Jeff Smith's Guide to Head and Shoulders Portrait Photography

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INTRODUCTION ...

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Why Head and Shoulders Portraits Sell.. Creating Portraits by Design. It’s About Them, Not You. Meeting Your Clients’ Needs ...

T his is the tenth book I have written, and I think it is one of the most im- portant for the majority of photographers. Almost ...

It’s About Them, Not You. To design an effective, salable portrait you must understand many factors and make many decisions. The ...

If you don’t understand precisely what their expectations of the portrait are, you’ll never be able to meet those expectations. ...

The next session is ushered into the camera room. She’s a stunning twenty- two-year-old girl. She tells the photographer that sh ...

number one actually wanted an alluring portrait for her husband (that was her need) and was slightly embarrassed about telling t ...

brought what she had. Although there are no portraits that would be usable for a business card, she did like some of the images ...

While the images the photographer produced were of a professional quality, they didn’t fulfill her need or desire. Once again, n ...

clothing. For example, while talking with a client about her “sexy portrait,” she may comment that she doesn’t want to look slea ...

I am not a photographer who advocates buying a certain brand of equipment. I don’t take favors from any company in exchange for ...

there—especially when the economy brand dies right after the warranty expires. However, I also feel that if you buy the top-of-t ...

You’re in a creative profession, so think creatively! I was young and poor once, too, but I didn’t let the fact that I didn’t ha ...

white balance. In the studio this is easy: you simply set your white balance and make sure that your lighting is consistent in i ...

main-light was placed at a distance that was the full length of the string from the client. Then, I also marked with a red dot t ...

than you might have in the past. This will provide the narrower depth of field you want. The biggest problem with the depth of f ...

eye contact with another person; this is lacking when a subject looks at the cam- era or some point in the camera room. Even in ...