Photographic Lighting

by Ralph Hattersley

Fine arts. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0136653235
• ISBN13: 9780136653233
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Intermediate Guide to Photographic Lighting with Suggested Projects

From back cover: "Whether you're new to the art of photography or have been taking pictures for years, this illustrated guide teaches you the photographic lighting techniques professionals use. From still lifes and informal portraits to nude figures and special effects, the book presents 15 fully detailed projects that show you how to manipulate light to create shadows, contrasts, and highlights that evoke the mood and feelings you want your pictures to convey. Loaded with professional tricks, the book discusses perceptual habits * space gradients * the tunnel effect * advancing and receding colors * philosophies of 'seeing' * creating illusions * film speed * ASA setting * tonal range * problems with electronic flashes * and much more. Including a glossary of lighting terms, plus a series of questions you should ask yourself before taking any shot, 'Photographic Lighting' literally helps you 'see the light' --a must for every superior photographer." ****** CONTENTS: PART ONE: LIGHT AND SEEING 1 - The Nature of Light * Not Things but Light * A Linguistic Error * Sources of Light * Waves or Particles * Light and Photographic Materials * The Kelvin and Mired Scales * What Light Does For Us * Light and Time * Light and Space * Photosensitivity * Some Intentional Confusion, but Not Much of It 2 - Good Seeing * A Definition of Good Seeing * Mechanical Seeing * A Vocabulary for Good Seeing 3 - Gestalt Psychology, Space Perception, and Photography * Seeing a Stable Reality * Sharpness and Awareness * Visual Gestalts * The Visual Intake * Preoccupation with Space * Space and Photographs * Empty Space and Filled Space * Reality and Photographs * The Feeling of Space * Increasing Your Space Response to Pictures 4 - Non-Photographic Space Cues * Binocular Vision * Head Movement * Zoom and Unzoom Vision * Computerized Scanning 5 - Objects, Space, and Contrast * Solid Objects * Objects and Their Surroundings: Similarity and Difference * What Is an Object? * Contrast * Tonal Range * Contrast Push, Similarity Squeeze * The Three-Ways Contrast Push * Contrast Variation and Relative Visibility * Contrast and Fine Detail * Contrast and Emotion 6 - The Geometry of Space * The World as Geometry * Perceptual Habits * Regular Shapes: The Laws of Visual Habit * Space-Compulsive Shapes * For Your Awareness * Provers * Size Constancy * Seeing Too Much Similarity or Constancy * Space Gradients * Cast and Form Shadows * The Stepping-Stone Effect * Special Space Tricks for Photographers * Tonal Weight * Space and Camera Lenses * Selective Focus * Photographic Lighting * The Tunnel Effect * Black Space * Contrast Push * Frame Effects 7 - Awaken Your Color Vision * A Short Color Vocabulary * A Universal Color Wheel * Gray Adaption: Sleeping Eyes * Color Awareness Test Projects: * Color Names * Quick Pigment Check-Out * Quick Mixture Check-Out * Color Wheels * Value Scales * 10 Step Black and White Value Scale * Color Complements Chroma Sca

I bought this book in September 1983 in Hong Kong

I believe the book had managed to change my "normal eyes" to the "photographer's eyes". I must say my past 20 years of amateur photography life was mostly contributed from the knowledge I gained from this book. A paperback with 240+ pages with beautiful black and white photos for samples and illustrations. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to turn himself from a photography dummy to a professional within a week. C.N.T. Law Hong Kong Decemebr 2002