Portrait and self-portrait tips and ideas.

• Think about your motivation and emotions: Blankly staring at the camera rarely gets good results. Be silly, don’t be afraid to over-act. The worst that can happen is that you fill up your memory card with useless photos; but you might also find yourself with a proper gold-nugget of a self portrait.
• Use a tripod. Seriously. While it’s possible to get good photos while you’re hanging on to your camera at arms-length, it’s a lot easier if you've got the freedom to move around a bit.
• Have fun with it. Be sexy. Be yourself. Be awesome. Be different. Be creative. Whatever you do, have fun with it. That’s part of the point, after all.

Environmental

I chose this picture because its a good example of self portrait it only focuses on the kid in the image. I also chose it because it follows the rule of thirds and you have one object showing in the other half of the image. 

I also chose this image as a environmental self portrait because you focus on the person in this photo. I like this image because of the background and how the trees in the back show a little depth.

Photography Self-Portrait

I chose this image because even with the camera close to her face you can tell who she is and what parts are behind the camera. I also chose this image as self portrait because you focus on her and not on the background.

I think this is another great picture of self portrait because we can tell that they took the picture by them self. This is also a good self-portrait because its cropped and you can still tell who this person is with out needing to see his hole body.

Casual Portrait

This is a good example of Casual Portrait because you focus on the child and you can see depth in the background of this image.

This is another great example of a casual portrait because you can tell in what kind of place they are but it doesn't focus on the background. I also chose this image because it looks pretty how they came out and the setting they chose.

I took pictures of me in the courtyard of Akins H.S and after that i went to take some pictures of my friends. When i took my pictures i tried to do some close ups and show some background but not to much so it will not lose focus. Then when i went to take some pictures of my friends i tried to do the same thing but in a different setting so not all the pictures would come out the same. I used the hallways of Akins H.S and the courtyard to take my self-portrait pictures.