Product Description
Wedding photography is one of the biggest markets in professional photography, and one of the most challenging. Detailing every aspect of wedding photography, from the prewedding consultations to techniques for nonobtrusive coverage of the ceremony, this book serves as a guide through portraiture of the bride in the studio, the couple, the ceremony, the wedding party, and the newlyweds’ families. Written for both professionals and amateurs looking for creative ways … More >>
Wedding Photography: Creative Techniques for Lighting and Posing, Second Edition
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#1 by Anonymous on April 8, 2010 - 6:30 am
This has it all , great diagrams, and great reading, I would like more please.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Israel on April 8, 2010 - 7:33 am
Good book. However, it can be a lot better.
Pros: Good recommendation on posing and lighting. He also talks about things you have to look for when shooting a wedding. He provides you a list of all the important shoots you must take for a wedding.
Cons: Today you may find this book out of date. He talks about film photography and shooting Polaroid’s to make sure the image is in correct exposure.
There are some pictures that are great samples and other ones that are terrible and embarrassing to show it on a photo book. there are some recommendations that I don’t I agree with. For example he recommends using 1000 ISO. if so, pictures will look grainy in film and high color noise in digital. He recommends no to shoot with flash at churches even if they let you use a flash. NO WAY!!. His sample pictures looks grainy and terrible because he didn’t use a flash.
The bottom line is:
Intermediate and professionals may want to avoid this one.
Beginners good to have it for posing recommendations, lighting, and a shooting list.
Rating: 2 / 5
#3 by tommy leong on April 8, 2010 - 7:42 am
This book is GREAT START for those who are beginning to learn lighting and only lighting….several good pictures and mostly great diagrams on lighting setup are in the book.
HOWEVER if you are seeking to be inspired by the book for great ideas and poses then you are better off looking for something else…..such glaring mistake with pose like page36 with very odd looking groom position / disjointed look and shadows cast by the groom on the bridal gown would simply be considered as NG for most photographers( but it made it to the book )
also the very odd hand poses of the bride , making her look contoured
OVERALL, still a very good start for lighting but dont stop here,
get other books to complement this
Rating: 3 / 5
#4 by Anonymous on April 8, 2010 - 9:20 am
A great book for the beginner to the advanced enthusiast. The diagrams are easy to understand and I’m sure they will help me greatly in my upcoming weddings.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by JOHN ANDREW VALVERDE on April 8, 2010 - 10:33 am
Many of the photgraphs in this book are good, with several that are great!! by studying these photos it is easy to devolop a style that is all your own, using the photograps as a guide. The text read well, and the diagrams are really clear. I would recomend this book to anyone who wants to get a start in wedding photograpy. The only mistake I found in the book is on page 36 where the groom looks like a bunny rabbit! I loved the book completly, and thought it was a nice suppliment to my text books from school.
Rating: 4 / 5