The Best of Portrait Photography: Techniques and Images from the Pros |  | Author: Bill Hurter
Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc.
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 490551
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 128
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Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 1584282231
Dewey Decimal Number: 778
EAN: 9781584282235
ASIN: 1584282231
Publication Date: February 1, 2008
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Product 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 software versions, this resource is an indispensable guide for photographers.
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 Best book to begin learning portrait photography January 24, 2009
Random Feature (Milwaukee, WI)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I've browsed quite a few portrait photography books and this is the best overall book I've found. It begins by discussing the goals of a successful portrait. This is followed by basics of posing, such as common frames, facial views, the difference between masculine and feminine poses, hands, the importance of camera height and pitfalls to avoid. Then compositional elements: rule of thirds, lines, pleasing shapes and tones. Then the 5 basic lighting setups: Butterfly, Loop, Rembrandt, Split and Profile. Then special situations such as child and family portraits. There are many inspirational example photos in a variety of styles. What is not discussed in detail is equipment such as the difference between softboxes and umbrellas.
If you are going to have just one book on portrait photography this should be it.
A good overview with many tips April 8, 2009
Elyone (Ohio)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I bought this after reading the other reviews and am glad I did.
The author showcases expert photographers and explains how their photographs illustrate the point he is making, whether about posing, lighting or how to interact with the subject.
This book is not a very technical book, notwithstanding the chapter with some diagrams describing lighting setups. Rather, this book will help push your portraiture to a higher level, if you already mastered basic technical understanding of how to set up your lighting, what settings to use on your camera and can already produce decent portraits.
It's written concisely, without too much bla bla and I found myself re-reading parts again - a sure sign this is a good book.
Getting Great Portraits January 25, 2009
Julia Croteau Photography (Rescue, CA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
As a portrait photographer, this is a must have book, well- written and easy to follow. Several great ideas and they work. At times it can be hard to get that perfect posture for portraits but this book helps and gives a lot of great ideas too.
The Best!!! February 8, 2008
Dawn Johns (USA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I love the way they explain the behind the scenes of the industry and also their techniques. You learn posing elements And compositional elements aS well as lighting and retouching images.He also explains the different types of portraiture, like children, familys, and groups. This is a must have book. I am glad I purchased it!
Unique and Informative January 9, 2010
John Guilbault
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bill Hurter has put together a book that is very unusual for a professional photographer. Instead of packing the volume with his own photos, he's gone out and gotten the works of some of our generation's best portrait photographers (not that he couldn't be among them). The result is that the reader gets to see many different interpretations of lighting and posing set-ups, instead of just one. It's nice to see a photographer who is secure enough in his own accomplishments to fill a book with other people's work instead of his own.
No book on portrait photography could hope to cover every aspect in one tome. This one concentrates on lighting and posing, to the virtual exclusion of technical settings for the lens and camera. This is how it should be. There are plenty of books which cover those, and Hurter concentrates on the subtle nuances of things like the pose of the hand, the tilt of the head, the turn of the shoulders, etc.
All-in-all, this is a well-done book which any aspiring portrait photographer will appreciate.
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