The Portrait Photography Course - Softcover

Jenkinson, Mark

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9780321766663: The Portrait Photography Course
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0321766660 ISBN 13: 9780321766663
Publisher: Peachpit Pr, 2011

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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, includingFortune, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Der Stern, and Playboy, 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.

From the Back Cover

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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Publisher
Peachpit Pr
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0321766660
ISBN 13 
9780321766663
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
223
Rating
  • 4.03 out of 5 stars
    32 ratings by Goodreads