Portraits and Figures: Developing Style in Creative Photography

by Terry Hope

No wonder black and white photography is more popular than ever, as photographers see its capacity for expressing personal style with simplicity and subtlety. Take your cues from 19 photographers recognized internationally for their b/w creations. They show and tell both their art and their technique, with galleries of their work accompanied by explanations of how they did it. You'll begin with how to master the rules, then how to bend them for particular effects. Then discover their many uses of lighting, composition, posing, and presentation, as well as their approaches to mood, style, and effect. Candid and posed portraits, figures, and group studies display a variety of faces and profiles of all ages, and full and partial figures in both closeups and landscapes offer a treasury of ideas, regardless of the equipment you use.

Genres: Photography

142 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2000

Reviews

[Brandalyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting read. I find it is helpful to look at other people's photography to see what makes their photos good. This book showed a picture on each page with a description and some of the thought that went into taking the picture. It also included a lot of techniques for developing photos, which I didn't really need, but it's amazing how much work can go into make one shot look the way it does. This was also exclusively about black and white photography, which added a different element to it.