When looking through different photographers to emulate the technique of, I immediately thought of Steve McCurry. I find his work to be something that wows the viewer with the amount of detail in his compositions and the way he gets the eyes to stand out. So, I chose to try and recreate this sort of look.
To do this, I took photographs of my brother in natural light. This is because sunlight brings out the colours in his eyes and makes them stand out which was what I wanted in my images. The natural light also creates contrast and is one of the elements that McCurry uses in portraits such as Afghan Girl. I took a variety of photos of my brother from different angles to capture different parts of the face with different lighting as well as getting him to stand in different places too so that the light would be shining on him from different angles.
Once I'd taken my photos, I imported the two that I liked the most into photoshop and edited them so that the eyes would stand out the most. I changed the brightness and contrast in order to add more detail as well as the levels and exposure. I also increased how vivid the colour in the eyes was and erased the layer around the eyes so that it was just the eyes that were vivid, therefore making them stand out.
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