Taking Portrait Photos - Sony Alpha DSLR-A290 Instruction Manual

Taking portrait photos

This mode is suitable for
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Blurring away backgrounds and
sharpening the subject.
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Expressing skin tones softly.
Set the mode dial to
Shooting techniques
• To blur the background more, set the lens to the telephoto position.
• You can shoot a vivid image by focusing on the eye that is closer to the
lens.
• Use the lens hood (sold separately) to shoot backlit subjects.
• Use the red-eye reduction function if the eyes of your subject turn red
from the flash (page 77).
• Set the flash mode to
(page 75).
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(Portrait).
(Flash Off) when you shoot without the flash