Creative Portraits: Digital Photography Tips and Techniques - Softcover

Davis, Harold

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470623268 ISBN 13: 9780470623268

Publisher: Wiley, 2010

Synopsis

Go beyond the basic rules of photography to capture stunning portraits

Portrait photography is a vital topic for photographers of every level of experience, from amateur to professional. Written by renowned photographer Harold Davis, this inspirational book encourages you to define our own photographic style and capture stunning, creative, and unique portraits.

You'll discover tips and techniques for "breaking the rules" of basic digital photography so that you can go beyond the fundamentals such as composition, lighting, and exposure in order to create memorable and incomparable portraits.

• Explores the most common subject of most photographers-people-and explains when, why, and how to forgo the fundamentals to capture memorable portraits
• Encourages you to define your own unique photographic style and offers information and inspiration to help you do so
• Delves into a variety of creative techniques that you can use when exploring ways to take lively and stunning portraits

Illustrated with Harold Davis's striking portrait photography, Creative Portraits will both inform and inspire you.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Taking portraits of men, women, and children is a passionate undertaking. By capturing a person through a photo, you can explore the subject's character.

This book aims squarely at the heart and soul of portrait photography and shows you how to create meaningful and compelling images. Each photo is taken from Davis's personal collection and is accompanied by an explanation of how and why he made it. Composition, lighting, exposure, and camera technique are all discussed, taking you beyond the basics.

Still, the best way to craft memorable, lively, and stunning portraits is sometimes to break the rules. Davis also demonstrates how to do this in a way that is both informative and inspiring. He encourages you to define and develop your own photographic style by shooting creative, unique images. You'll be moved to try new techniques, empowering you to truly define someone with a photograph.

• Capture emotion to create a compelling image

• Learn about clothing, hair, and make-up

• Choose the right lens and shutter speed

• Utilize the best lighting techniques

• Have fun photographing kids

• Retouch your images and add special effects

About the Author

Harold Davis is an award-winning professional photographer. He is the author of more than 30 books, including Creative Composition: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques, Creative Black & White: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques, The Photoshop Darkroom: Creative Digital Post-Processing, and Practical Artistry: Light & Exposure for Digital Photographers. Harold writes the popular Photoblog 2.0, www.photoblog2.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470623268
• ISBN 13: 9780470623268
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240