Revised Edition with TONS of new - easy to understand - useful training! Portraits...Taking pictures of our friends and family - it's what we all want to master! Right? However, when we think of doing "Portraits" the word alone is kind of scary! It sounds like it should be the province of professionals. We just want to do better pictures of our kids, our pets and our friends. Leave the "portraits" to the experts - right? Wrong! YOU can get professional quality portraits too! It's easy! Once you know a few strategic portrait photography tips and techniques, your photos will almost instantly go from "That's nice," to "WOW - you did that?" I've run a professional photo studio for over 20 years and here is a secret - getting top level quality portraits is easy, anyone can do it! Another thing I've learned is to teach YOU how YOU can do it! Read through "Building A Portrait" (it's written in simple, easy to understand language with lots of example photos) and within an hour or so you will have so many "Ah Ha!" moments, you'll be giggling with glee. I know that sounds corny, but try it, you'll see what I mean. Here's the thing - as a photographer whether you're a pro or an amateur with their first camera - it's your job to make your subjects look like a million bucks! In their portrait, they should look better than they've ever looked before! Now YOU can make that happen!