Posing People!

For this project, I took some pictures of of my peers, using the masculine and feminine posing techniques. For the second half of my assignment, I edited two photos in different ways. I liked how my photo’s turned out. Without further ado…

Masculine and Feminine Posing

This is an example of the masculine pose. To appear more burly, Jack angled his dominant shoulder forward, and lifted his chin to the camera, matching the angle of face with the direction of his eyes. I like this photo. The shadow is harsh, but with limited equipment and skill, I think I made Jack look pretty good.

This is an example of feminine posing. Emily’s shoulders are tilted, her chin faces her more dominant shoulder, but her eyes are looking forward. This zig-zag posing pattern is a good way to show the feminine side of a picture, and make someone look more girly. I think she still looks scary.

Edits

I loved editing this photo. The first thing I did in photoshop was change the levels. I brought a few knobs down a bit, to create more shadow and depth in the picture. Afterward, I noticed that the grey bricks in the background had some ugly brown-ish stains near the edges. So, I duplicated the layer and created a mask, and then brought the vibrancy down so that the bricks were completely grey. Then, I removed the mask over Jack, so that he was still colorful, but the background was solid grey. Turned out rlly good.

This is my sister Megan. I changed her olive colored jacket to an dusty orange. I used the color replacement tool to brush over her jacket, using the color I selected for my foreground. I think it looks believable.