Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Portrait & Studio Photography: Activity 3

Activity 3
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

Leading Man - Jeff Meyer
Based on the title of the image above, I'm going to assume that the man in the foreground is the lead singer or a band. The remainder of the band probably aren't too fond of the arrangement, since it may seem like the lead singer is more important (and you can barely see their faces), but I'm sure they'll get over it...

Bullet Club - NJPW
The image above is of The Bullet Club, a professional wrestling stable from New Japan Professional Wrestling (however, none of the men above are Japanese). Since my brother and I watched the event (via iPPV) that this picture was taken at, I can say that the placement of Nick Jackson, Prince Devitt, and Matt Jackson (the front 3 men) makes perfect sense because they actually wrestled at the show, the other 4 were just there to watch and lend support to their fellow Bullet Club members.

Painkiller - Three Days Grace
This is a picture released by Three Days Grace upon the announcement that Matt Walst would be joining the band as lead singer, Adam Gontier's official replacement. The announcement was met with a very mixed reaction by fans, so to me, the placement of the band members is almost symbolic; the three founding members of the band standing behind the new guy, almost as if to say "We're behind him, you guys should be too". Eventually this image would become the album cover for their song "Painkiller", the band's first song with Matt Walst on vocals.

Group Photo - Pinterest.com
Finally, a picture with girls in dresses! It's a fairly simple group portrait, all four women are on the same plane, they're all dressed up, but something just seems out of the ordinary. I know, three of  the girls are grouped on one side looking kinda judgy at the fourth girl. Maybe she smells weird, or they're just jel? (South Park reference below). Whatever it is, the looks on the three girls faces caught my eye and added something special to this group picture.


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