Mid-day Portrait

By Carly Pettengill

This is an assignment from ART 101 – Intro to Digital Photography This composition photo assignment was one of our first times using the camera. After learning about composition, we were to take at least 20 shots that followed the basic principles of a well composed shot. We then were to submit 10 photos, editing our best 3 in camera RAW on Photoshop.

This picture was taken as part of a project in Intro to Digital Photography. The point of the project was to take portraits of individuals with different lightings. The subject in the photo is my grandmother, taken by one of the windows in her house. When doing this project, I wanted to include my family, since we always make a point to visit my grandmother every weekend since my grandfather has passed. I think this picture shows both the brightness of my wonderful grandmother, but also the loneliness she feel since my grandfather’s passing.