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50 Portrait Lighting Techniques for Pictures that Sell [Paperback]

John Hart (Author)
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April 1, 1995
This revised and updated book concerns professional lighting techniques. It includes 90 new photographs and strategies for helping anyone, with a minimum of equipment, in a studio or out of doors, to take portraits of friends, family and commercial clients. Each technique is illustrated with background photographs of the actual portrait session, showing the equipment used and its placement in the studio or, in the case of outdoor work, the proper position of the subject in regard to the sun. A lighting diagram is included for each session, giving the spatial relationships of all the elements of the setup (photographer, model, lights and equipment). A series of finished portraits from each setup compares why some are successful and why others are not, and why one photograph was chosen as the best.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Amphoto Books; 1st edition (April 1, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0817438602
  • ISBN-13: 978-0817438609
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.4 x 11 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #943,733 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

JOHN PATRICK HART, MA.

Playwright:
(Comedies,of course)
Most recent: 'NOEL COWARD IN LAS VEGAS' and
'THE MERRY WIFE OF WINDSOR. Off-Broadway.NY.

Professional Photographer,Author,Lecturer.NYC

Published Books:
50 PORTRAIT LIGHTING TECHNIQUES.
PROFESSIONAL HEAD SHOTS
LIGHTING FOR ACTION.
Most recent:
THE ART OF THE STORYBOARD.(FOCAL PRESS).

More? Puhlease!
Staff writer for STUDENT FILMMAKERS MAGAZINE
Prof. of Photography at NYU/SCPS




 

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars A handful of ideas from the 1960s, March 16, 2000
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50 techniques is a stretch. Despite the colorful labels, many lighting set-ups are identical to those shown on other pages. Few, if any, would sell in today's market. Unless you are interested in seeing how a hobbiest in the sixties might have photographed a handful of community actors, you won't find much here. The examples are out-of-date, uninspired, and in some cases poorly focused.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Definately a classic ...., January 2, 2001
This review is from: 50 Portrait Lighting Techniques for Pictures that Sell (Paperback)
Personally, I found this book very interesting and well worth the money. While the book is a little dated, it deals concisely with how to achieve a wide range of lighting techniques, both indoor and out, old and modern. The book is definitely biased towards commercial headshot photography but many of the techniques and ideas described are applicable to photographers in all fields, whether professional or amateur. Several areas I particularly liked were the hints and tips spread among the pages and the FAQ sections dealing with setting up in business, legal aspects, working with clients, retouching, etc.
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars This is Wrong, July 7, 1999
This review is from: 50 Portrait Lighting Techniques for Pictures that Sell (Paperback)
This book is terrible, very out of date, old. In my point of view, to remember the past of portrait light, is ok, to 60's. Today, is out of date.
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The lighting techniques presented here range from using available light alone to techniques using flash (indoors and outdoors), and indoor techniques requiring from one to five lights. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
quartz spotlight, diffused fill light, hatchet lighting, diffused spotlight, commercial headshots, watt spotlight, natural spotlight, aluminized reflector, kicker light, executive portraits, bounced light, reflective background, strobe unit, exposure reading, key light, quartz light, outdoor portraits, star filter, ask the model, portrait session, lighting setup, portrait lens, white reflector, front spot, gold side
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sun Reflector, Flash Sun, Reflector Photographer, Clint Eastwood
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