52 Assignments: Portrait Photography - Brian Lloyd Duckett

52 Assignments: Portrait Photography

Buch | Hardcover
128 Seiten
2023
Ammonite Press (Verlag)
978-1-78145-479-4 (ISBN)
16,20 inkl. MwSt
52 Assignments: Portrait Photography is a year’s worth of inspiring weekly assignments to kick-start your creativity.



This book is a mission brief, a portfolio of photographic workshops, a personalised journal and an inspirational guide to putting the creativity back into your craft. It is filled with a year’s worth of weekly commissions and concepts for conceiving and composing powerful and dynamic portrait photographs.



Full of technical advice and professional tips, the book includes space for you to add your own notes, lists and tech specs, allowing you to create a unique journal in which you can record the journey you have made with your imagination. Complete the assignments week by week over the course of a year, or dip in every time you need to bring a new concept or creative approach to your portrait photography.



From children’s portraits, business headshots and street portraits to selfies, abstract shots and fashion portraits, this book is a guide for readers to learn something new or try something innovative with their existing skills within the dynamic and characterful world of portrait photography.

Brian Lloyd Duckett is the Principal and Course Tutor at Streetsnappers, a specialist in street photography workshops and tutorials in London and cities across Europe. A highly successful commercial and editorial photographer, he teaches as a Visiting Lecturer on photography degree courses. He has worked for many leading newspapers and commercial organizations, but his hobby and passion is street photography. He is the author of Mastering Street Photography, 52 Assignments: Street Photography and 52 Assignments: Black & White Photography (Ammonite Press). Brian is based in Merseyside, England.

Introduction 6



The Bright Ones 8

Environmental Portrait 10

Capture a Family Moment 12

Get Abstract 14

Reflected Glory 16

Just One Light 18

Give Us a Clue 20

The Selfie 22

Street Life 26

Pet Portrait 28

The Young Ones 30

The High Life 32

You’re the Business 34

Pride and Joy 36

Framed 40

Take Cover 42

Rebel With a Cause 44

City Limits 46

Don’t Look Now 48

Off With Their Heads 50

Be Bailey 52

The Humans of . . . 54

Softly Does It 56

The Sportrait 58

Up the Workers 60

A Bigger Picture 62

Short—Medium—Long 66

Set Up a Home Studio 70

All Dressed Up 72

Gildenesque 74

Your Friend¬—the Model 76

Dark Is the Night 78

Make Friends With Your Meter 80

Back to Basics 84

Do Your Bit 86

Get Passionate 90

Portrait of an Artist 94

Mono Magic 96

Handy Work 98

The Great Outdoors 100

Headline Act 102

Character Study 104

Make It Pay 106

Love is the Drug 108

Angle-Poise 110

Bokeh-Licious 112

House Style 114

Contre-Jour Lighting 116

Use a Prop 118

Zoom In for Impact 120

Hit the Low Notes 124



Index 126

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie 52 Assignments
Zusatzinfo 75 Halftones, color
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 210 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Fotokunst
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Fotografieren / Filmen
ISBN-10 1-78145-479-5 / 1781454795
ISBN-13 978-1-78145-479-4 / 9781781454794
Zustand Neuware
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