Without a question, focus is essential for making an effective portrait.
Use single point focus. Without a question, focus is essential for making an effective portrait. One of the few things you can't edit in post-production these days is a badly focused photograph. Just select Single Point Focus. It will allow you to choose where your camera will focus. Whether you choose to focus on the eyes, a little flaw, or the subject's lips, the atmosphere of a photograph may be radically altered.