Customer Reviews

Studio Lighting Solutions: Expert Professional Techniques for Artistic and Commercial Success (Pdnpros)

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This book is, without question, one of the best how-to photography books I've ever read.

You get real world walk-throughs from some of the best product and advertising photographers in the business. Each page is a meal in itself. Projects are broken down and explained in short bite size one- or two-page chunks. This is perfect for digesting each project's results and techniques and trying them out on your own. Tips include all the technical details you want, such as lighting instruments used, camera settings, lenses, distances from lights to subject to camera and more.

As a director of photography for film and video projects over the last 15 years, I was inspired by the variety of styles and methods of working presented by the various photographers in this book. I'll take many of the lessons with me onto my next project.

This book will impress you with it's elegant layout, design, instruction and last, but not least, striking images.

Every photography instructional book should be as inspiring and usable as this masterpiece. A must have for every serious photographer and student of light.

Sort of a quandary here...if you're advanced enough in photography to be working with studio lighting, do you really need detailed, step-by-step instructions in lighting setups? It almost seems as if readers are expecting a beginners book that at the same time provides professional techniques.

That said, I will admit that the specifics are a bit lacking here, so if you do need a lot of hand-holding, you're better off with a different book. However, the illustrations are excellent, and you can learn a great deal just from Neubart's photos. If you're open to exposure to interesting lighting techniques, this book will surely add some valuable ideas to your repertoire.

I'm an intermediate photographer and I bought this book looking to gain insight into studio lighting. I found that this book will appeal to commercial shooters and those looking to get their foot in the door. The work is amazing and I enjoyed the commentary provided by the professionals that took the shots. I never imagined the amount of thought and planning that goes into what appears to be a straight forward shot. Though it provides a few lighting diagrams, this is not a "how to" manual. Nor is it a people photography book. That said I believe the information useful for working with a wide range of subjects. It also provides insight into the equipment, challenges and (especially) the standards required to be successful.

This book has some interesting ideas and some very cool setups, but it is not really for someone looking to learn and understand more about the technique of lighting. If you are looking for something to help with ideas for lighting in certain situations, this book is helpful. I also do not recommend this book to someone who does not have a lot of equipment at their disposal, as most of the setup require half a dozen lights and tons of other tools as well.

The book was a bit of a false alarm (for me) in that I expected more detail in the how to parts. Don't mean to be unkind, but I feel the photo's were a bit dated as well.

This book is crap. It teaches absolutely nothing. It doesn't show any lighting set ups. The author just talk about what he did without any image. Even explanations are not precise and helpful.

The original review from [...]: This is one of those books that you open and think "hey, it's a food photography book" - because that's what the first chapter covers in detail. Beyond food, you'll find great stories and how-to about the creation of solid photography in the realms of product, fashion, jewelry, nature, thematic and automotive. I managed to glean great tips and insights from every chapter. A great value for the price.

Lots of beautiful pictures, but almost NO information about how to get them. A waste of my money.

don't' get me wrong' this book got lots of images i wanted to create myself, simple diagram for each shoot would give me the general idea how to create such shoot.

Although they explain this in words, as photographers they should know the saying "one picture worth 1000 words"

They invested more in the fancy look of the book and words to fill it up

if u ask me, i rather have the set picture, the final pictures and the steps with simple explanation why the client asked and what they did to achieve the goal

for conclusion, they gave you a manual how to do technical stuff in words and not with pictures, that means there are "gray areas" and much harder to understand the small technical stuff they do.

I wanted to like this book very badly, but it pretty much flopped.
Please preview the book at the store online or in a store before you buy it. It's not very full of helpful teachings as other books out there.

You'd be much better off buying Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting and Creative Lighting Techniques for Studio Photographers which are amazing.