Winners Announced: Three Copies of “The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography” Up For Grabs
Today we’re giving away three copies of The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography, an eBook covering a huge range of tips and techniques for shooting better portraits. I recently reviewed the book, and thought it contained some really useful information. Read on for more information, and to find out how you can enter!
Winners Announced
I’m pleased to say that we’ve chosen the winners, and they are:
- Jonny Hassall (@hassallthehoff)
- Harley (@baffleinc)
- Derrick Richmond (@derrickrichmond)
Congratulations to all of you – a download link should be on the way soon!
The Prize
Today’s prize is one of three copies of The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography, a comprehensive 78 page downloadable eBook that aims to teach you the secrets of stunning portraiture. The main section of this eBook covers 25 topics including:
- How to bypass portrait mode on your digital camera and get great portraits
- Photographing Children
- Travel Portrait Photography
- Environmental Portraits
- Posing Tips
- What to Wear in Portraits
- Introduction to Portrait Lighting
- Plus much more!
We recently reviewed the book, so you may like to find out more by reading what we thought of the different topics covered.

How to Enter
Entering is really simple. All you need to do is follow us on Twitter, and let us know your Twitter username in the comments! We’ll select the winning comment/follower at random when the competition closes.
Make sure to include your correct email address with your comment so that we can contact you. This giveaway is open worldwide, but make sure to get your comment in before midnight on Friday 18th December, Pacific Eastern Standard Time. We’ll be in touch with the lucky winner shortly after then, and this post will be updated to let you know who won!
Please Note: Envato staff or people who have written more than two articles or tutorials for Phototuts+ are ineligible to enter.
Good Luck!
Good luck, and be sure to subscribe via RSS or follow us on Twitter to find out if you’re a winner!


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