Mamarazzi: Every Mom's Guide to Photographing Kids - Softcover

Wasmuth, Stacy

 
9780470769102: Mamarazzi: Every Mom's Guide to Photographing Kids
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0470769106 ISBN 13: 9780470769102
Verlag: Wiley, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Calling all mamarazzis! Every camera-toting mom will want this guide!

Moms, if you can't seem to take enough great photos of the children in your life, this is the book for you.  Now you can learn how to photograph children with the style, clarity, color, and beauty you see in professional photographs.  This fun guide combines humor with solid know-how to show you how to compose shots, handle cameras from basic compacts to advanced dSLRs, take portraits or candids, create prints that impress, and even work with kids! Packed with beautiful examples and written in a down-to-earth style from one mom to another, this book will help mamarazzis everywhere take better photos.

  • Moms are one of the fastest-growing segments of the camera-toting demographic, and the blogosphere has a term for them, mamarazzis
  • Mixes information, inspiration, and fun for women who want to take better photographs of the children in their lives
  • Explains how to set up a camera and use the controls on basic compacts up to advanced dSLR cameras
  • Covers shot composition, determining settings, exposing images correctly, the essentials of printing images, how to process for clear and bright color, and more
  • Includes stunning examples of portraits and candids of children

Become a better mamarazzi with this fun and informative guide!

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Stacy Wasmuth is a professional photographer and a mamarazzo who freely admits that photographing her own children may be her most challenging assignment. Stacy's client list includes celebrities as well as many not quite famous, but equally fabulous families and children. View her work at bluecandyphotography.com.

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Mamarazzi [mah-muh-raht-tsee] (noun, plural): Mothers who doggedly pursue opportunities to take, share and display photographs of their children

If you just can't put the camera down when the kids are around, you're a card-carrying member of the mamarazzi. Chronicling childhood in photos is meaningful, fun―and sometimes, frustrating enough to make you turn to cupcakes for comfort. How do professional photographers do it?

One of them tells you in this book. Here are professional secrets for getting great photos of kids ― pictures that not only capture childhood's magical moments, but also the singular nature of your child's personality. Charge up your camera battery and start reading!

What every mom with a camera should know

  • Techniques for capturing genuine expressions instead of cheesy smiles

  • Tips for every age and stage ― yes, even toddlers and teens!

  • Photography basics ― composition, lighting, exposure, focus, and white balance

  • Camera settings and lenses, plus techniques you can use with any type of camera

  • Why the experience matters more than the perfect shot

  • Effects you can create with different lighting techniques

  • How to pick ideal locations for taking pictures

  • Simple editing tips to make your photos even better

Aus dem Klappentext

Mamarazzi [mah-muh-raht-tsee] (noun, plural): Mothers who doggedly pursue opportunities to take, share and display photographs of their children

If you just can't put the camera down when the kids are around, you're a card-carrying member of the mamarazzi. Chronicling childhood in photos is meaningful, fun—and sometimes, frustrating enough to make you turn to cupcakes for comfort. How do professional photographers do it?

One of them tells you in this book. Here are professional secrets for getting great photos of kids — pictures that not only capture childhood's magical moments, but also the singular nature of your child's personality. Charge up your camera battery and start reading!

What every mom with a camera should know

  • Techniques for capturing genuine expressions instead of cheesy smiles

  • Tips for every age and stage — yes, even toddlers and teens!

  • Photography basics — composition, lighting, exposure, focus, and white balance

  • Camera settings and lenses, plus techniques you can use with any type of camera

  • Why the experience matters more than the perfect shot

  • Effects you can create with different lighting techniques

  • How to pick ideal locations for taking pictures

  • Simple editing tips to make your photos even better

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Verlag
Wiley
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0470769106
ISBN 13 
9780470769102
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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