Creative Portraits: Digital Photography Tips and Techniques

✍ Scribed by Harold Davis

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 242
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ 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. Youll 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 Daviss striking portrait photography, Creative Portraits will both inform and inspire you.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 9
Introduction......Page 10
Window of the Soul......Page 13
Kinds of Portrait Photos......Page 14
Why People Sit for a Portrait......Page 16
Why Photographers Make Portraits......Page 18
The Psychology of Portraiture......Page 22
Understanding People......Page 26
Character is Destiny......Page 32
Capturing Emotion......Page 36
Telling the Truth About Someone......Page 40
Vanity and Narcissism......Page 44
Artifice and Portraiture......Page 48
Creating a Self-Portrait......Page 52
Day in the Life......Page 59
Assignment: People......Page 60
Composing Portraits......Page 66
Street Photography......Page 70
Environmental Portraiture......Page 74
People at Work......Page 80
People at Play......Page 86
Working with Models......Page 92
Propping......Page 98
Clothing......Page 102
Hair and Make-Up......Page 106
Portrait Techniques......Page 111
Posing......Page 112
Jumping......Page 118
Backgrounds......Page 122
Positioning Your Camera......Page 126
Making Camera-Eye Contact......Page 128
Movement and Shutter Speed......Page 130
Aperture and Depth-of-Field......Page 134
Choosing the Right Lens......Page 138
Lighting Techniques......Page 143
Working with Light......Page 144
Lighting at Home......Page 152
Direct Flash......Page 156
Studio Lighting......Page 160
Kids and Families......Page 171
Photographing Kids......Page 172
Working with Families......Page 180
Portraits of Children......Page 184
Casual Kid Photographs......Page 188
Environmental Portraits of Kids......Page 192
Making Sure Your Kids Love Photography......Page 196
Portraits in the Digital Darkroom......Page 199
Workflow and File Formats......Page 200
Multi-RAW Processing......Page 201
Fixing Flaws......Page 208
Working with Skin......Page 212
Enhancing Eyes......Page 220
Selective Sharpening......Page 224
Black and White......Page 228
LAB Color Inversions......Page 232
Notes and Resources......Page 236
Glossary......Page 238
Index......Page 240