Beauty Shots (Pro-Lighting Series) (Paperback)

by Alex Larg (Author), Jane Wood (Author)

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Product Description
A guide to techniques for lighting in film and photography.

Product Details

• Paperback: 159 pages
• Publisher: RotoVision (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 2880463238
• ISBN-13: 978-2880463236
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,173,747 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really good but could have been much better, November 3, 1998

By	[e-mail] (Reykjavik, Iceland) - See all my reviews

An excellent reference for the studio photographer. However I feel that the info on each lighting lacks crucial information, such as light ratios. If you have five different light sources it's crucial to know which is the main one and what its intensity is in relation to the others. Since these books are about the lighting and nothing but the lighting, I feel that such details should be in there. It would also be nice to know something more about the darkroom and/or the digital post production of the shots, because the effects in the shots are only partially created by the lighting.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Tutorials, December 2, 1999

By	Ahmed Badr (Cairo, Egypt) - See all my reviews

Great book. You won't find explanations on how the camera works or how different lenses behave in here. This is a book for those who already know how to use their equipment but are looking for new and different idea. Lots of different styles and techniques are illustrated by top and side diagrams that I found to be quiet helpful. This book is a great learning source for studio photography techniques.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars GOOD BUT NO CIGAR, January 3, 1999

By A Customer

This was a good book if you already know alot about lighting. The problem is this that it doesn`t talk about lighting it just shows you examples. Doesn`t say why you put this light here and what effect it has on the film. I do say though it is worth it to add it to your libary if the price is right.