One Face Fifty Ways: The Portrait Photography Idea Book

190 Pages·2017·41.61 MB·English

by  Imogen Dyer

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ONE FACE
FIFTY WAYS
THE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY IDEAS BOOK
Imogen Dyer & Mark Wilkinson
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ISBN 978-1-78157-430-0
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CONTENTS
160
Introduction 7 TAKING YOUR SHOT
Picking your background
THEMES Bokeh
Try a themed photoshoot 18 Color matching
Street photography 20 Leading lines
Fake candids 22 Rule of thirds
Cinematic photography 24 Free lensing
Self-portrait 26 Shoot through glass
Shoot in the snow 29 Foreground frames
Film noir 33 Convert to black & white
Perfect portrait 34 Eyes
Mirror image 36
Shoot in a crowd 38 ANGLES
Shoot at 45 degrees
ACCESSORIZING Straight on
Use a prop 43 Get in close
Change your wardrobe 44 Unusual angles
Change the hairstyle 46 Shoot at a slant
Makeup matters 48
Little black dress 51 POSING
Strong
GEAR Vulnerable
Take a Polaroid 54 Expressions
Film 56 Hands
Low resolution 58 Profile
Choosing your lens 60
CHOOSING A FORMAT
LIGHT Portrait
Lighting the face 64 Landscape
CONTENTS
160
7 TAKING YOUR SHOT
Picking your background 84
Bokeh 88
Try a themed photoshoot 18 Color matching 90
Street photography 20 Leading lines 93
22 Rule of thirds 97
Cinematic photography 24 Free lensing 98
26 Shoot through glass 100
29 Foreground frames 102
33 Convert to black & white 104
34 Eyes 107
36
38 ANGLES
Shoot at 45 degrees 110
ACCESSORIZING Straight on 113
43 Get in close 114
Change your wardrobe 44 Unusual angles 117
Change the hairstyle 46 Shoot at a slant 118
48
51 POSING
Strong 122
Vulnerable 125
54 Expressions 126
56 Hands 128
58 Profile 131
Choosing your lens 60
CHOOSING A FORMAT
Portrait 134
64 Landscape 136