- ISBN13: 9781584281702
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Combining two disciplines—posing and wedding portraiture—this professional resource helps photographers create flattering poses to build the best possible portraits and highest possible sales. Photographers are taught how to position the head, shoulders, torso, arms, hands, legs, and feet to correct figure flaws, make a client feel relaxed, and evoke a dynamic image that tells a story or defines a relationship. The challenges of shooting on location are addresse… More >>
Professional Posing Techniques for Wedding and Portrait Photographers
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#1 by Nicole G. Richardson on March 25, 2010 - 4:36 am
Don’t waste your money on this. I returned it immediately. The poses are cheesy and there was a lot of repetition in the ideas.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by Jennifer on March 25, 2010 - 4:43 am
This book did not have the creative and interesting posing techniques I had hoped for. Outdated is the best word I can think of to describe this book.
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by Abner Santiago on March 25, 2010 - 5:41 am
Sample pictures do not have a clear description of which poses are good or bad. You have to read text which is usually in different pages to determine the expalantion of the poses.
Writer is not clear in his explanations and is hard to follow.
I will not buy any other books by this author.
Rating: 1 / 5
#4 by Brandon on March 25, 2010 - 6:14 am
Sorry, I was hoping to find a constructive or gentle way to title my review. However, I just can’t. The photography in this book is bad (frequently bad light, bad subjects, horrible backgrounds) and the posing of the subjects is frequently laughable for what is supposed to be a ‘good’ pose. Plus, the organization of the book is terrible. For what is supposed to be an educational book, these shortcomings take it from sub-average to unacceptable. What a waste of money – I bought the book in a hurry in a camera shop. Never again. FLUUUUSH – that’s the sound the toilet made with my $35USD.
DO NOT buy this book.
Amherst would be so much stronger a house if their titles were CONSISTENT – some books are good, but so much garbage. Can’t trust ‘em, may as well not pay for it. Find a good website or blog and learn it for free.
Rating: 1 / 5
#5 by Richard Albeck on March 25, 2010 - 8:09 am
I like this book alot. I keep going back to it. It’s about posing your subjects and not about using the camera to take the pictures or shooting in exotic locations. It gives lots of good series of examples with young people. That’s where the money is at in Weddings. Lots of hands,feet, body, and head posing examples. It’s good to see both examples and instructive explanations. Also has side by side examples of two subjects right/wrong. Also sitting, standing, groups, brides. I’d say it’s a “technical” book that I appreciate. Too many Wedding books are just a lot of wedding photos without much “how to” and are useless. This one really helps! I made my assistant read it! 122 pages of good solid info if you take the time to study and assimilate it into your ingrained routine. It’s as good as Jeff Smith’s “Posing for Portrait Photography” book and that’s a great book.
Rating: 5 / 5