Foundation Course: Portrait Photography: The Essential Beginner’s Guide (Foundation Course S)
£11.20£16.10 (-30%)
Chapter highlights include:
Chapter 1: Before you Begin
– Find out which accessories are most useful, and how you can create home-made versions of some of them to save cash.
– As well as the most well-known software from Adobe, read about lower cost and free alternatives that you can use for editing your portraits.
Chapter 2: Photography Basics
– Learn how to use aperture to get that professional-looking blurred background effect.
– Understand ISO and its link to exposure; plus, how adjusting this setting enables you to shoot in lower light levels without resorting to using flash or getting camera shake.
Chapter 3: Working with Light
– Understand why light plays such a crucial role in photography and learn the three key qualities of light that will have a dramatic affect on your portraiture.
– Find out how to use cloudy days and window-light for beautiful, naturally-lit portraits, with minimum kit and maximum impact!
Chapter 4: Finding Locations
– Ugly house? No photography studio nearby? No problem. Find out how you can take great portraits almost anywhere – even in front of a garage door!
– Find out the three key things that the best backgrounds provide in portraiture, and how you can use elements of the background to make your composition stronger.
Chapter 5: Babies
– Get to know the best time, location and even the temperature that you need for best chances of success when photographing newborns.
– For slightly older babies who are not yet able to support the weight of their own head, find out how you can create a set of images that look distinctively different.
Chapter 6: Toddlers
– Learn what questions to ask the parents before you even pick up your camera, to improve your chances of capturing and holding the toddler’s attention.
– Experiment with loads of top techniques to get even the most difficult toddler beaming!
Chapter 7: Children
– Find out how to break longer shoots down into mini shoots to get the best results, and why it pays to capture expressions other than cheesy grins.
– Try out loads of ideas for mini games that will get the children where you need them to be, and loving every second of it!
Chapter 8: Teens & Adults
– Learn how to start right, to gain teens’ and adults’ confidence and trust so they relax and – even better – enjoy themselves!
– Learn how to get your subject to pose in a way that looks natural and comfortable yet flattering.
Chapter 9: Couples
– Interaction is key! Try these ideas for getting your couple to interact – with each other and with you – for great expressions.
– Want to create a feeling of romance? We ll show you how it can be done, including our killer high chemistry pose that immediately creates an air of intimacy.
Chapter 10: Families
– One of the objectives of portrait photography is to ensure everyone s faces are close to each other – but families have people of all different heights! Find out how to remove those gaps and get people closer… and closer still!
– With a range of different ages to entertain, the pace and momentum that you set is key. Use these suggestions for gradually increasing the energy to keep everyone engaged throughout.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Ammonite Press (7 Nov. 2014) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 176 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1781450897 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1781450895 |
| Dimensions | 20.32 x 2.54 x 23.5 cm |
by Inger
Did not teach me enough, at the stage I am in my photography. my fault rather than the book…well written for complete beginners who are not so interested in black and white photography.
by DE
This is a really great book if you want to start taking great portrait photographs or if you want to develop your existing skills.
It’s packed full of great photos with plenty of commentary on why the pictures ‘work’ and how that was achieved. The layout is really great, with a section on basics (camera/lenses), one on light and location then most of the book is dedicated to teaching portrait techniques and ideas to develop them. Even this is carefully broken down into age groups and situations, so the advice can be tailored to your requirements.
All in all this is a great value book. There is so much is crammed in, while still being accessible and easy to read/digest.
I strongly recommend this if you want to start or get better at taking pictures of people!
by David Knight
If you are looking for a good book on portrait photography give this a try full of ideas only fault I have with it is there are no examples of lighting set ups showing how they got the shot
by deano
Ideal if your just starting out ….and for picking tips up ….would recommend .
by InTheDark
As a novice who wants to improve the portrait photos that I love to take, this has been a very useful foundation guide to revisit the basics of portrait photography again. One of the main issues I tend to have is lighting and exposure which this book covers effectively, allowing me to improve the shots that I take.
by MR MARK VENTRESS
Great book.Detailed in a understandable way.Recommended.
by Amazon Customer
This book just does not work on kindle. I am sure that the book is well written and from what I have seen is full of good information. But save yourself some money and don’t buy this book as a kindle e book the text is to small sure you can make it larger but then half of the page can’t be seen. Personally I feel that I have wasted my money with this purchase and really wish that I had brought it in paper back. I will be deleting this book from my library as it is so poor as an e book.
by Louise Collier
Absolutely LOVE this book! I was bought a DSLR camera last year for my birthday and have recently had a baby boy (which Hannah did an amazing photoshoot of!). So, I wanted to learn more about my new camera without having to read the boring plain old manual. I was excited to hear that Hannah was bringing out a book with Sarah 🙂 It has a mix of the technical aspects of photography and also goes into the fun aspects of capturing beautiful photographs. Since I have started reading up on all the different technicalities I have been putting them into practice and have seen an improvement in my photos. Thank you ladies!
This book is a MUST HAVE for anybody that is interested in photography especially if you have a family as it goes through the different stages of life (babies, toddlers, teens then adults).
It is quite clear that the authors of this book have worked very hard together to write the complicated technical aspects of photography in a fun and inspiring way so that you enjoy the book and cannot put it down.
I really hope that this is just the start of a series of photography books by Hannah and Sarah as I am thoroughly enjoying the book.