My husband's aunt asked me to take some pictures of the girls with their friend from Germany. I had never taken pictures of teenagers before, and I was really nervous about coming up with quality images that really brought out the personality of the people in them. We decided to visit the Minnetrista to see if we could get some pretty fall photos, but unfortunately while we still got decent pictures, the Minnetrista had little to offer beyond what we could get in our own back yard.
A couple things after this shoot that improved myphoto quality in portrait photography. The first is that I bought a new lens. I use a Nikon d5000 which is most compatible with AFS lenses, so i bought an afs lens, 50 mm f1.8. I looked at different blogs and tutorials and found that because of the larger aperature and lower depth of field, this lens is ideal for portrait photography! The second is that I learned how to properly hold a camera. I
know it seems minute, but that little bit of camera shake can really throw off the quality of an image. I never realised this until I started taking a deep look into my photography just by taking random photos and trying different things to improve the quality including holding the camera correctly.
Anyway here are a few sample photos from our shoot! 
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