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Envisioning Family: A photographer's guide to making meaningful portraits of the modern family
- By Tamara Lackey
- Published Dec 15, 2011 by New Riders. Part of the Voices That Matter series.
- Copyright 2012
- Dimensions: 8" x 9-1/8"
- Pages: 288
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-321-80357-4
- ISBN-13: 978-0-321-80357-3
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Product Author Bios
Tamara Lackey is a photographer, author, teacher, and speaker with a passion for the creative arts. A mother of three, Tamara has photographed thousands of families over the years. Her work has been described as "expressive, soulful, often funny... beautiful" Appearing in a multitude of publications, including O - The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, Food and Wine, and Parenting Magazine, Tamara has been profiled in Rangefinder, Professional Imagemaker, and Professional Photographer magazines. Her imagery has been showcased on NBC's The Martha Stewart Show, ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and PBS' Need To Know.
FAMILY
Create an image that captures the spirit of a family
In Tamara Lackey's Envisioning Family: A photographer's guide to making meaningful portraits of the modern family, Lackey reinvents the family photo for photographers. A top portrait photographer and sought-after speaker, Lackey reveals her techniques for getting each member of the family to feel at home in front of the camera
With this book you'll learn how to use backgrounds that complement your subjects, set up and shoot in-studio, light your images anywhere with straightforward lighting setups and diagrams, pose your subjects in a beautiful but natural way, nail your exposure, and create meaningful family portraits that leave everyone feeling and looking their honest best.
For professional portrait photographers looking to inject some new vitality into their work or aspiring family photographers who would like to take more authentic images, this guide will help capture the modern family.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Excellent book for budding and professional photographers!, By JUDY P ERMITANO (ESSEX JUNCTION, VT, US) - See all my reviews
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I first came across Tamara Lackey via her Creative Live session which gave me lots of information, a good dose of inspiration and a feeling of wanting more. I started following her and was able to attend one of her workshops which did not disappoint. While I learned a lot during the intense 3 day workshop, I know there's a lot more to learn so I pre-ordered this book back in Oct. Finally got my copy a week ago and I finished the book in one seating. It's like a good novel that you just can't put down except instead of fiction, I am getting loads of very good information from one of the best creative/business professional in the industry.I would recommend this book to anyone who is just starting out to someone who is already in the thick of their photography career. Tamara breaks it down to the reader in a way that only she can, with wit and common sense that makes her so relatable. The book covers a spectrum of topics from portrait photography essentials, gears,... Read more
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Tamara Lackey writes the best books available for children's photography., By
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I am a big fan of Tamara Lackey. I've read her book "The Art of Children's Portrait Photography" which contained a wonderful dialogue on the phycology of children and the different types of personalities they have and how to work with them. Her method is the best I have ever seen. I also watched her CreativeLive workshop on the same topic, which allowed me to watch her in action and learn even more. I then attended her photography workshop in Bar Harbor Maine, which had half a day dedicated to the business side of running a photography. It was intense and amazing and you got a very clear idea of how Tamara runs her studio and all that is involved in it. The entire workshop was amazing and worth every penny.I was always left wishing she had a book out there with LOTS of color photographs, because I am so inspired by her photos. Enter "Envisioning Family" an incredible book that amasses so much information it will leave your head spinning, in a good way. She gets personal... Read more
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Everything I expected, plus more.,
This review is from: Envisioning Family: A photographer's guide to making meaningful portraits of the modern family (Voices That Matter) (Paperback)
This book was everything I expected, plus more.Lackey opens with two chapters explaining a bit about the history of what we consider "the family unit." She also touches on views of various family networks around the world. Her personal experiences--especially those of adoption--are explained as she weaves her views about the ever-evolving redefinition of what we call "family." Equipment and studio space considerations and explanations are next discusses. Lackey describes her kit and studio, succinctly telling the reader what her options are and why she selected what she did. If one shoots a variety of subjects and has a variety of lenses, this section will help to avoid over packing. The remainder of the book is a wonderful quilt of topics (lighting, locations, posing, and interaction) with beautiful, warm, and funny photographs of children, pets, parents, and locations that illustrate the topic addressed. With work seen in O, The Oprah Magazine,... Read more |
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