The Photographer's Guide to Portraits

By John Freeman

A comprehensive guide to all aspects of photographing people. Whether you shoot digitally or with film, are an amateur or professional, this book offers invaluable information and inspiration to help you develop your own style. Covers the essentials including: exposure, colour balance, composition, light, poses and props. Explores the opportunities and problems encontered when photographing subjects such as children, groups, close-ups and action shots. Projects demonstrate further techniques, such as digital backgrounds, creating composites, retouching and digital toning. Also includes advice on studio, high-key and low-key lighting and applying make-up for photoshoots. Illustrated throughout with John Freeman's powerful and evocative photographs from around the world, taken in a variety of style. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843401754
• ISBN13: 9781843401759
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Collins & Brown
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 10.8"