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.