Connect and build a good relationship with your subject
Look at examples, such as these on LensCulture's 2021 Portrait Contest page
You can enter the contest too!
Mobile phone tips: Tutorial Video from Cody Jensen
lower exposure, step away from background, keep snapping many photos, try different angles
Some tips and examples from Lightstalking.com
soft light, select a good background, focus on the eyes
On mobile phones, use the camera app's Portrait Mode
Use a reflector such as white paper / poster or camera light to fill in face shadows
Setup new Google Sites page titled "Portraits" with 3 layouts of 2 images and "What I Learned" text
Get many more than 3 portrait photos
Keep in mind Focus, Lighting, Composition and Framing strategies
Be playful, take lots of photos! Experiment, try things!
Delete photos you obviously don't want before uploading
Upload your photos to a Google Photo album (signed into es-cat.org)
Edit 3 of the photos to improve Lighting, Color, Cropping
Video Tutorial: Editing Photos with Google Photos
Make sure to Make a Copy of each before editing!
Add your 3 original photos paired with the 3 edited versions on your Portraits Google Site page
Describe the edits of each of the 3 photos - what adjustments did you make to Lighting, Color, Cropping?
In the What I Learned section at the bottom, describe photography techniques, camera techniques, and editing techniques you learned about doing this assignment.
Push Publish and copy the link to the page and add the link to your Google Classroom assignment and turn in.
Bonus: Select one of a couple of your favorite photos and author a blog post with some of your thoughts about the images.
Endless... lots of reasons for good portrait photos!
Portrait Photography resource collection pages exist such as this one at Mirrorless Portraits