Portraiture

Portraiture 


The difference between photojournalism and portraiture is that portraiture exists in a constructed world, where everything is put together to capture the sitter's personality, whereas photojournalism is about capturing the scene. 

Portraiture photographs have existed since the invention of the camera. The low cost of 

Tony Vaccaro's intention was to fool people into thinking their photograph wasn't being taken, and he wanted to present his own opinion of the person, so when he took the picture, the person would reveal a true part of them. Photography to him is a form of placing the person in the photograph on a pedestal, and capturing that decisive moment in which the person's personality is revealed. He didn't want to take pictures of people masking who they truly were; he had no interest in poses for the camera, and so he would take a picture of someone when they least expected it, when they weren't prepared for one. He thinks once you know someone's personality you have to think of a word that fits that personality, and for Picasso it was "suave", so you have to decide how to capture the meaning of that word.



There are many ways to light somebody's face when composing and capturing a portrait photograph. An example of a lighting technique is three-point lighting, which is using 3 or 4 lights to fully model the person's face. The different lights are Key-Light, which is the main light; Fill-Light, which is used to control the contrast of the scene; and Ascent-Light, which separates the person from the background so that it enhances the three-dimensional effect and allows us to can see the behind them.