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Portrait Photography: Secrets of Posing and Lighting (Lark Photography Book): Secrets of Posing and Lighting (Lark Photography Book (Paperback)) | 
| Author: Mark Cleghorn
Publisher: Lark Books,U.S.
Category: Book
List Price: £21.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 51306
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 157990548X
Dewey Decimal Number: 778.92
UPC: 661741005480
EAN: 9781579905484
ASIN: 157990548X
Publication Date: April 1, 2004
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not perfect, but worth 4.5 stars anyway February 25, 2008
Had this book for a while now, I quite like this book. It is illustrated with modern images, includes posing and lighting tips on men, women and children.
It is not a hard core technical posing and lighting manual, it does not have lighting diagrams. It is probably more of an ideas and tips book than a book you would study. I find it quite enjoyable to just flick through the pages and pick up ideas from it.
One minor criticism of this book is I think some of the explanations are not completely accurate. eg "A gobo (a patterned stencil-like sheet of acetate) is attached to the front of a spot light. Because the light from the spot is focused by passing through glass elements, the pattern on the gobo is projected onto the background or subject" What?! As far as I know, gobo is just short for "go between" and is anything placed in the path of the light to modify it eg some cards, diffuser or something.
 Excellent September 6, 2006
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is an excellent guide to portrait photography. I've bought several books and I wish I'd seen this book first.
Only a small proportion of the book is about posing but what there is is very useful. The photos generally have a very contempory feel to them.
Most of the book is about studio lighting and is well written and illustrated.
Two very minor criticisms - the book is peppered with annoying typos that disrupt the flow and diagrams showing the lighting for each picture would have been useful. But overall the book is excellent so these don't matter very much.
All in all, highly recommended.
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