Celebrity and Performance

Down-to-earth advice from the top photographers on earth * Second title in a successful new series featuring the biggest names in photography* Combines in-depth, practical advice with stunning images* Diagrams, checklists, hints and tips, much moreThe World's Top Photographers' Workshops series brings big-name professional photographers together in a roundtable-style format. The first book in this series, "Fashion and Advertising," was a hit with advanced and professional photographers. Now another dazzling line-up of the biggest names in photography come together to share their insights on "Travel and Nature." These artists explore the fundamental technical aspects of lighting, composition, color, tone, and imaging. Stunning images, plus in-depth interviews, diagrams, checklists, and tips-and-hints panels, make these books beautiful as well as practical. Explore the world--and capture all its beauty--with "Travel and Nature."

Celebrity & Performance offers hard-won and incisive technical and artistic how-to recommendations from the world’s top photographers in this field. The stunning portfolios reflect all aspects of celebrity and performance photography, including projects shot in studios, on sets, in theaters, on stage, and on location.

            This book shows how to shoot and capture personalities. Techniques workshops cover all the practical considerations. Official and unofficial, reportage and staged photographs are featured, including: portraiture and cover shots; lifestyle stories for celebrity magazines; celebrity weddings; celebrity children; film unit stills photography; behind the scenes reportage; dance and opera performance and rehearsal photography; theatre promotional shots; gig photography; band portraits; head-shots; glamour photography; catwalk photography; paparazzi street photography; and red-carpet/press conference news coverage.

            Image portfolios, combined with the photographers’ comments on what has influenced their lighting styles and technical decisions, introduce readers to the aesthetics of celebrity and performance photography. Photographers’ technical breakdowns of the ighting/composition/colour/tone/imaging they have used, and why, gives readers a thorough knowledge of appropriate equipment and techniques. Checklists and tips-and-hints panels pass on hard-won knowledge in a simple form.