Portrait photography tips can run the gamut from simple tweaks to your camera settings to the seemingly impossible task of getting children to stay still.

Although many photographers upgrade to a decent DSLR or mirrorless camera to give them more control when they take family portraits or pictures of friends, getting great shots of people is always a challenge.

The difference between amateur and professional portraits can be vast. So we've compiled this list of 14 of the most important portrait photography tips for any photographer to know.

We'll start off with the basics on aperture, shutter speed and lens choice, then move on to focusing and photo composition techniques, before showing you how to use natural light and reflectors to dramatically improve your results.

We'll then discuss some of the more advanced portrait photography tips, such as the benefits of using flashguns and other accessories when shooting portraits.

Whether you're taking portraits of your friends or you've been commissioned to photograph a family, and whether you're shooting in a pristine studio or outside in your local park, this course will help you become a better portrait photographer.

What you will be taking home post this course:

1) Learn to take control of your camera from basic to intermediate to professional level

2) How to visualize frame that will showcase your idea

3) How to get the perfect shot with exact exposure, lighting, pose

4) Learn to interact with professional models to get the pose or angle that requires for final output

5) Setup for portrait photography- be it flash, lights, stands, natural light, ambiance

6) Do's and Dont's about capturing a frame

7) How to get perfect head shot

8) Learn to compose the theme

9) How to edit your shots, what to be done for quickly getting desired output

10) Requirnments for indoor photoshoots, outdoor photoshoots, studio photoshoots