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 of 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.

For my environmental portrait I will photograph a fishmonger at Homefields

I will be taking photos of the worker while focusing on light and angles.

I will conduct this shoot at some point in the next week.

I am designing the shoot in this way to take photos which represent the busy life of a Fishmonger. I will produce the best images by working with the worker to find the best lighting angle.