Your Assignment:

Shoot 25 images of portrait with strong composition 

Compositional Focus:

Shoot in diffused light (mostly)

Avoid Mergers

Try to get a shallow depth of field (large aperture opening)

Number of Images:

 Your Best 25

 

 

 

Here is a video of lecture about how to best shoot portrait:

 

 

Here are the lecture slides:

Portrait Overview

Here is a video on the lecture about Aperture and Depth of Field:

Here are the slides of the Aperture/Depth of Field Lecture:

Aperture & Depth of Field

Here is video that explains how to use the Moment App to shoot Portrait:

Here is a video that shows how to use the Portrait shooting mode on an iPhone

Here is a video that explains how to to shoot on Av Mode (Aperture Value Mode) on a Canon Rebel so you can set the aperture properly to get the depth of field you desire:

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Here is a video From Apalapse that explains Aperture:

Video about Aperture (Apalapse)

Here are videos from Adorama that explain Depth of Field and Circles of Confusion:

Video Explanation on Depth of Field

Video that Explains the Circle of Confusion

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