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# Picture Perfect Practice: A Self-Training Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Taking World-Class Photographs (Voices That Matter)

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Foreword by Skip Cohen Translating the chaos of the real world into a breathtakingly simple, beautiful photograph can often seem like an impossible task. With busy, cluttered backgrounds and subjects who don’t know how to pose, how can you take control and get a great shot no matter the situation? In Picture Perfect Practice, photographer Roberto Valenzuela breaks down the craft of photography into three key elements–locations, poses, and execution–that you can use to unlock the photographic opportunities lying beneath every challenging situation. Valenzuela stresses the need for photographers to actively practice their craft every day–just like you would practice a musical instrument–in order to master the art of making great images. With chapters that offer practice exercises to strengthen your photographic abilities, you’ll learn how to approach a scene, break it down, and see your way to a great photograph. The Location section features chapters that cover symmetry, balance, framing, color elements, textures, and much more. The Posing section includes the Five Key Posing Techniques that Valenzuela uses every time he’s shooting people, as well as a complete list of poses and how to achieve, customize, and perfect them. The Execution portion, with sections like “Lighting through Direction” and “Simplicity through Subtraction,” reveals Valenzuela’s overall approach to getting the shot. The book also includes an inspiring and helpful chapter on deliberate practice techniques, where Valenzuela describes his system for practicing and analyzing his work, which leads to constant improvement as a photographer. If you’ve been frustrated and overwhelmed by the challenges of real-world locations, posing your subjects, or executing a great image–or if you simply want to become a better shooter but don’t know where to start– Picture Perfect Practice gives you the tools and information you need to finally become the kind of photographer you’ve always wanted to be: the kind who can confidently walk into any location, under any lighting condition, with any subject, and know that you can create astonishing photographs that have a timeless impact.

Review: An amazing book! One of the best I've read. - I cannot say enough good things about this book. It teaches you plenty of stuff; but, more importantly, it teaches you methods for engaging in photography and for practicing photography so that you can keep on improving and learning on your own. As such, it's invaluable. It starts off a bit slow. I have to admit, it took me a couple of months to get through the first part. It begins with a discussion of the elements of photography, such as geometry, balance, symmetry, patterns, etc. I've read a lot about those before, so it was a bit tough to get through. Even so, it was laying the foundation for what was to come. But, if you haven't read a lot about such topics, then you may not have the problem I had. Part 2 starts getting better. It discusses posing in great detail, and does so extremely well. It covers both broad concepts (such as natural posing) and specific details (such as what to do with hands). And it covers a slew of posing archetypes that can be adapted to different situations. Parts 3 and 4 are a bit short, but they use everything you've learned so far to teach you how to improve generally. Part 3 is about execution, or how to put it all together in the field. And Part 4 is about deliberate practice: he recommends some personal R&D on situations you're likely to encounter so that you'll be able to adapt when you do. What makes this part so great is that he not only gives you a method, but also offers some concrete examples of how practice paid off in a specific way. These two parts are what make the book so incredible for me. They're short, but they don't stand alone: they build on everything you've learned in the first two parts. The author is clearly a master photographer. But he's also an excellent teacher. His book is very accessible, but also incredibly deep. I'm ashamed that it took me so long to realize how great the book really is! Although the book is technically about wedding photography, and plenty of the "detailed stuff" is suited to that type of photography, the broader concepts and methods he teaches can be of great benefit to any type of photographer. I would say that I don't think this book is for beginners. It assumes you have basic technical skills, and doesn't teach them. It's about creativity and execution. You don't have to be a professional to get a lot out of the book -- I'm not! -- but you should be fairly advanced. If you're not yet there, put this book on your wish list for the future and don't forget to come back for it.
Review: Best Portrait Photography Book I have Ever Read - I have read a lot of books on Photography and Picture Perfect Practice is exceptional in content, style, and approach. Check out the author's story sometime and you realize this is a truly great book if you didn't already. This book takes a unique approach to photography in general and portrait photography in particular. The fact that it has a lot of wedding photography examples throughout matters NOT A WHIT! All the concepts are valid across all aspects of photography and art. Roberto Valenzuela uses the artistic approach to seeing the best possible photograph in the most difficult situations. The fact that he chooses images from his Wedding Photography to illustrate his concepts and his ability to get great images under challenging situations is just because that is a big chunk of his business. Don't believe (as some reviewers stated) that the concepts he espouses don't apply to all photography because they certainly do. Valenzuela believes that we can train ourselves to take better pictures by practicing out art regularly and in challenging situations we can learn to break a scene down analyze it and still get timeless images. In a unique way at least to me, he breaks portrait photography into three key elements and charts each: location, posing, and execution. Each element has subelements of things to look for and use to create the strongest image possible. He thoroughly describes and illustrates each subelement such as balance, symmetry, lines, depth, textures, patterns, shadows, frames, etc. throughout the book. I found his book easy to understand and most importantly easy to implement in helping me strengthen my portrait images and my images in general photography as well as art. Any photographer will get a lot from this book and I recommend it highly.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #142,934 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #6 in Wedding Photography #76 in Digital Photography (Books) #91 in Photography Reference (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 683 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An amazing book! One of the best I've read.
*by J***O on October 11, 2012*

I cannot say enough good things about this book. It teaches you plenty of stuff; but, more importantly, it teaches you methods for engaging in photography and for practicing photography so that you can keep on improving and learning on your own. As such, it's invaluable. It starts off a bit slow. I have to admit, it took me a couple of months to get through the first part. It begins with a discussion of the elements of photography, such as geometry, balance, symmetry, patterns, etc. I've read a lot about those before, so it was a bit tough to get through. Even so, it was laying the foundation for what was to come. But, if you haven't read a lot about such topics, then you may not have the problem I had. Part 2 starts getting better. It discusses posing in great detail, and does so extremely well. It covers both broad concepts (such as natural posing) and specific details (such as what to do with hands). And it covers a slew of posing archetypes that can be adapted to different situations. Parts 3 and 4 are a bit short, but they use everything you've learned so far to teach you how to improve generally. Part 3 is about execution, or how to put it all together in the field. And Part 4 is about deliberate practice: he recommends some personal R&D on situations you're likely to encounter so that you'll be able to adapt when you do. What makes this part so great is that he not only gives you a method, but also offers some concrete examples of how practice paid off in a specific way. These two parts are what make the book so incredible for me. They're short, but they don't stand alone: they build on everything you've learned in the first two parts. The author is clearly a master photographer. But he's also an excellent teacher. His book is very accessible, but also incredibly deep. I'm ashamed that it took me so long to realize how great the book really is! Although the book is technically about wedding photography, and plenty of the "detailed stuff" is suited to that type of photography, the broader concepts and methods he teaches can be of great benefit to any type of photographer. I would say that I don't think this book is for beginners. It assumes you have basic technical skills, and doesn't teach them. It's about creativity and execution. You don't have to be a professional to get a lot out of the book -- I'm not! -- but you should be fairly advanced. If you're not yet there, put this book on your wish list for the future and don't forget to come back for it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best Portrait Photography Book I have Ever Read
*by A***N on November 21, 2012*

I have read a lot of books on Photography and Picture Perfect Practice is exceptional in content, style, and approach. Check out the author's story sometime and you realize this is a truly great book if you didn't already. This book takes a unique approach to photography in general and portrait photography in particular. The fact that it has a lot of wedding photography examples throughout matters NOT A WHIT! All the concepts are valid across all aspects of photography and art. Roberto Valenzuela uses the artistic approach to seeing the best possible photograph in the most difficult situations. The fact that he chooses images from his Wedding Photography to illustrate his concepts and his ability to get great images under challenging situations is just because that is a big chunk of his business. Don't believe (as some reviewers stated) that the concepts he espouses don't apply to all photography because they certainly do. Valenzuela believes that we can train ourselves to take better pictures by practicing out art regularly and in challenging situations we can learn to break a scene down analyze it and still get timeless images. In a unique way at least to me, he breaks portrait photography into three key elements and charts each: location, posing, and execution. Each element has subelements of things to look for and use to create the strongest image possible. He thoroughly describes and illustrates each subelement such as balance, symmetry, lines, depth, textures, patterns, shadows, frames, etc. throughout the book. I found his book easy to understand and most importantly easy to implement in helping me strengthen my portrait images and my images in general photography as well as art. Any photographer will get a lot from this book and I recommend it highly.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Book
*by N***Z on July 20, 2013*

This guy is a fantastic wedding photographer, however, his tips will help all kinds of photography too- not just weddign photographers- I've used soem of his tips with pretty good results, and hisd tips have helped me know what to look for when settign up a shot, and what to watch out for etc- soem pretty practical tips- Writing style is pretty good, easy enough to understand without loads of technobabble- and you'll learn how to pose folks for more natural and artistic shots- how to place hteirh ands and arms and legs so they don't look stiff, cotnrived, forced- This guy REALLY pays attention to important details that are very easy to overlook and coudl ruin the shots if not taken care of before pushign he shutter button- I really appreciate htat he really practices his intended shtos before even callign hte peopel in for hte shoot- He practices with things like teddy bears to get thel ight right, natural light right, angles right etc- thsi fella is really dedicated to his craft and peopel will learn much from his book IF they want to be as deedicated to thewir craft as well- Ask yourself if you really want to learn the craft, or if you just want a few basic tips to help you along- if you want ot put in the work it takes to becoem a great photographer, then this book I think will really help you beging to really learn how to see- how to compose, how to add that special soemthing to hte photos- the book will also help those thaqt just want some good tips too-

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