The Portrait Photography Course Principles, practice, and techniques: The essential guide for photographers

by Jenkinson, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780321766663
• ISBN10: 0321766660
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-28
• Publisher: Peachpit Press

Summary

The ability to create an effective portrait is probably the single most important skill any aspiring photographer must master. Few professional photographers, whatever their area of specialization, can hope to have a successful career without ever being called upon to create a likeness of another person. Presented and written by leading portrait photographer, Mark Jenkinson, and serving as a practical self-teaching course, The Portrait Photography Courseoffers a series of tutorials and assignments designed to build a beginning portrait photographer's experience, and get him or her started on a rewarding career. The course covers every aspect of studio and location work in detail, from establishing mood and personality to lighting-scheme diagrams, equipment options, and digital retouching.

Author Biography

Mark Jenkinson, has been a professional photographer and instructor for over 25 years, has had his work appear in virtually every major magazine in the world, including Fortune, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Der Stern, and Playboy, to name a few. Mark also works on personal fine-art projects and teaches photography at New York University’s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction: What is the Purpose of a Portrait?
Tutorial: What is a portrait? Assignments
Chapter 1: Choosing and Using Equipment
TUTORIAL: Cameras
TUTORIAL: Other gear
TUTORIAL: Keep it simple for now-Lighting
TUTORIAL: Reflectors and silks
TUTORIAL: Focal length tutorial: Lighting an environment Assignment: Headshot
Chapter 2: Making Choices
TUTORIAL : Composition
TUTORIAL : Framing
TUTORIAL : Props and objects
TUTORIAL : Cropping in camera
TUTORIAL : Wardrobe
TUTORIAL : Color vs black and white
Chapter 3: Computer Basics
TUTORIAL : Systems and software
TUTORIAL : Capture formats
TUTORIAL : Lightroom
TUTORIAL : Simple Photoshop skills to make people look better
TUTORIAL : Learn from a master
Chapter 4: Intermediate Lighting-Studio
TUTORIAL : Lighting kits and solutions
TUTORIAL : Principles of source size
TUTORIAL : Light Modifiers
TUTORIAL : Three-point lighting-a brief history and primer
TUTORIAL : Lighting and posing for the face that's in front of the camera
TUTORIAL : Conventions and cues-The meaning of light Assignment
Chapter 5: Case Studies: Approaches to Portraiture Portfolios and Interviews Assignment
Chapter 6: Working on Location
TUTORIAL : Pre-product ion and planning
TUTORIAL : Lighting on location Assignment
Chapter 7: Establishing a Visual Identity and Voice
TUTORIAL : Beyond the "great shot"-the coherent visual statement
TUTORIAL : Advanced concepts in lighting Assignment
Index and Credits