10 Techniques for Amazing Portraits...

  1. Use a longer lens. 
  2. Find angles that aren’t eye level. 
  3. Use off-camera flash.
  4. Overpower the sun with flash.
  5. Find back-light. 
  6. Look for silhouettes and reflections. 
  7. Shoot through objects. 
  8. Use the sun as a light source.
  9. Use video light for night portraits. 
  10. Use gels on your speedlites.