Photographing People: Portraits, Fashion, Glamor

by Roger Hicks, Frances Schultz

The best-selling lighting guide--now updated with even more photos and diagrams * 100 great photographs and the setups behind them
* Side- and plan-view diagrams for each photo
* Revised and expanded to include more pictures and the latest technology Now available revised and updated in paperback, the best-selling Photographing People is an inspiring and comprehensive showcase of exciting work from photographers around the world--and full explanations and diagrams of the lighting setups behind each picture. Portraits, fashion, and glamour photography are included here, all accompanied by detailed 3D diagrams plus expert explanations and advice on solving problems that might arise in similar situations. Helpful to beginners and professionals alike, this book is packed with inspiring photographs--and all the details needed to re-create the lighting and obtain remarkable results.

Genres: Photography, Reference

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Casper · Rating 2 out of 5]

The 3D scenes showing the exact setups are genius. Without them I would have no clue what the text is talking about. The wide selection of types of photos is also great. Other than that, there's not that much to write home about. The Dutch translation is really stilted, most of the text reads like fluff saying stuff like "the strong light is used to make the subject brighter". The book also barely talks about composition, it's almost only about light. It also has a lot of info about the types of film, which isn't useful at all. The book i have was published in 2010 and I don't think it was even useful then.

Lastly, the book pretends to be split in 3 chapters (portrait, fashion, glamour), but there isn't much of a difference in the types of pictures. There are closeup portrait photos in the fashion chapter, which make no sense. The glamour chapter has a couple of nudes and I guess that's it. All chapters also have 2 pages with explanation but this also all reads as fluff "communicate with the model", "you can use a ton of accessoires"...

I learned a lot about lighting setups definitely, but not much more than that.

[Marco · Rating 4 out of 5]

good explanations and technique tips