Light Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic LightingThis book is renowned for being the book to own to understand lighting! This is better than all the other how to books on the market which just provide set examples for photographers to follow. Light Science and Magic provides photographers with a comprehensive theory of the nature and principles of light to allow individual photographers to use lighting to express their own creativity. It will show you in-depth how to light the most difficult subjects such as surfaces, metal, glass, liquids, extremes (black-on-black and white-on-white), and people. With more information specific for degital photographers, a brand new chapter on equipment, much more information on location lighting, and more on photographing people, you'll see why this is one of the only recommended books by www.strobist.com. |
Contents
1 How to Learn Lighting | 3 |
The Raw Material of Photography | 13 |
3 The Management of Reflection and the Family of Angles | 33 |
4 Surface Appearances | 51 |
5 Revealing Shape and Contour | 85 |
6 Metal | 119 |
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Light: Science and Magic : an Introduction to Photographic Lighting Fil Hunter No preview available - 2012 |
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adjust ambient light angles that produces background light basic black card black-on-black scenes bounce box top brain bright bright-field brighter causes direct reflection chapter characteristic curve closer color temperature depth diagram diffuse reflection diffusion material diffusion sheet edge effect effective size eliminate example exposure family of angles fill light fill the family film flare flash front glossy gobo hair light high-key lighting highlight and shadow histogram hot shoe illumination important increase keep key triangle kicker large light source lens less light farther light gray low-key lighting main light meter move the light Notice opaque perspective distortion photographic light photon picture polarized direct reflection polarized reflection polarizing filter possible problem produces direct reflection reflector card result setup shoot shot shown in Figure shows side soft box solution steps studio techniques test light texture tion tonal variation tungsten viewer visible visual clues white background white-on-white scene