Customer Reviews
A poor recommendation - By: Anthony C. Gamble, 09 Mar 2008 
I ordered this book on the recommendation of Amazon & the above favourable reviews.
If I had seen the book in a proper retail store I would never have bought it.
Grecco is a mediocre photographer whose style I would not want to emulate. The shots are often different - but not in a positive way.
He may have shared his secrets in the way the previous posters have suggested - but the secrets of someone not very good at his craft are hardly worth sharing.
A bad buy. Look at a copy first before clicking on your Amazon buy button.
Tony Gamble
Photographer SW6
Too Technical. - By: C. Duffin, 16 Feb 2008 This book is aimed at those photographers who probably have no need for it i.e. High end professionals. The equipment needed would cost a fortune. Outdoor portrait lighting can be simplified with the use of a few strobes.
Most useful - By: Csaba Farkas, 05 Sep 2007 
Excellent book, reallly the best photog manual I've ever bought. Makes you want to go out & start shooting whatever the weather & gear you have in the kit bag. A must read!
Very helpful and inspiring - By: M. Wilkinson, 14 Jul 2007 
This is a great book from one of the most prestigious portrait photographers in the US. Strange in a way for someone in such a position to be revealing so many trade secrets but the most interesting tips are the ones unsaid, you look at the pictures & think about your own concepts. Each section of the book focuses on a different area & includes a finished piece - such as the iconic cross processed picture of Mulder & Scully for the X-Files, & on the opposite page, an explanation for how it was achieved - where the lights were etc, he also talks about the kinds of cameras he uses but don't look to have the debate between film & digital cleared up here, Grecco obviously still enjoys both. Unless you already have a studio where you can experiment quite a lot - some of the set-ups are expensive in terms of room they'd require to create the most valuable part of the book is simply examples of his portraiture & then after seeing one you like, browsing his recipe for achieving that look.
He must be mad! - By: N. S. Long, 19 Jun 2007 To give away such indepth & usable knowledge. This book is one of the best photographic technique books I've ever read (and I've read a few!!!) it's given me a whole new outlook on my art. I'm reallly looking forward to my next shoot.
If you just can't figure out how a shot was taken, you're bound to find the answer in this book. I can't put it down.
