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The latest tips and tricks for capturing high-quality photos
Taking great "people pictures" isn't a matter of luck. The secret is in observing your subjects and connecting with them, and then using your camera to its best advantage. This new edition uses full-color photos to demonstrate how to work with lighting, location, angle, composition, physical characteristics, and environment in either portrait or candid situations. Professional photographer and veteran author Erin Manning offers invaluable advice for handling the unique challenges of photographing babies, large and small groups, and action.
Assignments at the end of each chapter encourage you to test your newfound skills, while visiting pwsbooks.com allows you to post your work and benefit from feedback and constructive criticism.
- Explains how to study your subjects in their natural habitat, while you observe how they react and interact
- Features invaluable advice from veteran author Erin Manning that shares simple techniques for improving photos of babies and children
- Zeroes in on how to best capture facial expressions
- Highlights ways to tell a story with a series of candid photos
- Helps you add interest to large-group shots
When you apply the techniques featured on the pages of Portrait and Candid Photography Photo Workshop, 2nd Edition, you'll watch your subjects come to life.
From the Back Cover
CREATE AND CAPTURE MEANINGFUL MOMENTS
Every person has a story. Your photography can tell that story when you learn to connect with your subjects, observe them, use light and composition creatively, and take advantage of what your equipment offers. Erin Manning shows you how to blend photographic artistry and technology with your own artistic vision to capture the essence of each person you photograph. Group portraits, action shots, great images of babies and children — learn how to get them all.
Make your subjects comfortable and learn how to capture kids being "real"
Learn to study people and create a context for your photo
Find and control light to achieve the mood you seek
Choose backgrounds, clothing, props, and lighting for the perfect baby photo
Master camera techniques for freezing action
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love it,
This review is from: Portrait and Candid Photography: Photo Workshop (Paperback)
I love the book it is a simple way for everybody to understand how to do portrait of there family. I like the way she present exemple of how to observe and to do it. But... I am a professionnal photographer and I think you have to understand the basic technique of photography to fully appreciate this book. But the simplicity is there. I recommande to everybody who want to learn the candid portrait.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great series!,
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This review is from: Portrait and Candid Photography: Photo Workshop (Paperback)
The best photography books I have used to date. I love th lessons they give you, and then you can try the techniques you learned, upload your pictures online and have other amateur photographers rate your pictures. I love this book so much I bought the whole series. I wish I could fit them in my pocket to travel with or had the electronic version. They are great!
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4.3 out of 5 stars (23 customer reviews) 84 of 101 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
How Much is Enough?,
By Conrad J. Obregon - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Portrait and Candid Photography: Photo Workshop (Paperback)
This book is part of a new "Photo Workshop" series aimed at beginning photographers. The book is easy reading and accessible. It starts out with some general observations about portrait photography, including equipment, the nature of light and composition. It then goes on to cover particular types of portraits including groups, kids, babies and action shots. A final chapter discusses what to do with your pictures, including basic image adjustment and sharing your pictures.One of the issues that always arises about instructional manuals is how much information is provided to the reader. That in turn depends on the audience. For the beginner there should be no information overload, and that certainly is not a problem here. Most of the chapters concentrate on questions like where to position yourself and what to look for in the subjects. On the other hand I think that any book that introduces more complex subjects should deal with fundamentals related to the subject. For example, the author mentions using not only point and shoot cameras, but also digital single lens reflex cameras, and talks about lens selection for such cameras. If one is going to suggest the book is aimed at such camera owners, one must discuss not just the effect of different focal length lenses, but also, for example, the elements of exposure. Unfortunately there is no discussion of exposure here. There is also a section of the book devoted to the use of Photoshop Elements, which is software for processing digital images. The discussion here is quite abridged, and while applicable to portraits, no one should think that this is comprehensive instruction. So at whom is this book aimed? The owner of a point and shoot camera who wants to take better portraits will find this book useful. The owners of digital single lens reflex cameras who want to improve their portrait taking will probably want something more than this book. The workshop portion of the book is provided by a website to which a photographer may post pictures and where others may comment on such pictures. When I examined the web site I found the place to upload portraits was not yet in service. However, based upon my examination of photos that had been posted relating to other books in this same series, I found not many pictures had been posted and even fewer critiques offered. I would not rely on this site to provide me with much help in my photography. 17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent primer for the beginning portrait shooter.,
By S. Nigl "Chugach124" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Portrait and Candid Photography: Photo Workshop (Paperback)
This is the second book of Wiley Publishing's Photo Workshop series that I've read. My first was on Composition, and I loved it! Their installment on portrait and candid photography was a close second. I've learned that these workshop books truly do stand on their own. Much like the 'Dummies' series, each book is individually authored, and as such each has a unique feel. Again like 'Dummies' books, the Photo Workshop series adheres to standards for layout and tips.The author, Erin Manning, is a full-time pro photographer in L.A. who teaches and stars in a photo how-to television series. Erin covers all the nuts and bolts of portrait shooting. What equipment is needed, and how to get by with what you have. But the best information I came away with was how to 'read' light in everyday situations. To understand how light is falling on your subject and the effect it will have. Erin says that If you get your lighting worked out early-on in a session, you're free to pay attention to your subject. I like Erin's philosophy of identifying the key attributes of a person and bringing those qualities out in their photos. Portrait and Candid Photography is another great 'course-in-a-book from Wiley. It might be a bit basic for the intermediate to advanced user. I give it four out of five. 24 of 29 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Professional answer to an Amateur problem,
By G. Wyatt "PseudoGenius©" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Portrait and Candid Photography: Photo Workshop (Paperback)
I had a problem: I was hired by a top ad agency to be their in-house A/V specialist, and while the job included things I'm good at like editing and videography, it also called for me to use a digital SLR and I never mastered the disposable point-n-shoot. I knew I could take pictures of landscapes, sunsets, and bowls of fruit because those things are patient and don't mind if you take hundreds of shots trying to get the exposure correct. I had an urgent need to learn how to fake a portrait and snap a fast candid shot, so I got this book. It is amazing! It's well written, covers everything from soup to nuts, and has some great real-world examples. It doesn't insult its readers by talking down to us, but it isn't full of jargon like most of my video manuals are.I realize I'm probably the exception to the rule - I know how to use a digital SLR now and I do it professionally everyday, yet I still need a book like this to give me some pointers to improve my shots. I know that the primary audience for this book is the aspiring amateur, but I'm very pleased that it's written in a way that is approachable for photographers of all levels. I'm going to be keeping this book in my collection. As an aside, soon after I bought this book I started dating a very nice woman who's father is a huge bird photography nut. This book gave me some great gift ideas for him! I tell you, this book is a gold mine! Update: Well, I married that girl, gave my now father-in-law this book and he loved it. He's expanded his repertoire to include local sports and has gotten his photographs into the local newspapers. I'm not crediting his successful career-after-retirement to this book, but I do think there's a correlation. For my own part, I can honestly say the techniques I've learned from reading Portrait and Candid Photography Photo Workshop have helped me not only keep my job, but expand my responsibilities. And I notice that there's a revised second edition out now. Well, I'm getting my parents a new point and shoot this Christmas, might as well get them a copy of this book, too! I'm not giving them mine - I need it. |
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