| A photo collection normally consists of photographs | | | | depth of the field. This can be done with the use of |
| of people. A portrait made of superior quality always | | | | a zoom lens and by shooting at a short distance with |
| leaves a good impression. The same is with a portrait | | | | the help of a broad aperture manual setup. |
| projecting and capturing the right emotions, feelings | | | | A face consists of many features the eyes, the |
| and character. Tips to achieve good quality photo | | | | nose, the lips etc. Which part of the face do you |
| portraits will enhance your knowledge on portrait | | | | think is important to focus on? Obviously the eyes, |
| photography. Although good quality portraits are an | | | | because the eyes is the window to ones mind and |
| outcome of experience and art there are certain | | | | emotions. Focusing on the eyes will project the |
| guidelines that allow you to improve on your skills | | | | feelings better. Make your object look straight into |
| quickly. | | | | the camera or even sideways would do, this certainly |
| Background | | | | depends on what you are trying to project or |
| A passive background is the essence of any | | | | convey through the photography. |
| photograph that has a person as its central | | | | Lighting |
| attraction, so that the interest from the central | | | | Natural lighting should be used wherever possible. It is |
| object is not taken away. Portrait photography | | | | the best solution for capturing the full range of color |
| focuses on the face of the person. Therefore it | | | | as well as the skin warmth. So photographs must be |
| becomes necessary to take photos within a neutral | | | | taken outdoors during daytime. The object must be |
| backdrop. By good background one basically means | | | | positioned in such a way that the object is hit by the |
| background that has soft and solid colors. A busy | | | | sunlight from the sides as you will get only a |
| road with people in motion is not considered as good | | | | silhouette. Never take photographs when the sun is |
| backgrounds. | | | | behind a. object, as this will lead to overexposure and |
| Blurring | | | | distortion of color. |
| The best way to draw the viewers' attention to the | | | | Experiment |
| object would be to blur the details of the | | | | Experiment with a digital camera as the film cost |
| background. This will help the object to standout | | | | here works out to literally zero. So experimenting will |
| from the background. Making the background blue is | | | | help you to make the required adjustments and thus |
| very simple and just needs setting up the camera | | | | help you to get the perfect shots. |