Practicing shots (Draft)

Nikko Ortiz:

Taking these shots allowed me to play around with different angles as well as understand the importance of lighting and background. I didn't like how these pictures came out as they looked very random and unplanned. The background of the first picture isn't smooth and kind of makes it looks a bit messy. Furthermore, in the second picture, the light is being reflected in his glasses, and in the third picture, the lighting was not bright enough to fully capture his face and the background as well as I wanted it to.

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