PORTRAIT

PHOTOGRAPHY

Portrait Photography
Courtney Smith
Product: Photography Portfolio
Mentor: Kasey Marsh
K.Shannon Creative
Portrait Photography
ISM Multidisciplinary: Fall 2014
ISM Teacher: Mrs. Click
*Some information in this presentation comes from outside sources

My Mentor And Me
Mrs. Marsh graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in
Community Health before deciding to pursue photography in
2005.

My mentor, Kasey Marsh and me,

Courtney Smith

K. Shannon Creative
Mrs. Marsh has a small studio in her home, but a large portion of
her photography takes place outside
She focuses on portraits of people of all ages and serves the
Houston and Galveston area

What is Independent Study

Mentorship (ISM)?
ISM is a program that allows students to mentor
with an adult professional. Each student receives
individual instruction and creates a unique plan of
study. The student must perform at a collegiate or
professional level, visit with their mentor for a
minimum of 2 hours a week and complete 3 hours
a week of ISM related activities.

My Product
My product is a photography portfolio.
Each photograph will have a blurb with the
lesson that applied to that photograph.
Near the end of my mentorship, I will have
a photoshoot that incorporates all that I
have learned thus far.
Image from Clipart

Project in Progress
Shutter Speed and Aperture

I combined my
lessons on shutter
speed and aperture
(as well as depth of
field) to attempt to
take a picture with
balanced lighting,
capture of motion,
and good depth of
field or focus.

Prop Making and Assisting

I have helped Kasey

make props (such as
this headband).

I have assisted in
photo shoots in order
to better understand
the creative process
and how to make
setting decisions.

Key Points
Ill be defining and explaining
aperture, depth of field, and
shutter speed and how they
apply to the differences in
photographs.
Image from Clipart

Aperture
Aperture is the opening in the lens.
The larger the aperture, the more light that is let in.
Aperture is measured in F-stops: large openings have smaller f-stops and small opening have larger
f-stops
Moving down one f-stop halves the amount of light left in and moving up one f-stop doubles the
amount of light.

Rowse, Darren. "Introduction to Aperture - Digital Photography School."Digital Photography School RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Oct. 2014.

Kersting, Steven. "Aperture." The Photographic Academy. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2014.

Verosky, Ed. "DSLR Photography Guide - Beginners to Advanced." ED VEROSKY. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2014.

Depth of Field
Depth of Field (DOF) is that amount of your shot that will be in focus.
Aperture also controls depth of field.
A large depth of field will have most of the photograph in focus (small aperture) and a
small depth of field (large aperture) will have a small are of the photograph in focus.

When you have a small depth of field, the rest of the photograph will be blurry or fuzzy.

Verosky, Ed. "DSLR Photography Guide - Beginners to Advanced." ED VEROSKY. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2014.

Shutter Speed
Shutter speed is the amount of time that the shutter is open.
Shutter speed is measured in seconds.
The faster the shutter speed, the less light that is taken in.
The slower your shutter speed, the more susceptible your camera is to your movement.
Use of a tripod is best for anything under a shutter speed of 1/60
The more movement in a scene, the faster the shutter speed needs to be in order to freeze the scene.

"Photo Tip #99: Using Manual Mode." Using Manual Mode. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2014.

Rowse, Darren. "Introduction to Shutter Speed - Digital Photography School." Digital Photography School RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2014.

I want to thank Mrs. Click, my parents, my mentor,

Kasey, the models, and the school for giving me the
ability to participate in ISM.

Conclusion
I enjoyed being able to study how to
better capture accurate and flattering
photographs.
Now I will be able to better tell the
stories of the subjects.

Bibliography
Kersting, Steven. "Aperture." The Photographic Academy. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2014.
"Photo Tip #99: Using Manual Mode." Using Manual Mode. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2014.
Rowse, Darren. "Introduction to Aperture - Digital Photography School." Digital
Photography School RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Oct. 2014.

Rowse, Darren. "Introduction to Shutter Speed - Digital Photography School." Digital

Photography School RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2014.
Verosky, Ed. "DSLR Photography Guide - Beginners to Advanced." ED VEROSKY. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2014.