These tutorials start with a Portrait Lecture, since it is helpful to better understand the aperture’s function when applying it to this genre of photography.

Here is a video of lecture about portrait:

 

 

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Here are the lecture slides:

Portrait Overview

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

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

 

Aperture & Depth of Field

 

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

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

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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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