The Complete Guide to Light & Lighting in Digital Photography

by Michael Freeman

Digital photography provides almost total control over the capture and manipulation of light. Not just more so than film, but in a different league altogether. This makes a comprehensive guide to all the techniques and possibilities a necessity-not just to help digital photographers through the minefield of white balance, clipped highlights, and dynamic range, but so that they can get the most out of any situation, tuning the effects of lighting for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579908853
• ISBN13: 9781579908850
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Lark Books (NC)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.2" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Re-edited?

My copy has the same ISBN, but a different cover than the one pictured. All of the editing errors mentioned in the other reviews seem to have been fixed.

Shedding plenty of light :-)

A very informative book covering ALL aspects of lighting. Numerous illustrations provide easy understanding of the material presented. A good buy, by all means.

Nice for students

I'm a student of photography and this book really helps to highlight that you wouldn't pick up on by yourself and makes it clear. My school recommends it and I recommend it to anyone who wants a digital lighting book that will unfuzz the technicalities that can get in the way of creating a great photo.

Beyond the light and darkness

Michael Freeman seems to be a passionate traveler and artist before being a talented professional photographer. With " Light and Lighting", he shares with us his experience, taking us on a captivating journey from the nature of light through the technical intricacies and complexities that the serious and dedicated photographer is bound to encounter (staying clear, from the pitfalls of pedantry and tediousness) to lead us beyond the limitations of technology into the wide open space of our own limitless creativity and freedom of expression. If you have been inspired by this book, I would also recommend its companions, "Mastering Color Digital Photography" and "Mastering Black and White Digital Photography". They are of the same caliber.

Yes, shoot the editor.

I agree strongly with the first review of this book. I bought this one and a wedding photo book. Reading this one has been a much better use of my time! It takes a more scientific and pragmatic approach to successful photography. Light is what you are capturing and the essence of photography. One should really know something about it :) I really like the series shots towards the back of the book that include a bust, a ball and a figurine with different light treatments (reflectors, angles, blah blah blah). He also does series shots of the same objects only with different exposures, different times of day and different lighting setting, which helps you get a better understanding of white balance and how to use it to your advantage. It shows progressive evening to night shots. I do wish it had more night shooting tips, but it was well worth the $30. He uses a Nikon D2X, I believe, which might make the Nikon users feel a bit more comfortable, but really this info applies to all digital SLRs out there. He also touches on photoshop and photomatrix.