Portrait Project: Lighting a Portrait with Lightroom [repost]

Portrait Project: Lighting a Portrait with Lightroom
142MB | Duration: 0h 35m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 1280×800 15fps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch
Genre: eLearning | Level: Advanced | Language: Englis

Improve your lighting in post with Adobe Lightroom. Chris Orwig shows how to employ Lightroom’s Develop module to enhance the lighting of portraits in two different ways. In the first project, he uses the Adjustment Brush to selectively paint light into a portrait. In the second, he uses the Radial Filter to brighten different areas of an image. Start watching to learn how to make your portraits pop.

Christopher Andersen - Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage [Repost]

Christopher Andersen – Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage
2009 | ISBN: 1501284312, 0061771961 | English | 336 pages | EPUB | 1 MB

They exploded on the national political scene in 2004 and within four short years captured the ultimate political prize. By the time they claimed the White House in one of the most hotly-contested presidential races in modern history, Barack and Michelle Obama were seen by millions around the world as the new Jack and Jackie Kennedy―brilliant, attractive, elegant, youthful, exciting. Accompanied by their two young daughters Malia and Sasha, the Obamas would arrive at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with the promise of a new Camelot all but assured. Given the obvious historic significance of what they accomplished together, the marriage of Barack and Michelle stands as one of the great personal and political partnerships in American history. Yet, incredibly, the true nature of that relationship remains a mystery. Until now. In the style of his #1 New York Times bestsellers The Day Diana Died and The Day John Died, as well as his bestselling books about the Kennedys, the Clintons and the Bushes, author Christopher Andersen draws on important sources―some speaking for the first time―to paint the first complete, compelling portrait of America’s first black First Family.

Jeff Smith - Posing for Portrait Photography: A Head-To-Toe Guide for Digital Photographers

Jeff Smith – Posing for Portrait Photography: A Head-To-Toe Guide for Digital Photographers
2011 | ISBN: 1584281349 | English | 128 pages | PDF | 3 MB

Aiming to help portrait photographers yield pleasing results with a variety of body types, this tutorial evaluates the subject’s appearance and suggests refining poses, providing tips to make sure each subject ends up with a result they like. Using before-and-after photos—and working through every region of the body from the head to the feet—acclaimed professional instructor Jeff Smith demonstrates simple posing adjustments and explains how various poses can conceal problem areas and maximize positive assets…

Mark Cleghorn - Portrait Photography: Secrets of Posing & Lighting (A Lark Photography Book) [Repost]

Mark Cleghorn – Portrait Photography: Secrets of Posing & Lighting (A Lark Photography Book)
2004 | ISBN: 157990548X | English | 120 pages | PDF | 53 MB

With easy-to-follow instructions and detailed photo sequences showing how to arrange lights and lighting accessories, this carefully structured course teaches all the fundamentals of portraiture, as well as a host of other creative techniques. It sets out everything the amateur needs to know to create a wide range of styles, from choosing the right equipment to composing the background to placing and positioning the subject for maximum effect. The basics of color and black and white, digital capture and film, and studio and location shooting all receive detailed attention, and helpful tips on mood-enhancing lighting will help raise novices’ skills to professional levels.