Portrait and Candid Photography:
Photo Workshop by Erin Manning
Authoritative Instruction, Great Ideas For Portait And Candid Photography Indepth
The secret to taking great “people pictures” is to observe your subjects,
connect with them, and use your camera to its best advantage. Here’s how
to work with lighting, location, angle, composition, physical characteristics,
environment, and countless other variables, including the unique
challenges of photographing babies, group activities, and action. Learn to
capture facial expressions, tell a story with a series of candids, add interest
to large-group shots, and more. Apply these techniques and watch your
subjects come to life.
Personal Review: Portrait and Candid Photography: Photo
Workshop by Erin Manning
Strengths: Nice layout. Reads like a well instruction oriented lessons.
Good glossary and index. Good photos and screenshots. Good bold
highlighting of the number of the chapters and the titles on the top left

pages makes for easy access and shuffling through the pages you want to
find or browse. Good basic information about software and editors.
Weaknesses: If your require more information about photographic software
and editors Chapter 10 is a good start but you might want to use other
books to sharpen those skills.
Novice/Intermediate/Advanced
Rating: 5/5
Shooting portraits and candid photography is an art in itself. It is not just
luck and takes much preparation. But how do you learn how to make better
photos for portraits and candid shots whether for commercial, your
business or just of family? This book is a good place to start.
The author is Erin Manning, DIY Network host of The Whole Picture, who
encourages photographers to take outstanding photos of people. This
book represents the author's efforts to provide instruction in this area. She
helps readers gain the skills and confidence to successfully use the digital
camera as a tool to create and capture life's moments
The 10 chapters include in-depth instructions and information about
cameras, accessories, working with light, composing your pictures. I
particularly like how the author details the information by focusing more
concerning the using of your camera and using to its best advantage. Of
course the technology and the basics are introduced. But what is even
nicer, the reader can better learn to develop their artistic eye, using
techniques that will help prepare for actual photography. Action shots are
also covered. The last chapter 10, also includes some information about
enhancing and sharing your photos (even includes information about using
Picasa (Google) and iPhoto (Apple), Windows software , Adobe's
Photoshop Elements and more.
Working with lighting, location, angle, composition, physical
characteristics, environment, and more , including the unique challenges
of photographing babies, group activities, and action, are covered with
insightful instructions. Every one of the ten chapter ends with an
assignment that readers are encouraged to complete. Users can even
upload their best image to [...] to
Conclusions
It is rare for a book to clearly show the photographer camera user how to
study your subjects in their natural habitat. There are great ideas within
this book which related to observing, reacting and interacting with your
subjects and how make the photos come "alive". The techniques for
improving photos of babies and children are very interesting and well done.
Learning to capture facial expressions and learning how to tell a story with

a series of candid photos is also included. There is a nice section
concerning how to add interest to large-group shots.
If you are looking for a great instructional manual that focuses on
techniques for portraits and candid shots, this is a great book. The fact that
the instruction is teaching tips and information are performed in several
ways other then reading the tests give you a better idea of how to take
better photographs. I recommend this book highly.
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