The Portrait Photography Course
Principles, practice, and techniques: The essential guide for photographers
Published on 28. July 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-321-76666-3 (ISBN)
Description
The ability to create an effective portrait is probably the single most important skill any aspiring photographer must master. Few professional photographers, whatever their area of specialization, can hope to have a successful career without ever being called upon to create a likeness of another person.
The Portrait Photography Course is designed to build a student photographer's experience and get him or her started on a rewarding career. Detailed tutorials cover every aspect of studio and location work, from composition and psychology to complex lighting schemes, equipment options, and digital retouching. Portfolios of exemplary images showcase individual photographers' work and demonstrate techniques explored in the tutorials, while interviews with top portrait photographers shed insight into their methodologies and philosophies.
Presented and written by a leading portrait photographer, this book is an indispensable guide to taking professional pictures.?
The Portrait Photography Course is designed to build a student photographer's experience and get him or her started on a rewarding career. Detailed tutorials cover every aspect of studio and location work, from composition and psychology to complex lighting schemes, equipment options, and digital retouching. Portfolios of exemplary images showcase individual photographers' work and demonstrate techniques explored in the tutorials, while interviews with top portrait photographers shed insight into their methodologies and philosophies.
Presented and written by a leading portrait photographer, this book is an indispensable guide to taking professional pictures.?
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Adult education
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-321-76666-3 (9780321766663)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Mark Jenkinson, has been a professional photographer and instructor for over 25 years, has had his work appear in virtually every major magazine in the world, including Fortune, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Der Stern, andPlayboy, to name a few. Mark also works on personal fine-art projects and teaches photography at New York University's prestigious Tisch School of the Arts.
Content
Foreword
Introduction: What is the Purpose of a Portrait?
Tutorial: What is a portrait? Assignments
Chapter 1: Choosing and Using Equipment
TUTORIAL: Cameras
TUTORIAL: Other gear
TUTORIAL: Keep it simple for now-Lighting
TUTORIAL: Reflectors and silks
TUTORIAL: Focal length tutorial: Lighting an environment Assignment: Headshot
Chapter 2: Making Choices
TUTORIAL : Composition
TUTORIAL : Framing
TUTORIAL : Props and objects
TUTORIAL : Cropping in camera
TUTORIAL : Wardrobe
TUTORIAL : Color vs black and white
Chapter 3: Computer Basics
TUTORIAL : Systems and software
TUTORIAL : Capture formats
TUTORIAL : Lightroom
TUTORIAL : Simple Photoshop skills to make people look better
TUTORIAL : Learn from a master
Chapter 4: Intermediate Lighting-Studio
TUTORIAL : Lighting kits and solutions
TUTORIAL : Principles of source size
TUTORIAL : Light Modifiers
TUTORIAL : Three-point lighting-a brief history and primer
TUTORIAL : Lighting and posing for the face that's in front of the camera
TUTORIAL : Conventions and cues-The meaning of light Assignment
Chapter 5: Case Studies: Approaches to Portraiture Portfolios and Interviews Assignment
Chapter 6: Working on Location
TUTORIAL : Pre-product ion and planning
TUTORIAL : Lighting on location Assignment
Chapter 7: Establishing a Visual Identity and Voice
TUTORIAL : Beyond the "great shot"-the coherent visual statement
TUTORIAL : Advanced concepts in lighting Assignment
Index and Credits
Introduction: What is the Purpose of a Portrait?
Tutorial: What is a portrait? Assignments
Chapter 1: Choosing and Using Equipment
TUTORIAL: Cameras
TUTORIAL: Other gear
TUTORIAL: Keep it simple for now-Lighting
TUTORIAL: Reflectors and silks
TUTORIAL: Focal length tutorial: Lighting an environment Assignment: Headshot
Chapter 2: Making Choices
TUTORIAL : Composition
TUTORIAL : Framing
TUTORIAL : Props and objects
TUTORIAL : Cropping in camera
TUTORIAL : Wardrobe
TUTORIAL : Color vs black and white
Chapter 3: Computer Basics
TUTORIAL : Systems and software
TUTORIAL : Capture formats
TUTORIAL : Lightroom
TUTORIAL : Simple Photoshop skills to make people look better
TUTORIAL : Learn from a master
Chapter 4: Intermediate Lighting-Studio
TUTORIAL : Lighting kits and solutions
TUTORIAL : Principles of source size
TUTORIAL : Light Modifiers
TUTORIAL : Three-point lighting-a brief history and primer
TUTORIAL : Lighting and posing for the face that's in front of the camera
TUTORIAL : Conventions and cues-The meaning of light Assignment
Chapter 5: Case Studies: Approaches to Portraiture Portfolios and Interviews Assignment
Chapter 6: Working on Location
TUTORIAL : Pre-product ion and planning
TUTORIAL : Lighting on location Assignment
Chapter 7: Establishing a Visual Identity and Voice
TUTORIAL : Beyond the "great shot"-the coherent visual statement
TUTORIAL : Advanced concepts in lighting Assignment
Index and Credits