Forget Mugshots: 10 Steps To Better Portraits [PDF]

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    Forget Mugshots: 10 Steps To Better Portraits
    by David duChemen

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15714327-forget-mugshots

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    Written by David duChemin, a photographer whose living and calling for the last [6] years has been creating compelling portraits and people photographs for clients all over the globe, if he could tell you only 10 things to immediately improve your images, these 10 steps or concepts would be at the very top of the list.

    This 35-spread PDF eBook discusses the value of waiting for that great moment (and how to make sure you don’t miss it), how a true smile differs from a fake one, and other solid insights that are guaranteed to give you tangible ideas to make the most of your next portrait shoot. Combining these steps with Portrait Profiles and Creative Exercises, Forget Mugshots will help you photograph real people in the real world, leveraging the techniques and best practices that have made David’s portraits known around the world.


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    Link Updated 4/11/2021; now non-Gold
     
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    Forget Mugshots - 10 Steps to Better Portraits.pdf (18.40 MB)
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    Reup or Refresh, please. This looks really interesting, and since I am not working in the booking dept. of my local constabulary, the ability to take a non-mugshot will come in handy. Hearty thanks in advance.
     
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    Download link in post #5 has been updated.
     
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    Thank you, jbgood. You wouldn't happen to live "deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans, way back in the woods among the evergreens"?
     
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