Glenn Rand, longtime photographic educator and Program Director for Graduate Programs at Brooks Institute, and Tim Meyer, Portrait Division Chair at Brooks Institute, have collaborated to create a thorough and balanced textbook on the modern techniques and practice of portrait photography. They have avoided the single-style viewpoint common to so many books on portraiture and have crafted a definitive resource for professionals, as well as students and avid amateurs, wishing to advance their skills in this discipline.
Topics include:
Quality of light and the portrait Ambient, continuous, and strobe light sources Understanding light modifiers and enhancers Mastering lighting ratios Importance and selection of backgrounds Extensive coverage of lighting setups Understanding light meters and metering in portraiture Lighting patterns on the human face Facial analysis Composition in portraiture Eliciting the appropriate expression The fine art portrait Portraiture for the masses
Chapter 1 A Very Brief History of Photographic Portraiture
Styles
Chapter 2 Light Dynamics and the Portrait
LD... Light Dynamics
Specular or Diffuse
Intensity
Direction
Color
Chapter 3 Lighting Sources and Equipment
Creating Light
Continuous Light
Ambient Light
Window Light
Strobe Light Sources
Power Requirements
Chapter 4 Light Modification
Modification Optics
Basic Reflectors and Domes
Soft Light Modifiers
Hard Light Modifiers
Modifying Intensity
Chapter 5 Exposure and Metering
Basic Daylight Exposure
Unmetered Electronic Flash Exposure
Light Meters and Basic Metering
Substitution Metering
Tonal Placement
Testing for Exposure
Speed Testing Negative Film
Speed Testing Sequence
Speed Testing Digital Photography
Chapter 6 Lighting Ratios
Fit
Lighting Ratios
Chapter 7 Lighting Patterns on the Human Face
Planes of the Face
Approach
Lighting Direction
On Axis Lighting
3/4 or 45-45 Lighting
Split or 90° Lighting
Lighting Patterns
Chapter 8 Lighting Setups
One Light
Two Lights
Three Lights
Four Lights
Clamshells
Form Fill
Walking the Light
Specular Accent as Fill
Glamour Lighting
Chapter 9 Backgrounds
Seamless Backgrounds
Painted Backgrounds
Constructed Indoor and Outdoor Settings
Found Backgrounds
Chapter 10 Mixed Ambient and Electronic Flash Lighting and Exposure
Glenn Rand is an artist with internationally acceptance. His photographs are in the collections of more than two dozen museums and public collection in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Included are the Detroit Institute of Art and the Kresge Art Center. He has also exhibited widely throughout the United States.
Glenn has published and lectured extensively about photography and digital imaging ranging from commercial aesthetics to the technical fine points of black and white photography. Books written include Black and White Photography and Digital Photographic Capture.
Presently, Dr. Rand is the program director of the graduate program at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California.
Photographer, educator, and author Tim Meyer is passionate about the field of photography. Throughout his 30 years as a professional photographer and in numerous one-man exhibitions, Tim's photography has been internationally recognized for its innovative style and technique. He possesses the Professional Photographers of America's coveted Masters and Craftsman degrees and holds a Master of Arts degree in Fine Art Photography. Tim currently serves as the Portrait Division Chair at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California, while maintaining a commission-based portrait and wedding business and lecturing internationally. His writings on photography and art have been widely published, and he is a contributing editor to Rangefinder Magazine.
