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Intro to “Environmental Portraits”

Today’s Agenda:

  • Turn in Natural Light Portrait Lightroom Tutorials and Project
  • Environmental Portraits Intro Assignment

Turn in your word document in Teams.

Who are these people?

Answer the following questions in a Word document.

  1. What do all these photos have in common?
  2. Who do you think these people are/what are they like based on their portrait? (Answer for each photo, label with the letter.)
  3. Which photo do you like the most and why?
  4. Why do you think these types of portraits are called “environmental portraits”?

Environmental Portrait Notes

Environmental-Portraits-PPT_march2026

Use the power point link to answer the following questions in the same Word document used in the previous activity.

  1. What is an environmental portrait?
  2. Why take portraits this way?
  3. What role does the background play in this type of photo? And what type of depth of field is typically used?
  4. What are the names of the two photographers featured at the end of the PPT? How is their work similar and how is different? (Make a list).