Mother and Child Portraits: Techniques for Professional Digital Photographers

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I had read this book a few months ago and put it aside. I recently had a Mom call to update a portrait of her and her 2 daughters as the oldest was going off to college. I went back to this book and review several techniques including some pose ideas. Well I am so glad I did, one of the posing ideas was the basis for a series we did with the Mom and daughters. All I can tell you is it worked $$$$. We also did some follow up images of the the girls together and individually.

What has resulted from this book was the following a much larger portrait sale.
1. We looked at the posing ideas and talked about the relationship in the portraits
2. We had them dress according to the guidelines and kept it simple.
3. Like the cover image we went for the physical bond.
4. Conclusion, buy this book and read over it and then go back to before you have a similar session and do your normal stuff, BUT add 1 or 2 things from this book to try and increase your SALE. Contents......Page 4 Acknowledgements......Page 5 A Growing Trend......Page 6 About This Book......Page 7 1. Traditional and Contemporary......Page 8 2. Pregnancy Portraits......Page 11 3. Mothers with Children from Birth to Eleven Months......Page 20 4. Mothers with Children One to Two Years Old......Page 61 5. Mothers with Children Two to Five Years Old......Page 80 6. Mothers with Children Six Years and Older......Page 94 7. Mothers with Two Children......Page 100 8. Mothers with Three Children......Page 107 Working on Location......Page 116 In the Studio......Page 121 A Change of Pace......Page 124 About the Author......Page 125 About the Photographers......Page 126 Index......Page 127