Portrait photo for About me page.

 A professional looking photo was needed to go for the About me page of the website. This is where a normal casual photos will not work as it is not suitable for CV or portfolio websites.

 With the help of this video from Youtube, I have learned key points on taking good pictures from my mobile phone.

 The first item required was a tripod. Fortunately I had one but it did not have a mobile phone bracket so I used a wooden coaster holder to put my phone in position.

 My room has one empty white wall so that was ideal to have a neat background, I turned on more lights for good exposure and also set a timer on my camera so that I have enough time to stand in for a shot.

 My first couple of shots were misplaced, I was standing too far from either sides and not in the middle. I was also standing close to the wall which showed shadow forming.

 

 

I decided that I had stand closer to the phone in order to get the background I needed. However because I have simple white backgound, I failed to achieve the blur effect entirely. It did not matter much since the aim was to take neat and simple photos. I also tried using 'Portrait Mode' on my phone, I tried taking some pictures but the effect was not working properly. 

 

 The Portrait Mode was making a blurry photo so I turned it off, this time I know exactly what I needed to do. I also stood further back and turned on two-times telephoto zoom for a much more natural zoomed in picture. Then I took my one last photo with this setting.

 

 With the final shot done, I edited the background out and tweaked the brightness and contrast to get the final result.

 The result came out much better than I was expecting, however I would have preferred a good blurry background that contrasts with the subject in the front. But regardless, this is a good example and that will go well with the website.