Portraits Create Eye-Cathing People Pictures

THE GOAL
*You want an eye-catching, attractive portrait with good separation between the model and the background.

HOW TO DO IT
1-POSITION THE SUBJECT
Choose a location that will provide an attractive background to your portrait. Spend a little time on hair and make-up before you shoot to save the time in photoshop later. Dont place your model in direct sunlight.

2-SET UP YOUR CAMERA 
You'll want to focus the viewer's attention on your model's eyes, so set your camera to aperture priority (A or AV on the mode dial) and select a wide aperture (f/5.6 at the long end of a kit lens). Set your camera's focus mode to its single shot setting/single point focus. So the camera will establish a focus lock on whatever's under the AF target point. Zoom in to 55mm or opt for between 70 and 105mm if you have a longer lens

3-FRAME UP & FOCUS
Frame up on your subject by keeping them in large in the frame, but ensure you leave a few inches of "headroom" above them. Place your model's eyes about a third of the way down from the top of the frame. Set the AF target point over your model's eye ( or the closest eye if the model is not directly facing you) and half press the shutter button to lock focus.

4-CHECK THE BACKGROUND
Before taking the shot, check the background and if it's busy and cluttered, reframe so its not fighting your model for attention! if you want more background blur, increase the distance between the model and whats behind them.