The Portrait
eBook - ePub

The Portrait

Understanding Portrait Photography

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Portrait

Understanding Portrait Photography

About this book

Glenn Rand, longtime photographic educator, and Tim Meyer, Lead Portrait Instructor at Brooks Institute, have collaborated to create a thorough and balanced textbook on the modern techniques and practice of portrait photography. They have crafted a definitive resource for professionals, students, and avid amateurs wishing to advance their skills in this discipline. Glenn and Tim begin by discussing lessons from the masters and the history of photographic portraiture. They build on this foundation and cover all of the technical and aesthetic components of understanding and producing outstanding portraits. Extensive illustrations illuminate the concepts discussed, and the works of outstanding photographers serve as examples of how to apply the lessons in this book. This second edition offers even more illustrations and photographic examples and an expanded discussion about posing. Topics include:

  • Quality of light and the portrait
  • Ambient, continuous, and strobe light sources
  • Understanding light modifiers and enhancers
  • Mastering lighting ratios
  • Importance and selection of backgrounds
  • Extensive coverage of lighting setups
  • Understanding light meters and metering in portraiture
  • Lighting patterns on the human face
  • Facial analysis
  • Composition in portraiture
  • Posing for various types of portraits
  • Eliciting appropriate expression
  • The fine art portrait
  • Portraiture for the masses

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Information

Publisher
Rocky Nook
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9781492016168
Edition
2
Topic
Arte
Subtopic
Fotografia

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 A Very Brief History of Photographic Portraiture
  6. 2 Light Dynamics and the Portrait
  7. 3 Lighting Sources and Equipment
  8. 4 Light Modification
  9. 5 Exposure and Metering
  10. 6 Lighting Ratios
  11. 7 Lighting Patterns on the Human Face
  12. 8 Lighting Setups
  13. 9 Backgrounds
  14. 10 Mixed Ambient and Electronic Flash Lighting and Exposure
  15. 11 Portrait Compositional Basics
  16. 12 Posing
  17. 13 Facial Analysis
  18. 14 Relating to the Subject