Beginner's Guide to Photographic Lighting: Techniques for Success in the Studio or on Location

by Don Marr

Book Overview

Teaching beginner photographers how to create good, flattering light, this book discusses topics such as proper equipment, developing an eye for form, and positioning equipment to maximize the appeal... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584281332
• ISBN13: 9781584281337
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Amherst Media
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

lighting revealed

very good and clear explanation what light can do for your photo's with examples how to.

If i just had one book to learn this from...

I've taken a variety of classes and read a number of books to improve my lighting skills. i found this book to be the one that delivered the best "a-ha" breakthrough on understanding the basics of lighting--and then some. the author very systematically goes through metering and set-up for a single light shoot, and then adding additional lights and other techniques to produce cool results. he also provides some extremely useful methods for working with what you've got (boring backgrounds, mixed lighting conditions etc.) to produce some very interesting and satisfying results. all one really has to do is follow the exersizes that he demonstrates through diagrams and photo examples in order to learn the techniques he recommends. I found this book to include more than enough--but not too much--information. it was neither too simplistic or too overwhelming. i recommend it to photographer friends who are strobe-phobic and thumb through it again periodically as a refresher.

Great choice!

I consider myself a professional amateur photographer, but I really needed one good lighting handbook - I found it with this one! It begins at the beginning, but takes you far enough so you can venture out and be creative on your own.

An excellent introduction to studio lighting

This is an excellent introduction to studio lighting, written by someone with years of experience in teaching the subject. Many of the lighting books I have read try to convince you that lighting is a mysterious art that is hard to master. Instead, Don demonstrates that the foundations of effective lighting are relatively straighforward and easy to learn. While applying those skills effectively may take years of experience, with Don you learn that the basic skills are not that mysterious. I had the good fortune to take a lighting class with Don Marr at the Santa Fe Workshops. By the end of the 6 day course, we all went from rank amatueurs to being able to recreate many of the images we found in magazines and advertisements. Don was a patient and careful teachers, explaining the subjects in a way that both made sense and was easy to remember. Reading this books now (a year and a half after I took the class), I find that it mimics the style of his class very effectively -- reading it was like taking the class over again. Don Marr breaks the subject down into easily understood chunks, and clearly explains each. I now use this book a reference guide for lighting, turning to it whenever I need a refresher on my core techniques. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in starting out in studio lighting, and anyone who has some experience but could use a helping hand in the studio.

The only book on lighting you will ever need!!

I buy a lot of books on photoshop and photographyand this is one book you have to have. Concepts are explained well and bakced up with helpful diagrams. I have been looking for a book the last three year's on Lighting that I could understand and this did. It even discussses special lighting effects used in high quality studio shots. Having this book will let you cross over from amateur to professional. Thanks Mr. Marr for a great tome!