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How to Start and Operate a Digital Portrait Photography Studio

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Lou Jacobs Jr. has been writing photography books for decades and wrote a great guide to my old Konica Autoreflex 35mm SLR manual camera back 3 decades ago. This new book about starting your own studio offers a feel good fluffy guide that can motivate the beginner. It offers very little hardcore technical advice that is really important when it comes to digital studio work. For example, Jacobs glosses over the issue of storage by making statements such as just back up to CD/DVD and you're all set, whereas he should be talking about backing up to multiple harddrives, RAID, etc. Those issues aside, the studio photographs are outstanding and inspriring. Lighting is used to great effect.

This is a book for people thinking about jumping from analog to digital photography. I was looking for a book about the studio, what do I need, how to organize, but a little more professional for beginners shooting fashion and editorial, so it's not for me.

A versatile book with many good ideas that are explained well. Ideal for photographers looking to start a studio or for those looking to make the transition from film to digital based studio. This book gives the breakdown on equipment such as cameras, computers and software, printers, lighting, backgrounds, and studio layout. Everything that is essential for a studio to operate in harmony.

beginner photographers should read this book if they plan on starting a portrait studio. Great information for the novice but a pro might need a more in-depth book.

I'M A NEW PHOTOGRAPHER AND THIS BOOK WAS VERY HELPFUL. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANY PHOTOGRAPHER.

This book has allot of great information, not only for the new digital studio but also for someone converting their studio over to digital.