Group Portrait Photography Handbook

Group Portrait Photography Handbook
Author: Bill Hurter
Publisher: Amherst Media
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2005
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9781584281597

Of all the portrait specialities, photographing group portraits is particularly demanding. How do they pose? How can everyone be kept in sharp focus and create an interesting composition? Bill Hurter, editor of Rangefinder magazine, provides a detailed study of what makes group portraiture work. Illustrated with images from over 40 top portrait photographers, this book teaches the techniques anyone can rely on to yield top-quality results.

Monte Zucker's Portrait Photography Handbook

Monte Zucker's Portrait Photography Handbook
Author: Monte Zucker
Publisher: Amherst Media
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2007-09-01
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1584285710

Master of portraiture Monte Zucker presents page after page of essential photographic lessons to enable photographers to achieve and exceed their financial and artistic goals. Providing instructions on how to conduct a well-crafted client consultation, readers will learn which angles of the face to photograph, how to pose the body, where to place the camera, and the proper positioning of lighting equipment in order to cultivate an emotional connection with clients to produce an ideal image. Chapters with expert advice on digital imaging cleanup and finishing techniques, clothing and makeup selection, and location and studio backdrop options to reinforce portrait concepts are also included.

Jeff Smith's Senior Portrait Photography Handbook

Jeff Smith's Senior Portrait Photography Handbook
Author: Jeff Smith
Publisher: Amherst Media
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1608952010

With detailed, informative instructions for capturing personable and memorable yearbook photos, this reference presents step-by-step demonstrations on advertising, talking to clients, producing outstanding images, and finalizing a sale. Noting the delicate balance of pleasing parents and teens alike, this resource illustrates how to marry the latest fashion-oriented photography trends with the needs of the family member who is paying for the session. A wealth of lighting and posing techniques combine with tips for analyzing the subject, choosing which features to accent and which to downplay, and creating alluring, fashionable looks that the whole family can appreciate. Emphasizing the value in allowing seniors to personalize their photos by bringing the shoot to their home or a more meaningful location, the guide also includes suggestions for incorporating additional visual elements such as pets, musical instruments, team uniforms, best friends, or significant others.

Doug Box's Guide to Posing for Portrait Photographers

Doug Box's Guide to Posing for Portrait Photographers
Author: Douglas Allen Box
Publisher: Amherst Media
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2009-03-01
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1608950387

Often overshadowed by complicated lighting techniques or advanced postproduction tips, this resource seeks to remind the professional photographer of the fundamental importance of a subject's pose. Conveniently designed in two-page spreads—a striking portrait on one side, a comprehensive how-to of the strategies used on the other—this reference includes countless techniques for studio sessions as well as outdoor and location shoots, with individuals or groups, male or female clients, and in sitting, standing, or lying poses. With advice from a well-known and respected professional, it covers all the basics, showing how to emphasize a client's assets and downplay perceived flaws, how to create a cohesive, engaging group photo, how to use natural elements on location to enhance an image, and how to ensure that the result flatters the subject and adds the essential professional polish to an image.

Master Posing Guide for Portrait Photographers

Master Posing Guide for Portrait Photographers
Author: J D Wacker
Publisher: Amherst Media
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2001-08-01
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1608951979

Photographers are guided through every aspect of posing—beginning with the consultation and continuing with specific tips for posing children, high school seniors, wedding parties, families, events, teams, groups, and pets—in this comprehensive manual. Maintaining that good posing is 80 percent mental and only 20 percent technical, this guide stresses the importance of communication between photographer and subject to creating a portrait that not only captures the subject’s personality but also makes the subject comfortable, fostering repeat business.

Portrait Photographer's Handbook

Portrait Photographer's Handbook
Author: Bill Hurter
Publisher: Portrait Photographer's Handbo
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9781584282075

Textbook-style photography handbook that covers all aspects of portraiture with images worthy of a coffee table book.

The Best of Portrait Photography

The Best of Portrait Photography
Author: Bill Hurter
Publisher: Amherst Media
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2008-02-01
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1608951499

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 software versions, this resource is an indispensable guide for photographers.

Master Posing Guide for Wedding Photographers

Master Posing Guide for Wedding Photographers
Author: Bill Hurter
Publisher: Amherst Media
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2009-04-01
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1584284218

Outlining a theory that combines the refinement of traditional posing techniques with the more organic, spontaneous techniques of photojournalism, this creative and informative resource offers poses that rely on personality and interaction. These instructions from a veteran wedding photographer provide the skills needed to recognize what makes a great pose and how to subtly direct your clients to achieve the needed balance between looking great and looking comfortable. Ultimately, this grouping of modern and traditional shots offers answers to the complications faced when attempting to pose wedding parties quickly while keeping the natural look that all wedding couples desire.