Archer F.R. Fred Archer On Portraiture

2nd Edition. — Camera Craft Pub., 1954. — 230 p.Hundreds of photographers who have heard Fred Archer lecture on portraiture have repeatedly asked that he write this book, for his lectures provided ample evidence that he possessed a wealth of valuable information on this most popular of photographic subjects.Equally important was the fact that he had developed methods fcr imparting his unusual understanding of portraiture, which enabled him to convey his approach and explain his technique with amazing clarity and detail. Small wonder then that a great number of photographers have been impatiently awaiting this book.While there are other good books in this general field there is no other which deals thoroughly and completely with the best up-to-date practice in portraiture. That is the special province of this book.Four of the twenty one chapters in this book are devoted to detailed explanation of the principal types of lighting arrangements. But Mr. Archer does not merely provide a diagram which directs that particular lights be placed at a given distance and direction from the subject. Such directions are useless for they can produce a good lighting only with one given set of lights and one subject.