The Enthusiast's Guide to Portraiture

If you’re a passionate photographer and you’re ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast’s Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you’re diving head-first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast’s Guides are designed to help you quickly master a topic or subject you want to learn more about. These handy books don’t waste your time covering all the photography basics you already know. Instead, they build on that knowledge so you can quickly advance your photography skills.

The Enthusiast’s Guide to Portraiture: 50 Photographic Principles You Need to Know addresses everything you need to know in order to create great portraits in natural light. Chapters are broken down into a series of numbered lessons, with each lesson providing all the information you need to improve your photography. Divided into eight chapters that include 50 photography lessons to help you shoot great portraits, photographer and author Jerod Foster covers equipment, setup, light, composition, posing, color, storytelling, and post-processing. Example lessons include:

Choosing a Lens and Focal Length
Minimum Sustaining Shutter Speed
The Three Degrees of Diffusion
Modifying Natural Light
Framing Your Subject
Composing for Design
The Nose and Cheek Line
Working with Groups
Letting Color Direct the Eye
Content Over Technique
Creating Shot Lists

Written in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast’s Guide to Portraiture is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one topic at a time. With either approach, you’ll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.