My favorite kind of photos will always be portrait or body art. Found some good tutorials online:

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/tips-portrait-photography

I always forget why using a telephoto, the background seems more blurry. Here it is:
http://www.mdavid.com.au/photography/telephotobackground.shtml
grrh, now I want a telephoto for headshot photography. (I have been using 50mm f/1.4 but the background is still not blurry enough and I cannot really go wider than 2.5)