This will sound obvious maybe...google "portraits", find the ones you like, the ones that really jump out at you as cool, save them to your computer. When you have 20 or so of them....study them, try to define what it is you like about them. If they come from fstopper community ask the photographer about the image, how they got the shot. Let them know you are a newbie so they can't be too detailed or specific. Watch every YouTube video you can find when you search YouTube for "taking better portraits". And finally, start asking your friends to pose for you while you try to recreate what you are seeing. Bam!
This will sound obvious maybe...google "portraits", find the ones you like, the ones that really jump out at you as cool, save them to your computer. When you have 20 or so of them....study them, try to define what it is you like about them. If they come from fstopper community ask the photographer about the image, how they got the shot. Let them know you are a newbie so they can't be too detailed or specific. Watch every YouTube video you can find when you search YouTube for "taking better portraits". And finally, start asking your friends to pose for you while you try to recreate what you are seeing. Bam!