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 Portraiture Photographer: Peter Yang Humor Series by Peter Yang Portraiture p hotography is one of the more common pieces of work within the photography field. This work of photography primarily focuses on capturing the emotion and character of a person through compos ition and posing. What makes portraiture so unique? Portraiture can be utilize d in many ways, such as demonstrating  emotion , which is commonly known, but showing the character of the subjects is more impactful . I say this because Peter Yang works to demonstrate the unique character of well-known actors and even athletes.   Peter Yang works primarily through p ortraiture, using  actors and athletes as his models . W hile utilizing props and unique back grounds to portray an individual’s character. I a m a major  fan of his Humor series , where  he works with actors to have a more comedic aspect in his portraits. The photograph above is a great example of portraying a ...

  Still Life Photographer: Jan Groover Jan Groover: Kitchen Still Life Series            In photography, there are many ways to illustrate artistic value in things, even from the simplest things. A genre of photography known as still-life primarily focuses on capturing artistic value in normal but random things. What is still-life photography? This genre focuses on capturing inanimate objects that are arranged creatively, providing a more surrealistic look to objects. This form of photography quite resembles a lot of art, such as  paintings , that captures a whole new perspective of inanimate objects. Jan Groover specifically works in this type of photography but provides a different sense of the genre, giving many perspectives on the photos she captures.      Jan Groover is one of the best at portraying many objects in surrealistic and creative ways. Much of her work, including kitchen utensils, provides an alternative loo...