The Portrait Book

Professional photographers will increase the marketability of their images and achieve success with these tips for creating and marketing beautiful and unique portraits. With interviews from the visual editor of The New Yorker, Elisabeth Biondi; the Vibe magazine director of photography, George Pitts; and Susan White, director of photography for Vanity Fair, this book includes information that will help any photographer put his or her finger on the pulse of the editorial market's needs. Information on cameras; how to use filters for both color and black and white film; lighting and exposure; and strobes, light meters, contrast ratios, lighting ratios, and other techniques for controlling exposure round out this portraiture reference.