Product Description

Photographers who know makeup techniques set themselves apart from the competition. All aspects of professional makeup, from initial evaluation to final application, are covered in this guide to makeup for portrait photography. Topics include evaluating a makeup job; recognizing trouble spots; bringing a face into shape, balance, and proportion; creating highlights and shadows; and dealing with problem situations such as sunburned areas.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #493086 in Books
• Brand: Amherst
• Published on: 2000-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

About the Author
Cliff Hollenbeck is the author of 10 books on photography, including Swimsuit Model Photography and Freelance Photographer's Handbook. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Customer Reviews

Disappointing
I have over 40 books on make up and this is surely the worst one I have bought.The title is completely misleading and there is very little of substance.Basic make up techniques with reference to various lighting techniques as well as color light relationship is not mentioned.Fundamental things like colour theory which is so essential to make up and photography is not mentioned in the book.This book is just one of the many mediocre titles available on make up.I would not recommend this book to anyone but if you wish to waste [price] feel free to order the title.

dissapointing
This is, at best, a poorly done book. As a professional photographer, I thought it would be helpful for me to know a little more about makeup. This book has the basics, but the example photos don't look particularly impressive and the writing seems carelessly or hastily written.
There don't seem to be a lot of books on makeup for photographers, but I didn't think this book was worth the price.

Make-up Techniques for Photography
As a professional portrait photographer, I thought it would be helpful to have a better understanding of the differences in applying make-up for a normal social setting, and a photography shoot. What a disappointment this book was! In addition to being poorly written and redundant from page to page, it didn't offer any information that any female over the age of 12 doesn't already know. I think we all know that we should wash our faces every day. And the make-up depicted in the photographs was very poorly done--my 14 year-old daughter does a better job of applying eyliner than their so-called expert. Even the photography itself was not impressive. And most of the make-up styles shown were very dated. All in all, it was a complete waste of my money, and of the 30 minutes of my time it took to read it.