Photographing Men 2nd Edition

More and more businesses and potential clients are seeking out great portrait, commercial, and fashion photography featuring men. For working photographers, photographing men may be one of today's greatest new opportunities. But, while there are dozens of books, guides, and workshops on photographing women, there's been practically nothing comparable for men... until now! Photographing Men: Posing, Lighting, and Shooting Techniques for Portrait and Fashion Photography, 2nd Edition, is an updated version of the bestselling first edition by photographer and author Jeff Rojas. The book remains the definitive full-color guide to every aspect of modern male photography. In this book, Jeff covers posing, styling, lighting, post-production, and more, showing how to achieve outstanding results and maximum creative expression. You'll discover how to: -Make male clients look natural, masculine, and confident -Skillfully document your male clients' best attributes--both physical and emotional -Identify and complement different face shapes, body shapes, and other features -Compensate for "perceived flaws," including acne, baldness, double chins, gray hair, wrinkles, and large features -Overcome the challenges of styling male subjects, including big, skinny, and short men -Understand how a suit should really fit your subject--and what to do if suits are out of the question -Properly light all shapes and sizes of men for portraits, fashion, and commercial images (with complete lighting diagrams, behind-the-scenes images, and gear lists) -Shoot 3/4-length and full-length poses -Photograph entrepreneurs, managers, businessmen, innovators, "classic" and "handsome" men, athletes, underwear models, and celebrities -Complement every man's features with tried-and-true post-production techniques -And much more TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I: DEFINING FEATURES Chapter 1 - Face Shapes Chapter 2 - Body Types Chapter 3 - Perceived Flaws Chapter 4 - Appealing to Men PART II: POSING AND STYLING Chapter 5 - Posing and Directing Your Subjects Chapter 6 - Understanding Body Language Chapter 7 - Standing Poses Chapter 8 - Sitting Poses Chapter 9 - Laying Poses Chapter 10 - 5 Go-To Poses by Profession Chapter 11 - Styling Chapter 12 - Styling Difficult Features PART III: LIGHTING Chapter 13 - Introduction to Lighting Men Chapter 14 - Portrait Photography Chapter 15 - Commercial Photography Chapter 16 - Fashion Photography

More and more men are seeking out great portrait, commercial, or fashion photography. For working photographers, photographing men may be one of today's greatest new opportunities. But, while there are dozens of books, guides, and workshops on photographing women, there's been practically nothing comparable for men… until now! Jeff Rojas's Photographing Men is today's definitive full-color guide to every aspect of modern male photography. Rojas builds on his unique in-person course, which has made him Google's #1 go-to search result for knowledge on photographing males. Rojas covers posing, styling, posing, lighting, post-production, and more, showing how to achieve outstanding results and maximum creative expression. You'll discover how to: Make male clients look natural, masculine, and confident Skillfully document your male clients' best attributes, physical and emotional Define every man's face shapes, body shapes, and other features Compensate for flaws and perceived flaws, including acne, baldness, double chins, gray hair, wrinkles, and large features Overcome the challenges of styling male subjects, including big, skinny, and short men Understand how a suit should really fit your subject - and what to do if suits are out of the question Properly light all shapes and sizes of men for portraits, fashion, and commercial images (with complete lighting diagrams, behind-the-scenes images, and gear lists) Get detailed examples and tips for portraits, 3/4 poses, and full-length poses Photograph entrepreneurs, managers, prosperous men, innovators, "classic" and "handsome" men, athletes, muscle men, underwear models, and even movie stars Complement every man's features in post-production techniques And much more

A complete introduction to photography, this book is an essential resource for students across the visual arts. This accessible, inspirational guide explores the subjects and themes that have always obsessed photographers and explains technique in a clear and simple way. It introduces the work of the masters of the art as well as showing fresh, dynamic images created by young photographers from all over the world. The book also provides a valuable overview of careers in photography and a comprehensive reference section, including a glossary of technical vocabulary. This second edition has been extensively updated, with a greater range of visual examples from master photographers and up-to-date information on digital photography.

Master the art of digital photography "Jay Dickman and Jay Kinghorn again have brought an insightful book on digital photography based on creating your best digital photographs, regardless of the rapid changes in the digital technology... From cover to cover, this book is filled with priceless information on how to get the great photos, and how to make sure they are your best." --John Knaur, Senior Marketing Manager, Digital SLR, Olympus Imaging America In this completely updated, full-color work, a Pulitzer Prize-winning National Geographic photographer and an Adobe Photoshop Certified Expert guide you through the entire photographic process, from composition to printing and archiving. The expert techniques inside this masterful guide help you greatly improve both the quality of your photographs and your proficiency in the digital darkroom. Perfect Digital Photography, Second Edition covers the latest technologies, including digital SLR cameras, Adobe Photoshop CS4, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, and offers tips for developing an efficient workflow. Stunning color photographs throughout the book show you the results that you too can achieve.

Go behind the scenes with twenty-five leading professionals and explore what makes their work unique. Whether you’re looking for tips on location selection, better time management, posing cues, lighting insights, or some new ideas for shooting the reception, you’ll find the answers at your fingertips. Music-photographer turned wedding shooter Angela Hubbard (Rolling Stone, Spin, Vanity Fair) shows you how to design iconic images of your couple. Jim Garner, named one of the world’s top-ten wedding photographers by American PHOTO Magazine, reveals how a change in his products and design strategy revolutionized his approach to shooting weddings. Anne Almasy (Huffington Post: Wedding blogger) and Catherine Hall (named Best Wedding Photographer by The Knot) explore the role of emotional and personal connections on your images. Also featured are images and fascinating insights from acclaimed artists: Dave & Quin Cheung, Salvatore Cincotta, Bob & Dawn Davis, Tracy Dorr, Brett Florens, Jim Garner, Jerry Ghionis, Michael Mowbray, Christie Mumm, Josh Newton, Huy Nguyen, Kristi Odon, Dennis Orchard, Srinu & Amy Regeti, Ken Sklute, Damon Tucci, Neal Urban, Riccis Valladares, Paul Van Hoy, Neil Van Niekerk, Ethan Watts, and Stephanie Zettl.

Designed to address the challenges of posing two subjects together, this visual sourcebook offers creative, evocative poses for a variety of two-subject groupings, including romantic couples, business partners, friends, and siblings. Through the inclusion of contemporary images from some of the world’s most accomplished photographers, shutterbugs will learn how to finesse poses to show the relationship between the subjects in the portrait. Grouped according to how much of the subject is included in the frame—from head-and-shoulder shots to full-length portraits—this manual is organized to teach compositional skills and how to direct the eye to points of focus within an image. An indispensible handbook for beginning, intermediate, or professional photographers, this book provides inspiration along with a plethora of images for igniting a creative spark.