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3 TIPS FOR PORTRAITS 1.Play With Backgrounds The person in your portrait is the main point of interest – however sometimes when you place them into different contexts with different backgrounds you can dramatically alter the mood in a shot. 2. Get Closer The most common mistake made by photographers is that they are not physically close enough to their subjects. In some cases this means that the center of interest—the subject—is just a speck, too small to have any impact. Even when it is big enough to be decipherable, it usually carries little meaning. Viewers can sense when a subject is small because it was supposed to be and when it's small because the photographer was too shy to get close. Don't be shy. If you approach people in the right way, they'll usually be happy to have their picture made. It's up to you to break the ice and get them to cooperate. Joke around with them. Tell them why you want to make the picture. Practice with people you know so that you ar...

A. Some of the main points in the website regarding manipulating images, are that usally photos tend to be manipulated in one way or another, and now that this is a big topic in the world it brings up the fact that these photos could now not be telling the truth because of the the photoshop that the photographers are using. B. news papers like the Washington Post and New York Times use photoshop on a day to day basis, they do this because sometimes the photos don't go with exactly what they are talking about so they will use photo manipulation in order to make them go with the overall topic. C. I think so things that you could do t a photo that would be acceptable is changing colors or cropping out something that doesn't really go with the main topic. on the other hand I think that photo shopping someones body to look like something its not is unethical. D. I think that this photo displaces unethical manipulation because Governor Shara Palin is being wrongfully portrayed,...

TOP PHOTOS 1.This is one of my favorite images from the websites, because it shows 2 people that are truly in love and that come from two completely different backgrounds. 2. This is my second favorite photo, because just by looking at the photo and not knowing the background our the story you can tell that whatever is being celebrated is something that is very special to this person. 3. This is my third favorite photo, because it brings me back to the time that I was in a quinceanera 2 months ago and that was a really good time for me and my friends. THINGS I FOUND INTERESTING BEST SONG Girls Like You: I thought that the best song of 2018 was Girls Like You by Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B. This was my favorite song this year because its pop and rap which I like a lot, and its a song that always plays at parties and me and my friends know all the words. BEST MOVIE Crazy Rich Asians: I thought that the best movie of 2018 was...