions all around her.
What is the point of view and distance of the photographer?
The photographer has placed the camera high up as to get an overview shot of the model.
What does the lighting, position of model and expression on face communicate?
It communicates a moment of relief and calmness. Throughout all the maham going on in this photo the model simply stands in the middle looking out into the crowd of people just frozen for the moment.