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Wedding Photography Unveiled: Inspiration and Insight from 20 Top Photographers

Wedding Photography Unveiled: Inspiration and Insight from 20 Top Photographers
By Jacqueline Tobin

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Wedding Photography Unveiled reveals the techniques, philosophies, strategies, and practices of twenty top wedding photographers from across the country. The focus is on the freshest styles – especially the blend of photojournalism with the more relaxed lifestyles and high fashion looks. These are the styles that today’s bride will be asking for, inspired by the images she sees in bridal, celebrity, and fashion magazines. Wedding Photography Unveiled explores the role of the photographer, then breaks down the day visually into Getting Ready, The Ceremony, Portraits, and The Reception. With priceless straight-from-the-front-lines advice on equipment, setting rates, getting published in bridal magazines, branding, websites, albums, and more, this book is both a stunning celebration of distinctive artists’ work, and a practical source of information that can help any professional photographer get more work in the lucrative wedding field.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #217299 in Books
  • Published on: 2009-03-17
  • Released on: 2009-03-17
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 176 pages

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About the Author

Jacqueline Tobin is the Deputy Editor of Photo District News magazine, where she has worked since 1986. Over the years she has written profiles and features on hundreds of photographers in the industry, including such legends as Gordon Parks, Arnold Newman, Harry Benson, Elliott Erwitt, Bruce Davidson, Mary Ellen Mark, Joyce Tenneson, George Tice and Robert Adams, among many others. She has also written articles for British Journal of Photography, Black & White Photography in Sussex, England, and American Artist, Drawing and Watercolor magazines in New York.  For the past five years, she been a judge on PDN's 30 Emerging Photographers to Watch, where she has helped select the next biggest and brightest stars in the industry. This is her first book.

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An Excellent Book For Understanding Wedding Photography!5
Ms. Tobin has written a great book for aspiring wedding photographers! I ordered the book and thought I could read it all on a flight from NYC to Chicago- boy, was I mistaken. This book is so stuffed with valuable information and insight, it's impossible to digest it all in one reading. Everything one needs to know about creating wonderful wedding photos is in this book. From "The Role of the Photographer on Wedding Day" to "Websites, Albums and Equipment", each chapter is full of valuable information. Incorporating the thoughts and musings of 20 outstanding wedding photographers on each subject, Ms. Tobin blends the abundance of info rather skillfully. The final chapter is nearly 40 pages of the 20 photographers profiled in the book, giving their own wedding day thoughts, insight and advice - each complete with a sampling of their wedding day images! This chapter alone is worth the price of the book!

And the images! The photos throughout the book are are astounding! They're clean, sharp, bright- no doubt the best of the best. As if that's enough, technical details are given for EVERY photo, - camera and lens used, F-stop, shutter speed, and a brief description by the photographer of the how the shot was conceived and made by the photographer as well!

I don't normally gush over photography books because they often seem to be light on information and value. But Tobin's book is a solid reference book that should be kept side by side with other recent great photography reference books, McNally's "Hot Shoe Diaries..." and Grecco's "Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait...".

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!5
I have to say when this book arrived I didn't open it right away. I had to wait; I waited for an evening clear of any distractions so I could sit down and enjoy it.

I sat down, opened the cover and started reading. A little background: I've been documenting weddings for four years now. After a while, its so easy to get trapped in the same style of shooting. This book has inspired me to be different, to push myself out of a mold.

Ms. Tobin's publication has an incredible amount of knowledge that photographers have been so grateful to share, along with industry insights, techniques, and so much more.

It is absolutely inspiring to listen to the top twenty minds in wedding photography discuss everything from A to Z. This book is my new favorite 'coffee table' book. I find myself going back to it again and again on a daily basis.

If there is only ONE book to own on wedding photography this is it. Its the most comprehensive, insightful book I've read. When I finished reading through it the first time, I felt as if I'd taken a master-class/workshop session with each one of the photographers.

Some books you order are pure fluff...you order them and are very disappointed you just shelled out money for 'that'. I can't stress how much content/knowledge/great stories there are in this book to appreciate. This book is an inspiration!

Thank you for the wonderful publication and for breathing new life into my photography!

Great Photographers5
One thing I loved about this book was that it featured quite a few film photographers, especially Elizabeth Messina and Jose Villa. They are two of my favorite wedding photographers. It's wonderful to see the author putting emphasis on film photography here. She does have a good eye and taste.