Natural light can be the right lightmdash;indoors and out; all day long. Working with children; families; and couples; Krista Smith covers the entire process of designing natural-light portraits that are as vibrant and colorful as the personalities and relationships they depict. From early morning; through the tricky midday hours; to the end-of-day sunset shots; Smith shows you where to find the best natural light and how to use it most effectively for flattering results. She also explores the impact of weather on the quality of the natural light and demonstrates how it can be turned to your advantage for stand-out results. For indoor shoots; Smith demonstrates how one simple window can produce classic portrait looks and demonstrates simple background and lighting refinements that put you on the path to studio-quality results. From marketing and scheduling; to location selection and shooting; to product design and branding; this book presents a road-map to professional success in natural-light portrait photography.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The pictures are beautiful and the history of Tamina is enlighteningBy SankaWe moved to near here recently. I googled Tamina; Tx after reading about a tragic house fire there and among the results were articles on this book. The pictures are beautiful and the history of Tamina is enlightening.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A great book if you are wanting to know a little ...By Mark HavicanA great book if you are wanting to know a little more about the background of the people of Tamina.7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Beautiful collection of photos essays celebrating a freedmens colony in TexasBy TexasbookloverTEXAS HISTORY/PHOTOGRAPHY/ESSAYSMarti CornThe Ground on Which I Stand: Tamina; a Freedmenrsquo;s TownTexas AM University PressHardcover; 978-1-6234-9376-9 (also available as an ebook); 160 pgs.; $40.00June 6; 2016ldquo;... therersquo;s no me without you;and no you without merdquo;mdash;Shirley Grimes; director of theTamina Community CenterAn unincorporated community in Montgomery County; Texas; north of Houston and ten miles south of Conroe; Tamina began as a settlement for freed slaves (a ldquo;freedom colonyrdquo;) in 1871. Some of the settlers came from adjacent Texas counties; others came from as far away as Virginia and Maryland; through the Port of Galveston; previously the United Statesrsquo; busiest slave port (ldquo;from the Congo to Conroerdquo;).The Ground on Which I Stand: Tamina; a Freedmenrsquo;s Town; a handsome book with an arresting cover portrait of Johnny Jones; railroad worker; musician; and resident of Tamina (whose challenging gaze is now part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Fine Arts; Houston); is volume twenty-two of Texas AM University Pressrsquo;s Sam Rayburn Series on Rural Life. This is documentary photographer Marti Cornrsquo;s contribution to this venerable series; which seeks to explore the history and culture of individuals and communities throughout rural areas of eastern Texas.Corn mixes her current photographs and portraits with historical images; conveying the passage of time; for good and ill; in Tamina. Her portraits (ldquo;The Faces of Taminardquo;) are often striking with character; the personalities leaping off the pages. Some of the dwellings; like the people; are trim and spry while others have fallen into disrepair. The surrounding woods have initiated a reclamation project and some buildings; as well as vehicles (and one cemetery); are in the process of disappearing.The accompanying essays are first-person accounts by the residents themselves; many of whom are descendants of the original settlers. These essays read like a collection of linked short stories that; while engaging individually; come together to create a more-complete; complex picture of Tamina. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The residents are teachers; preachers; and tree-cutters; grandmothers and children. The unifying theme throughout these accounts is a sense of bonding with each other; with the land; and with historymdash;an appreciation of what it meant to their forebears to have a place of their own and to live more on their own terms.Corn and a number of residents are apprehensive that Tamina is vulnerable to gentrification as land values rise and the surrounding communities ogle it for development. ldquo;Perhaps the risk of losing this unique Texas heritage;rdquo; Corn writes; ldquo;compelled me to document hellip; the lives of these individuals hellip; and their community.rdquo; As Annette Hardin; a Tamina resident; says; ldquo;The value they [developers] place on it is vastly different than ours. What they donrsquo;t understand is that itrsquo;s not just propertymdash;itrsquo;s our legacy.rdquo;There are recent encouraging developments: Conroe ISD and Harris County schools have begun teaching the Tamina story in their social studies classes; and several of the residents are involved in developing the curriculum; Rice University hosted a solo exhibit of the photographs and essays; and a trio of filmmakers are at work on a documentary. It would be a great loss and a shame to Texas if Tamina were to be sacrificed.Originally published in Lone Star Literary Life.
