The Art of Engagement Portraits: Lighting, Posing and Postproduction for Breathtaking Photography

by Neal Urban (Photographer)

Overview

With bold colors, inventive lighting, creative postproduction, and eye-catching poses, Neal Urban creates engagement portraits that go far beyond the expected. In this book, he takes you behind the scenes with dozens of couples to show you how each image was conceptualized, customized, and brought to life. Under Neal’s careful eye, a patch of tall grass in a parking-lot becomes an exotic setting for two, the couple’s favorite dive-bar is transformed into a backdrop for timeless romance, and city streets become cinematic wonders. Shooting in the late-afternoon, sunset, and evening hours, Urban works carefully with the natural light, ambient sources in the scene, off-camera flash, LED, and tungsten sources to beautifully sculpt the couple and bring his scenes to life. Spend a few hours perusing this book and you’ll never approach engagement photography the same way again!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608957484
Publisher:	Amherst Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/22/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	839,967
File size:	38 MB
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About the Author

Neal Urban is a wedding photographer currently residing in Buffalo, NY who captures weddings across the country. Neal is entering his sixth year of photography and has previously authored the book Dream Weddings, also from Amherst Media.

Neal is a self-taught photographer. Dating back in the 1930's his great-grandfather was a master with a camera and in the darkroom. At the age of 26, after the passing of Neal's grandfather, he picked up his grandfather's camera from the WWII era and found his passion. It's obvious that their talent of photography lives on through Neal.

Neal is one of the pioneers of using the post-processing style known as HDR and successfully implementing that style into wedding photography. "Neal Urban-ize" appears to be the name of what many people like to call it. Neal actively shares his techniques with fellow photographers.