The best of portrait photography
Subtitle: techniques and images from the pros
By: Bill Hurter
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Master's series; Masters series (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Publisher: Amherst Media
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Buffalo, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781608951468; 9781608951499
Subjects: Portrait photography; PHOTOGRAPHY; Subjects & Themes; Lifestyles; Celebrity; Portraits
Other titles: Portrait photography
Description: Featuring techniques and images from more than 40 of the industry's top photographers, this resource shows the best methods for lighting and posing individuals, couples, and groups, both on location and in the studio. Details are included on how to pose subjects, elicit expressions, create dynamic compositions, and utilize traditional lighting setups. Whether a photographer shoots weddings, group portraits, executive images or a little bit of everything, this book serves as a how-to guide and an idea file. Fully updated with all new images and covering the newest digital technology and latest.
Table of contents: title: Cover; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1. WHAT IS A GREAT PORTRAIT?; 2. POSING ELEMENTS; 3. COMPOSITIONAL ELEMENTS; 4. EXPRESSION AND RETOUCHING; 5. LIGHTING; 6. TYPES OF PORTRAITURE; THE PHOTOGRAPHERS; INDEX; Back Cover.