a beginner's guide to portrait photography // review + giveaway

hullo, dear friends! the lovely Miss Lauren Hope, authoress of A Corner Pillar, has launched her new e-book! and in celebration, she has most graciously allowed me to write up a review of it! 

before I write up my review of Lauren's lovely e-book, I wanted to say that, I am the girl who just jumped into photography, doing little research {sadly} on the art, and wanted to take JUST good pictures {well, the best pictures that one can take with a DSLR on auto setting} knowing anything would be better than my previous point-and-shoot stills. these past few months, I have become very displeased with my photographs and have taken a bit of "a break" from the pastime {I know, shocking!!}, but Miss Lauren's helpful photography e-book has inspired me to really get to know my equipment to be able to take better photographs! 

"This ebook has been written specifically for budding photographers. It speaks to a wide range of topics, such

as posing your subjects, shooting in manual mode, getting

perfect expressions, photographing children, shooting in

various types of lighting, pleasing picture composition,

and much more!" 

{for more information visit here}  

overall, I HIGHLY recommend this wonderful e-book. this book is made up of 26 short chapters - but just because they are short does not mean they are merely trivial facts. each chapter can be clearly understood and are chalk full of helpful to-the-point information for beginner photographers, sprinkled generously with advice from Lauren's personal experiences. it has been so helpful and inspiring for me personally that I can't wait to jump outside and start clicking away on my shutter again. ;) 

>>---- the giveaway ----> 

to top it all off, Miss Lauren has most generously contributed a copy of her e-book as a giveaway prize!   

a Rafflecopter giveaway

UPDATE >> giveaway is now closed! Congratulations to Miss Sarah!!!! 

isn't that sweet? special thanks to Lauren, for allowing me to review her e-book and host a giveaway!

giveaway ends September 19th and will be announced soon thereafter.

xoxo,
Grace

*disclaimer, I was not paid to do this review and all thoughts and writings are my own. images are property of Lauren Hope of A Corner Pillar.