Monte Zucker's Portrait Photography Handbook | 
 enlarge | Author: Monte Zucker
Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc.
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 1584282134
Dewey Decimal Number: 778
EAN: 9781584282136
ASIN: 1584282134
Publication Date: September 1, 2007
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Product Description
Master of portraiture Monte Zucker presents page after page of essential photographic lessons to enable photographers to achieve and exceed their financial and artistic goals. Providing instructions on how to conduct a well-crafted client consultation, readers will learn which angles of the face to photograph, how to pose the body, where to place the camera, and the proper positioning of lighting equipment in order to cultivate an emotional connection with clients to produce an ideal image. Chapters with expert advice on digital imaging cleanup and finishing techniques, clothing and makeup selection, and location and studio backdrop options to reinforce portrait concepts are also included.
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 Pretty Dissapointing October 8, 2008
While there are a few really good basic posing tips in this book, they're just that.... basic. Nothing in this book stands out as better than average. Most of the pictures look like they were taken at Sears in the early 90s.
I've learned more from spending a few weeks analyzing pictures and reading the forums over at flickr.com than I did from reading this book.
I'm not saying this book is a complete wash because some people might find it helpful. I didn't.
 Portrait Photography Handbook (Monte Zucker) October 6, 2008
I recommend this book to amateur photographers as well as professionals. It serves as good reading and educational material, or just to have on hand as a refresher.
Keith Capsuto
Zucker's portrait photography handbook review October 3, 2008
It's definitely a good read. I've read plenty of portrait photography books and this one says much of the same things, but has concisely spelled it out and made it very easy to read and understand. The last few pages also has a recap of everything he goes over and things to avoid. Good book; I'd recommend it.
 Not as Good as You Might Expect from Monte October 3, 2008
Because it was written by Monte, I really wanted to love this book, but in the end it is just a so-so introduction to portrait photography.
There are a few useful tips, and many excellent example photos, all reproduced in Amherst Media's characteristically excellent quality, but there really isn't a lot of information here.
The book is 128 pages, but because of the space the example photos take up and because it is sparsely typeset in relatively large print, the actual content is about what would typically fit in a 40 page book. This would be a real rip-off at the list price, but not quite so bad at Amazon's discount price.
The photo captions are simply a rehash of a line or two from the main text (which sometimes appear to be randomly selected). There is no exposure or other EXIF data included in the photo captions, which would have aided in understanding his use of lenses and aperture. There are no formal lighting diagrams, only a few "behind the scenes"-type shots showing a wider view of how he took the corresponding shot, but these are often missing lights and other key elements of the shot which detracts from their value.
On the positive side, he does boil-down posing to two basic poses with a few minor variations, but even these explanations would have greatly benefited from a few clear diagrams and better correlation with the example photos.
Quite different September 7, 2008
This book is quite a bit better than the average photography book I've skimmed across. A lot of them give generic tips, but fortunately this one goes a little bit deeper than that.
Still, I'd recommend getting some other books as well that have lighting schemes next to photos. That way, you can quickly learn about lighting schemes that might work for you.
The information in this book is less specific than lighting diagrams, but contains a lot of tips you won't find in comparable books.
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