Special thanks to BloggingforBooks for providing a copy of this book for review purposes.
Book Description:
What parent doesn’t want to capture the perfectly imperfect joy of family life through photos? From holidays and vacations to portraits and shared moments, celebrated photographer (and mom) Me Ra Koh not only helps moms and dads take better photos, but inspires them to discover photography as a way to connect with, cherish, and celebrate their family. With forty beautiful “photo recipes” anyone can follow—with any camera—preserving your family’s story has never been easier!
About the Author:
Me Ra Koh is the leading photography expert and educator to moms with cameras. She hosts the Disney Junior TV show Capture Your Story with Me Ra Koh, and also writes a weekly column for Disney’s Babble.com, A Focused Life, in which she inspires parents to not only photograph their kids but live their best life. She is the author of the national bestselling series Your Baby in Pictures and Your Child in Pictures, is the former photography expert for The Nate Berkus Show, and is proud to be one of a select group of SONY Artisans of Imagery. Her writing, photography and photo recipes have been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Lifetime Television, and Martha Stewart Living Radio, as well as in the New York Times, Parenting, Yahoo Shine, American Baby, Popular Photography, and CLICK. Her instructional DVDs Refuse to Say Cheese and Beyond the Green Box won the prestigious national Gold Seal Award from National Parenting Publication Awards. Me Ra is a sought after, inspirational keynote speaker who brings empowerment, humor and tears to all her audiences. Her CONFIDENCE Photography Workshops for Women have sold out for six years. Follow her at www.merakoh.com and @merakoh.
Book Details:
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Amphoto Books (August 12, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0823086208
ISBN-13: 978-0823086207
Retail Price: $19.99
My Thoughts:
Your Family in Pictures is a beautiful book that helps moms, dads, grandparents, kids… create memorable family photos. Me Ra Koh walks readers through the process of creating beautiful photos step-by-step. She starts out with the basics to help set the stage for a successful shoot whether completely staged or relaxed. She then dives into how to take photos for different events including everyday photos, holidays, family portraits, tweens/teens, and family vacations and travel. Each section is then further broken down into more specific events or settings.
Me Ra Koh gives you the tools that you need to create great photos including tips for each type of event. She then gives specifics for each type of photo by talking about when to take the photo, prep for the photo (this includes recommended settings and tips for camera settings for both P&S and DSLR users), composition ideas, and how to best capture the photo. Finally, she gives an example of the photo shoot being described and includes the settings that she used on her camera to get that shot.
I personally really enjoyed the section on teens because it gave me some ideas for some photo shoots with my daughter. I can’t wait to try out some new techniques with her. I loved that this book is filled with stunning images with the camera settings to help get the creative juices flowing.
If you’re looking for a nice book to not only help you become a better people photographer but also give you lots of creative ideas, you’ll want to check out this book.
Disclosure: I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review. A positive review is not required nor guaranteed. All opinions are my own.
