
Portrait Photographer's Style Guide
Rotovision (Publisher)
Published on 1. September 2010
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-2-88893-087-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Portrait Photographer's Style Guide is a hardworking recipe book of inspiring portrait photography. This beautifully illustrated book explores professional portrait techniques across a wide variety of styles and genres that echo the full range of images in today's magazines, advertising, and modeling shots. From gritty urban looks to pop culture styles, readers are provided with all the ingredients they need to recreate these high-fashion looks. A 3D diagram of the studio or outdoor equipment set-up accompanies images, and explanations describe precisely how the image was shot in terms of format, lens, exposure, aperture, and lighting. The second half of the book provides practical shooting tips and an overview of essential equipment, and Photoshop tutorials help readers to easily replicate a wide range of photographic styles. This is a must-have for amateur and professional photographers looking to improve their portrait photography.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Mies
Switzerland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 275 mm
Width: 228 mm
ISBN-13
978-2-88893-087-7 (9782888930877)
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Persons
James Cheadle is a professional portrait photographer who regularly shoots some the world's most famous faces. Peter Travers is a British photography journalist and author. Peter regularly writes for The Sunday Times, BBC magazines and Digital Camera magazine.