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HomeShop at BookSurgeBiblesNew International Reader's VersionThe Portrait Photographers Posing Guide: How to pose people for portraits |
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14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Good little book Jul 11, 2008
By A. Lee
The Portrait Photographers Posing Guide by Nigel Holmes is a little gem of a book (122 pages, about 5"x8") for novice portrait photographers.
It includes posing suggestions for groups, families, couples, individuals, men, women, children, and babies. It includes poses that are formal and informal. It includes suggestions for problem areas (for example, big chins, reflections off glasses) and for posing hands (10 pages!). What I really like is the four easy steps to create a head and shoulders portrait.
At the end of the book is a section with more poses:
- ideas for men (13 poses)
- ideas for women (27 poses)
- ideas for mother and children (3 poses)
- ideas for families (3 poses)
- ideas for couples (20 poses)
The book focuses on posing and does not address other portrait topics like equipment or lighting.
A book on posing but contains no photographs? That's right! All the illustrations are cartoons, and the cartoons work surprisingly well.
Criticisms (for which I deducted one star): The book is self-published and shows it. There is no table of contents. The index is poor (for example, the topic of "noses" is found at the entry "A Good Nose"). There are no chapters. There is no apparent organization.
I like this book better than professionally-published books (such as "Master Posing Guide for Portrait Photographers" by J.D. Wacker, 8.5"x11", beautiful color portaits throughout--a book I also own) because this book is simple, easy to grasp, and states specific things to do.
The book does not provide information about the author. Based on the fact that the publisher is "Nigel Holmes Enterprises" in England, he is probably a British glamor photographer, not to be confused with another Brit with the same name who is a graphic designer.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Informative and easy to read May 03, 2008
By R. Lewis
This is a marvelous little book. I wanted to do some portrait photography but didn't know where to start. After reading this well written and well ilustrated book I was given a huge amount of information.
If you want to know how to pose people either individually or in groups this book will give you an enormous amount of information in a short time.
Buy it it's worth a read.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Great for the beginner Nov 05, 2007
By Robert Knecht
The book doesn't get into advance posing details, but is great for the beginning photographer who has no idea how to pose. It's also a very easy read.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Great Addition to Your Camera Bag Mar 17, 2008
By Johnny Photo
Want a handy little guide to help with posing? This one fills the bill. Through the use of cartoon drawings, principles are simplified to help the beginner, or remind the more experienced photographer. The bottom line is that this book is small and simplified enough to go with you and use on the fly.
If you want to go to the next step, I recommend Jeff Smith's book, Posing Techniques for Location Portrait Photography.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Easy to read Aug 07, 2007
By P. Brunotte
Great helpful little book . great for photographers with no experience
in posing people....Good to have handy...
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