any rules of thumbs for portrait shooting?

[tommy52]

im going to be doing some shooting of my family and friends at a studio tommorow.
just wondering bout any tidbits or any helpful tips that i should know bout portraiture.

thanks

[Dermit]

There are many whole books devoted to just this subject. Is there anything specific you need to know. Poses? Lighting? Backgrounds? DOF? Shutter speed? ISO? Metering? Focal length?

[BigStig]

Check out this lnk.
http://lumitouch.com/benstudiotutorial/rules.html

[tommy52]

There are many whole books devoted to just this subject. Is there anything specific you need to know. Poses? Lighting? Backgrounds? DOF? Shutter speed? ISO? Metering? Focal length?
i guess more so on poses and lighting.

[babuszka]

Check out this lnk.
http://lumitouch.com/benstudiotutorial/rules.html

That is a GREAT site, thanks for sharing.

[SOK]

Great read here on posing;

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=190878