Sportraits

F8, 1/600, ISO:100, Flash: A-1/4, B- 1/32, C- 1/8

F8, 1/200, ISO:100, Flash: A-1/2, B- 1/4

F7.1, 1/125, ISO:100, Flash: A-1/2, B- 1/4

1. Amari Smith poses for a portrait in Moore Hall on Monday, Nov. 18, 2025.

2. Hannah Smith poses with lacrosse stick in Moore Hall on Monday, Nov. 18, 2025.

3. Elliot Talsma, left, and Amari Smith, right, pose in their boxing gloves in Moore Hall on Monday, Nov. 18, 2025.

SETUP

REFLECTION

This assignment was kind of challenging for me, especially when trying to come up with ideas for the models. Even though I was looking up poses online, I feel like none of them were really working how I wanted them to.

We started by just shooting regular portraits of Mars and then we began experimenting with gels. Thats when I sort of had some fun with it. I chose the colors I wanted, pink for the background and orange highlighting Mars and it turned out exactly how I wanted for my first picture.

Then we went to Johns setup and I liked the more dramatic look of the photos I got there. With Hannah, I had the pose I wanted and it turned out exactly how I pictured. I love how the flash is bright on her face and the stick has more of a moody and darker look to it.

When shooting Elliot and Mars, I had a pose planned but I couldn't really get them to do it and it just looked too posed and not natural. When shooting I wanted to emphasize the gloves and make them pop so I had them hold them up and I had them kind of stagger with each other to give the photo more depth, instead of having them just stand side by side and I like the way it turned out.

When shooting portraits in the future, I really want to keep with the dramatic lighting and making things pop and stand out more. I feel like my portraits in assignments before this I have more less tried to light the whole subject rather than experimenting with the different angles and looks the flashes have when hitting the subject in different ways.