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Night and Low-Light Photography Photo Workshop Paperback – December 27, 2011

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Finally! A resource that sheds light on the unique challenges of night and low-light photography

With their unique sets of challenges, night and low-light photography are often touted as some of the most difficult and frustrating genres of digital photography. This much-needed guide demystifies any murky topics provides you with all the information you need to know from choosing the right gear and camera settings to how to best edit your photos in post-production. Renowned photographer Alan Hess shares techniques and indispensable tips that he has garnered from years of experience.

Helpful projects and full-color stunning photos in each chapter serve to educate and inspire, while assignments at the end of every chapter encourage you to practice your skills and upload your photos to a website so you can share and receive critiques.

Details best practices for taking portraits, landscapes, and action shots in night or low light
Features specific coverage of concert photography and low-light event photography
Answers the most frequent questions that photographers face while tackling this challenging technique

Packed with invaluable advice and instruction, Night and Low-Light Photography Photo Workshop doesn?t leave you in the dark.

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304 pages
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English
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Wiley
Publication date

December 27, 2011
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7.4 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
ISBN-10

1118138228
ISBN-13

978-1118138229
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Fireworks (Click on image to zoom)
Most of the time when shooting fireworks, the subject is the fireworks themselves but for this photo I tried to concentrate on the boats in the bay that were there to see the fireworks. To time the photographs, I had the camera locked into a tripod and used a cable release with the camera set to bulb mode so that the shutter stayed open as long as I held the button on the release. Taken at 2.7 seconds, f/16 and ISO 400 Ferris Wheel (Click on photo to zoom)
This photograph is of a ferris wheel in motion and the pattern is actually made up of the light trails as the wheel turns. This was taken using a 3 second shutter speed to give the wheel time to move enough to get a good pattern. I zoomed in very close so that the image was more abstract, and to me, more interesting. Taken at 3 seconds, f/22 and ISO 200 Dave Navarro (Click on photo to zoom)
Photographing concerts can be really tough. To freeze the action in the low light, a shutter speed of 1/160 second was used along with a wide aperture of f/2.8 and the ISO was pushed all the way to ISO 2500. I waited until the light was at it’s brightest, then took a quick series of shots with this frame being the best of the three. Taken at 1/160 second, f/2.8 and ISO 2500

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Minimal light. Maximum magic. Master low-light photography

Star trails. City lights. Fireworks. The winning touchdown under the lights. To preserve these images, you must learn to manage light and exposure. This book explores lighting basics, exposure settings, and useful accessories,helping you take advantage of various low-light situations. Experiment with low-light portraits, freezing the action at an outdoor event, capturing the moon and stars, or creating artistic images with moving lights, then get feedback on your work at photoworkshop.com.

Photograph people in low-light situations, create unique cityscapes, and explore light painting
Understand white balance and the color of light
Capture the magic and mystery of a nighttime landscape
Preserve the beauty of the night sky
Use image editing software to reduce digital noise and get the most from your images

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wiley; 1st edition (December 27, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1118138228
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1118138229
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.79 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.4 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,306,465 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Alan Hess is a commercial photographer based in San Diego, where he lives with his wife and two rescued boxers. Alan has been taking photos for many years and likes to believe that he has made just about every mistake you can with a camera. His goal is to help others avoid making those same mistakes.

Alan is currently the house photographer for a large concert and event venue in Southern California where he photographs everything from major musical acts to ice hockey. When he isn't out taking photographs, he spends his time writing books and is an accomplished photography educator and trainer.

Alan’s images have been published in a variety of places including news papers, magazines, websites, promotional materials, album artwork, and press releases. His clients include The Associated Press, Fox Television, FX Network, USA Network, Hasbro, Framus Guitars, Gibson, The Dead, Picture Group, Photoshop User Magazine, Steel Pulse, Ziggy Marley, and many more.

He is the author of fifteen (this is number sixteen) photography and technology books covering everything from night and low light photography to multiple shot techniques. His books are sold around the world and have been translated in other languages including: Chinese, French, Polish, Japanese, Thai, and Italian.

You can find Alan at www.alanhessphotography.com

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JohnyGolf

Versatile book, but not focused solely on Night or Long Exposure Photography

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 15, 2013

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I have been enjoying photography for many years as an enthusiast and focused myself in the area of landscape photography, and recently the art of "Long Exposure" landscape photography. I was searching for a book that would raise my skill-set in this last area. I thought I had found it. Unfortunately this book spends very little time in this area (about 14 pages out of 260). Because of my search bias I would have rated the book a 3 as the information was very basic and did not cover a lot of detail on ND filters, 10 stop ND filters, focusing challenges, lens recommendations, and compositional options.

However, the book is not without its benefits. As photographers, we tend to steer towards biasing ourselves in a singular area in photography. Not that we don't enjoy other areas of photography (architecture, portraits, sports). Let's face it though; we get biased in what we like. Allan Hess' book gets you to explore areas you may not venture into. Clearly his interest is "concert" photography. If you have kids in theatre it may provide you helpful hints because of difficult stage lighting situations. There are a variety of other topics such as sports, county fair, neon signs, star trails, light painting, wedding and night architectural photography. In all areas he covers aperture, shutter speed, ISO and metering to optimize the situation. My favorite chapter is on light trails with fireworks.

If you are looking for the optimal book on low light, long exposure landscape photography I would not spend my money here (3 star). If you are open to other forms of "art" in photography, this book will open your eyes to many possibilities (4 star).

10 people found this helpful

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A shot in the dark

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 13, 2011

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There are many books available dealing with night and low light photography, but not a lot of them are available in Kindle format. As a hobby photographer now inching up the learning curve, I prefer to keep my photo guides close at hand, so this Kindle edition was the obvious choice. Unfortunately, I have the original Kindle, so the big drawback is that the numerous photographic examples can only be viewed in color if I use the Kindle app for the iPad2. Fortunately, I can do this quite easily, and once I've seen the example in color and grasped the context, it no longer is a problem.

I like the way the information is presented in very simple language, and the workshop format encourages you to practice the techniques learned in each section. You then have the option of uploading your best efforts to a website where it is shared with a community of photographers for comments and feedback.

The first chapter provides an overview of the basics of night and low light photography, and the different scenarios for finding subjects to photograph. The second deals with light and exposure, the third with gear, and then you get to the fun stuff, as the author guides you step by step through your options for capturing people and places; weddings, concerts and events; sports; night skies, star trails and fireworks; city lights; light painting and landscapes. Finally, he includes a section on digital post production to help you fix some of the stuff you messed up in the field.

This is a most helpful and informative book for anyone looking to improve their photography techniques in low light situations.

Amanda Richards, December 13, 2011

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Mr. Honey Do

Read this book before you step out into the dark!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 3, 2012

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I've been reading all the Photo Workshop books and they are all worth reading and should be part of any photographers library. They break complex tasks into simple easy to understand steps. That's not to say they give you step by step instructions (because then you'd just be another version of the author rather than shooting your own vision) but they break down topics so you and I can understand what we've been doing wrong and why we've not been getting Ansel Adams type images from our photoventures.

With that said there is a lot of repeat from other books (ISO, shutter speed, aperture, equivalent exposures, etc...) that anyone above a first time photographer is going to find redundant, but it never hurts to refresh your memory. This could be because all I do is read photography books in my free time while here in Afghanistan. Anyway, the author does a really good job of explaining the approach to low light photography from a landscape and portrait perspective. Topic on how to read the light given in the situtaion and how to work with that or add your own light for an added affect without over powering the situation.

There is a lengthy discussion of equipment (cameras, lenses, tripods, tripod heads, off camera lighting, etc...). All in all a really good book. Several new techniques within its pages that I can't wait to try out once I'm back in the states.

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Jeffrey W. Skinner

Finally a coherent explanation why basic photographic technique is a liberation, not an imprisonment

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 31, 2015

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I've been dabbling in photography for a long time. I've always resisted having to climb the learning curve associated with "correct exposure". I'm not good at accepting authority. Usually when someone presumes to be "correct" (Eat your spinach you disobedient brat!) I react. (I don't wanna! You can't make me.)

It may be partly that I was finally ready to hear it, but in any case, this book finally got me over the hump. Lightroom 5 and all the best plug-ins are not going to do that much for you if your exposure Is wrong.

The book also explains why most interesting photos are shot in the golden hours and what you need to do to shoot successfully in times/places of low and variable light.

Brilliant and potentially life changing for enthusiasts. Six stars, really.

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Mark

Book for beginners

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 27, 2020

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Was disappointed with this book. It mostly focuses on basic concepts and spends too much time on certain topics (e.g., portrait shooting) and neglects others (e.g., nothing about milky way shooting). It might be appropriate for a beginner that is still learning about the exposure triangle, for anyone else I'm not sure it's worth the purchase.

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W. Roberts

Great introduction to night photography

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 24, 2014

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I'm just starting out in night photography, and was undecided whether to get this book or "Night Photography: Finding your way in the dark" by Lance Keimig. The reviews for both were excellent, couldn't decide which to get, so in the end I bought both!
Now that I've read them, I'd have no hesitation in recommending this one for the beginner in night photography - virtually every situation is covered, with detailed exposure guidance given, and example photos on nearly every page. Everything is covered, from the equipment you'll need, up to fine tuning your results on the PC afterwards.
Lance Keimig's book is a slightly different animal - very good, but more inclined towards the artistic/compositional side of night photography. Once I've mastered the basics, I think Keimig's book is the one I'll keep coming back to for future inspiration. So do as I did - buy both!

14 people found this helpful

Oana P.

Great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 10, 2015

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This was a present for my boyfriend who's into photography for about a year now. He just bought a tripod and I thought it was a great idea to buy this book for him and I wan't mistaken. He was really happy with the book, even though he didn't finish it yet. He said it was fun to read, had lots of good ideas for photographs and great tips.