The Enthusiast's Guide to Portraiture: 59 Photographic Principles You Need to Know from Rocky Nook teaches you the skills necessary to shoot great portraits in natural light. Photographer and author Jerod Foster covers equipment, setup, light, composition, posing, color, storytelling, post-processing, and more. Each chapter is broken down into a series of numbered lessons, with each lesson providing you with knowledge and techniques to improve your photography. This book is illustrated with examples and offers an effective, friendly, and fun way to improve your portrait photography. Whether you read an entire chapter at once or one topic at a time, this guide will help you learn important lessons so you can get out in the world and start taking great portraits.

Author: Jerod Foster    Softcover, 232 Pages    Published October 2016

• Choosing a Lens and Focal Length
• Minimum Sustaining Shutter Speed
• The Three Degrees of Diffusion
• Modifying Natural Light
• Framing Your Subject
• Composing for Design
• The Nose and Cheek Line
• Working with Groups
• Letting Color Direct the Eye
• Creating Shot Lists

1. Introduction
2. The Genre
3. Equipment and Setup
4. Working with Natural Light
5. Composition
6. Posing and Working with the Subject
7. Color
8. Storytelling
9. Post-Production
10. Index

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Do these poles have the ability to fit more than one end-to-end?

A: Yes but you will lose stability

Q: 2. Will this speedring work with Elinchrom's other softboxes?

A: Hi its design for deep softboxes

Q: 3. Will any octabox mount to this speedring? Ie: Profoto or Chimera?

A: must be rotalux

Q: 4. Is there any adaptor that will allow me to use a bowens mount flash in my 59" Indirect Deep Octa?

A: There is no adapter that allows you to use a Bowens mount flash with the Elinchrom Rotalux 59" Indirect Softbox.

Q: 5. Will this work with Nanlite evoke 1200d ?

A: the heat from the 1200 might be too much for this box, (1200 light puts out a lot of heat )

Q: 6. Will this fit on an Aputure 300D or 600D?

A: Yes the Para 150 Softbox can fit the Aputure C300D and the LS600D.

Q: 7. Can I use this with the Elinchrom 39" Deep Octa?

A: Yes you can , it works well

Q: 8. Hi would this speed ring work with the normal Rotalux 175cm (69") to make it indirect? If yes, then does it have a problem with lights since normal rotalux is not as deep as the indirect rotalux?

A: the Elinchrom Speedring for Rotalux Deep Octa Indirect 59" / 150 cm is only for the, Elinchrom Rotalux 59" Indirect Softbox BH #ELRSBDIO59 • MFR #EL26188 https://bhpho.to/3oHNdVU

Q: 9. How to put the output cable power from strobe if i assemble this indirect speed ring into deep octa 100 cm?

A: You should be able to route the cord our the back in between the ring and the softbox.

Q: 10. will this plate be a good fit for the Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary Lens?

A: Yes, the Oben QR-59 Long Lens Quick Release Plate (5.9") would work well with the Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary Lens.