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Christmas portraits

Outdoor portraits in the snow

  local scenery is dusted with snow, it can make the perfect winter background for some lovely portraits. Practise with friends and family members, or even arrange to meet up with a model and have a go. Try shooting portraitslens, such as an 85mm or 70-200mm on full-frame, or 50mm and above on an APS-C. Open your aperture as wide as it goes to blur the background and raise your shutter speed, then focus on the person’s eye that is closest to the camera.

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