Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs of People

Humans make for difficult subjects. They don't stay still, they have odd protrusions in the middle of their faces, and unlike buildings and landscapes, they get impatient. Building on the knowledge he dished out in Read This If You Want To Take Great Photographs, photographer Henry Carroll is back with a 100+ pages of human-focused tips to make capturing them easier. Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs of People breaks portrait photography down into seven subject areas, then uses examples and tips from both Carroll and other well-known artists to help improve your own shots. In addition, it includes lawyer-approved advice on how to protect your legal rights, an important topic when you're dealing with the likeness of other, sometimes random people.

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