The purpose of the portrait photography is to draw attention to the subject by opting for a shallow depth of field, simple composition, neutral or plain background and diffused lighting on the face of the subject.
Background is important. One needs to avoid a crowded, busy, cluttered or distracting background. Make you subject to stand in front an interesting wall, light colour curtain or fence to reveal the color or texture of the face of the subject.
It the subject is a professional, include an object of his or her work in the background to provide context by keeping the camera at the eye level of the subject. Take a few test shots, then put the subject at ease and give instruction for proper selected pose from the text shots and make him or her to pose by making the subject to raise his or her chin slightly, lean a bit toward the camera and look at the photographer. or just to his or her side A slightly raised or lowered camera with a down tilt to a bit of perspective.
To make the subject a bit slimmer, make the subject turn his or her waist away from the camera with his face towards the camera to remain well lit. Natural diffused soft light is the best for portrait pictures
With the camera allowing manual adjustment, a 50 mm focal length will give you the best results by slightly blurred background by adjusting the aperture priority mode.
One must shoot with a shallow depth of field.to get the subject in focus with a bit blurred background it stand out. However, the camera should focus on the eyes of the subject.
You can control the depth of field on your camera by adjusting the lens aperture to blur the background a bit or allowing more reflected light from the face of the subject to come into camera. Half-press the camera’s shutter button to lock focus and then click.
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