Portrait Photography

Portrait photography is a type of photography that focuses on capturing an individual’s or group of people’s likeness, personality, and essence. Portrait photography’s main goal is to showcase the subject’s personality, emotions, and physical features in a visually appealing and engaging way. To create compelling portraits, portrait photographers employ a variety of techniques. They collaborate closely with their subjects to create a comfortable and relaxed environment in which to capture genuine expressions and emotions. The photographer’s skill is in connecting with the subject, putting them at ease, and encouraging them to reveal their true selves.

I want to show people’s personalities by photographing them doing sports. I worked with Weiwei and Carol (from the other photography class) in the dome to capture different phases during a volleyball spike. It was extremely difficult to capture the phases because the entire process only lasted seconds or milliseconds. Fortunately, we appear to have met our expectations, as the three photos I chose display the different phases during a spike in time order, from top to bottom: when the ball was set high in the air (out of the frame), when the person was ready to hit the ball, and when the person hit the ball to the ground.