Photographic Lighting: Essential Skills

by John Child and Mark Galer

Book Overview

Covers all the information that is essential for photographers to understand when working with light. New for this second edition is the 'Sensitivity and Image Capture' chapter which includes the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0240520955
• ISBN13: 9780240520957
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Focal Press
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.6"

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.