"This book is a photographer's guide to the medium of the environmental portrait. It explores in detail the many "moving parts" of this imaging style, including the techniques and creative processes that drive some of this genre's finest contemporary practitioners. Environmental Portraiture, author Jim Cornfield puts his readers behind the viewfinder to help them master what he calls "the portrait photographer's most high-powered tool." In a series of tutorial chapters and study models,Cornfield unpacks aspects of the environmental portrait scenario, including research, location scouting, lighting interior and exterior environments, props and wardrobe, lens selection, composition, color, and after-capture."--Back cover.