Jose's PhotoJournalism Blog: Self Portrait and Portraits Part II AND Rules of Photography Part II

1. Think about your motivation and emotions: Blankly staring at the camera rarely gets good results. Be silly, don’t be afraid to over-act. The worst that can happen is that you fill up your memory card with useless photos; but you might also find yourself with a proper gold-nugget of a self portrait.

2. A mirror or some other reflective surface offers an even easier way to take a self-portrait. In most cases, the camera will be included in the scene (but this can help make a statement about your enthusiasm for photography).

3. You can create an especially revealing self-portrait by adding personal memorabilia surrounding your mirrored image, such as photos of yourself at various stages of your life, or anything that tells the viewer about your interests.

Environmental portrait

I Liked this photo because the Light really, gave away the feeling to this photo, and is showed the subject in a more unique way.

I liked this photo because you can tell that he used a tripod to give the dog more freedom In it's Original state.

Photography self portrait

I liked this photo of his self portrait, because its like hes telling you a story as in hes losing his mind.

I liked this photo because it looks like he used a editing program, and took three photos of different direction's , and made it fit in to look like a shocking photo.

Casual portrait

I liked this photo, because the black and white shows the feeling, and how he is positioned in front of the shed looking thing, it showed that he was probably happy.

I liked this photo because of the lights in the background actually match the subject shirt, and gives more effect to the situation.

A couple of friends, and probably myself, and I will shoot at a background with different colors to show the emotion and feeling to the photo, and to make the shot successful I will tell them to be them selves in the photo, and to be unique, and to NOT fool around.

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