Sony a6000 Portrait Settings for Beginners

Learn how to setup the Sony a6000 for portraits.

Recommended Portrait Lenses for the Sony a6000:

For indoor portraits where you need a wider field of view, go with the 35mm f/1.8 OSS . For outdoor portraits where you have more room to compose the subject, go with the 50mm f/1.8 OSS.

Recommended Portrait Settings:
1) Aperture Priority Mode (A)
2) Lowest available f/number
3) ISO set to Auto
4) Metering set to Multi
5) White Balance set to Auto for outdoor daytime, otherwise select the WB preset based on the light you are under
6) Focus mode set to AF-C
7) Focus area set to Wide
8) Enable Smile/Face Detect by going into the menu, tab #1, page #5

In this tutorial, I show you my favorite in-camera settings for quick candid portraits on the Sony a6000. These settings will encourage background blur to give you that three dimensional look.

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[sentaalblas]

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[jameswburke]

I'd add that, if you shoot in RAW, then you can correct the White Balance in Lightroom etc. Not so easy if you shoot jpeg.

[chrisolson]

Why do most people say to use the lowest possible F stop? F1.4 has such a shallow depth of field that you end up with a sharp eye and an out of focus nose and out of focus ears. Every lens has a sweet spot and it's never wide open. You'll find you get better results for your portraits somewhere around the lens' sweet spot. In any case, shooting portraits in the lowest possible F stop is not always the best. If you have a prime F1.4 or F1.8 lens, take a portrait wide open, then try the same photo at say 5.6 or 6.3. You'll be surprised at the difference. Also, you can use F8.0 or F11.0, move your subject further away from the background and achieve amazing results. No one wants a blurry nose, or worse... one in focus eye and one blurry eye.

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[dereksuperstrong]

So much better than “that1cameradick” he gives a very long and thorough tutorial, only problem is he does it at the speed of light and a beginner cannot keep up with him. Even pressing pause he runs through it so quickly he doesn’t give you time to change settings or to even think about what he’s doing or why he’s doing it just because he knows everything about it doesn’t mean we do don’t waste your time if you’re not gonna take your time with beginners. Thanx for a great beginners tutorial camera tips guy

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[strada_]

Hello, is this the same for a sony a6100??