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Source:   Consider the location, outfit, hairstyle and overall theme for the shoot Canon EOS 550D, 50mm, 1/320sec at f/1.8, ISO 100  


‘The book explores camera techniques that cover a range of portrait scenarios’

Written from the perspective of both photographer and model, One Face, Fifty Ways is an illustrated book that offers an insight into how to expand your skills as a portrait photographer. The book explores camera techniques over a range of portrait scenarios, and provides an insight into how to best communicate with your models and work with them to achieve the best results.

The duo behind the book also created WeeklyImogen, a YouTube channel, that provides photography tutorials on their joint experiences as both a model and photographer as they venture out to different locations. The aim, unusually, is to show the portrait shoot from not only the perspective of the photographer but also that of the model. What also makes Mark’s approach unique is that he works with models over an extended period, following their journey and capturing an aspect of it on film. This is the case with the images captured in this book.

Mark and Imogen have been working together for seven years and his images aim to provide a visual journey through the period. In terms of themes and style,

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