Photographing People Like A Pro: A Guide to Digital Portrait Photography

by Rod Edwards

Provides practical tips for enhancing the quality of photographs by improving the picture-taking technique, including how to adjust for lighting and how to convey mood and style in the photographs.

Genres: Photography

144 pages, Paperback

First published October 31, 2008

Reviews

[Richard · Rating 3 out of 5]

There some nice pictures here, but it's really more a portfolio than a how-to manual. Each page has one of the author's photos and an explanation of how it was shot. But we don't get a diagram of the lighting setup, nor see any of the other images from the session that lead to the creation of the final image. There is an attempt to categorise each page into a list of principles to follow but this doesn't really work. It's interesting, but not a book you will want to keep as a reference. At the end there is a photoshop how-to. It's only useful if you're a photoshop beginner, but it shows the author can write a tutorial, so I wonder why he didn't do this for the photography. (I suspect because he wanted to show off as many of his images as possible, rather than dedicating multiple pages to creating a single image)

[Maui Rochell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I finally got to finish this book after 3 years! :O This was sitting on my virtual bookshelf that long! But for someone who doesn't want to leave a book unfinished, I finally got the time to read this through and learn photography by the books (I've always been an experimental kind in terms of doing photography) so reading through this helped me to learn the fundamentals of photography!

[Roy McDine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clearly written and excellent tips throughout - something for all levels of photographers.

[Dani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun reading, big pretty portrait on one page, and simple recommendations, guidelines, and tips on the opposite page. It reads like a giant photo magazine. I guess it's better that it's simple and lets the photos do the talking. A bit too much emphasis on post processing in photoshop, and not a lot about lighting either. Every page has a photoshop suggestion/tip, plus a special section for photoshop in the end. Many photos also shot in medium format. Must be nice to have that kind of equipment!

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would have liked to get more in depth information instead of broad sweeping ideas. Good read though, beautiful pictures.