Sunday, September 19, 2010

Mary in Black & White

Mary Marty Senior Portrait
Photograph by Tom Atwood
When taking senior pictures, or any portrait for that matter, sometimes less is more. Less color, less processing, less retouching. In this black and white photo of Mary Marty, not much has been done to it.  The only real alteration was to change the picture from color to black & white. The set up was not complicated, either. Mary is standing close to a window in her home: that's the only source of light. The wide aperture setting (f/2.0) creates a shallow depth of field so that her eye is in sharp focus, but not much else. The result is a beautiful, striking photo of Mary in black & white. Shutter: 1/40; Aperture: f/2.0; ISO: 200; Focal length: 35mm.

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