Portraits

Since we are taking outdoor portrait tomorrow I thought I might look up some tips about taking portraits. On the first website I found that you often want to use a flash or reflector to fill in the shadows on your subject's face and that you should stand 10 to 15 feet away from them in order to make sure that their nose isn't obnoxiously large. Blurring the background, unless you are capturing the moment/environment is a good way to draw focus to your subject so the background should be composed of neutral colors. Remember that getting all of your subject's face in the photo is not always important, sometimes capturing the moment can give you a better picture that means more.

http://photo.net/learn/portraits/?

The Second site had some really good tips about posing, or not posing, your subject. I liked the parts about shooting candidly because these are the shots that I like to take. However, the parts about placing your subject in the frame and changing the direction that they are looking were helpful.

http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits