All of these pictures I took were of people in my family. One was Jude, my brother. He is always someone that smiles and makes jokes, bringing the mood up in the room. Whenever we are together, we always have a good time. I couldn't ask for a better brother...even though he is annoying sometimes. He means a lot to me, if he wasn't my brother, my life would be different. We are complete opposites but that is why we have such a good relationship. Overall, he's just a great, funny person. In the pictures of my brother, the environment I took them in was in the shade under leaves of trees on the beach. Although he was in the shade, the lighting was perfect as the sun was at a perfect angle for him to face it with light on his face. After taking the pictures I feel like I got a better knowledge on how to take portrait photos. At first, it was hard for me to find the right background but, as it went on, I got better on it. From start to beginning, I got much better.