Jeff Smith. Posing Techniques for Location Portrait Photography. 2008

ple within the group, increases in importance with the number of people in the group. It is possible to create an appealing port ...

trasting colors or tones, the family members (especially the mothers) often feel like the babies are lost in the overall groupin ...

length? In a portrait of a single person you can easily go from a head-and- shoulders to a full-length image without changing th ...

are arranged so that they create a line that slopes across the frame. This is very effective in small groups like sisters, broth ...

Head Height and Proximity.The correct facial height and proximity de- pends on the number of people in the group and how large o ...

8-megapixel camera. A group of ten people requires a camera with a higher resolution to achieve a similar clarity and perceived ...

I had planned to finish this book at the end of the previous chapter, but I received an e-mail that made me think that maybe one ...

People call your business because of exposure that you have paid for (ad- vertising) or exposure to the many other parts of your ...

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cheesy ads and marketing pieces going out to clients, despite the fact that the studio location, photographer’s experience, and ...

site to create portraits to use in a book, there was no problem with getting the okay. The house, the session, and the senior gi ...

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through windows. These businesses define their market and let those who see their advertising know what to expect. This reduces ...

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dress in a suit in winter, a shirt and tie in summer, and a nice pair of khakis and a shirt for typical outdoor sessions. Addi- ...

the problems this creates—and how much these types of corrections usually cost the client. This is also a good time to discuss s ...

unique style that is visible when you look at their work. No matter how the makeup artist does it, the makeup they create will b ...

When it comes to clients, the root of virtually every problem is a lack of communication. You didn’t know something about your c ...

I wanted to finish this book by taking you through a session from start to finish. Often, I look at photog- rapher’s display ima ...