Strobist Photo Trade Secrets, Volume 2 (eBook)

This is the eBook version of the printed book.Learning to light portraits is simple and fun, thanks to these 25 inspiring microlessons, which include images from contributors to Strobist.com, the Web site of photo lighting guru David Hobby.On the reverse side of each amazing photo you'll find a lighting diagram and helpful tips. Tear out individual cards and take them with you for quick reference on your next shoot!This collection of images delivers a fresh and easy way to learn photography thanks to the included location and studio lighting diagrams along with photo lighting tips on every card. Printed in an easily portable, postcard-style format, the book can quickly drop into a camera bag—or, with the perforated pages, readers can pull out individual cards with images and diagrams to take with them on their shoot.Edited by Zeke Kamm of Nice Photography magazine, readers can be sure these cards will help them raise their game—and entertain them, too! Quickly find creative inspiration and learn inventive, professional photography techniques.It's all right here in a format aimed specifically at helping users improve their photography skills. And with its advantage of ease and portability, this friendly collection of incredible images and insights need never be more than arm's length away.

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Strobist Photo Trade Secrets volumes 1 and 2 are all about giving you the inspiration and tools to help make your photographs the best they can be. It doesn't take hundreds of pages of instructions or piles of complicated theories to take great photographs. Photo Trade Secrets use microlessons-each with a simple-to-understand diagram, tips, and a clear description accompanying an inspiring image-so you can spend less time reading and more time shooting. Photo Trade Secrets postcard books are high-quality trade paperbacks, with perforated pages of thick card stock-so you can simply tear them out and take individual microlessons with you when you shoot. Whether you duplicate the photos in the book or use the techniques as a takeoff point for creating your own dynamic family photos, killer commercial shots, or eyecatching masterworks, you'll find Photo Trade Secrets to be the fastest, most fun and effective way to take your photography to the next level. Grab your Photo Trade Secrets and get out there and shoot!