Fine Art Portrait Photography: Lighting, Posing & Postproduction from Concept to Completion Paperback – November 11, 2014

I was blessed with the opportunity to study with Nylora Bruleigh for two days in her Concord New Hampshire studio. I have since that time, referred to my photography as before Nylora, "BN" and after Nylora "AN". She is a wonderfully talented teacher and artist, always willing to share with us her unique vision, as we crafted images in her class.When I found out that she had compiled a book with much of that class content, I pre-ordered my copy the same day and waited the many months it took to arrive with bated breath! Her willingness to share is truly apparent in the book! She has compiled with great care and attention to detail, many of the lessons we learned first hand as well others that we did not. This book contains so much it would take many weeks to accomplish in a class, and has since became both an inspiration and continuous reference for me!This book now lives on my desk and not the bookshelf! If expanding your photography in creative and beautiful manor is your goal, then "Fine Art Portrait Photography" is a must have guide to learning to see!Raymond C. Peeples Jr.Peeples Photography

How interesting to see the original concept, the original photograph and then how Nylora transformed them into art. Whether you do this type of portraiture or not, it is inspiring to broaden your mind and see the process of an artist, which she clearly is! Incredible how she can go from a regular photograph to these images with layers and textures, etc. Amazing. And follow her on facebook or view her website. She's been recognized with so many awards for her masterpieces. Truly inspiring, truly talented.

It is a good coffee table book but not much insight on the subject matter especially on the technical topic on lighting.

This book was an absolutely amazing purchase! Not only does it capture the beautiful images that she creates but also gives great insight on her talent and what she does to create these images. I bought a copy for myself as well as my Dad. Would highly recommend this.

I tried to get the sample before buying but it failed to download so I took my chances and bought the Kindle version. I should have gotten the other book I was looking at... "The Dramatic Portrait: The Art of Crafting Light and Shadow" I went cheap and paid for it in the end. I suppose this is ok if you are more about post processing fakery than authenticity and that's alright if that is your aesthetic; it is not mine however. Beyond that there is not a lot of instruction here; the author chooses a theme and shoots a foundation then waves the Photoshop magic wand to finish the process. Nowhere is there anything about you creating something original only a series of their images based on widely known stories, or works of art, and how they were produced, including the ubiquitous "Ophelia"Not really what I was looking for.

A motivational book.

Pretty pictures, schemes lighting and camera settings.But most importantly fails, there is no descripion of how to use textures in photoshop, does not describe a workflow, no there is a step by step.Not recommended if you want to use textures with photoshop

Great book!