Author: Bill Hurter
Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc.
Keywords: handbook, photographer, portrait
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-08-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 158428207X
ISBN-13: 9781584282075

Combining time-tested practices with contemporary methods, this guidebook details the fine art of capturing formal and casual posed images. With advice and guidance from the finest and most decorated portrait and wedding photographers in the country, this instructional discusses subjects such as lighting in the studio and on location, improving improvisational shooting techniques, and how to retouch images in the post-production process to create truly flawless looks. A chapter addressing the common problems in taking portraituresâ??from working with subjects with glasses to subjects that var

Author: Bill Hurter
Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc.
Keywords: handbook, photography, portrait, children
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-05-28
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1584282037
ISBN-13: 9781584282037

Packed with practical techniques that both inform and inspire, this professional guidebook to photographing babies, small children, and teenagers presents new strategies to maximize client cooperation and ensure smooth sessions. The entire child-based photographic process is addressed, including proper equipment selection, physical and behavioral controls for young subjects, working with black-and-white exposures, assessing raw versus JPEG modes, and evaluating digital exposures by determining over- and underexposure metering. Chapters devoted to mastering studio lighting—from direct and dif

Author: Bill Hurter
Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc.
Keywords: techniques, images, professional, photography, portrait, family
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2005-11-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1584281723
ISBN-13: 9781584281726

Artwork from 30 of the industry’s top photographers is used to highlight both clear-cut shooting strategies and colorful, cutting-edge approaches to family portraiture in this handbook intended for idea gathering and inspiration. Advice on focal length, perspective, and maximizing the potential of digital equipment highlights the technical aspects of family portraiture while group posing strategies demonstrate how best to flatter each subject and convey a sense of family unity. A lengthy discussion of lighting—the backbone of portraiture—and the manipulation of shadows and highlights

Author: Bill Hurter
Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc.
Keywords: pros, images, techniques, photography, portrait
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2008-02-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1584282231
ISBN-13: 9781584282235

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 l

Author: Bill Hurter
Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc.
Keywords: amherst, media, inc, photographers, portrait, lighting, techniques, simple
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2008-07-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1584282339
ISBN-13: 9781584282334

With tips for creating natural, hassle-free lighting, this reference shows photographers how to abandon complex lighting scenarios in favor of more straightforward, uncomplicated ones. Photographers will learn the advantages of simpler lighting—such as saving money by avoiding excessive equipment purchases and maintenance and making location shoots less cumbersome and more convenient. Emphasizing that photographers should imitate the sun’s natural light—not only to create a realistic setting but also to allow for genuine facial expressions from more relaxed portrait subjects—this guide

Author: Bill Hurter
Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc.
Keywords: posing, guide, photographer, portrait
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2004-04-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 158428126X
ISBN-13: 9781584281269

Providing a concise look at the foundations of posing, this guide illustrates the ways in which key posing strategies flatter the lines of the body, creating definition, dynamic lines, and a camera-friendly posture. Photographers learn how to analyze the facial features of their subjects to ensure the most flattering positioning, how to finesse fingers for delicate or strong hand positions, and how to adapt a pose for a man, woman, or child. Strategies for artfully posing couples, large groups, under- and overweight clients, the elderly, and everyone in between are detailed. With techniques an

Author: Bill Hurter
Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc.
Keywords: portrait, photography, wedding, techniques, light, existing
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2008-04-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1584282282
ISBN-13: 9781584282280

Packed with stunning images from more than 40 of the world’s most acclaimed wedding and portrait photographers, this book shows how to put together a lightweight, low-cost, and highly portable lighting kit that allows photographers to make quick work of creating perfect lighting in any location. Responding to a preference in the market for more natural, spontaneous-looking images, the guide explains how to achieve professional-quality lighting in parks, churches, schools, and other locations—all with lightweight, highly portable strobes, reflectors, scrims, and more.