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ISBN: 158428045X

ISBN13: 9781584280453

Professional Secrets of Natural Light Portrait Photography

Name: Professional Secrets of Natural Light Portrait Photography
Item: Professional Secrets of Natural Light Portrait Photography
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By Douglas Allen Box

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Book Overview

Natural light portraiture is fast becoming a popular style of photography. Photographers and clients appreciate the understated, low-maintenance shoots and the spontaneous, casual quality of the photos. Featuring images shot on location, in clients' homes, and in the studio, the author teaches how to use the unique qualities of direct sun, window light, porch light, shade, and the light at sunrise and sunset to create flattering, natural-looking portraits. Photographers will learn how to select the right setting, equipment, backdrop, and props, as well as how to control the This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:158428045X

ISBN13:9781584280453

Release Date:March 2000

Publisher:Amherst Media

Length:128 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"

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Professional Secrets of Natural Light Portrait Photography

By Thriftbooks.com User, March 14, 2006

It is very easy to read. There are samples of good and bad shots (actually I wish there were more). The reading is simple, to the point, I especially like the tips in bold and highlighted in yellow so you can't miss it.

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Taught This Old Dog Some New Tricks!

By Thriftbooks.com User, January 5, 2006

Different people learn in different ways. Some are "theoretical" learners -- they get a training manual or instruction book, and read it from cover to cover before ever trying out any of the information they have gleaned. In a way I envy them. However I am a "practical" learner. When I taught myself to program in the C programming language, I had my hands on the computer with the very first page, where I was taught how to...

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View for the professional photographer

By Thriftbooks.com User, April 8, 2003

As a professional wedding (PPA), and landscape photographer, I found this book to be almost as useful as a $700 seminar with the author. You save $680 plus lodging and travel. The book is an easy read, yet it does not dummy down. Well illustrated lighting diagrams for each lession, it moves directly to instruction, no fat, no sugar. The personality of the book is very friendly. I will retain and use each lession described...

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#1 Natural Light Photography Book

By Thriftbooks.com User, December 24, 2001

I have a number of photography lighting books and this is the very best natural light book I have ever read. Sometimes photography book authors will go from one extreme of only explaining the laws of physics in lighting without explaining practical application to the other extreme of showing images with very little explanation. Doug's book is easy to understand and concise, professional, and yet makes the instruction achievable...

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Great Resource

By Thriftbooks.com User, November 15, 2001

I highly recommend this book - I've been looking for a guide/resource like this for years. "Professional Secrets of Natural Light Portrait Photography" is well written, very comprehensive, and supports the written words with excellent photos and diagrams. I'm a serious amateur photographer - both of friends and family and for travel/vacation - and have won a number of awards for my photos. I find that more and more of...

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