Project 1 - Portrait, scale and setting

In this project I was asked to make portraits of the same subject in four scales: face, head and shoulders, torso and full figure.

To tell the truth, I have done this project for a long time. I started in trying to take photos of my husband working in his study than I took photos of him a day after while lying on the couch with a flu. But I wasn't happy at all.

While having a walk in the park I notice the opportunity and tried to take portraits of my older son. I am very pleased with the outcome. The sun was out and gave me a beautiful light. I chose the AV mode on my camera and used wide aperture to focus on my sons face. In the torso and full figure photos I have used the AE-Lock system and looked the metering again on my sons face. I thing that maybe I should have lock it on something in the middle so the background could be a little more exposed.

Face, cropped in close:


Head and shoulders:


Torso:


Full figure:


Now after seeing the photos again I think that the third photo is wrong too as the face needs to be higher in the frame.
My favorite photo is the second photo, head and shoulders. The composition is the right one showing the details of the face but not to close. I like the expression on his face too (and I do admit that I am NOT objective about this boy. sorry)