Shoot a series of portraits using natural light, either indoors of outdoors. Pay close attention to the direction the light is coming from and where the shadows are on the face. You can fill in shadows by holding a reflector or a large piece of white poster board on the side of the face where the shadows are.
Try shooting at a low # F-stop, like F2.8 or F3.5 to achieve a shallow depth of field (blurry background). Also, the longer you zoom out on your lens, the blurrier your background will be.
If you are shooting outdoors, you may want to choose a cloudy day when there is soft light.
If you are shooting on a bright sunny day, you may choose to shoot in the shade, where the shadows are not so harsh.
If you are shooting indoors, position your subject next to a window so they are lit from the side.
ISO: Indoors it's darker so you may need a higher # ISO (like 400 or 800) but rememeber this may add grain or noise. If outdoors during the day, shoot at 200 ISO.
Bring in perhaps 10 to 20 portraits and we will look at them together in class.
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