The Portrait Photographer’s Guide
by Christopher Grey · Christopher Grey
Grey recreates studio portrait lighting styles from 1910 through 1970, giving the light placement, modifiers, and modern equivalents for each era's look, plus Photoshop steps for period tone. Readers can reproduce a specific decade's portrait style deliberately.
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