I recently came across some eBooks by Edward Verosky, a professional photographer who likes to teach people how to make pictures. I bought a few of his eBooks, as DPS was offering them at a discounted price, and have been quite impressed by the content.

"Taking Your Portraiture to the Next Level" is a 62-page eBook that provides some background information about portraiture and lighting styles, then dives into various creative techniques for achieving different types of portraits.
In each section, Edward provides photos to demonstrate the style and results he is referring to in the text, and numerous lighting diagrams are also included, to show the location of the light(s) and camera in relation to the subject.

A number of pages are dedicated to a chapter titled "Developing Your Own Style", where the author talks about the importance of developing your own style to set yourself apart from the crowd, rather than churning out photos that look just like everyone else's portraits.

Note that there is not much information about photography gear or camera and flash settings in this eBook. However Edward has another eBook focussed on flash photography that covers that in much more detail, which I have reviewed here.


This eBook provides lots of practical suggestions and information that will help you improve your portrait photography, and I certainly have found numerous ideas that I want to experiment with. Edward writes in a very easy-to-follow style, and I can definitely recommend this eBook to anyone who is interested in improving their portrait photography.

The "Taking Your Portraiture to the Next Level" eBook can be purchased online for USD$15, and is available for immediate download after submitting your payment online.


Update (22 February 2011): Ed Verosky has now published a follow-up book, titled "Taking Your Portraiture to the Next Level II", and I have published a review of it here.