National Geographic Photography Field Guide: People and Portraits

National Geographic Photography Field Guide

by National Geographic Society, Peter K. Burian

An authoritative instructional guide shows readers the best angles, lighting, and lenses to capture candid photos and portraits of family, friends, and everyone else, showing how to organize a family portrait, portray a person's true character on film, and much more, and featuring simple instructions for all levels of photographers. Original.

Genres: Photography

160 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2002

About the author

The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world.
Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical conservation, and the study of world culture and history. The National Geographic Society's logo is a yellow portrait frame—rectangular in shape—which appears on the margins surrounding the front covers of its magazines and as its television channel logo. Through National Geographic Partners (a joint venture with The Walt Disney Company), the Society operates the magazine, TV channels, a website, worldwide events, and other media operations.

Reviews

[Laure "Voop" · Rating 1 out of 5]

The title was a misnomer - the book focused only how to photograph people from afar, not how to take the kind of portrait that is shown on the cover.