Portrait Photography eBook | Forget Mugshots, Make Stronger Portraits by David duChemin

© 2012 Craft and Vision | eBook | Forget Mugshots, 10 Steps to Better Portraits by David duChemin

Forget Mugshots, 10 Steps To Better Portraits is for every photographer who’s ever wanted to make stronger photographs of people. Written by David duChemin, a photographer whose living and calling for the last 6 years has been creating compelling portraits and people photographs for clients all over the globe, if he could tell you only 10 things to immediately improve your images, these 10 steps or concepts would be at the very top of the list.

This 35-spread PDF eBook discusses the value of waiting for that great moment (and how to make sure you don’t miss it), how a true smile differs from a fake one, and other solid insights that are guaranteed to give you tangible ideas to make the most of your next portrait shoot. Combining these steps with Portrait Profiles and Creative Exercises, Forget Mugshots will help you photograph real people in the real world, leveraging the techniques and best practices that have made David’s portraits known around the world. | Craft and Vision

This is the latest eBook from Craft and Vision written by David duChemin, but please keep in mind that this eBook will never guarantee you to take a better portrait if you don’t have one of the most important skill in portraiture photography which is relational skill. So if you consider yourself as a shy person, then maybe portrait photography is not for you and this eBook is not for you. Yes the most important skills in portrait photography is relational skill, unless you take some kind of a candid picture of a person on the street like street photography, then you really don’t need to interact with your subject, otherwise it is not called candid photography but to those of you who wanted to take a better, stronger portrait, then you might found some of the information in this eBook to be helpful.

Among the steps that you will learn from this eBook is how to play with the light, how to control the background and how to use the right lens among others, there are 10 steps to better portraits in this eBook, but still the most important skills is relational skill, you need to communicate well with the person you photograph, don’t rush, take some time to interact with your subject, wait for the right moment. No matter how good you are with your camera skills, you still need to learn how to communicate well with your subject, put them at ease before you begin to take your first shot.

This is eBook is also great introduction to those who just found an interest in portrait photography, hopefully it will shed some light about portrait photography. If you feel unease to talk to a stranger to take their photograph, maybe you can use some informations in this eBook to photograph your family members and once you become more comfortable taking portrait of your family members, friends and later on when you have a chance to travel abroad, you will be much more comfortable taking picture of a stranger and take them better because you have all the necessary recipe for great portrait photography.

*Forget Mugshots, 10 Steps to Better Portrait now available at  Craft and Vision