The pictures shown above are both of my little brother. He really means a lot to me and I love him even if he is a little annoying at times. One thing I liked about taking pictures of him was that I could really direct in any way I wanted, around others I was to nervous to direct them around. In the image on the left I took it outside to maximize natural lighting. I set a umbrella up on top of a garbage can. I made sure his head was in front of the umbrella before taking the picture to hide the fact that the background was a umbrella. I really feel good this shot because I think it looks very professional I think the background looks like something in a studio. I used leading lines in this picture to kind focus the attention on his head. I also used good natural lighting to really make the background colors pop.