Overview

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.¿

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Author:   Mark Jenkinson
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Peachpit Press Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.744kg
ISBN:  

9780321766663

ISBN 10:   0321766660
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   28 July 2011
Audience:   Adult education ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"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"

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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.

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