Self Portrait Assigmnemt

     The depth of field in this photo is extremely shallow. Because it is a portrait shot, it is necessary that all of the face and body is in focus. As you can see, because of the depth of field and focus working together, all of the details in the photo are easily seen. Nothing is blurry on the face or body. However, the very front of the picture is blurry. This is possible to do because the carpet is not the subject, therefore, it is just an element not needing focus. 

     The exposure of this shot is a little on the different side. For what I wanted to be captured, the exposure had to be high in able to correctly show how the sun was peeking over my hair. The high exposure allowed the rays of colored sun to be shown on the bottom portion of the image. The shutter speed had to be set and open for a longer period of time, (not on automatic) for the light to have more time to come through the camera. 

     The lighting, in my opinion, is the most interesting and capturing part of the photo. I believe that it is the light that really gives the picture its feel. Again, I could not use the auto mode if I wanted to be able to adjust the shutter myself. Since the auto mode was not used, and the flash was turned off, the flash was not used to ruin the sun spots. I shot the picture indoors, but in front of a window, to give the picture a natural light, the sun.

     Lines in the shot presented themselves in the form of sun rays. The rays of the sun draw the onlookers eyes to the subject, (my face), and away from distracting elements. The lines begin in the center of the photo, and stretch themselves out to the rest of the frame. I believe that lines give the picture a more artistic feel. There is no curvature of the lines, they are all straight, and easy to follow with your eyes. 

     The colors in he photo are very vibrant. When I personally see the photo, I can see a tint of yellow on my skin, due to the color of the light from the sun. I love the colors, because of the fact that the sun and light creates the interesting rainbow effect towards the bottom of the shot. The black color of my shirt really brings out the contrast of blues, yellows ect. from the rays of sun. The carpet element in the picture is tan or cream, like my skin color. The brown in my eyes also matches the rug which is in the bottom of the frame.

    As for composition elements, for sure this photo follows the rule of thirds. The subject is present in the top of the frame. Also, the entire picture was filled, leaving no space untouched or blank. The lines in the photo also demonstrate good elements of composition. They draw your eyes onto the subject of the photo. This assignment was a little bit more difficult, being that we, as photographers, were unable to really see what our product was going to be. We were unable to look directly into the camera to make sure everything was correct.