Photo Exercise - Portrait Photography

Photo Exercise - Portrait Photography

Recently, I was assigned to capture photos involving window light and a environmental portrait. For this assignment I asked my girlfriend, Emily Ammer, to be the star of the show.

Emily Ammer stands by the window of her home on Friday, Sep. 19th, 2025, pondering if she should go out and trim some of the hedges in her backyard.

Emily Ammer begins opening a door to her shed on Friday, Sep. 19th, 2025, in hopes to find some gardening shears to shape some hedges in her backyard.

For the window picture, I tried really focusing on composition, following the rule of thirds, and capture a nice horizontal picture. I thought I did a pretty good job splitting up Emily and the window from each other, while also making it visually appealing in a composition standpoint. For the environmental picture, I really tried messing with the lighting and color correction for the editing portion while also using the rule of thirds again to capture Emily in the center. I thought that the color correction was done pretty well, and I also enjoyed messing with it while doing this picture. I learned most about color correction for this exercise and its importance. At first I didn't think too much about how the color would come out, but after messing with the curve layers and such I came to the realization that with just a bit of color correction, it can simply just make an image look a whole lot better.