Portrait Photography Skills-
- 1. Hold camera still or use a tripod
- 2. know how to use the manual and auto focus
- make sure you focus on the subject not the background
- 3. focus on the eyes and it softens their skin
- 4. KISS (keep it simple, silly!)
- focus on expression
- 5. close up
- 6. use different angles and perspective
- 7. experiment with lighting
- use side lighting and back lighitng
- Daylight - "golden Hour" (hour before sunset or after dawn)
- do not shoot into the sun
- rules of composition (thirds)
- 8. don't be afraid to break rules
- express emotion
- 9. take a series of shots
- look off camera
- 10. introduce a prop
- 11. eye contact
- 12. candid shots