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Taking pictures of loved ones and people seems to be a very popular choice for photographers, I have taken portraits for friends and family for quite and few years now and below are some of my best tips of which I thought I would share with you.

1. Always focus on the eyes of the person and then using your lens recompose the shot before taking the photo to crop out any distracting objects.
2. On-camera flash is too harsh for your indoor subjects, if possible only use it for fill in flash outdoors. If you need to use flash use an external flash gun and if possible bounce it of a white ceiling or a white wall. For more natural results don’t use flash and move the person near to a window so it is to one side of them and use a white or silver reflector on the other side to shine some light onto their face (I have used a large silver baking tray before).
3. For best results you need to use between 1/60-1/125sec to ensure the shot is sharp using a D-SLR 50mm lens. If you are using a compact camera then the lower f numbers are best.
4. For best results try not to put the subject smack bang in the middle of the frame as this gets very boring, put them to one side looking into the frame, again as I always say experiment, experiment.
5. Just before you depress the shutter to take the photograph check around the edge of the frame for any or unwanted clutter or distractions, does the subject have some flowers coming out of their head or a hat stand etc. Finally take your shot.

Just to let you know not all photos in the photography section are not mine, some are from Stock Exchange. If you would like me to use your photos in my up and coming articles then please send them to me.

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