portrait+assignment

=Portrait Assignment:= Follow these steps to begin the Portrait Assignment:
 * 1) Add a page on your Wix called **Portraits**.
 * 2) Add a **Slider** to display your business card and portraits: Add/Galleries/Slider/Blank Slider.
 * 3) Add a **Controller** to navigate through your **Slider**: Add/Navigation/Controllers.
 * 4) "Connect" your **Controller** to your **Slider**.

The portrait assignment consists of 3 grades:
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 * ====**Business card**: Imagine you are a photographer, the first thing you'll need is to get your name out. Using Photoshop, create a business card that has all of the important information on it, such as the following:====
 * Name
 * Contact info (use fake info here because you will add it to your Wix for grading).
 * phone
 * web site URL
 * email
 * Business card can be horizontal or vertical and must reflect a considerable amount of work, including at least 1 picture.
 * ==== **Contact sheet:** Research portrait photographers on the web, and select photos that you like. Drag and drop the photos into a Photoshop canvas (size the canvas 11"x8.5", 250ppi). Powerpoint is also really good for this assignment. ====
 * You will need a total of 25 images on your contact sheet.
 * Print and show Mr. Yeager. Us the contact sheet for reference as you shoot your portraits.


 * ====**Portraits:** Using students in class as models, the studio lights and your contact sheet, shoot your portrait pictures. Be sure to refer to the posing information.====
 * You must turn in 5 separate poses (shoot many more, these 5 should represent your BEST work).
 * Realistically edit photos, as needed. For example:
 * Remove blemishes
 * Dodge eyes
 * Whiten teeth
 * Add a vignette
 * Add a texture
 * 2 of the 5 poses must be from our studio (using our lighting system)
 * The rest of the poses can be environmental portraits taken outside of class
 * Resize and upload your pictures to your **Portraits** page **Slider**.
 * To resize your images, crop them to 4"x6", 150ppi.
 * Another option is to make an album. This can be done on Wix. Navigate here to get a feel for several templates. []
 * **This seems like alot of time but it is not! We have large classes and each of you will need to use the studio lights. It will take about 1 period per person to accomplish, and then you'll need to load you pictures onto the WIX. Make your WIX ahead of time and then populate your WIX with your images.**

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Outdoor Portraits
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Basic Positioning Tips

 * Position body and head facing different directions.
 * Masculine pose: tilt top of head toward far shoulder.
 * Feminine pose: tilt top of head toward near shoulder.
 * Note: Women can typically pull off either of these two poses.

**Hand Posing Tips**

 * Don't show flat surfaces of hands, show finger edges.
 * Fingers should not be facing into the lens.
 * Bend fingers at all joints.
 * Male hands should be more closed, female should be more open.
 * Use opposing diagonals: ie head resting on arm; each pointing in opposite directions.
 * Fingers should not be intertwined.
 * Never rest a head on a fist.

**Session Plan**

 * Start with head shots.
 * Move to head on hands, let the model pose naturally.
 * Finish with 3/4 and full length.

**Shooting Groups of People**
As a rule, the image should express a tone that all in the group are unified; either touching each other physically, or visually overlapping.

**Clothing Choices**

 * Everyone should have the same toned clothing, either warm or cold.
 * Brightly clothed individuals should be placed in the middle.

**Posing Tips**

 * Make men a little taller than women.
 * Stagger head heights.
 * Pose groups one person at a time, in relation to each other.
 * Pose men to the right of the frame, women to the left.

**Posing Couples**

 * Front to Front Pose - fronts of both people facing, or touching the other.
 * Fronts facing forward - fronts of both people facing forward, possibly at an angle, one front to the other's back.
 * Avoid space between heads to create intimacy.
 * Use lots of negative space around couples in the frame.

**Open Poses** are defined as images with physical or visual space between people.

**Closed Poses** are defined as images where individuals overlap each other, with no visual space between them. Note: Mixing Open and Closed Poses works well for large groupys.