Lighting for People Photography [Paperback]

Stephen Crain (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1996

Secrets of lighting for photographing people. Learn how to control lighting in any situation, achieve consistent and accurate color, master natural and strobe lighting, mix and modify lighting, and more. Step-by-step exercises and techniques professional photographer Stephen Crain will help you achieve consistently outstanding results in advertising and portrait photography.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Stephen Crain's Lighting For People Photography teaches the secrets of lighting the shot when the subject is as technically complex as the human form. Step-by-step exercises show you how to control and modify any type of lighting. Lighting For People Photography will help you achieve consistent, outstanding results in your photography under a total spectrum of conditions and circumstances. Learning how to light properly means control lighting in any situation, getting consistent and accurate color, mastering natural and strobe lighting, mixing lighting effectively, and modifying light by the use of reflectors, mirrors, filters, and gels. Lighting For People Photography is a very practical and informative addition to any private or professional photography reference book collection. -- Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Stephen Crain is a professional photographer specializing in location photography of people, products, and food. His clients have included CNN, Broadcast Magazine, and the U.S. Senate. He lives in Denver, Colorado. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: Amherst Media (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 093626246X
• ISBN-13: 978-0936262468
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,447,050 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Superficial Coverage Even for the Novice Photographer, August 22, 1999

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[e-mail] (Santa Fe, NM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lighting for People Photography (Paperback)

The bad news here is that this book falls so short of meeting the promises of the synopsis and Midwest Book Review that one has to wonder if both were not just copied from the publisher's press release. The good news is that Amazon.com has a great return policy.

The photography "secrets" revealed in this book are no secrets at all. Rather the reader gets only the most basic of photographic information supported by mediocre photography (at best). In some cases, I found the photography to be illustrating something completely different from what the author was describing (e.g. see Rembrandt lighting example).

I could not recommend this book to anyone over the age of 13.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I, on the other hand, found this book very helpful!, January 26, 2000

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Stephen P Seal (Baton Rouge) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lighting for People Photography (Paperback)

Crains Explanations of balancing ambient and flash lighting are well defined and masterfully illustrated. I find that the more I learn, the more I refer to this text. I do find that this book is a little light on technical specifics. If you can reccomend a good one email: [e-mail].

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book, July 16, 2003

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robert brown (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lighting for People Photography (Paperback)

This book rocks. Crain covers controlling light better than all of the other books I have read. His obvious knowledge of equipmnet for controlling light is superb. I especially liked the end-of-chapter assignments to help me really integrate this information. Let me know when his next book is due. The helpful demonstration of the equipment necessary to do this level of work is a real plus.