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Forget Mugshots: 10 Steps to Better Portraits (New eBook)

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 12:06 AM PDT

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Forget Mugshots: 10 Steps to Better Portraits by David duChemin was released today and aims to help you take your portrait photography to the professional level. The author tried to pick the ten most significant factors that, combined, contribute to making powerful portraits. With valuable insights and many exercises to retain the information, it is a great training resource.
It can be found here: Forget Mugshots – 10 Steps to Better Portraits
A snapshot is a photograph of something, but a portrait is a photograph about something, or someone. It says more than, this is what so and so looks like; it dares to say, this is what they are like. It's descriptive, and limited, for sure. No portrait presumes to say, this is the whole person. But it should show us something of that person.
How we accomplish that revelation depends on how well we know the subject and how well we know our craft. It can happen in a glance when the subject forgets, or gets bored with, the photographer, or it can happen as a result of the interaction between photographer and subject.

Topics Covered:

Introduction
Relating to the Subject
Creative Exercise: Building trust
Waiting for the Right Moment
Creative Exercise: Waiting for the subject to relax
Using the “Right” Lens
Creative Exercise: Trying other focal lengths
Using More than one Frame
Creative Exercise: Multiple frames to show expressions
Understanding the Smile

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Creative Exercise: Studying smiles
Watching the Eyes
Creative Exercise: Understanding catchlights in the eyes
Playing with Lighting
Creative Exercise: Using 5-in-1 reflector discs
Controlling the Background
Creative Exercise: Backgrounds that contribute
Get Level, Point of View
Creative Exercise: Portraits from various levels
Pose Carefully
Creative Exercise: Effectively directing a subject
Conclusion

duChemin says, “There is much more to making great portraits than a step-by-step guide. Portraits are about people. In the case of photographic portraits, it's often about two people: the photographer and the subject. It's a collaborative thing and it's worth the time to do it slowly, intentionally, and as foremost a relational process, with an aesthetic destination. Only then are the mechanics and techniques worth pursuing, I think.”

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Discounted for Release:

For the first five days only, if you use the promotional code MUGSHOTS4 when you checkout, you can have Forget Mugshots: 10 Steps to Better Portraits for only $4 OR use the code MUGSHOTS20 to get 20% off when you buy 5 or more ebooks from the Craft & Vision collection. These codes expire at 11:59pm (PST) March 17, 2012.
It can be found here: Forget Mugshots – 10 Steps to Better Portraits

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