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The Art of Wedding Photography: Professional Techniques with Style [Paperback]

Bambi Cantrell (Author), Skip Cohen (Author), Denis Reggie (Foreword)
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Publication Date: October 1, 2000
The hottest, most lucrative trend in wedding photography is gorgeously illustrated and explained in this cutting-edge guide that shows professional photographers—and those aspiring to be—how to create the arty, hip, yet elegant wedding albums sought by today’s brides.

Images that look like they’re from magazines or art galleries fill these inspiring pages. Taken by a highly successful specialist in wedding photography, the pictures tell their unique, romantic story with a visual artistry and excitement that differs from staid, traditional wedding albums of the past. The book explains all the creative techniques—including wedding photojournalism—that produce such compelling pictures, and also fully explores the business side of wedding photography. Everything from finding clients to modeling the event and capturing the heartbeat of the day to selling the album and getting referrals is covered lucidly, with wisdom, authority, and humor—adding up to an immensely useful guide that can transform the career of anyone wanting to break into the profitable field of wedding photography. And for future brides, the book will provide visual inspiration on the must-have photography they want for their big day.

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About the Author

Bambi Cantrell, whose work has appeared in the New York Times, American Photo, Ebony, and Rangefinder, is one of the most sought-after photographers in the San Francisco Bay area.

Skip Cohen is president of Rangefinder Publishing and Wedding and Portrait Photographers International. With Bambi Cantrell, he is the co-author of Watson-Guptill’s top-selling The Art of Wedding Photography, The Art of People Photography, and The Art of Digital Wedding Photography. He lives in Santa Monica, CA.

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  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Amphoto Books (October 1, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0817433252
  • ISBN-13: 978-0817433253
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 0.4 x 9.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #690,694 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
WOW April 14, 2001
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After attending a seminar given by Ms. Cantrell at a Pro. Photographer's convention, my thinking about wedding photography was forever changed, and my excitement as a photographer was rekindled. Ms. Cantrell brings out the same ideas in this book...I think it's a MUST HAVE! Her passion about photography, her artistic style, and her simple explainations of technical ideas all work together to create a wonderful resource for photographers. This book is full of photographs with captions that tell why and how she captured each image. Don't photograph another wedding without reading this book!
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This book's almost 5 years old now, and it's showing its age. Almost every photo in the book is taken with a medium format camera, 35mm cameras are rarely mentioned, and digital cameras aren't mentioned at all. To do things the way this book recommends you need an assistant and at least $15,000 worth of gear, minumum. You can extrapolate to work out how to do some of these things by yourself, but it's not mentioned. There are a lot of great inspirational photos in the book, with camera settings and instructions on how to reproduce them, often with your assistant helping with lighting.

The book's squarely aimed at very traditional American weddings, but mentions other cultures in passing. Virtually no mention is made of the photojournalism style, the phrase is mentioned, but that's all.

If you've never done a wedding, this book will give you one useful viewpoint, but it's not a single book that will teach you how to take photos at a wedding. Some important topics, such as hwo to take photos of the actual ceremony, are touched on but not in the depth that I would have liked.

If you want to take traditional pictures, this book, along with others to compliment it, is for you.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
A great book on the the Art January 1, 2001
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This is one of the best exposes on the art rather than the technique of contemporary wedding photography. It is not intended as a beginner's guide to the technical aspects of wedding photography--although beginners stand to learn much from this inspiring book. But this book will be of most benefit to more seasoned wedding photo artists interested in broadening their horizons and capturing a visually more demanding and sophisticated wedding market. To date there is no better book on the art of sensitive insightful wedding photography.
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Traditionalist
This photog is for traditional style photos. They don't have much style, which if that's what you like, great! But, for me, I like to put a little flare into my photos. Read more
Published 13 months ago by jsarver
Tricks of the Trade
This book was recomended to me by a professional photographer who teaches a wedding class at a local photography school. It was well worth purchasing. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Harry Joseph
The Art of wedding Photography: Professional Techniques with Style
This book was not as informative as I had hoped. I found the information somewhat helpful as far as the photos and what lenses were used to take them. Read more
Published 18 months ago by photobug
10 years old now
This book is totally based on shooting film, plus a lot of B&W, infrared and medium format. The pictures are nice but I think there are more current books that would be more... Read more
Published 23 months ago by S. Sheola
Not bad, but not as good as the reviews suggested
I'm still a fairly new wedding photographer (though I've been shooting for years in other areas) and I was excited to check out this book because of the reviews, and because of... Read more
Published on February 16, 2010 by James Powell
Outdated
The original publishing date for this book was 10/2000. That said, the author talks about photography in terms of film, not digital, techniques. Read more
Published on April 13, 2009 by Alan Aledia
A very good book...
I am in the photography business and this book had help me to improve my wedding photos. If you are a beginner or a professional, this book would help you. Read more
Published on March 16, 2009 by J. Cardec
There's better
I agree that this book is getting long in the tooth. Its completely film based and frankly its not that informative. Read more
Published on August 2, 2008 by granger
Waaay too old material !
I was disappointed with the book because it was first published in the year 2000 and apparently it hasn't been updated ever since. Read more
Published on June 13, 2008 by Sérgio Schröder
this book is not for everyone
if your looking for a book to help you on your way ,forget this one ! if you dont have hassleblad or other high end equipment' forget this book, if your not already a professional... Read more
Published on September 9, 2007 by dusty
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