Customer Reviews

Capture the Portrait: How to Create Great Digital Photos

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This is an easy to read, conversational book aimed at the amateur who is interesting in improving his/her portrait photography. The book includes lots of photographs, including some before/after/correct/incorrect examples. While there are a few paragraphs dedicated to SLRs, this book will be very relevant to point-and-shoot users who want to get better pictures of their families and friends. I learned a number of very useful ideas that I expect to help me in the future.

There are ten chapters, including:

"Portrait Basics" - eye level, fill the frame, etc...,

"Composition" - rule of thirds, horizon line, tilting the frame, framing,etc...

"Light and Portraits" - direction of light, hard/soft lighting, color of light, etc...

"Portrait Styles" - Candids, slice of life, funny faces, props, etc...

"Posing" - Body position, hands, eye contact, groups, etc...

"Image Processing Software" - red eye reduction, sharpening, color correction, cropping, etc....

While I would have preferred a little more meat, all in all I found this book worth reading.

I've purchased 3 of these books. Two were gifts and one for myself. Guess that speaks volumes in and of itself!

Simply put, I like this book for its simplicity and the examples of work the author puts forth. I am a mere novice, looking to improve my photography skills when it comes to including people. This book is not really in depth, but since I am more of a visual learner, it appealed to me with its use of examples.