Camera in Your Face

I really hate photographing people. Honestly, they're the hardest thing to photograph. Sometimes they move too much or frown too much or COMPLAIN too much. Plus, they are never complacent which puts even more stress on your emotional tolerance. I recently did an extremely amateur potraiture shoot with the girls in my house and it amounted to only a few good photos:

This photo is really nice mainly because of the lighting. Not over-exposed. Of course there was a bit of editing involved but it was an overall good picture of a good friend.

My lunch buddy's photo came out really well against the almost-white backdrop. Not only did the background complement her character, her black hair and red lips really popped out after a little tweeking. A very satisfactory photo.




Now moving on to more challenging photos. The one other thing I find really hard to photograph is stage performances. I've been doing it for awhile now and I have to say that I've come pretty far but the lighting and unstrategic locations always pose a challenge for a noob like me. To get the photos I have to resort to desperate measures i.e. sitting on the floor in front of everyone, making a fool out of myself.


Not a bad photo this one. But it may take you time to figure out which is the main subject. That's why I placed him in the middle of the frame to draw the attention straight on to him. Dunno if it worked. You be the judge:

Another monochrome. To block off the bad lighting of course

This picture is quite dramatic especially because of the intensity of the expression on the subject's face. But I also have to lend some credit to the framing which gave the photo a more elongated and overwhelming feeling.