Practicing portrater has helped with my confidence towards my project, understanding how to take various styles of portrait: constructed and natural. This has given me experience in how to direct subjects to get the right photo, as well as understanding when to take a photo during a natural setting. These various portraits have helped me develop my own style as a photographer, concentrating on dramatic lighting to bring out textures within the face, as well as controlling the depth of field, creating an interesting blur in the background, whilst also bringing the subject to the front of the image, making them the main focus. This has helped my creative development towards how I will go about shooting my film, concentrating on these elements whilst developing my film.