Taking Photographs of Authors
Follow these practical tips when snapping a photo.
- Be sensitive to timing and place when taking a photograph
- Check your batteries are working etc
- Wait until the author looks up; ask for permission
- Be discreet in a crowd; take a side profile of a book signing
- While author is reading a book, sharing an object or illustrating
- Kindly ask someone to take a photo of you and the author
- Group three authors together
- Dinner round the table shot is nice
- Send a photo that you have captured with polite message for author
- Keep copies of photos in a journal, store safely, crop etc
- Use photos on web pages
- Enjoy viewing at later day and sharing with friends, librarian, students.