The Best of Family Portrait Photography: Professional Techniques and Images

Copyright\n......Page 3
Remembering......Page 4
Introduction......Page 6
About This Book......Page 8
Flatters the Subject......Page 10
The Artist’s Vision......Page 13
A Time Capsule......Page 14
The Expression......Page 15
Normal Lens......Page 16
Wide-Angle Lenses......Page 17
Optimum Shooting Apertures......Page 19
Shifting the Field of Focus......Page 20
Autofocus Technology......Page 22
Camera Height and Perspective......Page 23
Shutter Speed or Depth of Field?......Page 25
Black & White Film......Page 27
Metering......Page 29
Focal-Length Factors......Page 30
ISO Settings......Page 31
Evaluating Digital Exposures......Page 32
RAW......Page 33
JPEG......Page 35
Color Space......Page 36
White Balance......Page 37
The Many Advantages of Digital Capture......Page 38
4. POSING AND COMMUNICATION......Page 39
Head-and-Shoulders Axes......Page 40
Defining Levels Within a Group......Page 41
The Eyes and Communication......Page 42
Mouths and Eyes......Page 44
Posing Hands......Page 46
Three-Quarter and Full-Length Poses......Page 48
5. COMPOSITION AND DESIGN......Page 50
The Golden Mean......Page 51
Shapes......Page 54
Direction......Page 56
Subject Tone......Page 57
Tension and Balance......Page 61
6. CHILDREN......Page 62
Posing Kids......Page 66
Overstimulation......Page 72
Hands......Page 74
Three-Quarter and Full-Length Poses......Page 75
7. BUILDING GROUPS......Page 77
Posing Dialogue......Page 78
Coordinating Apparel......Page 79
Seating......Page 81
Start with Two......Page 83
Add a Third......Page 85
Adding a Forth......Page 87
Five on Up......Page 89
Obvious Things to Avoid......Page 90
Really Large Groups......Page 91
Linking Shapes......Page 93
Roundness......Page 95
Lighting Ratios......Page 96
Determining Lighting Ratios......Page 97
Lighting Ratios and Their Unique Personalities......Page 98
Finding Good Light......Page 99
The Best Light......Page 100
Reflectors......Page 101
Fill-In Flash......Page 102
Flash-Fill, Metering, and Exposure......Page 103
Problems Outdoors......Page 105
9. INDOOR LIGHTING......Page 108
Feathering......Page 109
Quartz-Halogen Lighting......Page 112
Window Light......Page 114
Exposure......Page 115
Fill-In Illumination......Page 116
Bounce Flash......Page 117
Lighting Large Groups with Bounce Flash......Page 118
The Photographers......Page 119
Glossary......Page 5
Index......Page 126
Other Books from Amherst Media\n......Page 128