Summer shoots

Stephen Portlock goes into the natural summer light for portrait perfection

- Stephen Portlock

9 | PORTRAITS

1 Open up your aperture

Using a larger aperture can really help isolate your subject from the background; I tend to shoot around f/2-f/4. For closer portraits you might want to increase this, as you'll find that the subject's nose or lips become out of focus (and that's OK if you like that aesthetic!). But always make sure that the eyes are sharp.

2 Don't use flash