Fashion Flair for Portrait and Wedding Photography

Just received this book a couple of days ago and already completed a first pass read of it. It was hard to put it down, she has so much good information on adding a fashion twist to your photography. I have always viewed my photography in a similar manor and tried to approach weddings and seniors from a fashion model perspective. However, this book offers a lot of great tips and suggestions to really make your photographs have that feel to them. Like many, I struggle for creativity at times and my first pass through this book has re-inspired me with new ideas and really moved my thinking "outside of the box" so to speak. It just made me want to grab my gear, find a willing model, and create fantastic images!I like how she really puts the emphasis of the book on the photo creating aspect and not so much on equipment. Sure, there are chapters on cameras, lenses and lighting equipment but just enough to guide you and it doesn't overpower the real point of the book. She provides a lot of insight on the process itself from finding models, locations, and props to interacting with the clients, choosing the right backgrounds (and apertures). It also covers the post-production workflow in Lightroom, etc. It was a pleasant suprise to see how big this book really was and how much information was in it. So many books these days are produced in a hurry and end up weak in subject, but certainly not here as you will get a lot for your money.I can sense that this is her passion and appreciate her openness in sharing how she has succeeded at this craft in a sincere effort to help those like me advance in our photographic skills.

I am what the industry calls a "prosumer" meaning that I'm somewhere between a consumer and professional when it comes to photography. This book was PERFECT for me. The author's efforts to take high-concept fashion photography techniques and translate them to more traditional (i.e. wedding and portrait) photo assignment pay off magnificently. Her ideas are well described and the perfect balance of technical and philosophical content is struck in communicating to the reader. It is easy-to-read yet full of valuable content and I recommend it to another who is, like me, between entry-level consumer and professional. Definitely not for the pocket-camera photographer, but anywhere from intermediate skill level and up will learn something and be inspired by this truly great addition to the pantheon of 'how to take better photos' books and authors.

This is the best book I have read so far regarding running my photography business. At first I couldn't see how I could possible use any of the information given in the first few chapters, but as I digested the material I found myself doing things outside the box and creating opportunities where before I couldn't see them. I used almost all the information in this book, and keep it on my desk for reference. It's definitely aimed at someone who is very familiar with the camera, and has some business background. It does not teach you the basics (thankfully), and gives you realistic ideas and concepts you can use to help distinguish and build your business. It's very well written as well.

I am not a professional photographer (I'm just starting out as a student) and I already knew almost everything in this book. Almost all of it is common sense and stuff a professional should know (and it is written for a professionals who want to make their portraits more special). The book is extremely general and vague. The author mostly says things like, "think about the lighting, think about the composition, think about etc., etc., etc." It would be a much more useful book if it actually had more specific examples of what makes fashion photography different from regular portrait photography in respects to the lighting, composition, etc. Also, the author is extremely repetitive. I lost count how many times she mentions modelmayhem.comIf you know anything about photography, this book is probably not for you. If on the other hand, you know nothing at all about composition, lighting, color, etc. and have never opened a fashion magazine, you might benefit. There are a few points I wouldn't have thought of myself, but those would probably fit on less than 10 pages - not worth it for a book with nearly 300 pages.

This is a excellent read material.Good instructional and consulting material. I like so much examples and illustrating pictures, setups and autor comments or tips.Is a good text to informative and reference option. Is very simple and colloquial.In this book is necessary to know basic photography terms and know about equipment gear.The chapters are example illustrated and easy to setup to get ready. Is not necessary experiment equipment or extraordinary effort to complete. There is advance techniques to develop wit simple gear.I think is more a general Portrait photos material than wedding material.In general is a excellent option to get in your library.

Fashion Flair for Portrait and Wedding Photography is the kind of book that any serious photographer should read to advance in his/her career. During this journey to the world of Fashion Flair the reader learns the secrets of this trade. From the most basic concept regarding the image-making process up to the marketing strategy, nothing is left without comprehensive explanation.A final warning: after reading this book, there will be no more excuses for delivering less-than-perfect images to your clients.

This book provides an interesting and well writen review of fashion flair photography. It is not terribly in depth making it suitable for all levels of skill and ability. There are some excellent references within that will surely help stear photographers to the needed resources to persue fashion photography.

I really love this book. Like most of the books written by Lindsay Adler it's filled with a mix of passion and common sense. Unfortunately like all books in this category it's also filed with the same sections on what lenses to buy, what lights to use, and when and where to use them. All the basics that you've read a thousand times in other publications of the same kind [unless luckily this is your first], and it takes up just as much space. You can't really fault it for being there, after all it is the raison d'etre for the book, in an odd kind of way. It's just a bit irritating when you think what could be in those pages. The rest of the book has it's share of inspiring imagery and ideas, and creative projects mixed with step by step "How to become a creative photographer" lists that let you feel that if you didn't get it before reading it you shouldn't have bothered buying it. I'm not the kind of person who believes that you can package up the artistic process for resale and distribution. It a kind of paradox, maybe without reading it all those things would not have occurred to you, and to me that's worth the price of entry alone. The extras however are the real prize, and those are down to what you hold to be your artistic process, and what resonates with you and you alone. I always find that whatever I'm doing, whatever project I'm working on, she always brings something to it that I didn't immediately think of, and the genius is that I always leave feeling that somehow I would have inevitably come to that conclusion anyway, maybe! The question I suppose you need to ask yourself is whether it's worth the risk that the ideas are not your own being redelivered to your brain, but simply so intuitive that they feel that way. The chances are that if you're creative and resourceful enough you'd probably hit on most of this stuff eventually anyway, but why bother with eventually when someone like Lindsay Adler is sharing this stuff with you for such a reasonable price...Buy it. love it, live it :-)

Don't be confused by this book, if you are into fashion photography I doubt you would gain much, the principle of this book is to use the influence of the fashion photography world to add some spice to the portrait photographers arsenal.I have to say I have been thinking along these lines for a number of years and this book hits the nail on the head, it have tons of ideas and guides the reader through this concept brilliantly, I can highly recommend this book

I am slowly working my way through this book. If you have seen Lindsay on CreativeLive or Kelby Training she covers most of this, but it is a handy reference and slows me down from trying to take in so much at once. A great book full of hints and tips to take your photography further ;)

Interesting ideas, book written in simple and informative language, gave me quite a fresh look onto my portraits photograpy. Would highly recommend Lindsay Adler's books as I find them fresh and innovative compared to others on the market.

This is a no messing about book. It covers everything from how to suck eggs right into how to get the best out of people and their posture. Well worth a read for anyone remotely interested in portraits.