500 Poses for Photographing Children: A Visual Sourcebook for Digital Portrait Photograph

500 Poses for Photographing Children ~ A Visual Sourcebook for Digital Portrait Photographers - Michelle Perkins




Filled with images by accomplished portrait, fashion, and editorial photographers, this collection is designed to solve any issues associated with photographing young subjects. From newborns and toddlers through grade school students and high school seniors, this resource addresses many issues faced by portrait photographers, including replacing stale poses with fresh ideas, retaining the attention of infants, allowing a subject’s individuality to show, capturing group portraits, and posing kids of different ages together. Organized in chronological order, this book’s accessibility is further enhanced by images that are arranged from head shots to full-length portraits for each age group. Providing inspiration for remaining creative on a daily basis, this work is the perfect resource for portrait photographers.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A breathtaking collection of 190 color images and plenty of top-quality advice." —Shutterbug on Professional Portrait Posing

"The book is gorgeous, informative, and easy to understand." —San Francisco Book Review on 500 Poses for Photographing Brides

"A must read for any studio or portrait photographer that photographs children for a living." —www.ephotozine.com

About the Author

Michelle Perkins is a professional photographer, a designer, and a writer. She is a regular contributor to "AfterCapture" magazine and "Rangefinder" and she has written for "Metropolitan Bride" and "PC Photo" magazines. She is the author of numerous books, including "500 Poses for Photographing Brides," "500 Poses for Photographing Women," and "Professional Portrait Posing." She lives in Buffalo, New York.

Biography
Photographer, writer, and designer Michelle Perkins has worked in the photography publishing industry for nearly 20 years. Her images and articles have appeared in Shutterbug, Rangefinder, AfterCapture, Metropolitan Bride, and Fearless Photographers. She is the author of over a dozen instructional books for professional photographers, including the popular "500 Poses" reference series, How to Photograph Weddings: Behind the Scenes with 25 Top Pros, and Professional Portrait Lighting: Techniques and Images from Professional Photographers. In addition, she has designed interiors and covers for photography books by industry leaders like Neal Urban, Neil van Niekerk, Mimika Cooney, Tim Kelly, Tamara Lackey, Michael Mowbray, and Lori Nordstrom. She has worked as a photography and design consultant on publications for Oxford University Press and Rizzoli.

Michelle also brings her skills to the Buffalo, NY, market with creative photography, poster, CD, and marketing designs for professionals, small businesses, and actors/artists/musicians. She has created CD photography and poster designs for Black Rock Zydeco, Davey O, Dee Adams, and Leroy Townes—and photographed countless live performances as an accredited press photographer for the Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance. Her local images have also appeared in The Buffalo News and on Buffalo Rising. In 2015, she launched a successful solo exhibition, called SHAPED, featuring twenty-five creative pairings of her industrial and botanical images.

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