Night Portrait Assessment

I think my best portrait is the center photograph in the top row. This is a picture of my sister standing in front of a vending machine. For this picture, I had the flash turned off and was using a fast shutter seed. The only light source is coming from the vending machine. The picture was taken at night at the Somerset Marina on Riverside. I used the contrast between light and dark to make the subjects of the photo appear very bright and the background appear very dark. The reddish tinted light from the vending machine helped illuminate my sister's face showing her really lackadaisical expression . The shadows around her face also make the lighted parts of the photograph seem much brighter. I love the saturation in this picture.