Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting

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	Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting Fil Hunter, Steven Biver, ... Focal Press, 2007 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 95 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Clear, intelligent photography lighting guide

When I needed to learn more about product photography to launch my website, I dreaded the challenge of also having to becoming a professional-level photogapher. Other books I investigated seem to have been written to help aspiring pros--and this book would be great for many of them too--but I wanted a book that could help me simply master the task at hand. This book saved the day. It showed me everything I needed to know to set up and begin taking crisp, detailed and appealing photos. I finally understood why my photos looked flat and what I could do to fix it. The language in this book is accessible and the writers show that they know their stuff without being know-it-alls. There is a great deal here that I'm not using today, but I'll enjoy exploring in the future. As an artist, I appreciate thier balance between the technical and the "magic." This is a great book that I'll keep using for years to come.

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perfect tool for understanding and learning studio lighting

This book is great because it actually explains WHY your lights are lighting your subject a certain way, and shows you diagrams of the setup and the photo result. This is unlike other books I've tried, which just show the picture and tell the setup, with no explanation as to why the choices were made and why they are working. With this book, you will understand HOW to manage shadows, highlights, and reflections. It also talks about WHAT lighting schemes are best for different subjects and materials, and clerly explains WHY. I now feel comfortable setting up any studio lighting for a product because I understand the results of my lighting choices. Highly recommend.

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Jam-Packed

This book is a terrific exposition about the science of light (in simple terms) and why it matters to photographers. It is so jam-packed with information I read it twice in one month! If you're looking for a book about the "best" films, cameras, lights, or other equipment, then don't buy this book. If, instead, you're looking for timeless book about lighting principles and how to handle difficult lighting situations, then this is the one for you.

Best book I own on lighting

This book is comprehensive on the subject of studio lighting. The chapter on portrait lighting alone is worth the purchase price. The principles it teaches are straightforward and easily learned, and applicable to a universe of situations. This is the last book I'm buying on the subject. I wish it was the first.

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3rd Edition just as essential for digital photography

The third edition of this book contains just the write combination of practical example, clear explanation, and enough theory to know what you're doing and a strong grounding in how to be creative in photography by knowing the rules, not being ignorant of the rules. The book includes a sensible look at digital photography and all but two of the sample images have been photographed using digital. This book will also teach you how to avoid endless hours of software manipulation by getting it right or nearly right before your jpeg or raw file hits the computer.

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