Photography is a tough subject. I really struggle to get good photographs of my subjects to work from.
I am still searching for a good course on Portrait Photography but all I have found utilize multiple lighting sources and I refuse to do that.
Using a single source of light is the ONLY way I will shoot portraits. Also, I do not wish to shoot out doors as there is no light control and the shoot becomes weather and season dependent.
Last year I found a book of portrait photographs by David Seidner that really knocked my sox off.
His poses, composition and lighting are works of art. Right now, I'm working hard to figure out how he does it.
Peggy Baumgaertner once said
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"Long ago, they took photographs that looked like paintings and nowadays they paint pictures that look like snapshots."
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(Forgive me Peggy if I didn't get your wording exactly right).
The author of the following book that I find so inspirational took photographs with a single source of light that look like beautiful old paintings. And I'm trying very hard to learn to do this. Unfortunately David Seidner has passed away.
Here is the cover of his book
"Portraits", does this photo look a bit like Sargent?...and wouldn't it make a beautiful painting?
Administrator's Note: Click book title above to see this book at Amazon.com.