Portraits

The biggest difference between a portrait and a snap shot is that in a portrait you try to capture a person or emotion instead of a moment. Portraits are a lot more intricate to look at and carries a heavier tone on the human emotions. Snapshots tend to be just what they sound like, a snapshot of a moment. Not to say that snapshots are lesser, they just have a different place, a more casual one.

Softening

In this photo, there is just me and a white background. I used the clone stamp to get rid of the blemishes. It was a little hard to understand at first but once I got the hang of it, it was fairly easy. 

I hate photoshop. I am technologically retarded. It conspired against to the point where I had to change computers. I would only use this ever again if I had to. Maybe for minor things. I hate it, I hate it , I hate it. I could not use this contraption for crap.

photo a.2

This is another photo I took of Subject A. I really like this photograph, a lot more than the first one. This was one of the good negatives I had so it was a lot easier to work with. I also like how I got him in focus, even behind ze pole. There's also some Subjects in the background. I don't know what there doing. One looks like he or she is rolling on the floor. I like the contrast of the photo, the depth of field, and the way Subject A kind of just peeks out of the pole.

photo a.1

This was my first picture. i just took a photograph of Subject A just standing there all casual like. The photo look old, like someone took the picture, developed it fast, and kept it in his pocket. I still like it though, it has a calm feeling to it. i didn't do it intentionally, but I got him to be the only thing in focus. The initial negatives where dense, so I had to do a lot of work to make it come out alright.