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

By John Child and Mark Galer

Book Overview

The approach taken is very practical, focusing on building on the users competence throughout the book. A new chapter, Lighting Techniques is to be included devoted to specific examples and illustrations of specific lighting techniques. These include a selection of examples; portraiture, fashion set-ups and mixed lighting techniques appropriate to a location situation. As well as a solid grounding in the principles of lighting techniques these real world examples will provide the reader with all they need to know to manage a shoot in a particular environment. Reference will also be given to digital capture running in parallel with traditional film imaging. This is an inspirational text; as well as encouraging visual expression; it is a highly structured learning tool that ensures all the essential skills are learnt and applied to help improve use of light in photography.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0240519647
• ISBN13: 9780240519647
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Focal Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

what type of photographer are you?

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.