People Pictures: 30 Exercises for Creating Authentic Photographs (LIVRE ANGLAIS)

Bestselling author/photographer Chris Orwig offers 30 photographic exercises to renew your passion for capturing the people in your world. This is not a traditional portrait photography book. The goal isn’t flattery, but connection and depth. Whether you are a student, busy parent, or seasoned pro photographer, these exercises provide an accessible framework for exploration and growth. With titles like: Be Quiet, Turn the Camera Around, and the Fabric of Family, each of the 30 exercises encourages you to have fun and experiment at your own pace. With step-by-step instructions and using natural light, you will explore everything from street, lifestyle, candid, and environmental shots. The projects are small artistic endeavors meant to change how you see and the pictures that you make. All that’s required is a camera, an intrepid attitude, curiosity, and some imagination. Section I : The foundation. Three chords and the truth -- Mediocre or magnificent -- Style and substance -- Endurance -- -- Section II : Tell a story. The plot thickens -- Poetry and pictures -- Language that liberates -- Resonate -- -- Section III : Connect. Empathetic -- Turn your camera around -- Forging relationships -- Be quiet -- -- Section IV : Practice makes perfect. Light and authenticity -- Blur and the passage of time -- The fabric of family -- Wide-eyed wonder -- People and place -- Point of view -- Curious composition -- Framed -- Life as it unfolds -- Upbeat and alive -- -- Section V : Making it your own. Be who you are -- The unwritten portrait code -- Strength of character -- Order within chaos -- Eclectic and eccentric -- Catalyst -- Irresistible pictures -- The hungry camera Bestselling author/photographer Orwig offers 30 photographic exercises to renew a photographer's passion for capturing the people in his world. This is not a traditional portrait photography book. Each exercise encourages photographers to have fun and experiment at their own pace