Once again I’m taking a break from the normal monochrome landscape images and occasional car photograph that I post her on #monochromemonday to, instead, feature a portrait. This is something I intend to continue into the future but just on an occasional basis but I will monitor the page views to see if you like them. If you do, expect to se more; if you don;t expect to see less. If you have any opinions on the subject, please let me know.
Today’s Post: by Joe Farace
“The most colorful thing in the world is BLACK and WHITE. It contains all colors and at the same time excludes all.”–
Back in the early days of digital photography, the person I think of as Shutterbug’s last great editor, George Schaub, asked me to write a column for the magazine that he wanted to call buzzwords. And for the next 26 issues—The English Alphabet consists of 26 letters, after all— i wrote a column about all the letters of the alphabet from A to Z as it relates to digital photography and the technology surrounding it. You see, I had originally written a book called The Digital Imaging Dictionary: and he thought I was an expert, which I still do not claim to be, That book is hopeless outdated today but, if you’re into digital nostalgia, you can pick up a copy on Amazon for six bucks.
It’s Just Vertical or Horizontal
All of which bring me to today’s post. But first some definitions from the Internet:
- Portrait Mode: “Portrait photography often uses a vertical orientation to capture an entire person or subject, or to place emphasis on a subject, as in a close-up head-and-shoulders headshot. Photos are taller than they are wide in portrait orientation.”
- Landscape Mode: “Landscape mode is an orientation of a computer screen display that shows content at a wider angle than when in portrait mode. This mode allows for more content to be seen on the screen, as it better utilizes the physical size of the monitor or device being used.” You notice this definition does not mention that the image is horizontal?
How I Made the above portrait: You can shoot a portrait horizontally and it will be in landscape mode. And second, you can also shoot a landscape in portrait mode; yes, it will be in a vertical format.
I photographed Kellie, yes that Kellie, using a Canon EOS 20D with an EF 85mm f/1.8 lens.It’s surprising to me as to how such a sweet, young model could have caused such as brouhaha in the publishing world but she did and if you read the link post you will get “the rest of the story.” This portrait was made during a session where Mary and I photographed Kellie on an abandoned farm near Brighton, Colorado. The exposure was 1/250 sec at f/8 and ISO 200 with a pus two-thirds stop exposure compensation. Shot in color (obviously) and converted
This image is decidedly a portrait yet is is clearly in a horizontal—or landscape format,
In addition to the featured portrait with Kellie, I also had some sessions that created some uncensored images that members of my Patreon got to see in a Bonus Password Protected post. You can read about membership benefits in this post.
My book Joe Farace’s Glamour Photography is full of tips, tools and techniques for glamour photography and includes information on all of the cameras I used as well as complete lighting and exposure data for each image. Used books are available from Amazon for $33.63, I write this. The Kindle version is $19.99 for those preferring a digital format.