Bridging the gap between theory and application, "The Photographer's Guide to Using Light" provides a practical course on one of photography's most important subjects. Specifically designed to help photographers understand the basic principles of lighting, this book also teaches how to apply this knowledge to the reality of everyday situations.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Some useful information, but there are better references,
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I was looking for a book on portrait lighting, and a poster on a photographer web site suggested this book.The book begins with a so-so discussion of metering and light color and then proceeds with examples of ambient light photography. There really didn't seem much to gain from the ambient light discussion, and I quickly got the feeling that I was not getting my money's worth. It appeared as though I was going to read the whole $20 book in 20 minutes. But then you get into the section on artificial lighting, and the information becomes more valuable and substantial. The diagrams showing the light placement was actually rather good, and some other books I've seen could benefit from such good figures. However, there still wasn't a good discussion of what to look for in precise light placement for portrait photography. (E.g., move the light forward until the nose shadow hits the edge of the eye.) In summary, I'd give the ambient light section 2 stars and the artificial light section, 4 stars, but there are better books on artificial lighting, for example, Jenni Bidner's THE LIGHTING COOKBOOK. So I average and give the book 3.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Resource on Photography Lighting,
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Enjoyed the book. It has lots of useful information to help understand the complexities of lighting when doing various types of shots.
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Simply stated, "available light" is the sum of all the various types of illumination shining on a scene. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
standard flash head, second flash head, diffusion box, diffusion head, soft filter, portable flash units, flash heads, main illumination, seamless paper, flash meter, soft box, fight source, flash systems, flash duration, silver reflector, tungsten film, electronic flash, power pack, daylight film, single light source, flash tube, tungsten bulbs, white umbrella Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Film Kodachrome, Plus Power Pack, Photographer Mike Pocklington Equipment Nikon, Scott Sheffield, Professional Lighting One Novatron, Film Ektachrome, Four Novatron, Film Kodak Ektachrome, Professional Light Diffused, Professional Light Strong New!
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Simply stated, "available light" is the sum of all the various types of illumination shining on a scene. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
standard flash head, second flash head, diffusion box, diffusion head, soft filter, portable flash units, flash heads, main illumination, seamless paper, flash meter, soft box, fight source, flash systems, flash duration, silver reflector, tungsten film, electronic flash, power pack, daylight film, single light source, flash tube, tungsten bulbs, white umbrella Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Film Kodachrome, Plus Power Pack, Photographer Mike Pocklington Equipment Nikon, Scott Sheffield, Professional Lighting One Novatron, Film Ektachrome, Four Novatron, Film Kodak Ektachrome, Professional Light Diffused, Professional Light Strong New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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