Portrait Photography by Hannah and Keegan

This week in advanced photography, we practiced taking senior portraits. Our model, Lauren Rathbun, brought two outfits and modeled for photo 3 and photo 5 as we practiced our portrait photography skills. Here are some important things to remember when taking portraits:

1. Watch your focal length. If you’re not careful, your image can appear distorted. 
2. Light conditions play a very important role especially in outdoor portrait photography. Make sure to watch to be sure you don’t have any unwanted shadows!
3. Be mindful of your background. The background of an image can dramatically alter the feeling of an image and can potentially take away from the subject if its too busy. 
4. When taking portraits, put your aperture on the lowest possible number. A shallow depth of field makes for the best portraits. 

Hailee editing her photographs

 Some of the photo girls on editing day

Hannah's portrait of Lauren

Overall, the shoot was a complete success and we were all able to capture some great shots all while having fun and sharing tons of laughs!