After much consideration and research into the masters of Portrait Photography. I have decide to opt for a very simple tight cropped headshot of my sitters.
My reason for choosing such an up-close and personal approach is so the viewer can focus on the sitters face its self.
By doing this we can see every hair, wrinkle, scar or imperfection. These small personal marks on them can help us make up stories of how they came to be.
My views on portrait is to enhance the sitter themselves. To do this there needs to no third party distractions. By distractions I mean things in the background that can lead astray or make the viewer try to create some kind of connection between the two.
I strongly believe that items of clothing can have the same effect. Clothing can give away a multitude of signals to help us create a profile for the subject. This can be something as simple as giving us an indication of their profession but could also help us sub-conciously decide their class.
If an Artist or Photographer was trying to put across these details to the viewer, then things like clothing and possessions could play a very good role.
I have taken techniques from a selection of photographers that I have researched.
I was immediately captured by Platon's style of shooting from quite low. This gives the sitter a sense of dominance.
Rankin's use of close-up crop, to show off his wild and creative make-up creations. This was my inspiration for getting close enough to see the sitters scars and blemishes.
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