I bought this book to prepare for one of the OCA courses "People and Place". Read the whole thing cover to cover and find myself going back to it repeatedly. A really well written book that covers all the critical elements behind photographing people. The book covers preparing for a portrait session, advice to give clients, talks about locations and backgrounds, posing fundamentals, lighting patterns, techniques and patterns, camera angles, exposure etc etc. This book has given good insight into all the subject matter which has been laid out in the first unit of P&P. I recommend it highly.