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So you want to photograph America's Next Top Model (continued)
Three actual portfolios are included to help photographers conceptualize, sculpt, and refine their own portfolios to maximize their client's reach in the industry. Photographers learn why particular images were chosen for opening and closing shots, how to arrange the interior images, and what constitutes an appealing design.
Featuring information on working with women men and children this book will help new and experienced models and photographers alike in getting the results they desire.
Connected Photographer's evaluation
This is a useful hands-on book. We like the Amherst Media approach to photo books. They provide a very tangible guide for the topics they cover. Again, they're a bit expensive, but we think that if you're planning on doing any photography for money, they are also quite worth the cost.
Professional Model Portfolios: A Step-by-Step Guide for Photographers by Billy Pegram, published by Amherst Media Inc., is 128 pages and has a retail price of $34.95. We give Professional Model Portfolios: A Step-by-Step Guide for Photographers a rating of 4 out of 5.
OUR RATING: 4 of 5
A Digital Photographer's Guide to Model Releases
 Scenario: You're at your kid's soccer match at school and you're taking pictures. Being the photo buff that you are you get everything: kids scoring goals parents screaming from the sidelines the popcorn vendor and fans in the stands.
Later you show the pictures to some of the people and find that some want to buy a print for themselves. This becomes a popular event and over time your reputation grows. The local newspaper gets wind of your talent and wants to license a few photos so it can put some in the paper for an article on the school's sports curriculum. Perhaps some shots are so good that the local gift shop wants to sell enlargements of the shot you took of the winning goal at the state championships.
All goes well until someone tells you that you can't do any of these things unless the people in the photos sign a "release" allowing you to use their pictures.
This and other virtually identical scenarios illustrate a most common situation in which a photographer has to decide whether he needs a release from the people he is photographing. Whether it's a school game a music concert an amusement park or a professional-league game the circumstances may vary but it's all about the same thing: What are people's rights concerning their own likenesses and what are the rights of the photographer to use those photos?
This book takes readers through the decisions and business opportunities that are affected by photographing people and model releases.
Connected Photographer's evaluation
This is an important topic and well worth the read. Intellectual property rights are more and more "top-of-mind" and you should know what you're doing when it comes to publishing other peoples' likenesses.
A Digital Photographer's Guide to Model Releases by Dan Heller, published by Wiley, is 288 pages and has a retail price of $29.99. We give A Digital Photographer's Guide to Model Releases a rating of 4 out of 5.
OUR RATING: 4 of 5
James Booth is the Senior Editor at ZATZ Publishing. In addition to writing for Computing Unplugged and Connected Photographer, he's the author of Do-It-Yourself Wedding Photography. A self-taught photographer, James also dabbles in digital graphics and has learned to be a PC and handheld specialist through personal trial and error. James can be reached at jbooth@zatz.com.
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