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Rangefinder’s

PROFESSIONAL

PHOTOGRAPHY

Techniques and Images from the

Pages of Rangefinder Magazine

EDITED BY

Bill Hurter

Amherst Media ®

PUBLISHER OF PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS

Front cover photograph by Fernando Escovar.

Back cover photograph by Rainer W. Schlegelmilch.

Published by:

Amherst Media, Inc.

P.O. Box 586

Buffalo, N.Y. 14226

Fax: 716-874-4508

www.AmherstMedia.com

Publisher: Craig Alesse

Senior Editor/Production Manager: Michelle Perkins

Assistant Editor: Barbara A. Lynch-Johnt

ISBN-13: 978-1-58428-193-1

Library of Congress Control Number: 2006925661

Printed in Korea.

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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,

photocopied, recorded or otherwise, without prior written consent from the publisher.

Notice of Disclaimer: The information contained in this book is based on the author’s experience and opinions. The author

and publisher will not be held liable for the use or misuse of the information in this book.

CONTENTS

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

1. Commercial Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

2. Compositing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

3. Digital Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

4. Lighting Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

5. Painter Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

6. Photoshop Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

7. Portrait Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

8. Portrait Posing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

9. High-School Senior Portrait Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

10. Shooting Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

11. Wedding Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

TABLE OF CONTENTS 3

INTRODUCTION

each other except that a great shot, like a great entrée,

has a set recipe of ingredients and procedures. Hence the idea

for a photographic cookbook, with various recipes and pro-

cedures that define how a great photograph was made.

The concept is not new. In fact, Jen Bidner, one of the

significant contributors to this book, coined the phrase in a

book she authored called The Lighting Cookbook: Foolproof

Recipes for Perfect Glamour, Portrait, Still Life, and Cor-

porate Photographs (Amphoto, 2003). As a contributor to

Rangefinder, one of the leading trade magazines for profes-

sional photographers, Jen helped the magazine introduce the

concept to its readers in 2004. The feature, known as the “R f

Cookbook,” has become—and continues to be—one of the

most popular features in the magazine. The contents of this

book are derived from those articles in Rangefinder.

The photographers who appear in this book are well

known for various specialties: portraiture, wedding, commer-

cial, and fine-art photography—and just about every disci-

pline in between. The writers who penned the articles are also

frequent contributors to Rangefinder and well established

journalists.

This book was edited by myself, Emily Burnett (features

editor of Rangefinder ), and Oliver Gettell (editorial assistant

of Rangefinder) . The production was done by Michelle

Perkins, senior editor and production manager at Amherst

Media, and Barbara A. Lynch-Johnt, assistant editor.

We wish to thank all of the writers, photographers, edi-

tors, designers, and production staff that made this project a

reality.

—Bill Hurter

Editor, Rangefinder Magazine

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