Fashion Model Photography: Professional Techniques and Images [Paperback]

Billy Pegram (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1999

Covering all aspects of fashion model photography, this book is for the professional or amateur photographer interested in shooting commercial model assignments or working with models to create portfolios. Tips on picking out each model’s best features and highlighting them in photographs, hiding a model’s flaws, and making models feel comfortable in front of the camera are detailed. This guide is full of images that are analyzed individually, describing the photographic techniques used to create them as well as the composition; lip, face, and hand posing; lighting; and selection of clothing. Technical photographic advice is given on creating the perfect exposure to make a model’s skin look its best and details how procedures such as cross-processing film can make images stand out and attract further business.

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About the Author

Billy Pegram is a professional fashion photographer. He has worked on accounts for such companies as Fila and Swatch. He lives in Monterey, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc. (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0936262788
• ISBN-13: 978-0936262789
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,781,893 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Billy Pegram is a professional model photographer who has worked with Fila, the Goodwill Games, and Swatch. He is the author of Fashion Model Photography, Posing Techniques for Photographing Model Portfolios, and Professional Model Portfolios. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars too little information on fashion photography, June 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Fashion Model Photography: Professional Techniques and Images (Paperback)

This book talked mainly about the pictures in this book and not about actually doing fashion photography as well as working with models. I don't think it gave enough information about model photography that an acquiring mind would want to know. Also I realized that a lot of the pictures in the book were suppose to be in color but they were printed B&W.

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Could be more consistent and in color., October 13, 1999

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Wally Pinn ([e-mail]) (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fashion Model Photography: Professional Techniques and Images (Paperback)

I was very disappointed in Amherst and Mr. Pegram. The effort fell considerably short of a book geared toward instruction. Mr. Pegram continually makes reference to how he shot the subject, but never shows the effect of his tips, because the images are in B/W. Sometimes Billy informs you technically how he pulled the shoot off and other times it is a mystery. Amherst has been in the Photography instruction publishing business a long time, but I feel they should have stepped up and consulted with Mr. Pegram and published the book in color. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME! How about a refund??????????????????????????????????????

2 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!, August 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Fashion Model Photography: Professional Techniques and Images (Paperback)

This photographer has incredible talent and should publish additional books. A real learning experience.