Fine Art vs. Commercial Portraits

These two portraits are very different in that the top is a commercial portrait and the bottom is a fine art portrait. The top is more serious and does not show much creativity from the photographer where as the bottom is super creative with the flowery background. 

Commercial Portraits

Commercial portraits are portraits taken for commercial purposes - usually a magazine or other form of publication. Nearly every cover of Time Magazine is an example of a commercial portrait.

Philippe Halsman

I like how this photograph really gives insite into the personality of the subject

Williams + Hirakawa

I like how the picture is black and white. I think that with the white background it makes the subject pop.

Fine Art Portraits

A Fine Art Portrait is a portrait in the sub category of photography called fine art photography. Fine art photography is just creative photography where the photographers creative vision is part of the photograph.

Bill Gekas

I like this portrait because I feel it shows the innocence of children

Alex Stoddard

I like this portrait because of the sense of struggle it makes you feel

Project 09 - Surrealism

Surrealism is like artistic expression and is very abstract. Surrealism in photography looks like some crazy combination of images that don't look like they should go together but they do.

I created this pretty much randomly. I just grabbed a photo from Lightroom and just added random stuff. Eventually I started a space theme and just kept with it. I really like the final result!