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Portrait and Candid Photography: Photo Workshop

Portrait and Candid Photography: Photo Workshop Erin Manning

Disappointing from the start.   If you have never used an SLR before and have no idea that photography is about lighting (photos – light graph – draw/write) then this could be the book for you, it’s very repetitive and basic.

Chapters 5-9 finally talk about taking pictures of people but again more repetition of the basics, and the instructions to go practice.  Most of it again is about how to take a picture with occasional comments like:  build rapport with your subjects…  hmm cheers for that insight.

The redeeming feature for me was the fact I have one of the same lenses, so it was nice to see that if I get it right I can take pictures like those (although I’d like to know ho she managed to take a picture at f2.8 on a lens which goes down to f4… or perhaps the captions are wrong).

So overall, if you are new to photography then this may be interesting, if you’re not then you’ll feel patronised and disappointed.