Lighting Photo Workshop (Paperback)

by Chris Bucher (Author)
Key Phrases: aperture priority, shutter priority, lighting scenarios, Photoshop Elements, Understanding Your Equipment's Role, Outdoor Natural Light (more...)

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Product Description
A rigorous practical guide to photographic lighting techniques, complete with hands-on assignments

Offering digital photographers a complete course in photographic lighting, this book covers everything from using flash systems and studio lights to working outdoors in bright or low-light conditions. Full-color examples show how the right lighting can enhance color, improve contrast, and open the door to new creative possibilities.

From the Back Cover
ACTION. MOOD. ATMOSPHERE.

CAPTURE THEM ALL WITH LIGHT

Your camera needs light to create any image. To create a spectacular one, you need the best light possible, and Chris Bucher shows you how to find it. How to work with the light that's available wherever you are. How to augment it for different effects. How to use light to accent a scene, express a feeling, or flatter a face. Discover how to master the magic of light.

• Explore the elements of light and understand white balance, color temperature, and light quality

• Choose and use appropriate accessories

• Learn to work with natural light, indoors and out, and to create effects with shadows

• Discover how light affects motion, landscape views, and closeup shots

• Try your hand at night and low-light photography

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (July 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470114339
• ISBN-13: 978-0470114339
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #32,090 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative and eye-opening, July 5, 2007

By	L. Stacey (United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Just thumbing through this book and viewing all the creative photographs will make you want to jump off the sofa and get your camera out. Personally, I have had issues with creating drama in my photographs, for example how do you get the sky so blue, when exactly is there too much contrast or just not enough?
While most photography books I have read just touch on white balance and the various metering methods, this author places great importance on clearly understanding white balance and how it can really create mood and enhance the exposure you desire.
As for metering methods, the author doesn't just give a definition of what each mode is for, he explains why the in-camera meter cannot always be trusted and how different metering modes work better in specific circumstances. He gives clear examples and images to support his explanations. Not to mention the chapter assignments which allow you to create something from what you just learned! There is even a website specific for this book to upload your finished assignments and to see what others have learned from the book.
Highly recommended by me!

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Improving Your Technique, August 29, 2007

By	Brooke Christl - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Chris Bucher's Lighting-Photoworkshop book is a great guide for any photographer looking to learn understanding and controlling lighting in photography. It starts you off with the very basics of lighting and works you in to more advanced techniques. Anyone can take a picture, but understanding where your light is coming from and how to use it separates the good from the bad.
This book starts you off with the technical side of lighting so you can fully understand what you are doing. It then explains almost every lighting situation (a bright sunny day, an overcast day or even artificial lighting) you can encounter and how to use certain things to your advantage. It also explains specific examples from anything to nature to people photography. I found myself excited to try the assignments and apply them towards my photography.
As a graduate from the Brooks Institute of Photography, this book was a great refresher course in a lot of the lighting techniques I have learned. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to take their photography to the next level.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book, July 24, 2007

By	George K. - See all my reviews

Great book! Can't say enough about it! As a relatively new photographer, this book provided me with mounds of useful information to make my pictures better. I really enjoyed the chapter on action, sports, motion, and blur, as I am an athlete and love to take sports photos. I initially found and bought "Lighting" because I am and always will be a student of photography. I loved how every caption for every picture included details such as shutter speed, aperture, and ISO, as well as the reasons why each was picked for the particular photo. I had been having trouble with certain backlit situations in my photographs - particularly with fast moving objects as the focal point of the picture. This book has given me some great ideas that will surely improve my future work. Bravo.