Portrait

Shooting a portrait that uses wide aperture in order shows the achievement a shallow depth of field. The shallow depth-of-field will draw the viewer to the image that makes the subject stand out, and eliminate the background distraction

Long focal lengths are flattered for subject that appears to compress facial features and enable shallower to depth-of-field.

Wide-angle lense– distort subjects’ faces and features which it allows to include a greater amount of background details (e.g. 20mm, 35mm)
Standard lenses– it gives the best combination of DOF, background blur, and proximity to your subject (e.g. 50mm)
Long telephoto lenses– providing an excellent background blur that requires to be further from your subject (e.g. 135mm, 200mm, 300mm)

The two main factors to choose a lens for portraits are:

Focal Length- the potential to either distort or compress the subjects feature
Aperture- allows to blur the background, thereby removing unwanted distractions.

Taking portraits the focus should be the model’s eyes. The most important is shooting with a wide aperture, as very little else apart from the focusing point to be sharp. Using natural light, artificial lighting, or both, good lighting can create the difference between a good portrait and an ordinary one. The face and eyes are the key elements in the portrait. It is important to have a background that doesn’t interfere or distract.

Surroundings may need to be considered to bring out the personality of the subjects.