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Portrait and Candid Photography Photo Workshop by [Erin Manning]

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The latest tips and tricks for capturing high-quality photos

Taking great "people pictures" isn't a matter of luck. The secret is in observing your subjects and connecting with them, and then using your camera to its best advantage. This new edition uses full-color photos to demonstrate how to work with lighting, location, angle, composition, physical characteristics, and environment in either portrait or candid situations. Professional photographer and veteran author Erin Manning offers invaluable advice for handling the unique challenges of photographing babies, large and small groups, and action.

Assignments at the end of each chapter encourage you to test your newfound skills, while visiting pwsbooks.com allows you to post your work and benefit from feedback and constructive criticism.

Explains how to study your subjects in their natural habitat, while you observe how they react and interact
Features invaluable advice from veteran author Erin Manning that shares simple techniques for improving photos of babies and children
Zeroes in on how to best capture facial expressions
Highlights ways to tell a story with a series of candid photos
Helps you add interest to large-group shots

When you apply the techniques featured on the pages of Portrait and Candid Photography Photo Workshop, 2nd Edition, you'll watch your subjects come to life.

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October 28, 2011
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From the Author: Top Five Portrait Tips

1. Observe and Connect with People
Take the time to notice someone's special qualities, observe how they react, and make an effort to authentically connect. People want to feel respected and appreciated. If you show an interest and help them feel more comfortable, they will respond to you and your camera.

2. Find the Light
One way to create flattering portraits is to shoot during the golden hours, generally the first hour and last hour of sun during the day. At these times, your subject can face the sun without squinting, because the light is diffuse and soft and it’s easy to capture a sparkle in the eye.

Avoid harsh overhead light by placing your subject in the soft light of open shade. Open shade can be found beneath a tree, under the porch of a house, in a doorway, under an umbrella, or in the shade of a building.

3. Control the Light
Get rid of shadows and liven up the catch light in your subject's eyes by bouncing light back onto them with a reflector. Whether it's a professional reflector, white board, or tin foil on a cookie sheet, reflecting light gives you more control over the light in your photo.

Soften the harsh light of mid-day sun by placing sheer white fabric, translucent paper, or a professional diffuser between your subject and the harsh light source.

4. Compose the Shot
Use a framing element to give your image context, depth, and lead the viewer's eye towards your subject. A tree branch, doorways, archways, windows – any open shape that surrounds your subject in the foreground of your scene will work.

5. Provide Feedback
When you’re having your picture taken, you can't see how you look, which makes some people very self-conscious. People need feedback from their photographer. Encouraging comments and direction really help your subjects loosen up in front of the lens.

From the Author: Sample Photos

Taken at ISO 200, f/4.0, 1/125 sec.
With a Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS lens.
(Click on photo to zoom) Taken at ISO 200, f/6.3, 1/250 sec.
With a Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS lens
(Click on photo to zoom) Taken at ISO 400, f/2.0, 1/320 sec.
With a Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 lens.
(Click on photo to zoom)

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CREATE AND CAPTURE MEANINGFUL MOMENTS

Every person has a story. Your photography can tell that story when you learn to connect with your subjects, observe them, use light and composition creatively, and take advantage of what your equipment offers. Erin Manning shows you how to blend photographic artistry and technology with your own artistic vision to capture the essence of each person you photograph. Group portraits, action shots, great images of babies and children — learn how to get them all.

Make your subjects comfortable and learn how to capture kids being "real"
Learn to study people and create a context for your photo
Find and control light to achieve the mood you seek
Choose backgrounds, clothing, props, and lighting for the perfect baby photo
Master camera techniques for freezing action

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B006198CJA
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wiley; 1st edition (October 28, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 28, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 26923 KB
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Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #3,183,939 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,822 in Portraits & Selfies
- #1,851 in Digital Photography (Kindle Store)
- #4,543 in Digital Photography (Books)

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Television viewers know Erin best as the photography expert and host of DIY Network’s Telly Award-winning TV series The Whole Picture. In addition to creating and hosting the syndicated Digital Photography 101 video series, she is the author of two photography books with Wiley and multiple online courses with Lynda.com and Creative Live. From her own line of educational photo-lighting products with FJ Westcott to lectures and workshops at sea with Crystal Cruises, she inspires her audience with creative ways to capture and share their stories.

Erin spent several years working as a commercial, portrait, and stock photographer, as well as completing a degree in Studio Art/Graphic Design from Loyola Marymount University. She is passionate about helping people understand photography and technology and is known for her clear, friendly teaching style. Find out more at erinmanning.com.

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Jeffery S. Herman

Excellent how-to manual on portrait photography.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 22, 2012

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I am extremely impressed with the author's approach to this difficult topic. It is written for the intermediate photographer who has basic camera skills and wishes to sharpen his portrait skills. The book takes an excellent approach. The author shows a great photograph, and then she walks you through the process she used to get it. Many books on this subject omit that part. She goes into the nuts and bolts, especially the use of reflectors to enhance natural-light photography. She shows the ideal portrait, then shows a "back away" shot so that you can see how she set it up. She gives the best description of the use of natural light I have ever seen, especially how to use indirect light from windows. She goes into detail about how to use various aperture settings to achieve different effects, depending on the intended message of the photograph. She does a very good job of describing how to create different moods with portrait photographs. Each photo lists the ISO, shutter speed, and aperture settings.

The book assumes you have a basic understanding of how to use your camera. It doesn't take you to the "professional" studio level of very elaborate and expensive equipment. For example, she shows how to use a Chinese lantern and a common shoplight to produce a great soft-lighting effect. She also shows how to use common fabrics as a diffuser to produce more pleasing tones and contrast. She was able to achieve lightbox effects with minimal expense, and gives details on how to do it. She even goes into detail on which bulbs from your hardware store will work and which won't, and why. I've never seen that in another book.

The book is definitely for the "pro-sumer," the proficient non-professional. The tips on using reflective surfaces is worth reading the book for. I've gotten many great ideas from this book. Very highly recommended.

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Fun to read, easy to understand and packed with relevant info

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 6, 2015

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I purchased this book to help me understand the basics of portrait photography and to improve how I use my DSLR when taking both candid and portrait shots. I'm an intermediate photographer, but just purchased a Nikon D3300 and wanted to use that camera to take my daughter's senior pictures with professional results. In addition I recently purchased Photoshop Elements 13 to edit the photos. (I've used both Adobe's Lightroom 4 and Corel's photo editing software, but find that for ease of use and performance with both a Mac and Windows 7 PC - PE13 works best for me.)

This book is geared towards teaching the beginner to the intermediate photographer. It literally gives you all the building blocks you need in informational bites that are easy to digest. The author offers insights and information in a way that is easy to understand without being condescending or overly simplified.

I found the Tips to be useful, in addition to the information underneath each photograph. The section related to photo editing with Photoshop Elements was a pleasant surprise; covering most of the basics. I also really liked all the photographs in this book as with each Assignment (lessons are broken down into Assignments...) photos literally help to illustrate the points outlined in the lesson. Nothing is too complicated and it's easy to use the book as a quick reference if needed.

I'm very pleased with this purchase and I will look into other books in the Photo Workshop series to increase my understanding of photography concepts, with an eye on improving my enjoyment of this hobby and producing better photographs.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 31, 2021

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This is one of the best books I've ever come across for the amateur photographer who is looking to improve their skills.

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Great introduction to portrait photography

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 9, 2014

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The breadth of content in this exceeded my expectation although I was already familiar with the "look" of the Wiley Photo workshop books. Starts with the basics of equipment, light, connecting with your subject and then moves into some practical considerations for composition, design elements. Large section gives great tips for capturing family groups, kids, babies and action shots and the book ends with postproduction hints. Exercises to try are at the end of the chapters and there are examples and hints on every page. Even found tips about photographing more elderly subjects which I have found hard to track down elsewhere.
This is a visually appealing workbook loaded with practical hints and information for those beginning their portrait photography. After an intial read, I have gained the confidence to approach someone and organise a portrait shoot.

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Daniel Lopez

Good read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 4, 2014

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I purchased this book before I began taking Photo classes and I read most of it. The book is very full of valuable information and tips on how to become a better photographer. If you like to read, buy this book. If you don't just download a video.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 19, 2013

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this book looks very interesting and helpful. I haven't gotten into it completely yet, but flipping through to the subjects to find info I am looking for has been great

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Jay

OK Read - if you are a newbie

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 11, 2013

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I did not have great expectations from this book but I can't think of one thing I learned from it. My proof that it is not such a good read is that after the 1st pass with the book I have never felt the need to use it again. Other photo books I have I re-read many times to refresh my memory or to try a different have of capturing a image. Not sorry I purchased the book and if you are new into photography not a bad book at all.

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Leni

Great book for beginners.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 6, 2013

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Great book for beginners.Has good step by step lessons. It showed me the basics. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn. Gives good pointers & how to do's. Easy read & easy end of the chapter lessons. I enjoyed it!

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Mark

Portrait and Candid Photography Photo Workshop

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 15, 2013

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Fab just what I was looking for. I will use to compliment my photography and to refer to
Easy to read and use

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A very good book for portraits

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 11, 2019

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I find this book amazing. It is giving me quite an insight into portrait photography. It has helped somewhat for candid photography witches is a greater interest to me. But I find book to help with portraits either way

Vacationista

Inspiring and practical!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 18, 2015

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Well written in plain language, making it easy to implement photography tips. The book inspires you to take better photos and the instructions are written more like a friend guiding you and offering practical advise vs a boring technical lecture. This book will encourage you to take photos right away as you move through the different chapters. Great book!

Far

Great Portraiture Guide

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 28, 2014

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Very good guide on portraiture like other books by Manning. You will learn a lot and keep in mind many of the tips in practice.

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