Monday, June 3, 2013

Self Portrait--Sarah Magida


2 comments:

  1. The image intrigues me. A stylish girl is lowing her head, with a hand touching her mouth as if she is thinking of something and sniggering. Although her face is unseen, her personality exposed to the viewer obviously because of the proper composition of the picture.

    To begin with, the picture has an apt color scheme. Vivid red hair becomes the main focus, which catches my attention immediately. Behind her, the bright nature light functioned as a white background that layers her hair and brightens her skin as well. Due to such a light tone displaying on the picture, in her left arm, a black tattoo stood out—a series of alphabets in an elegant script font. Is this somebody’s name or something else? That’s a confidential story that belongs to a young pretty girl. Without any distracted elements, the vibrant red hair, black tattoo, and dotted grey sun-top to create an energetic mood of the character and reveal her colorful life.

    In addition, the short depth field creates the soft and smooth texture to the picture. The hair, for instance, is layered by natural light. Appropriate light angle refines the colors of hair, disclosing the brilliance of red and beauty of blond. Because of such a proper angle, her skin appears a smooth tone and a soft texture.

    From my perspective, the only limited thing is the framing. Tight spaces did not provide viewers airy room to breath. Maybe, it is a creative way that drives our eyes to focus on those photographic elements.

    Overall, it is a nice picture. It presents me her individuality even though she did not show me her face.

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  2. Really nice job. The selective focus on the hand draws our attention there. We don't see the face, so we're forced to look beyond the obvious.

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