An environmental portrait is a portrait executed in the subject’s usual environment, such as in their home or workplace, and typically illuminates the subject’s life and surroundings. The term is most frequently used as a genre of photography. By photographing a person in their natural surroundings, it is thought that you will be able to better illuminate their character, and therefore portray the essence of their personality, rather than merely a likeness of their physical features. It is also thought that by photographing a person in their natural surroundings, the subject will be more at ease, and so be more conducive to expressing themselves, as opposed to in a studio, which can be a rather intimidating and artificial experience.
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Daniel Korzeniewski 
Anders Erriksson
ACTION PLAN
WHO – I will be photographing people in their working environment.
WHAT – I will be taking photographs of the subject’s natural working environment including any tools / equipment that they are using.
WHERE – I will be taking my photographs at my place of work, at the Central Market, the Fish Market, and florists.
WHEN – I will be taking photographs over the next few days whenever I have the opportunity to go to the different locations or whenever is the most convenient for the people I will be photographing.
WHY – I will be taking these photographs in order to showcase different lifestyles and areas of work.
MIND-MAP
MY RESPONSE
My thought process behind this particular shoot was that I wanted the subject to be the main focus of the photograph, so I used a plain white background in order to keep the viewer’s attention on the subject. I used fairly natural lighting because I wanted the images to appear light and soft, as opposed to the harsh and dark effect I would’ve gotten if I had used artificial lighting. I placed the subject in the centre of the photograph, again to keep them as the main focus. I experimented with different angles to give each image a unique look and feel, and to avoid capturing the same image over and over again.
As I used different angles, I also managed to change the amount of free space in the photograph which was not used up by the subject. I tried leaving more room above them, below them and to either side of them in order to make each image look different. Additionally, I explored different depth of fields by using a varying range of angles. Again, I did this in order to make each photograph appear different and individual.