Photographic Lighting: Essential Skills, Fourth Edition (Photography Essential Skills) (Paperback)

by John Child (Author), Mark Galer (Author)
Key Phrases: studio photography, mark galer, essentlal sklls, Adobe Camera Raw, Ansel Adams, Selecting the Raw (more...)

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This book is fantastic! ...The terminology is easy to understand and techniques are explained in a no nonsense format. Excellent for beginners to intermediate photographers. I have had this book for a few months now and through practicing and completing the revision exercises, I have a better understanding of the techniques used for photograhic lighting situations - location and studio.’
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"As an aspiring professional photographer, I found this book to be an excellent tool and a spectacular read. I think it is a great book for any student learning photography, any advanced amateur, or anyone wanting to gain a better understanding of how lighting impacts their photography. Any aspiring photographer serious about making their photography the best it can be cannot afford to leave this one on the shelf." - Andria Riffe, D-Mag (www.d-mag.org)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Focal Press; 4 edition (April 16, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0240520955
• ISBN-13: 978-0240520957
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #289,683 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for very general and basic information., June 28, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Photographic Lighting: Essential Skills (Paperback)

This is not a good book if you want in-depth information on the subject of lighting. However, it does give a nice overview of the major areas of photographic lighting. Unfortunately, it leaves the reader wanting more information and further explanations. I felt this book was a good read for a novice photographer, but not someone who knows the basics, but wants a more in-depth view of the broader categories of lighting.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Essential Skills - Photographic Lighting, June 16, 2000

By	Robert Wyld (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Photographic Lighting: Essential Skills (Paperback)

This book is fantastic! It covers all aspects of photographic lighting from film, filters, exposure, compensation, zone system to creative techniques. The terminology is easy to understand and techniques explained in a "no nonsense" format. Excellent for beginners to intermediate photographers.

I have had this book for a few months now and through practicing and completing the revision exercises, I have a better understanding of the techniques used for photograhic lighting situations - location and studio (lighting ratios etc)

I hope they publish many more books like this one.

Thanks Amazon.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars what type of photographer are you?, September 2, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Photographic Lighting, Essential Skills (Essential Skills Photography Series) (Paperback)

I think the question is whether you are an advanced amateur or pro photographer already-someone who is looking for advanced diagrams, etc. on studio setups, etc. That is NOT the type of book this is. For someone-such as myself-who is self-taught and trying to learn or solidfy an understanding of lighting, this book is an excellent tool. It does include exercises, but by no means do they take up the bulk of the text. Most of the text is lean, clear writing that helps you understand the characteristics and behavior of light, some different choices you have for lighting, etc. As such, the book very much fills a niche for a certain audience because unlike other books, this one attempts to teach the foundations of photographic lighting. And it does that job well.