Digital Portrait Photography For Dummies
Learn professional techniques for shooting great portraits of kids, pets, and family groupsDone right, a good portrait captures much more than what someone looks like; it also reveals a bit of his or her life and personality. This guide shows you how to make that happen, with advice on equipment and lighting, tips for working with various subjects, information on how to choose the best camera settings for portraits, and instructions for fine-tuning your images on your computer.Choose the right equipment — find out what to look for in the ideal camera, lenses, filters, and lighting sourcesSee your subject — sharpen your observation skills by paying close attention to your surroundings and the people near youLocation, location — place your subject in natural surroundings that say something about the personMeet challenges — discover the secrets of photographing babies, young children, and pets, especially catsMake them even better — enhance the effects you've created with appropriate cropping, sizing, and retouchingOpen the book and find:Important details about compositionHow to work with propsVarious lighting approaches and the results they achieveTips for taking advantage of your surroundingsWhat differentiates a portrait from a snapshotHow to use focal length and apertureTen top editing tipsWhat a histogram is and how to use one