Some of the most helpful tips I found:
"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."
"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. Besides a mirror, a window can sometimes offer a reflective surface for you to capture your own image."
"Whenever you are photographing someone, try to think of details of their body or dress that would get your message across in an indirect way."
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| I like this photo because of the environment, and the balance between the environment and the subject. He isn't doing anything but the environment around him tells something about him. |
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| This photo is cool to me because it captures the main in his element, where he might be spending most of his time. The certain effects on the photo like the darker appearance of the man's environment puts more focus on the photographer to balance out the amount of environment. |
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| I really like this photo because of the effect of the wire, and the lack of focus on the subject's face, and the choice to focus on her hand more than anything else. |
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| I really like this portrait because of it's simple nature but also because the man in the photo and the attachment on the camera look interesting, and it definitely captures the photographer in his element along with his tool. |
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| I really like this simple portrait because of it's simplicity, and its lack of any other subject but the man in the photo. His pose also strikes me as interesting and his expression. |
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| This appeared as an Environmental Portrait picture as well as a simple portrait, and I like it as a simple portrait. The environment doesn't empower to much and it doesn't add much to the subject itself. The subjects' expressions and action are doing a lot of the telling for their story. |
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In my Portrait project, I plan to shoot myself. I felt like I wanted to capture myself and show myself for who I can be. I also want to attempt to let a bit of my inner thoughts to be displayed through an expression or an action of mine. If possible, I would like to shoot somewhere at home, but I will probably have to take a photo at school. If so, I will probably shoot on some stairs, possibly on the stairway closest to the classroom. I would take tape and mark my position, or get a friend to sit for me as a mark positioning. I would also try to use a timer in order to get into position, and take couple of photos at a time with a burst setting. If its possible, I would like to get a friend to approve the positioning for me, but only if that doesn't strain the integrity of a self-portrait photo.
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