Allyza's Portrait Post

For this assignment which was given a short amount of time to complete, we had to take portraits using different lenses and cameras. We had to take 2 shots with each camera, one landscape and one horizontal. We had to take pictures of our partners really quickly. In this picture using this lens, we had to go outside during freezing cold weather just to take this picture. Each of the stations were different, they had different backgrounds and cameras and lens. we were fortunate enough to use 4 really nice lenses with a nice chunk of glass. we used an 18-55mm, 50mm, 85mm and 18-255mm. The Tamron 85mm? was my favorite lens because of the depth of field and the giant aperture it had. Although this assignment was very very quick it was still fun and a great learning experience.



Top Ten Tips Of Taking A Good Portraits.
1) Make sure your subject is in focus
2) Set moods and tones
3) Capture emotion to add interest
4) Try to frame your subject tightly and apply the rule of thirds
5) Create depth of field
6) Play with light
7) Always work with your subject
8) Apply lines and curves
9) Play with perspective
10) Direct instead of pose