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![]() A comprehensive guide to backgrounds, this guidebook instructs professional and amateur photographers on how to master the art of an often overlooked, yet essential, aspect to portrait photography.
RRP £24.99
Our Price £15.00 |
![]() Acknowledging that there is much more to building a successful photography business than taking great pictures, this manual shows how to build and run a thriving boutique baby photography studio.
RRP £24.99
Our Price £15.00 |
![]() Full of outstanding images created on real assignments, this book provides a valuable insight into the creative process of one of today’s top portrait photographers. In support of each portrait image is a setup image, an outtake image from the shoot, or both. Rodriguez is a master of lighting, so lighting diagrams are provided for every shot, making it easy for readers to adapt the setups to their own subjects and shooting style.
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![]() Christopher Grey follows up his successful books on lighting for portrait photographers with this complete guide to professional portraiture. Successful poses are shown to be achieved through a thorough understanding of the client’s personality and their objectives for the image’s use. Next, the mechanics of positioning the human body are thoroughly explained with special attention given to each part of the physical form to make it look its best.
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![]() Throw your preconceptions about light-painting out the window and prepare for a creative journey that will revolutionize your photography. Eric Curry shows you how to plan and execute incredible, nuanced images using simple equipment. With these techniques, your imagination is the only limit to what you can create!
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![]() Filled with images by accomplished portrait, fashion, and editorial photographers, this collection is designed to solve any issues associated with photographing young subjects. From newborns and toddlers through grade school students and high school seniors, this resource addresses many issues faced by portrait photographers, including replacing stale poses with fresh ideas, retaining the attention of infants, allowing a subject’s individuality to show, capturing group portraits, and posing kids of different ages together. .
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![]() Covering every aspect of creating portraits in available light, acclaimed professional photographer Doug Box provides tips for finding great natural light, practical approaches for optimizing exposure, and techniques for posing subjects for the most flattering effects. For those situations when "perfect" available light can’t be found, readers are shown how to modify ambient light to suit their purposes- or give it a bump in intensity with a little pop of flash.. RRP £24.99 Our Price £15.00 Save: 40% off |
![]() Small-flash photography has become widely popular because of its portability and affordability, and this book offers insights on mastering the use of small-unit, hot shoe–mounted flashes called flashguns. Demonstrating the various light modifiers, techniques, and setups designed for these small powerhouses of light, the book explores how to achieve creative results from working with a single flashgun, multiple flashguns, and colored filters, as well as making adjustments with the camera’s white-balance settings.
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![]() Written in an approachable format and presented in 50 short chapters - each featuring a sample image and detailed diagrams that show the precise position of the lights used to create the mood and overall look of the portrait - this book explores how photographers can produce fabulous portraits with exquisite lighting and take their work to the next level through careful postproduction. The image and diagram pairing are fleshed out with text descriptions of the particulars of the photo assignment, the equipment selected and technical choices made, and the visual objective of the shoot. Readers will also learn how specific challenges were met to maximize the impact of the final portrait. . RRP £21.99 Our Price £15.00 Save: 32% off |
![]() The core goal of photography is representing subjects that have depth and texture in a medium that inherently lacks both those qualities, and this book shows the best way to rise to that challenge: through the careful application and capture of lighting. It demonstrates how to accentuate or minimize textures, add or subtract highlights, and create or combat shadows to showcase the subjects in the best way and create the illusion of a third dimension in the images. Exploring techniques for lighting portraits, still-life subjects, nature images, and architectural shots, both studio and location lighting are covered in detail. RRP £21.99 Our
Price £15.00 |
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In portrait photography, posing must make the client look amazing, and
this book takes photographers through that process from start to finish.
With short, one- or two-page lessons that are amply illustrated with
before and after images, the book guides the reader through each phase,
from the positioning of arms and hands to the degree of the head tilt
and shifting the weight. |
![]() Accessible for professionals and hobbyists alike, this guide helps photographers navigate the transition from traditional flash and hot lights to light-emitting diode (LED) lights, the hottest new trend in lighting technology. The arrival of cost effective LED lights has facilitated radical advances in photographic science and required photographers to change the way they use lighting. This book explains how these innovations have influenced conventional light theory and offers a seamless transition from old lighting technologies to new ones. RRP £21.99 Our
Price £15.00 |
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Going beyond how to capture memorable family photos, this examination
spotlights the special touches and relationship-building skills that
turn subjects from clients into friends. The author’s signature
techniques for generating repeat business are shared, revealing how to
remain a family’s constant photographer for years - from maternity
portraits and baby photos to wedding images and senior snapshots.
Specific suggestions are featured, including reaching out through social
networking sites, blogging, and hosting special parties and events. . |
![]() Detailing all the skills photographers need to successfully create natural-light family portraits, this handbook covers all aspects of the process, from attracting clients and planning the session to posing small families or large groups. Techniques for working outdoors, at the family’s home, or in a natural-light studio setting are included along with detailed information on post-production, album design, and marketing techniques for attracting clients. RRP £21.99 Our
Price £15.00 |
![]() Presenting strategies to assist photographers in bringing out the beauty in their subjects, this manual shows how the previously unique lighting techniques required within diverse areas of photography have evolved and condensed into a combined skill set. Presented in a portfolio style and using images from real sessions with actual clients, this guide covers the necessary tools, the process of job preparation, and the fundamental techniques used to achieve success in beauty lighting. RRP £21.99
Our Price £15.00 |
![]() The innovative format of this enhanced audio book series is designed to present information in a way that maximizes the viewer’s experience and retention. Audio narration and a carefully timed progression of step-by-step photos demonstrate the principles of photography in an effective and seamless way that makes it easy for the viewer to understand and internalize the information. Designed to be a companion to the printed book or used as a stand-alone learning tool, each audio book presents highly visual information in the ideal medium. RRP £24.99 Our Price £15.00Save: 40% off |
![]() Learn expert baby photography in 70 minutes. Mimika Cooney shows you hot attract maternity- and baby-portrait clients. Her powerful marketing strategies, stellar customer service ideas, and product design tips will help you stand out from the crowd.
RRP £24.99
Our Price £15.00 |
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Enhanced Audio Book with Photographs Save: 40% off |
Join today and get your £30 Convention/Bookstore voucher! This week only we are giving you the opportunity to join any 2 Societies for £99 and upon joining you will receive a £30 Convention voucher to use against any part of the Convention 2013, from Masterclasses, Superclasses, Business School, Awards Night to name but a few. Offer expires on the 19th December 2012 |
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