This book shows you how to create a dynamic collection of stunning photographs. Photography expert Art Ketchum shows his lighting techniques and provides ideas, as well as creative posing suggestions and tips. This new portfolio guidebook illustrates over 100 images with exact lighting diagrams and instructions on how to pose your models for maximum impact. This book will transform your photography, from mundane, boring photos to high-impact images. It will enable you to create breath-taking images that will impress and astound your models with your creativity. In the new age of digital imaging, Art will show you how to take a regular image and turn it into a work of art by defocusing backgrounds, retouching skin defects, thinning of your subjects, vignetting, masking, and creating borders for more professional results. This book is a guide to mastering portrait shooting, whether it be for professional models or to use for senior portraits, engagement pictures, or pictures of your family. Art's techniques are easy-to-understand and follow, providing detailed instructions to guide the seasoned and novice photographers alike. This book conntains inspiration, tips, and secrets that will help make you the best photographer in the area and keep your customers returning for years to come.