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Introduction Section I: The Vision Chapter 1: Start with the Kid Chapter 2: Brace Yourself Tactics in dealing with the younger set Respect goes a long way The Client Consult Kid Psych 101 Parental Units: Managing Expectations Chapter 3: Developing Your Style Embrace Restraints What do you like? What do you hate? Repeating themes in your work? How I Developed/Refined My Style What's Their Story? Section II: The Process Chapter 4: Lighting Equipment Light is Your Medium On Camera vs. Off Camera Flash Lights, Camera, Action Lights: We are lighting kids, not cars, supermodels Technical considerations Fast recycle times on lights Freeze action Flash Lighting Studio Strobe Power Packs - pros/cons Monolights - pros/cons Speedlights - pros/cons Camera: Sych Speed Action: Triggers from PC Cord, Pocket Wizards Chapter 5: The 5 M's of Lighting Technique Creating a decision making process(MOOD, MAIN, MODIFY, MEASURE, MOVE Safety considerations My Lighting Gear Chapter 6: One Light Five Ways in the Studio Push the Boundaries or Stay in the Box Lighting Patterns Made Easy One Light, 5 Set-ups #1 Evenly Lit Groups #2 Up and Over #3 Rembrandt-ish #4 Silhouettes #5 Spotlight/Grid Spots The Five Most Common Lighting Mistakes #1 Light Too Low #2 Subject too close to Background #3 Light too far away from Subject #4 Too Many Lights #5 Boring Light Chapter 7: The White Seamless Manifesto in the Studio How to Light White Seamless Background - 3 Lights Lighting your subject separately from the background Controlling light spill and contrast V-Flats to cover lights Lighting subject separately with dimension One Background Multiple Looks Cleaning it up in Post Chapter 8: Lighting on Location Decisions about Setting Where? Studio or Location Location Lighting Location Flash Exposure Principles My Location Gear Section III - The Shoot Chapter 9: Props and Posing Styling the Shoot Props with Integrity Posing Ideas/Tricks Point of View-Shooting Angles Chapter 10: Directing the Shoot The Director

Allison Tyler Jones spends her days capturing spontaneous and natural portraits of kids and their families. Her boutique portrait studio in Mesa, Arizona, ranks as one of PPA's top performing studios in the United States. She is the coauthor of three previous photography books. Allison also teaches popular photography and business workshops. See her work and visit her website at www.atjphoto.com.