The Portrait: Understanding Portrait Photography
Language: English
Published by Rocky Nook, 2010
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- Title
- The Portrait: Understanding Portrait Photography
- Author
- Glenn Rand; Tim Meyer
- Publisher
- Rocky Nook
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Very Good
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- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1933952466
- ISBN 13
- 9781933952468
- Item weight
- 1.32 pounds
Glenn Rand, longtime photographic educator and Program Director for Graduate Programs at Brooks Institute, and Tim Meyer, Portrait Division Chair at Brooks Institute, have collaborated to create a thorough and balanced textbook on the modern techniques and practice of portrait photography. They have avoided the single-style viewpoint common to so many books on portraiture and have crafted a definitive resource for professionals, as well as students and avid amateurs, wishing to advance their skills in this discipline.
Topics include:
Quality of light and the portraitAmbient, continuous, and strobe light sourcesUnderstanding light modifiers and enhancersMastering lighting ratiosImportance and selection of backgroundsExtensive coverage of lighting setupsUnderstanding light meters and metering in portraitureLighting patterns on the human faceFacial analysisComposition in portraitureEliciting the appropriate expressionThe fine art portraitPortraiture for the masses
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About the Author
Glenn Rand is an artist with internationally acceptance. His photographs are in the collections of more than two dozen museums and public collection in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Included are the Detroit Institute of Art and the Kresge Art Center. He has also exhibited widely throughout the United States.
Glenn has published and lectured extensively about photography and digital imaging ranging from commercial aesthetics to the technical fine points of black and white photography. Books written include Black and White Photography and Digital Photographic Capture.
Presently, Dr. Rand is the program director of the graduate program at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California.
Photographer, educator, and author Tim Meyer is passionate about the field of photography. Throughout his 30 years as a professional photographer and in numerous one-man exhibitions, Tim's photography has been internationally recognized for its innovative style and technique. He possesses the Professional Photographers of America's coveted Masters and Craftsman degrees and holds a Master of Arts degree in Fine Art Photography. Tim currently serves as the Portrait Division Chair at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California, while maintaining a commission-based portrait and wedding business and lecturing internationally. His writings on photography and art have been widely published, and he is a contributing editor to Rangefinder Magazine.
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